Syntactical Devices Flashcards

(6 cards)

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Mood

A

The atmosphere the writer or speaker create

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2
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Parallel structure

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Two or more phrases which used a similar structure

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3
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Tone

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Attitude of the writer

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4
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Loose sentence

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A sentence who is main idea is stated at the beginning of the sentence

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5
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Periodic sentence

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Sentence whose main idea is stated at the end of the sentence

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6
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Diction

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The writers vocabulary choices

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