Word Formation - Speech Choir Flashcards
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What are the types of Word Formation Processes?
Blending, Clipping, Compounding, Acronym, Abbreviation, Folk Etymology
Word formation process in which parts of two or more words are put together to form a new word.
Blending
Word formation process in which a word is shortened or clipped while retaining the meaning of the original word.
Clipping
What are the 4 types of Clipping?
Initial Clipping, Medial Clipping, Final Clipping, Complex Clipping
Are formed from the initial letters or beginning syllables of a series of words and pronounced as a word.
Acronyms
What is SCUBA?
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
What is RADAR?
Radio Detection and Ranging
What is SIM?
Subscriber Identification Module
Process wherein two or more words are joined together to create a new word.
Compounding
Changing of a word so as to make it more familiar or recognizable.
Folk etymology
When the subject comes before the predicate.
Natural or Normal Word Order
When the verb comes before the predicate.
Inverted Word Order
What are the three types of Writing?
Informative Writing, Journalistic Writing, Literary Writing
Used to present information to readers in an unbiased manner.
Informative Writing
Informative writing includes:
Provide Knowledge, Explain a Process, Develop a concept.
5 structures of Informative Writing
Description, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Problem and Solution
Explains a topic often in considerable detail.
Description
Writers can lay out steps in a process, series of events, or hierarchy.
Sequence
Focus on events or occurences.
Cause and Effect
Describes the similarities or difference between objects, places, or events.
Comparison and Contrast
Pros and cons of each solution.
Problem and Solution
Parts of Informative Wrting.
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Style of writing in reporting news stories.
Journalistic Writing
Purpose of Journalistic Writing
Give readers information, to entertain, and can be persuasive without choosing sides.