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Defined as the process of creating new words
Word formation
Other term for word formation
Morphological process
Purpose of word formation
To enrich students’ vocabulary
A word formation shortened while retaining the meaning of the original word.
Clipping
4 types of clipping
Initial clipping, medial/middle clipping, final clipping, and complex clipping
A type of clipping wherein the front is removed
Initial clipping
A type of clipping wherein the middle letters of a word is removed.
Medial/middle clipping
A type of clipping wherein the last part of a word is removed.
Final clipping
A type of clipping where letters from 2 words related to each other are removed to shorten it.
Complex clipping
Parts of two or more words put together
Blending
Two or more words joined together
Compounding
6 types of compounding
noun-noun, adjective-noun, noun-verb, verb-noun, verb-verb, and adjective-verb
Initial letters of phrases, pronounced as one word
Acronym
New words are formed from initial letters and it is pronounced per letter
Abbreviation
A change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.
Folk etymology
2 types of word orders
Natural/normal word order and inverted word order
6 types of word formation
Clipping, blending, compounding, abbreviation, acronym, and folk etymology
A type of word order where the subject of the verb comes before the verb and the predicate.
Natural/normal word order
A type of word order where the verb comes before the subject
Inverted word order
Indicate a sequence of actions or ideas in the paragraphs.
Sequence signals
Presents information to readers in an unbiased manner
Informative
4 process of informative writing
Straightforward, provide new knowledge, explains a process, and develops a concept
5 structures of informative writing
Description, Sequence, Cause and effect, Comparison and contrast, and Problem and solution
Style of writing in a reporting that relies on fact and pieces of evidence.
Journalistic writing
Defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing
Literary writing
Performance groups that recite speeches in unison
Speech choir
2 types of speech choir
Conventional and dynamic
A type of speech choir that simply speaks without any movement and just stands there on the stage.
Conventional
A type of speech choir that moves within the choreography and is usually dramatic
Dynamic
Dynamic is not required to use props or choreography, while Conventional does. True or False
False
9 types of elements
Members, pieces, movements/facial expressions, costumes, voice quality, number of voices, staging, tempo, and pitch
Typically chosen based on natural voice (speech choir)
Members
Refers to gestures or choreography (speech choir)
Movements/facial expressions
It can be solo or unison (speech choir)
Number of voices
Rate of speed (speech choir)
Tempo
