DISCOURSE

Question 1

discourse structure

Answer 1

the way in which texts are organised into coherent wholes and internal cohesive patterns

Question 2

open word class

Answer 2

a lexical term that can be added to

Question 3

closed word class

Answer 3

lexical term that cant be added to

Question 4

endophoric referencing

Answer 4

referencing within a text (covers both anaphoric and cataphoric referencing)

Question 5

exophoric referncing

Answer 5

referencing beyond the text (“he had the manners of a pirate”)

Question 6

adjuncts

Answer 6

non-essential elements of clauses that can be omitted

Question 7

disjuncts

Answer 7

sentence adverbs that work to express an attitude or stance towards material that follows (“frankly i’m appalled of what she just said”)

Question 8

discourse markers

Answer 8

words / phrases that help to organise what we say or write( furthermore, moreover, then )

Question 9

cohesion

Answer 9

refers to the many ways in which the elements of a text are linked together

Question 10

coherence

Answer 10

text that logically makes sense