Eng and TLE 7 Flashcards
Blog
Is a discussion/informational website published on WWW consisting of discrete informal diary-style text entries.
Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first
True or False?
Trueeee
(1) Elements of a text
Title
(2) Elements of a text
Beginning
(3) elements of a text
End
(4) elements of a text
Headings and Subheadings
(5) elements of a text
Keywords and phrases
(6) elements of a text
Pictures
(7) elements of a text
Diagrams and Illustrations
Kinds of Blogs
Travel, fashion, food, sports, etc
Rule 1 of SVA
Verb in a sentence with either/or, neither/nor, agrees in # with the subject closes to it.
Rule 2 of SVA
Use singular verb if two singular subjects are connected by or/nor.
Rule 3 of SVA
Use plural verb when two/more subjects are connected with and, except when the idea is clearly one thing.
Rule 4 of SVA
Each, everyone, someone, and no one take a singular verb.
Rule 5 of SVA
NONE takes a singular verb if the sub is singular and plural verb if sub is plural
Colloquial Expressions
informal words/phrases used by the people of a society that shows how they speak.
To cut corners
To do something badly
On cloud nine
Extremely happy
Idiom
A set of words or a which has a different meaning to the literal meaning of the words.
Comma
- punctuation mark that separate ideas, add pauses, and help to list things clearly.
Capitalization
The writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining in lowercase.
It is important in writing to show readers the importance of specific words and to indicate change in meanings.
Capitalization
First rule of capitalization is to always capitalize proper nouns.
True or False?
True
(1) rule in capitalization
Always capitalize the first word of a new sentence.
(2) last rule in capitalization
Only the pronoun “I” is capitalized. All other pronouns are not.
Body of speech
Is the main point of speech (ex. First of all, we need)
Conclusion of speech
Closing of speech (ex. Thank you for listening speech)
Features of Oral Language
Ellipses, fillers, interruptions of one by another, body language, eye contact, tone and way of speaking