ENGLISH Flashcards
Detailed study into a specific problem
Research
Planned set of activities
Campaign
Support a certain cause
Advocacy
Convincing others to change their POV
Persuasion
Evoke emotions and a technique in writing headlines
Emotive language
How likely something is going to happen
Modal verbs
Use of personal pronouns
Involving readers
Questions that are not supposed to be answered
Rhetorical questions
Quotes from experts to highlight the writer’s authority
Using evidence
Repeating keywords to appeal the readers
Repetition
Selected adjectives & adverbs to influence how the readers feel
Adjectives & Adverbs
To link an object with something already liked
Association
To believe the idea that everyone likes something
Bandwagon
Relying on expert advice
Experts
Introduction, also known as Exposition
Statement of Position
Body in the key structural elements
Argument
The conclusion in the key structural elements
Restatement of Position
Uses should and must
Modals
Attainment of the author’s purpose, it also helps indicate the mood
Adverbs
Consists of Adjectives, reflects writer’s attitude : feelings, opinions, etc.
Evaluative language
Also known as Connectives, smooth flow of ideas
Transitional devices
A thesis statement
Declarative statement
“Manipulative”, statement is formed as a question
Rhetorical questions
Writers find it rhetorically effective so they choose passive voice
Passive constructions
