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FORMAL-INFORMAL WORDS Flashcards

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commence

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start

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end

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terminate

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try

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endeavour

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say sorry

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apologize

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go up

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increase

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go down

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decrease

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set up

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establish

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look at

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examine

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blow up

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explode

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find out

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discover

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bring about

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cause

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put off

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postpone, delay

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rack up

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accumulate

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make up

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fabricate

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stand for

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represent

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leave out

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omit

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point out

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indicate

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go against

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oppose

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get in touch with

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contact

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its about

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it concerns, its in regards to

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need to

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required

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think about

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consider

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get

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obtain

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put up

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tolerate

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deal with

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handle

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seem

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appear

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show

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demonstrate, illustrate, portray

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start

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commence

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keep

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retain

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free

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release

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get someones nerves

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bother

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ring up

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call

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show up

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arrive

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let

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permit

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fill in

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substitute, inform

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block

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undermine

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give the go ahaead, greenlight

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authorize

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anyways

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nevertheless

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plus, also

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moreover, furthermore

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but

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however

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so

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therefore, thus

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also

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in addition, additionally

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ASAP

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as soon as possible, at your earliest convenience

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ok

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acceptable

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in the meantime

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in the interim

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i think

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in my opinion

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in the end

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finally

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to sum up

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in conclusion

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in a nutshell/basically

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to summarize

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anyway

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notwithstanding

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all right

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acceptable

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lots of/a lot of

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much, many

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tons of, heaps of

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large quantities of, a number of

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totally

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completely, strongly

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really, very

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definitely

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hi robert

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dear sir/madam

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just wanted to let you know…

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i am writing to inform you

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love,

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yours sincerely, yours faithfully

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hope to hear from you soon

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i look forward to hearing from you

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you can call me if you need anything

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please do not hesitate to contact me

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intangible qualities, ideas, and concepts. These words indicate things we know only through our intellect, like “truth,” ”honor,” “kindness,” and “grace.”

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abstract

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tangible, qualities or characteristics, things we know through our senses. Words and phrases like “102 degrees,” “obese Siamese cat,” “deep spruce green” are concrete.

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concrete

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large classes and broad areas. “Sports teams,” “jobs,” and “video games” are general terms

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general

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words designate particular items or individual cases, so “ISU Bengals,” “chemistry tutor,” and “Halo” are specific terms.

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specific

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a scale or continuum

on this scale, we place a word on a higher or lower level of abstraction. The lower on the scale, the more concrete and specific the word is.

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ladder of abstraction

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is a sentence that contains three parts:

(1) the term that needs defining (species);
(2) the class to which the item belongs (genus); and
(3) the differentiation of that item from the other forms belonging to the class (differentia).

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formal definition

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the term that needs defining

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species

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the class to which the item belongs

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genus

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the differentiation of that item from the other forms belonging to the class

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differentia

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are partial or incomplete definitions. It does not define a term in its complete sense as it can be based on the writer’s experience.

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informal definitions

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give the meaning of an abstract word for one particular time and place.

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operational definition

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words that mean the same as another word. It can only be effective when it is better known than the term being defined.

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synonym

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what are the three ways that you can use a synonym

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parenthesis
dash
appositive/end of sentence

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essentially a definition sentence which has been expanded into a paragraph by adding special meanings, description, narration and/or other kinds of paragraph development in order to clarify the term being defined.

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definition apragraph

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what are the 4 principles of technical writing

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  1. a writer must always have a purpose
  2. a technical/scientific paper usually follows any of the following general patterns:
    ->problem-solution
    ->topic-restrictions-illustrations
  3. TW uses simple, precise, and formal language
  4. the subject matter may be anything that is related to science, technology, business, humanities, or any other useful and relevant issue/phenomenon
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a type of writing where the writers/authors write about a particular subject

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technical writing

77
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what are the 3 categories of discourses

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narrative
informative
persuasive

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discloses the writer’s experiences, feelings, or perceptions and, as such, is writer-oriented

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narrative writing

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the emphasis is on explaining the subject matter. This type of writing is used to convey knowledge, give instructions, or share ideas

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informative writing

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to influence, frequently with the underlying goal of effecting change

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persuasive writing

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what are the 4 organizational patterns for rhetorical writing

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  • subject development organization (narrative writing)
  • comparison/contrast (informative writing)
  • cause/effect (informative writing)
  • enumeration/sequence aka problem/solution (persuasive writing)
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in this type of writing, the topic sentence forms the basis for a collection of details that describe or sometimes define the topic. They relate to the topic but may not relate to each other. This type of organizational pattern can be found in both fiction and nonfiction writing and is also frequently found in text chapters

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suject development

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The purpose of this kind of writing is to show relationships between concepts or objects. The pattern may be organized in one of two ways: (1) point-by-point or (2) block.

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comparison/contrast

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in this organization of comparison/contrast, a detail or idea related to one object is compared with a corresponding detail or idea related to another object.

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point-by-point organization

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in this type of organization of comparison/contrast, all of the cogent details for the first topic are enumerated and then corresponding details for the second topic are enumerated

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block comparison

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this pattern shows relationships between an action or response and a pre-existing reason. This pattern describes what happened and why it happened.

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cause/effect

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this pattern lists major points of support in one of two ways: (1) random order-that is, all items share equal importance with each other; or (2) rank order (also called emphatic order), where the list is sequenced.

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enumeration/sequence

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what is the main purpose of cause/effect pattern

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influence the reader into taking action

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