LESSON 6 MIDTERMS Flashcards
Gives concise but exact meaning of unfamiliar words and special meaning to familiar words.
DEFINITION
Is a useful technique in writing about technical subjects.
DEFINITION
These are words both known by the reader and the writer.
FAMILIAR WORDS FOR FAMILIAR THINGS
Words that seem to be familiar but when technical people use, they may have different meaning.
FAMILIAR WORDS FOR UNFAMILIAR THINGS
It may be used if there does not exist any simple, familiar term for it. Both convenience and accuracy justify it.
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FOR UNFAMILIAR THINGS
This category embraces most of those words that are commonly thought as “technical” terms. They are specialized terms of professional groups: big, formidable looking looking (to the non-specialist), they often than not of Greek or Latin origin. Terms like “dielectric”, “hydrosol”, “impedance”, are typical.
UNFAMILAR WORDS FOR FAMILIAR THINGS
In composition, _____ is a broad term for speech or writing marked by a casual, familiar, and generally colloquial use of language.
INFORMAL STYLE
Is often more direct than a formal style and may rely more heavily on contractions, abbreviations and short sentences. In this type of definition, the meaning of the term is made up of one or two synonyms substituted for an unfamiliar word. This is mostly composed of short substituted words and phrases.
INFORMAL WRITING STYLE
This type of definition is made up of complete and longer sentences; this is used more than form written output.
FORMAL DEFINITION
The term to be defined.
SPECIE
The group or class to which the term belongs.
GENUS
Specific features that identifies or separates the term from other members of the class.
DIFFERENTIA
Almost always starts with a sentence definition but then expands on the word by providing additional sentences about one or more paragraphs about an object, process or idea.
EXTENDED DEFINITION
This method is the citing of the origin of the word, this is used mainly for the purpose of illustration for further clarification on the meaning of a particular term.
ETYMOLOGY
This is a method of adding a particular or minute account, or adding supporting details to a term. This is mainly for the purpose of clarifying the meaning of a word.
DETAILS
This method is used in order to give vivid definition to terms that are abstract by citing concrete illustrations or additional examples.
EXAMPLES
This is a method that makes use of citing similarities (comparison) and differences (contrast) between two objects.
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
This is a method that points out that something is done that triggered it (cause), therefore it brought about a result (effect).
CAUSE AND EFFECT
This is a method of describing or illustrating a term’s physical attributes and appearance, this method uses adjectives in describing.
DESCRIPTION
This method uses negative statement to emphasize the meaning of a particular word.
NEGATION
Is almost any act of noting relationships. * The act of locating a specimen of all the different kinds of objects that possess a given characteristic/s.
CLASSIFICATION
Must begin with the recognition that different things possess similar characteristics. Also means explaining which class a thing belongs to. Dividing a group of things into classes.
CLASSIFICATION
Is useful when you have a number of things to discuss, among which there are points of similarity & difference which is important for the reader to understand.
CLASSIFICATION
Writers divide a very complex & comprehensive chunk of data into several just so that they can easily tackle all the complexities in a structured fashion.
PARTITIONS
