Nonfiction Flashcards

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Rhetorical Device

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the tool a writer uses to develop a rhetorical strategy

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Coherence

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The trait that creates a logical orderly pattern that is easy to understand

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3
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What are the two ways to create Essay Coherence

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Repetition and parallelism

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4
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What does coherence do?

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A.) adds emphasis to repeated words
B.) adds emphasis to the ideas after the repeated words
Or
C.) sets up a pattern that often emphasizes the idea of the sentence that brakes the pattern

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5
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Simples sentence

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a sentence with one independent clauses

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Compound sentence

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a sentence with two independent clauses

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Complex sentence

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a sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause

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Compound-complex sentence

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a sentence with two independent clauses and a dependent clause

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9
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What are the four sentence structures

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Simple, compound, compound-complex, and complex sentence

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10
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What are the four sentence types

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Interrogative sentence (a sentence that asks a question)
Imperative sentence (a sentence that gives a command)
Exclamatory sentence (a sentence that shows excitement)
Declarative sentence (check)(a sentence that makes a statement)
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11
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Long sentence

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A sign of graceful writing. They are used when the sentence addresses beauty.

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12
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Subordination

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The process of giving one idea less emphasis than another idea in a sentence.

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13
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Three things to know about subordination

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  1. ) the sentence contains a main clause connected to a dependent clause.
  2. ) the dependent clause contains a conjunction. (when, because after, etc…)
  3. ) the important ideas always go in the main clause and the lesser ideas go in the subordinate clause
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Coordination

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Connects independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS). Both sides of the conjunction are of equal value.

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Short sentence/ sentence fragment

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Don’t call a fragment a short sentence. After a long sentence, it creates emphasis on the short sentence or fragment.Sometimes it creates drama or tention

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16
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Rhetorical Question

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It is a question that does not expect an answer because the answer is obvious. Emphasizes the obvious answer to the question but you must be able to articulate the obvious answer.