Passage Types and Story Elements Flashcards
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Expository Passage
- what are you looking for?
- what is the purpose?
- where is it found?
A
- numbers (BUT use best judegement bc sometimes numbers DOESNT auto mean expository) ; organizing words: first, next, for example, therefore
- to inform, FACTUAL
- textbook (ACADEMIA), cookbook, HISTORICAL PASSAGES, technical docs, passage of the titanic, numbered steps to explain how to do something
similar to technical passages, which are more so practical
2
Q
If a question says “ where would you find” , what type of passage is it referring to? Which specific area would you find it?
A
- expository
- encyclopedia
3
Q
historical passages are what type of passages?
A
expository
4
Q
Persuasive Passage
- what are you looking for?
- what is the purpose?
- where is it found?
- presents how many sides of an argument?
A
- words that indicate opinion (best, should, seems, better, worst, most, good, i think)
- to persuade, show authors opinion
- emails, novels, project proposals
- 1
5
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Narrative Passage
- what are you looking for?
- what is the purpose?
- where is it found?
A
- personal stories using personal pronouns (ie. I, we, they, my); dialog/ conversation in quotation marks
- to entertain ; narrate events (tell a story)
- fiction books (ie. hunger games), stories, poems, things with plots and characters
6
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Informative Passage
- what is the purpose?
A
- to educate and enlighten the readers
- has facts
7
Q
Descriptive Passage
- what are you looking for?
A
- vivid imagery
- creative
- sensory details
8
Q
Technical Passage
- what are you looking for?
- what is the purpose?
- where is it found?
A
- concise; completely accurate and clear
- describes a complex object or process (ie. photosynthesis; formation of stars)
- resume, reports, briefs, proposals, descrptions, instruction manuals ie. how to build furniture, steps to do something!!!!!!!!!!)
9
Q
What are the five story elements? Describe each.
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- exposition: the beginning of the story, introduction of characters, setting, and problem
- rising action: where main action is, suspense builds, leads to climax
- climax: critical moment, when the story really gets good and can’t put the book down.
- falling action: solution to problem appears, characters try to solve the problem.
- resolution: end of story, conflict resolves
10
Q
reading doc in mac for 2.3 and 3.2
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11
Q
passage with steps to do something is more so expository or technical passage?
A
technical
12
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expository and technical writing similaries (1) and differences (1)
A
- both are to inform
- expository is more so academia and technical is more so practical
