Principles Flashcards
Finding Purpose
Understanding purpose will help you choose the right form, work out a logical organization, and select relevant evidence for your document or presentation.
Improvising Genre
A Balance between a form of expression that an audience expects and the function of the expression to convey meaning.
Constructing Audience
Focusing on your audience instead of yourself will help you make your writing or speaking more specific, appropriate, and effective.
Developing Credible Argument
A credible argument has three parts: claim, justification, and evidence.
Applying Rhetorical Patterns
Recognizable ways of arranging information that out readers can process quickly because the pattern allows them to anticipate what is to come.
Building Effective Introductions
Defines the purpose and quickly informs the reader whether or not the information she or he is looking for i in the document and, if it is, where to find it.
Framing Knowledge
Framing sets up what’s to follow by providing critical information or by forecasting what’s coming.
Imposing Visible Structure
In technical documents, readers must be able to quickly find information her are looking for. The organizational structure helps them to that; thus, it has to be visible.
Making Transistions
Well-chosen transitions move the reader or listener smoothly from one idea to the next.
Designing Paragraphs
A paragraph is information that has been defined, limited, and arranged into a comprehensive unit.
Moving from Known to New
Writers use known information to orient the reader to new information–the idea the writer intends to present or argue.
Modifying Matters
Information is modified in three ways: Elaboration, Emphasis, and Qualification. Modifying is our only means of gaining the precision we require.
Elevating Verbs
By moving action into the verbs and by understanding verb strength, writers can revise to elevate the strength of their action words and create stronger, clearer sentences.
Positioning the Verb
The verb’s position in the sentence has a significant impact on a readers’s comprehension. Put the main verb as close to the start of the sentence as possible.
Capitalizing on the Power Position
The sentence has two key positions: the start and the end. Effective writing uses these positions for important information.
