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Text as Connected Discourse Flashcards

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Is a behavioral non-interactive event restricted to your experience and understanding its characteristics and its meaning or information as to its singular purpose. It may contain information, specifically in the written form or printed form.

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Text

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How is text defined by the Linguistic glossary terms?

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A text is a sequence of paragraphs that represents an extended unit of speech

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It is a fundamental factor in a text

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Grammatical Cohesion

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How will we grasp the meaning of the text?

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By analyzing the overall structure of the text

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Is a social interactive event with many layers of communication and many layers of purpose

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Discourse

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What are the variety of medias used in a discourse?

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Verbal, textual, visual, and audial

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What is the basic difference between text and discourse?

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Discourse depicts the usage of language for social purposes while a text can refer to any written or printed media.

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What is the meaning of the LATIN word discursus?

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Conversation

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What are the steps in making a logical division of ideas in a paragraph?

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  1. Begin a logical division paragraph with a topic sentence
  2. In the supporting sentences, discuss each point one after the other
  3. Introduce each new point with a signal word or phrase
  4. In addition, support each each point with a convincing detail such as an example or statistics
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A key, the core the significant message of a reading selection

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Central Theme

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Refers to the arrangement of ideas in a text

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Organization

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Refers to the connection of ideas and connection between sentences and paragraphs

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Coherence and Cohesion

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Refers to the acceptable style of language for a particular form of text

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Appropriate language use

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Refers to the conventions of writing, which includes capitalization, punctuation, spelling, numerals, abbreviations, and contractions.

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Mechanics

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Is the logical expression and completeness of ideas in a text

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Organization

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What to key areas that organizing your writing focuses on?

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Structure and Coherence

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Is the beginning, middle and end pattern most paragraphs take

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Text Structure

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What are the characteristics of an effectively written beginning?

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It can draw the reader into a piece of writing

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What are the two purposes of beginning or introductions?

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  1. To draw readers attention; and

2. To prepare the reader for the direction your writing is going to make

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These are a few sentences that will get the attention of the readers and make them anticipate enthusiastically what lies in store for them in your paragraph/essay

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Opening Techniques

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What are the opening techniques?

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  1. Asking a rhetorical question
  2. Citing a biblical passage
  3. Using a quotation
  4. Using the first few lines of a song or writing a famous poetic passage
  5. Telling an anecdote or a humorous story
  6. Using a startling or intriguing statement
  7. Using a narrative material taken from new papers, television newscasts, talk shows, etc.
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This where strong paragraphs about the main idea or topic is explicitly stated

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Topic Sentence

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What does a good topic sentence always contain?

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  1. A topic; and

2. A controlling idea

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What is a rhetorical question?

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A question that does not need an outright answer from the audience

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The main subject matter or idea covered in the paragraph

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Topic

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This idea focuses the topic by providing direction to the composition

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Controlling Idea

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Writing the supporting of your paragraph

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Middle

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The last part of your paragraph structure. This is where the writer draws to close the ideas they mentioned and developed in the previous parts

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Clincher

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What are the three types of clincher?

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  1. Summary clincher;
  2. Restatement; and
  3. Concluding statement
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Condenses the entire thought of your paragraph in one sentence

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Summary Clincher

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Mentions again your main idea albeit in different words. You can use synonyms and a different sentence structure to restate your topic sentence or thesis statement.

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Restatement

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A recommendation or a prediction about the future based on your topic sentence or thesis statement

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Concluding Statement

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What LATIN word did coherence come from?

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Cohere

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What is the meaning of COHERE?

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Stick together

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This refers to the smooth transition and connection of ideas

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Coherence

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What are the six categories of transition words?

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  1. Spatial Order
  2. Time Order;
  3. Numerical Order;
  4. Cause/Effect Order;
  5. Comparison/Contrast Order; and
  6. General/Specific Order
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These are words used in descriptive writing to signal spatial relationships

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Spatial Order

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These are words used in writing narratives and instructions to signal chronological sequence

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Time Order

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These are words used in expository writing to signal order of importance

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Numerical Order

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These are words used in expository writing to signal causal relationships

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Cause/Effect Order

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These are words used in expository writing to signal similarities and differences

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Comparison/Contrast Order

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These are words used in descriptive reports and arguments to signal more specific elaboration on an idea

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General/Specific Order

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Above, below, beside, nearby, beyond, inside, and outside are examples of what transition words?

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Spatial Order

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Before, after, first, next, then, when, finally, while, as, during, earlier, later, and meanwhile are examples or what transition words?

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Time Order

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First, second, also, finally, in addition, equally important, and more or less importantly are examples of what transition words?

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Numerical Order

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Because, since, for, so, as a result, consequently, thus, and hence are examples of what transition words?

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Cause/Effect Order

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Also, additionally, just as, as if, as though, like, similarly, but, yet, only, although, whereas, in contrast, conversely, however, on the other hand, rather, instead, in spite of, and nevertheless are examples of what transition words?

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Comparison/Contrast Order

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For example, such as, like namely, for instance, that is, in fact, in other words, and indeed are example of what transition words?

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Generic/Specific Order

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Refers to the connectivity in a text

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Cohesion

50
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What is the difference between coherence and cohesion?

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Coherence refers to how easy it is to understand the writing while cohesion refers to the connectivity in a text

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What are the properties to be considered to be able to express meaning and min inwriting?

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  1. Logical arrangement of ideas;
  2. Coherence and cohesion of a text;
  3. Appropriateness of language use;
  4. Mechanics;
  5. Writing structure; and
  6. Creativity

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