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What is a Prose?

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A prose is an ordinary speech or writing without rhyming structure.

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Poetry?

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Poetry uses aesthetic/rhythmic qualities of language.

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What are sound techniques?

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  1. Onomatopoeia
  2. Sibilance
  3. Alliteration
  4. Assonance
  5. Consonance
  6. Repetition
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What are visual techniques?

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  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Symbol
  5. Allusion
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What are vocabulary techniques?

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  1. Euphemism
  2. Compound adjectives
  3. Neologism
  4. Portmanteau
  5. Jargon
  6. Pun
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Other techniques?

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  1. Personal Pronoun
  2. Listing/ triple structure
  3. Imperative
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What is Onomatopoeia?
And the effect of it?

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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that create the sound representing.

By using onomatopoeic words the writing is bought to life through the sound.

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What is sibilance and the effect?

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Sibiliance is when the “s” constant is repeated in 2 or more words.

Silbilance reinforces softer sounds to impart a whispering or gentle tone and rhythm.

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What is Alliteration and effect of it?

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Alliteration is reapeating a constant sound at the start of 2 or more words.

Repeated consonant sound create a tone and rhythm which connects the subject matter.

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What is Assonance and the effect of it?

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Assonance is the repetion of vowel sound across two or more words.

It creates a tone

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What is consonance and the effect of it?

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Consonance is the repetition of consonance sound across two or more words.

Tone and rhythm

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What is repetition and the effect of it?

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Repetition is repeating a specific word for impact.

Highlights and connects with the key idea.

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What is similie?

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Comparison using the word like or as.

Increase readers understanding of the object by comparing it indirectly to something the reader will recognise.

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What is metaphor?

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Metaphor is directly comparing one thing to another.

It increase readers understanding of the matter by comparing it to something the reader familiar with.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.

By using human qualities we can relate more to the image.

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What is symbol?

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An object or word that represent another idea through its connotation.

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Allusion?

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A brief, indirect reference to a generally known person, place or literacy work.

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What is Euphemism?

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Euphemism is a polite way to express something distressing, impolite or distasteful.

It avoids bluntness and gives impression that the speaker is sensitive to the situation.

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What is compound adjectives?

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Compound adjectives is two words joined by a hyphen to supply and immediate description.

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What is neologism?

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Newly created or coined word.

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What is Portmanteau?

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Portmanteau is word formed by blending part of 2 words.

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Jargon?

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Jargon is technical terms related to specific field or expertise.

It will assume that the reader will be familiar with the terminology.

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What is a pun?

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A play on word.

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What is a personal pronoun and the effect of it?

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Personal pronoun is a pronoun that replaces a name to personalise a POV.

Emphasize a personal POV.
Use of “we” or “us” as an inclusive pronoun. “they” are exclusive and distancing pronoun.

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What is listing?

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List of items with commas or colon.

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Imperative

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Command or directive in verb form.

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what is a predicate?

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A predicate is a verb.

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Simple sentence?

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Simple sentence needs a predicate (verb) and a subject.

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Compound sentence?

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Compound sentence is made up of 2 simple sentences that are joined together by a conjunction.

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Complex sentence

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Made up of one dominat clause and one subordinate clause (which relies on the dominant clause to make sense).

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Loose sentences?

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Main clause at the begging

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Periodic sentence?

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Main idea at the end, making build-up tension.

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Parallel structure?

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Repetition of word order in a sentence.

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Balanced sentence?

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Two or more clauses of opposite meaning.

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Minor sentence?

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sentence missing a subject or a verb.

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Juxtapostion?

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the placing of contrasting ideas side by side to reinforce difference.

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Parantheses?

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Comments or modifiers inserted into the sentence.

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negatives

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including not, never, neither, nor , no to emphasize the negativeness.

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What is Italic used for in text?

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Thoughts

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How to identify the target audience in a text?

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Look at the jargon or words used as it will assume the reader will know these terms and will not give explanation for it.

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Oxymoron

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Oxymoron is joining 2 seemingly contradictory terms.

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What is a paradox?

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Paradox us a statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth.

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What is mood?

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Mood is the atmosphere of the text, the overall feeling you experience as you read.

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What is tone?

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Tone is the feeling being expressed by the writer.

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What is happening when the text is about expressing and reflecting?

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The author is trying to express and reflect on life experiences.

When reflecting the author is looking backward to look forward.

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What is happening when the text’s purpose is informing and explaining?

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It’s when they state a point and explain.

They will present info in an engaging way.

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What’s happening when the text’s purpose is evaluating and judging?

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The author is explaining the worth of something.

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What is happening when the purpose is to inquire and explore?

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Introduce a problem and state a solution.

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What’s happening when the purpose is to analyse and interpret.

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Unpack reasons to why and how something is certain.

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What’s happening when the purpose is to persuade?

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Persuade the reader to accept a position on the issue.

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What are the 6 real-world writing context?

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  1. Express and Reflect
  2. Inform & Explain
  3. Evaluate and Judge
  4. Inquire and Explore
  5. Analyse and Interpret
  6. Persuasive
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