Writing, Speaking, and Listening Flashcards
Purpose (writing)
What is the point of the writing? Narrative, argumentative, informative.
Things to Consider About the Audience
What do they know? What do they believe? How do they understand? How do they speak?
Things to Consider When Giving a Speech
Tone, facial expressions, pacing, and audience reaction to the topic.
Writing Unity
When the details in a sentence, paragraph, or text share a main idea.
Details to include in writing
Reasons Examples Names Numbers Senses
Coherence
The logical progression of words, sentences, and paragraphs.
Overwriting
Adding ornate language or technical terms that clutters the writing and hurts the flow. Making writing really flowery.
Chronological Order
Events are organized in the order in which they happened.
Spatial Sequence
Information is organized based on its position in space.
Compare and Contrast
Starts by highlighting the similarities between two things and then addresses the differences.
Cause and Effect
Begins by discussing the causes or reasons for a given event and ends with the revelation of the effect.
Problem and Solution
Starts by introducing a problem and concludes by exploring solutions to the problem.
Print Resources
Deemed more credible because they go through several reviews before being published. Books, magazines, newspapers, and journals.
Digital and Online Resources
Takes more questioning about reliability because anyone can put things on the internet.
Ethical Research Practices
Make sure that fairness and truth are used when seeking information.
What uses MLA Citation?
Arts, humanities, and literature.
What uses APA Citation?
Education, psychology, social sciences.
What uses Chicago Style Citations?
Sciences, history, literature, and art.