Writing Styles Flashcards

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Signal words

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Words or phrases that show the connection between ideas

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Narrative text

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Fictional stories, plays, poems.

Usually contains some element of plot or conflict

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Organizational structure

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Text structure can include cause/effect, problem/solution, main idea/details and/or sequence

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Drama

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Serious and thought provoking dramatic literature

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Compare and contrast

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Organizational approach where author provides similarities and differences about two ideas

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Cause and effect

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Writing method in which author explains reasons why something happened or the effects of something that has happened.

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Claim and refutation

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Organizational approach where author argues against a statement, fact, or claim.

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Poetry

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Creative writing in verse and often including rhymes or heavy use of figurative language.

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Genre

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Various forms of text including short stories, essays, folk tales, fairy tales, poetry, historical fiction, biographies, memoirs, etc

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Nonfiction

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Writing based on factual information, may tell a story or give information.

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Spatial order

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Organizational approach where ideas are arranged related to physical space.

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Fiction

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Writing that describes imaginary events and or people

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Order of importance

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Organizational approach where ideas are arranged with most important claim at top or bottom

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Memoir

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Story or account of someone’s life

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Problem and solution

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Organizational approach where author presents a problem and a possible solution

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Chronological order

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Organizational approach that follows an orderly progression of events based on time.

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Informational text

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Provides factual information (newspapers, magazines. Textbooks)

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Transition words

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Phrases and words used to link sentences, paragraphs and ideas together.

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Sequential order

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Follows orderly progression of events ideas or steps