Effective Sentences and Word Choice Fragments‚ Run-On‚ Parallel Structure‚ String/Wordy Sentences‚ Colorful Language‚ Denotation & Connotation‚ All types of Figurative Language (all) 2.3 Parallel vs. Non Parallel 2.5 Wordy Sentence Chart 2.6 Be Specific‚ choose vivid verbs‚ include strong‚ precise modifiers 2.7 Denotation/Connotation…be ready to identify 2.8 Similes‚ Metaphors‚ Personification Extra… Alliteration‚ Hyperbole‚ Oxymoron‚ Idioms‚ Overstatements/Understatements Sentence Variety
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* Conditional Sentences * Factual Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If + verb word ‚ verb word (bare infinitive) * If water freezes‚ it becomes a solid. * Factual Conditionals -Absolute‚ Scientific Results * If orange blossoms are exposed to very cold temperatures‚ they wither and die. * If the trajectory of a satellite is slightly off at launch‚ it gets worse as the flight progresses. * Factual Conditionals – Probable Results for the Future * If
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What I Have Lived for ---Bertrand Russell Three passions‚ simple but overwhelmingly strong‚ have governed my life: the longing for love‚ the search for knowledge‚ and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions‚ like great winds‚ have blown me hither and thither‚ in a wayward course‚ over a deep ocean of anguish‚ reaching to the verge of despair. I have sought love‚ first‚ because it brings ecstasy --- ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few
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SENTENCE: A group of words which expresses a complete thought. A sentence must contain a subject and a finite verb. There are four types of sentences: (1).STATEMENTS (2). QUESTIONS (3). EXCLAMATIONS (5). COMMANDS (IMPERATIVES) Sentences can be classified as simple sentences‚ compound sentences‚ or complex sentences. A Sentence may be divided into a subject [ (who or what?)- the word that follows the subject is
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stylistic features. Figures of Speech Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound or consonant cluster in consecutive or closely positioned words Anaphora: The repetition of words or groups of words at the beginning of consecutive sentences‚ clauses or phrases Assonance: The repetition of identical or near identical stressed vowel sounds in words whose final consonants differ‚ producing half rhymes. Chiasmus: The inversion of an already established sequence. This can involve verbal
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September 14‚ 2011 ENG 301 Effective Sentences 1. A) The causes of burnout can be studied from three perspectives: (1) physiological---the roles of sleep‚ diet‚ and physical fatigue; (2) psychological---the roles of guilt‚ fear‚ jealousy‚ and frustration; (3) environmental---the role of the physical surroundings at home and at work. B) There are several problems with the online registration system used at Dickerson University: * The lists of closed sections cannot be updated as often
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15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
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nervous condition which is expressed by the epithets: ‘nervous’‚ ‘an atmosphere of subdued expectancy’‚ ‘keenly conscious’; similes: ‘as if he were sitting on a powder-magazine ’. To show the atmosphere after Speed’s confusion with the names‚ the author uses rhetorical exclamatory sentence‚ even with inversion in it. And then goes Speed’s flashback to his past. Elliptical sentence (‘in hot
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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processes‚ occasions‚ times‚ qualities that cannot be touched or seen. | | ADJECTIVEgives more information about or describes a noun or pronoun | ADVERBgives more information about (modifies) a verb‚ an adjective‚ another adverb‚ or a sentence. | ALLEGORYa narrative in which people‚ objects and events represent moral or spiritual ideas. | ALLITERATIONthe repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginnings of words in a line / phrase: “What would the world be‚ once bereft
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