reading and writing

Cards (32)

  • It is commonly used a pre-writing exercise
    Free writing
  • Free writing technique helps overcome
    Writers block
  • According to Diane Henry Leipzig, _______ is a multifaceted process involving word, recognition, comprehension, fluency and motivation
    Reading
  • These are words that has meaning
    Text
  • A ____ is a large unit of written language
    Text
  • Three components of writing
    Text, author, reader
  • What is the feedback through writing
    Author and the reader
  • Expression of ideas
    Discourse
  • They convey meanings
    Discourse
  • Discourse is from a Latin word "_________" an argument > main idea
    Discursus
  • Purpose of discourse
    To inform, to persuade and to entertain
  • Factors that affect the discourse
    Personal experience, social environment, culture
  • Keep secret or done secretly
    Clandestine
  • A situation of intense activity, typically one incorporating an element of aggression or competition
    Fray
  • The subjection of someone or something contemptuous and dismissive language or behaviour 

    Ridicule
  • A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms
    Quarrel
  • Spending a lot of time studying or reading
    Studious
  • Walk at a steady and consistent speed, especially back and forth and as expression of one's anxiety or annoyance
    Paced
  • (Of a remark, opinion or idea) overused and consequently of little important lacking originality or freshness
    Trite
  • A sudden, violent and copious outpouring of (something, typically words or feelings)
    Torrent
  • Causing moral revulsion
    Abominable
  • Unable to be challenged or denied
    Indisputable
  • Not acknowledging or expressing regret
    Unapologetic
  • A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining
    Stoic
  • Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval
    Primordial
  • A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals
    Throngs
  • A person who occupies a land or property rented from a landlord
    Tenants
  • A chronic autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy the communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles
    Myasthenia Gravis
  • A bag with shoulder straps, carried on the bag, and typically made of canvas or other waterproof material
    Knapsack
  • A group of people attending or surrounding an important person
    Entourage
  • Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned
    Indifferent
  • Painful or horrific experience
    Ordeal