Reading And Writing Skills

• Connected discourse is a continuous sequence of sounds forming utterances or conversations in spoken language
• Discourse written or verbal exchange about things that reason out reality
• Linguistics the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics
• Text a writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols, or sentences
• Exposition a form of discourse that serves to inform or explain; it appeals to the intellect
• Discription a form of discourse that serves to describe the characteristics or qualities of something or someone; it appeals to the senses
• Narration a form of discourse that serves to tell or narrate a story; it appeals to emotion
• Argumentation a form of discourse that serves to argue or persuade the audience to change his mind or to take an action
• Transitional word words that provide a connection or link between ideas that are used to ensure connectedness and a smooth flow of ideas in conversation
• Writing the activity or skills of marking coherent words on paper and composing text
• Brainstorming a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members
• Graphic organizer also known as knowledge map, concept map, story map, cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or concept diagram is a pedagogical tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts though relationships between them
• Pie chart use to present proportions and percentage
• Column bar use to compare quantities. It may be vertical or horizontal
• Line graph use to show progress or development. It may be a single line of a multiple line
• Surface graph use to show proportions and quantities. It may be a single surface or multiple surfaces
• Map chart use to shos geographical data and how things are put together
• Figure graph use to present quantities in tgs form of figures
• Photograph use to show how things look alike
• Organizational chart use to present the lines of responsiblity and accountability in an organization
• Table use to present a large body of numerical or other data. It may be informal or formal
• Table use to present a large body of numerical or other data. It may be informal or formal
• Schematic diagram use to show how things works or is organized
• Flow chart use to show chronology of events in a narrative or stages in a process
• Tree chart use to present clarification or an analysis
• Drawing use to show details not available in a photograph. Example parts of a machine
• Outlining is a logical way of putting things in order in short. It is the skeletal framework of ideas that help the author arrange the topic based on its importance
• Alphanumeric system makes use of alphabet letters and numerical numbers
• What are the 3 classifications of outlining

  Topic outline, sentence outline and paragraph outline
• Academic writing is a formal style of writing used universities
• Essay is a short formal piece of writing that has a single subject
• Paterns of development these are logical patterns of thinking used to support arguments
• Description it gives detail about a specific object, person, of location, to firmly set its appearance. It has 5 senses
• Subejctive description includes attention to both the subject described and the writer's reactions (internal, personal) to the subject
• Objective description it the primarily factual and scientific view of what is being described
• Definition it explains a concept, term, or subject
• Division it refers to sorting or arranging subjects
• Process analysis refers to breaking down a process
• Denotation meaning is the meaning of word that we can find in dictionary
• Connotations are the meanings that are based on emotional or judgemental aspects and associated concepts