DM, PT, COI, EOAST, TOS

• Discourse Markers 


  A word or phrase that is used for organizing and managing the flow of a discourse
• Linear Text


  A traditional text that needs to be read from beginning to end to make sense of text
• Non-Linear Text


  is not required to be read from beginning to end since it's reading path is non-sequential.
• Persuasive Text


  Act of convincing others to ideas, action, or behaviors
• Persuasive Text 


  Changing person's thinking, attitude, belief, motivation, behavior through effective transmission of message.
• Persuasive Text 


  A technique used to present ideas in order to influence
• Powerful Verbs

  Words that give a vivid picture of an action or what something is doing.
• Emotive Language


  Refers to the words that carry emotional content or those that evoke feelings
• Sensory Words


  sight, sound, smell, taste and touch
• Rhetorical Question 


  Are questions that are asked only for effect and do not require answers
• Figurative Language 


  Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Alliteration
• Exaggeration


  Overstatement to emphasize a point or to create a strong impression
• Facts


  Pieces of information that can be verified or checked through tests and observations. Used to add weight.
• Repitition


  Phrases or words repeated
• Rhetoric 


  Art of speaking and writing effectively to persuade people
• Ethos


  Credibility or authority of the speaker
• Pathos


  Emotional appeal or ability to create connection between the speaker and his audience
• Logos


  Logic or reason behind any conditions drown by speaker(legal basis)
• Secondary Sources


  NOT personally witnessed or evaluation of primary sources

  • commentaries critiques
  • evaluation
  • history(retold)
  • books
  • biographical works
• Primary Sources 


  Authentic or first-hand sources

  • speeches

  • video/audio recordings

  • photograps

  • government records

  • newspaper/magazine(from eyewitness)

  • artifacts

  • diaries

  • manuals

  • interviews

  • journals/letters

  • original documents
• Tertiary Sources


  Collection of information from primary and secondary sources

  • Bibliographies

  • Directories

  • Abstracts

  • Indexes/Indices

  • Dictionary

  • Encyclopedia

  • Almanac

  • Databases
• Accessibility and Effectiveness


  Refers to the quality of being easy to find, obtain and use availability
• Characters 


  Who takes part in the action of a story
• Setting


  The time and place of the story
• Exposition


  A brief introduction of the characters setting, and opening situation
• Rising Action


  Series of main events which lead to the climax
• Conflict


  Struggle between opposing forces

  The problem in the story
• Climax


  The turning point and exciting part of the story
• Falling Action


  Also known as Denouement

  Events leading to the end ot the story
• Resolution 


  The outcome of the conflict
• Theme


  The author' message
• Accuracy


  The information should be reliable, useful, free from flaws, and of high quality
• Completeness


  Information should provide all needed details. It should be able to answer the wh-questions
• Timeliness


  Information should be up to date
• Consistency


  Information should be consistent for it to be considered accurate and useful.
• Relevant 


  Information should be suit the demand, needs, and interest of the readers.
• Uniqueness 


  Information should be distinct
• Adding


  also, moreover, furthermore, in addition
• Cause and Effect


  therefore, thus, hence, as a result
• Sequence


  firstly, first to begin with, later, afterwards