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Cards (36)

  • Conjunctions are words or group of words that are used to connect other words or phrases in a sentence
  • Coordinating conjunctions is the most common type of conjunctions
  • Subordinating conjunctions is used in linking two clauses together
  • Correlative conjunctions are pair of conjunctions which are used to join equal sentence elements together
  • Pronouns are used to replace nouns in sentences
  • Prepositions indicate relationships between other words in a sentence
  • Adverbs are words that can be used to show order, contrast, and such
  • Ellipsis is also known as dot-dot-dot because it consists of three periods, or dots, in a row of writing
  • Adverbs as conjunctions are called adverbial conjunctions
  • While is one of the lists common subordinating conjunctions
  • Paragraph coherence is achieved when sentences are arranged logically
  • Cohesion is how well parts of your text fit together
  • Cohesive devices has 5 types
  • Conjunctions are key to good cohesion
  • Coordinating conjunctions is placed between the words or groups of words that it links together
  • Subordinating conjunctions describe the relationship between the dependent clause and independent clause in the sentence
  • Explicit signals are the spoken or written messages that are clearly stated
  • Explicit signals are clear and detailed
  • Implicit signals are statements or messages that are not stated but are understood
  • Implicit signals can be statements that have deeper meanings than literal ones, body gestures or movements, or facial impressions.
  • Explicit are plainly stated and leave no space for doubt
  • Implicit are inferred by the help of explicit ones
  • If you can point out a text and refer back to it, then it is explicit
  • Both signals are important in conveying or decoding the meaning of messages, whether literal or figurative
  • Implicit is understandable with the help of gestures and movements
  • General ideas and the statements that express them are kind of like umbrellas
  • General ideas cover broad categories or groups of people or things and usually express the overall aspects, characteristics, or elements of these categories or groups
  • General ideas tend to communicate broad topics
  • Specific ideas and statements offer that support
  • Specific ideas usually clarify, explain, and illustrate general ideas statements by referring to particular individuals, ideas, or things
  • Specific ideas tend to express distinct characteristics
  • General ideas usually express the main point or main idea of a piece of writing
  • General ideas present the topic
  • Fantasy is an event that cannot happen in real life
  • Fantasy is only make-believe
  • Reality is an event that actually happens