Grammatical Signals or Expressions

Cards (12)

  • Grammatical Signals
    Writing devices that serve to maintain text coherence or unity. They signal relationship between the ideas presented in the given sentences.
  • Signal words
    Give hints about what is going to happen in what you are reading. Understanding them is the key to comprehension.
  • General to Particular Grammatical Signals
    A method of developing ideas from a broad observation about a certain topic to specific details in support to that topic.
  • Cause and Effect Grammatical Signals
    A relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others. This is a combination of action and reaction. Something happens (a cause) that leads to an effect.
  • Problem and Solution Grammatical Signals

    A situation preventing something from being achieved
  • Problem and Solution Grammatical Signals

    The answer to a given problem
  • General to Particular
    Saving money is one of the best habits to do moreover it can be of aid to you in case of emergency.
  • Claim and Counterclaim
    Some people don't know about RA 9003, otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2003, although it is already implemented.
  • Cause and Effect
    Because I always brush my teeth, as a result I don't have cavities.
  • Problem and Solution
    Unhealthy food and junk food is way cheaper therefore the food industry should lower the prices on fresh food.
  • Claim
    The main argument
  • Counterclaim
    The opposite of the argument