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Chapter Nine
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Undergraduate 2
10/24/2014

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anaphoric reference
Definition
Within narrative, reference to something previously indicated.
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cataphoric reference
Definition
Within narrative, reference to something subsequently indicated.
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cohesion
Definition
Property of narrative in which a set of linguistic features connects sentences into a larger linguistic structure.
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endophoric reference
Definition
Dependence of a noun or pronoun within a text to another preceding or following it.
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genre
Definition
Category of texts that share certain formal characteristics and textual functions, and serve to shape audience response.
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lexical cohesion
Definition
Cohesion achieved by repetition of words, collocations, or synonyms across sentences.
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narrative
Definition
Story or structured account of events, as distinguished from description, exposition, and persuasion.
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prosody
Definition
Distribution of intonation and stress. Also systematic arrangement of intonation and stress in poetry.
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register
Definition
Text type that exhibits characteristics that distinguish it from other text types.
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