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Composition: Unit 1: Narrative
Flashcards reviewing Composition Unit 1.
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10th Grade
01/19/2011

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a voice that indicates the subject is preforming an action
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active voice
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the intended readers to whom the author is writing
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audience
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narration of a story by one of the characters, using the first-person pronouns 'I' and 'me'
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first-person point of view
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organizational pattern in which details are grouped together such as in comparison and contrast, where the similarities or differences are grouped together
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logical order
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organizational pattern in which details are presented from least important to most important or from most important to least important
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order of importnance
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the form of a verb used in a sentence in which the subject is the receiver of the action
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passive voice
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words used to create pictures in the mind of a reader, rather than words that merely tell what happened
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showing language
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very informal speech, consisting either of new words or of new definition for old words, which usually stays in fashion only for a brief period of time
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slang
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organizational pattern in which details are arranged according to location
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spatial order
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the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader
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theme
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the attitude of the writer toward the topic or subject
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tone
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the way a piece of writing sounds
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voice
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a sentence, usually in the introductory paragraph, that expresses the belief that the essay is about
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belief statement
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