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Expository Writing
Persuasive Writing
Writing Techniques
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To indicate or suggest without exactly stating
What is to imply?
100
Support the main idea
What is supporting details?
100
Explains or informs the reader about a topic. It gives no opinions, but give information, explains a process, or discusses an idea.
What is expository writing?
100
Tries to get people to think or act a certain way
What is persuasion?
100
Form of persuasion that attempts to influence people into something without thinking about it
What is propaganda?
200
To mention or state directly
What is to specify?
200
The main idea is stated directly in a topic dentence
What is specified main idea?
200
Explains WHY or HOW something happened. Signal words: because of, consequently, therefore
What is cause and effect organization?
200
Someone's opinion about a topic. He/She tries to get the reader to agree
What is writer's opinion?
200
Doing something just because everyone else is doing it
What is the bandwagon effect?
300
To point out or show
What is to indicate?
300
Main idea is NOT directly stated, so you must identify supporting details that indicate main idea.
What is implied main idea?
300
Events arranged by the order and time Signal words- first, next, last, after
What is chronological organization?
300
Appeal to reader's sense of LOGIC A well-reasoned argument based on facts and evidence
What is logical appeals?
300
Statements that sound good bt don't really mean anything Example- "we should improve our schools"
What is glittering generalities?
400
The major topic; strengthened by supporting details
What is the main idea?
400
The introduction paragraph is where you usually find...
What is the main idea?
400
Shows how things are the SAME and DIFFERENT Signal words- similarly, but, in contrast to
What is compare and contrast organization?
400
Appeals to the reader's EMOTIONS. Example- fear "We will be in danger if we don't do this"
What is emotional appeal?
400
Using celebrities or experts to make an idea seem believable
What is testimonials?
500
Specified main idea and implied main idea
What is the 2 type of main idea?
500
The main idea may also be restated in the _____ paragraph
What is conclusion?
500
Identifies an issue and provides a resolution
What is problem-and-solution organization?
500
Appeals to a sense of RIGHT AND WRONG. Example- morals and ETHICS
What is ethical appeals?
500
Newpapers, magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, history books, and biographies.
What is examples of expository writing?