Building Blocks
What is the primary purpose of a "problem and solution" structure?
To identify an issue and propose ways to resolve it.
What is the difference between active and passive voice?
In active voice, the subject performs the action; in passive voice, the subject receives the action.
Identify the technique: I came, I saw, I conquered.
List of three/ tricolon/ parallelism
Identify the text type:
Instructional Texts
What is clipping?
The shortening of a word (e.g., math from mathematics).
Which structure uses chronological order to present events?
Sequence structure
Identify the transitive verb in the sentence: She gives a gift.
gives
Identify the technique:It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Antithesis (two contrasting ideas are presented in parallel structure)
The technical term for an audience that is directly addressed by the text
target audience
What is archaism?
The use of outdated or old-fashioned words (e.g., thou or wherefore).
How does "cause and effect" structure connect ideas?
It explains reasons for events (causes) and the results they produce (effects).
Identify the word order in this sentence: In the forest ran the deer.
inverted word order
A polite or mild word/phrase used to replace one that may be harsh or unpleasant (e.g., passed away instead of died)
Euphemism
When a school markets itself, who is considered the secondary audience?
Children/Students
Identify the type of Jargon: AWOL, Bird, Charlie Mike
Military Jargon: AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave; Bird - helicopter, Charlie Mike - Continue Mission
In a "compare and contrast" structure, what are the two primary ways the similarities and differences are presented?
Block method (each subject separately) or point-by-point method.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
What does the term "in medias res" refer to?
A narrative technique where a story begins in the middle of the action.
Identify technique: Raising a child is like gardening. It takes both patience and practice.
Analogy (a comparison between two things that are different - used to explain an idea)
Identify the semantic field: waves, tide, beach, shells
Ocean
Which structure uses examples to clarify reasons behind an argument or idea?
Reason and examples structure.
Identify the relative pronouns in this sentence: She is the girl whom I helped yesterday.
whom
Identify the technique employed for 'heart' in the sentence I gave you my heart.
Metonymy(a word used to refer to something it's closely associated with. Here 'heart' refers to 'love'.)
What rhetorical technique is used to entertain, mock and persuade through humour?
satire
What is coinage?
The invention of new words (e.g., Google as a verb).