English 9
indicates a sequence of actions or ideas in the paragraph
Sequence signals
are features of speech that make utterances more meaningful
Suprasegmentals
puts emphasis on parts of a word or sentence
Stress
is the highness or lowness of a tone
Pitch
Pause between words
Juncture
What are the sequence signals?
Finally
next
first
meanwhile
second
then
third
before
Is getting the main ideas of a text - only most important ideas
Summarizing
is retelling in your own words what a text is all about
Paraphrasing
what are the sentence structures
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
is a complete thought, has one independent clause
simple sentence
has atleast two sentence clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
for
and
nor
or
yet
so
and sometimes by a comma or a semi colon
compound sentence
has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
complex sentence
has atleast two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
compound-complex sentence
aim to inform or educate readers about a specific topic
informative text
types of informative text structures
description
sequence
comparison-contrast
cause-effect
problem-solution
detailed discussion or explaination of a topic is presented
description
information or arguments are presented in chronological steps or consecutive events
sequence
similarities and differences of two subjects are described
comparison-contrast
the origins and/or results of events, and their connection with other events, are explained
cause-effect
identification of a problem and arguments about its possible solutions are explored
problem-solution
is a type of writing that is characterized by objectivity, conciseness, and accuracy of information
journalistic writing
presents information from the mosy important details at the beginning of the article to the least important at the end
Inverted pyramid structure
is the first paragraph that contains the summary of the whole article
lead
what are the punctuation marks
period
question mark
exclamation point
comma
semicolon
ends declarative/imperative sentences
used in abbreviations
period
ends interrogative sentences or direct questions
question mark
ends exclamatory sentences pr emphatic interjections
exclamation point
separates items in a list
keywords: comes before/between
sets off
separates
comma
separates two independent clauses not linked by a coordinating conjunction
semicolon
separates items in a series that already has internal punctuation such as commas
semicolon
is a reading strategy where you look quickly for specific words
scanning
wherein you read to get the general or main idea of a text
skimming
carefully reading the text for the purpose of comprehension or understanding
in-depth reading
what are the reading strategies?
scanning
skimming
in-depth reading