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