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What is the structure used to build a well-structured news report?
Inverted pyramid structure
What are the elements of the inverted pyramid structure?
Headline, lead, body paragraphs, background information, and conclusion
What is dictation, or word choice?
The specific words chosen to use in order to better communicate an idea as well as to adapt to the intended environment and audience.
What are dangling modifiers?
Descriptions of a subject that lack the direct mention of the subject, making the description confusing.
What are the levels of comparison?
Positive, comparative, and superlative
What is the positive comparison level?
It is the comparison level used to directly describe a subject.
What is the comparative level of comparison?
It is the comparison level used to compare exactly two subjects.
What is the superlative level of comparison?
It is the comparison level used to compare more than two subjects.
What is a run-on sentence?
It is the conjunction of two independent clauses without a punctuation mark dividing them.
What is an extended metaphor?
It is a metaphor that extends further than one sentence, often through a whole text.
What are the four types of sentences?
Simple, compound, complex, compound complex
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence that only has one independent clause.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjuctions or semicolons.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence that consists of one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a compound complex sentence?
A sentence consisting of at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is the five-paragraph essay structure?
One introduction, three body paragraphs, and one conclusion.
What is descriptive writing?
It is a writing style which involves a lot of sensory details and vivid imagery to make the scene feel more real to the reader.
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