Writing in the Classroom: Middle School: Text Structure

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  1. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  2. formal
    adhering to traditional standards of correctness
  3. informal
    having the simple or familiar structure of everyday language
  4. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  5. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  6. descriptive
    serving to inform
  7. expressive
    characterized by communicating beliefs or opinions
  8. imaginative
    marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
  9. clarity
    the quality of being coherent and easily understood
  10. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  11. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  12. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  13. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  14. organization
    a planned structure for arranging or classifying
  15. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
  16. outline
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  17. layout
    a plan or design of something that is laid out
  18. format
    the general appearance of a publication
  19. formatting
    the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
  20. heading
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  21. cause
    a series of actions advancing a principle or particular end
  22. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  23. compare
    consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
  24. comparison
    the act of examining resemblances
  25. contrast
    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
Created on July 28, 2022 (updated August 2, 2022)

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