Writing in the Classroom: High School: Text Structure

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  1. formal
    adhering to traditional standards of correctness
  2. informal
    having the simple or familiar structure of everyday language
  3. descriptive
    serving to inform
  4. engaging
    attracting or delighting
  5. expressive
    characterized by communicating beliefs or opinions
  6. objective
    expressing things perceived without distortion of feelings
  7. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
  8. clarity
    the quality of being coherent and easily understood
  9. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  10. concise
    expressing much in few words
  11. comparison
    the act of examining resemblances
  12. contrast
    the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
  13. cause
    a series of actions advancing a principle or particular end
  14. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  15. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  16. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  17. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  18. style
    a mode of expression typical of a person, group, or period
  19. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  20. voice
    the distinctive way a writer uses language to express ideas
Created on July 28, 2022 (updated August 2, 2022)

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