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14001330232Discoursewritten or spoken communication0
14001330233Rhetoricall strategies and devices a writer can employ to allow the reader to easily accept and understand his or her point of view1
14001330234Modes of discourseexposition, narration, description, argumentation2
14001330235ClassificationSeparates items into major categories and details the characteristics of each group and why each member of that group is placed within the category3
14001330236ProcessHow to do something or how something is done4
14001330237DefinitionIdentifies the class to which a specific term belongs and those characteristics which make it different from all the other items in that class5
14001330238attitudeCan either be formal or informal. Represents the stance or relationship the author has toward his or her subject6
14001330239Subject consistencyThe subjects of the main clauses in a sequence of sentences are consistent7
14001330240Tense consistencyThe use of the same tense throughout the selection8
14001330241Voice consistencyUse of the active voice and avoidance of the passive voice when possible9
14001330242Active voiceThe writing lets the reader know that the subject is doing the acting10
14001330243Passive voiceThe subject is acted upon or is the goal of the action11

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