The document discusses different ways to achieve unity and coherence in sentences. It provides tips for consistent use of tenses, number, person, subject, voice, mood, and language. It also explains how to avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers. Finally, it discusses different orders for organizing paragraphs, such as chronological, spatial, and order of importance.
Teaching argumentative writing can help develop students' critical thinking skills through inferences, arguments, facts and critical analysis. This powerpoint presentation provides: a definition for argumentative writing; examples of everyday arguments; elements of argumentative writing; ideas about how to organise an argumentative essay; practice prompts and much more!
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Difference between fiction and non-fiction
Forms of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Genres of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Elements of Fiction
Features of Non-Fiction
Mini lesson on achieving Coherence in writing. Give it a try! But before you do, why not try some Coherent Breathing (i.e., breathing "from the heart")- to get in the mood?
Teaching argumentative writing can help develop students' critical thinking skills through inferences, arguments, facts and critical analysis. This powerpoint presentation provides: a definition for argumentative writing; examples of everyday arguments; elements of argumentative writing; ideas about how to organise an argumentative essay; practice prompts and much more!
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Difference between fiction and non-fiction
Forms of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Genres of Fiction and Non-Fiction
Elements of Fiction
Features of Non-Fiction
Mini lesson on achieving Coherence in writing. Give it a try! But before you do, why not try some Coherent Breathing (i.e., breathing "from the heart")- to get in the mood?
7. The verb in the adjective
clause doesn’t need to
agree in the tense with
the verb in the main
clause when the two
actions are not
necessarily related in
time of occurrence.
23. Voice is the aspect
of a verb that tells
whether the subject
performs or receives
the action.
24. EXAMPLES:
Active
The department chair held a
meeting and discussed some
important matters for the
upcoming seminar.
Passive
An inspirational message is given.
33. MISPLACED MODIFIER
a word or phrase that modifies
the wrong word.
Example:
Faulty: Listening to the radio, bits
of news are picked up by the
students.
34. DANGLING MODIFIER
A word that the verbal phrase
should logically modify is not the
sentence.
Example:
Faulty: To glean an information,
the channel is turned to
“Magandang Gabi Bayan”.
45. EXAMPLE:
Papier mache sculpture can be
made from a few items. First, cut
newspaper into one or two inch
strips. Then, dip the paper into a
mixture of water and white
paste. Finally, mold the strips
over a box, a hanger, or wadded
newspaper. The shape you create
will soon harden.
47. Entering city hall is like
traveling in a time machine.
Outside, the century old
marble steps and columns
greet you like an ancient
caretaker. But once inside the
majestic doors, you are met by
clicking typewriters and
beeping computers.
48. ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
One begins with the most
important details and end
with the least important
details. You can also begin
with the least important
and end with the most
important.
49. Example:
Glenda Almo was more fortunate
than the
motherless, fatherless, little child
scavenging for food on streets. She
had a father. She had a warm
house. - And she had a friend- her
grandmother. She was very old and
not strong, but she loved Glenda
and took care of her. Glenda’s
father was too busy to pay much
attention to her, but her
grandmother was always there