EXWR 100-01

spring 2000

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Initial Definitions of a Writing Vocabulary

Define each word below, drawing only on your previous knowledge of the word (don't look it up in any dictionary yet). If you don't know the meaning of a word, simply complete this statement about it "I don't know what this word means, but it sounds like it might having something to do with . . . ." If you can't even guess what it means, it's fine to write that down too.

semantics

syntax

metaphor

grammar

convention

punctuation

mechanics (in language)

allusion

documentation

citation

voice

trope

linguistics

rhetoric (used as a noun)

code

verbal

civility

tone

flow

technology

 

 

 

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