chap 3 tacn

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Sentences in which the subject is the doer of the action (such as Shawn posted the message).

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Active voice

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The spontaneous contribution of ideas from members of a group; a popular method for generating ideas.

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Brainstorming

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Ideas are coherent when the ideas cohere—that is, when the ideas stick together and when one idea logically leads to the next.

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Coherent

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A sentence error that results when a writer joins two independent clauses with a comma.

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Comma splice

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A modifier dangles when the word or phrase it describes is missing from its sentence (e.g., pressing the wrong key, the document suddenly disappeared).

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Dangling modifier

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An organizational strategy that describes an order in which the main idea comes first, followed by details, an explanation, or evidence; used when the writer expects the reader to be pleased, mildly interested, or neutral.

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Direct strategy

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A technique consisting of an idea at the end of one sentence that connects with an idea at the beginning of the next.

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Dovetailed

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A sentence error that results when a broken-off part of a complex sentence is punctuated as if it were a complete sentence.

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Fragment

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A technique that involves getting your thoughts down quickly and refining them in later versions.

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Freewriting

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Another name for the direct method, which places the main idea first.

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