Language Function Tools

Language Function Tools

Stepping up your thinking and communication.

Language Function Tools

These handy resources are designed to get you thinking in creative and innovative ways. Whether you're writing an essay, preparing a speech, or just want to spice up your vocabulary, our flipbook has got what you need! The colorful samples provided in the tool can help you find the right words and create well-crafted academic language that will impress your audience. Just keep in mind, the art of writing is all about showing off your unique personality and creativity, so don't be afraid to express yourself with your own special twist!

Our Language Function Tools are designed to be adjusted to your writing and speaking style. They offer support to help with prompts or questions, removing writer's block and long pauses. Take control of your language skills with our customizable tools!

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Do You Know

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of the Language Function Tools?

• To provide support for writers who struggle with language skills

• To offer customizable resources to improve writing and speaking abilities

• To provide prompts and questions for academic writing and speaking

• To showcase the unique personalities and creativity of writers

Multiple Choice

What is the importance of expressing oneself with a unique twist in writing?

• It helps to impress the audience and create well-crafted academic language.

• It removes writer's block and long pauses.

• It is designed to be adjusted to the writer's style.

• It helps to improve one's vocabulary and language skills.

Multiple Choice

What is a key feature of the language function tools

• They offer support for prompts and questions.

• They provide colorful samples to help find the right words.

• They are designed to be used for academic writing and speaking.

• They are meant to be customized to suit the writer's or speaker's style.

Writing is Thinking

Before writing a sentence, considering its function is crucial to achieve clarity and purpose in communication. By identifying the sentence's role, be it to establish cause and effect, compare and contrast, explain and describe, present a proposition and support, or maintain sequence, you ensure that it contributes effectively to the overall message. This process helps eliminate ambiguity, maintain coherence, and keeps the reader engaged, ultimately resulting in a well-structured and impactful piece of writing.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to consider a sentence's function before writing it?

• To use complex vocabulary

• To achieve clarity and purpose in communication

• To make the message ambiguous

• To bore the reader

Cause and Effect

The Language of Cause and Effect

The language of cause and effect is used when you...

• predict and outcome

• analyze how an event or phenomenon occurred

• identify what led to an action or decision

In persuasive writing, using cause & effect language shows how actions lead to results, strengthening your argument, sharing clear reasons for specific outcomes, and backing them up with proof. This helps readers understand what happens if they agree or disagree with your idea, making your argument more powerful and exciting.

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Cause and Effect

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of using cause and effect language in a persuasive essay?

• To confuse the reader

• To establish a clear connection between actions and outcomes

• To use complex vocabulary

• All of the options

• None of the options

Multiple Choice

How does using cause and effect language strengthen a persuasive essay?

• By presenting illogical causes

• By weakening the argument

• By establishing logical causes that lead to specific effects

• By using a formal tone

Multiple Choice

What is the benefit of presenting logical causes that lead to specific effects in a persuasive essay?

• It allows readers to see the consequences of adopting or rejecting your viewpoint

• It confuses the reader

• It allows readers to develop their own opinion

• It allows readers to be more open to different perspectives

• It weakens the argument

Compare and Contrast

The Language of Compare and Contrast

The language of compare and contrast is used when you are asked to...

• discuss similarities and differences

• choose the best option

• identify common characteristics

In persuasive writing, comparing and contrasting helps show the good and bad of different subjects. This helps readers make better choices. In addition, by pointing out the differences and similarities, you can show why your idea is better, making your argument more robust and convincing.

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Compare and Contrast

Poll

What is the main purpose of using the language of compare and contrast in persuasive writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To identify common characteristics

• To show the good and bad of different subjects

• To provide a conclusion

Multiple Choice

How does comparing and contrasting help in making a persuasive argument more robust and convincing?

• By confusing the reader

• By identifying common characteristics

• By showing why your idea is better

• By using rhetorical devices

Multiple Choice

What is the benefit of using the language of compare and contrast in persuasive writing?

• It helps readers make better choices

• It confuses the reader

• It weakens the argument

• It helps readers remember facts