Exploring Discourse and Cohesion

What are the main characteristics of narrative discourse?

• Imagery, symbolism, and tone

• The main characteristics of narrative discourse include plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme.

• Dialogue, conflict, and resolution

• Rhythm, meter, and rhyme

Identify a genre of written discourse that is primarily informative.

• Narrative writing

• Poetic writing

• Expository writing

• Descriptive writing

How does grammatical cohesion contribute to the clarity of a text?

• Grammatical cohesion contributes to clarity by linking sentences and ideas, making the text easier to understand.

• Grammatical cohesion only applies to spoken language.

• It has no impact on the clarity of a text.

• Grammatical cohesion makes the text longer and more complex.

Differentiate between the form and function of a sentence in discourse.

• Form and function are interchangeable terms in sentence analysis.

• Form is about the context of a sentence; function is about its length.

• Form relates to the structure of a sentence; function relates to its purpose in discourse.

• Form refers to the meaning of a sentence; function refers to its grammatical rules.

Explain the concept of theme in a sentence and provide an example.

• Themes are only found in poetry, not in novels.

• An example of a theme is 'the struggle for identity' in the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

• An example of a theme is 'the color of the sky' in 'The Great Gatsby'.

• A theme is a character's name in a story.

What is the role of rheme in a sentence structure?

• The rheme indicates the subject of the sentence.

• The rheme is used to connect clauses in a sentence.

• The rheme conveys new information in a sentence.

• The rheme provides grammatical structure to the sentence.

How do tense and aspect work together in English grammar?

• Tense indicates time, and aspect indicates the nature of the action, working together to convey complete temporal information.

• Tense and aspect are unrelated concepts in grammar.

• Aspect only indicates the time of an action.

• Tense describes the subject of a sentence.

Provide an example of a sentence that illustrates the use of present perfect tense.

• I am visiting Paris now.

• I visited Paris yesterday.

• I will visit Paris.

• I have visited Paris.

What is lexical cohesion and how does it enhance a text?

• Lexical cohesion is the use of related words to connect ideas in a text, enhancing its coherence and clarity.

• Lexical cohesion is the use of unrelated words to confuse the reader.

• Lexical cohesion refers to the grammatical structure of sentences.

• Lexical cohesion is a technique used only in poetry.

Identify a type of lexical cohesion used in academic writing.

• Phrases

• Homophones

• Antonyms

• Synonyms