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itsMRPHI

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Functions
« on: October 12, 2010, 07:13:34 pm »
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What are the general functions and how do they help the text:
-Pronouns (personal,possessive)

-Parallelism and listing

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Re: Functions
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 08:02:37 pm »
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You (second person personal pronoun) /Your ( second person possessive pronoun): speaking directly to audience, address to the readers directly. It engages the readers and creates a closer, more intimate relationship with them.
They/their: taking a more formal tone.
We/us: being inclusive
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Re: Functions
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 08:03:08 pm »
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Listing: is used to build up a group of lexical items to emphasise a point.
not sure about parallelsism
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Re: Functions
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 08:25:18 pm »
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parallelism - emphasises and highlights similarities/differences between each structured sequence
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Re: Functions
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 10:47:39 pm »
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This site is good for grazing definitions, but consult your teacher before using any of the defs in essays.
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/Flowers.htm
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