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Transactional Writing

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    Article devices
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  • What is a strapline?
    A 1-2 sentence summary of an article under the headline
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  • What is anaphora?
    Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successful clauses
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  • What is an anecdote?
    a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
  •  15
  • What is the impact of facts and statistics?
    Make writing more credible
  •  10
  • What is an example of a collective pronoun?
    us, we, they
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  • What is a rhetorical question?
    A question that is not directly answered
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  • What is the present tense version of 'brought'?
    Bring
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  • What is the present tense version of 'bought'?
    Buy
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  • What is the first thing you see in an article?
    Headline
  •  5
  • When is a semicolon used?
    For connecting ideas or to separate items in a list
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  • When is a colon used?
    Introduce lists, introduce extra information, when the second clause clarifies the first
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  • What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?
    Hyphen - joins two or more words / Dash - separates two statements
  •  20
  • What is the punctuation mark that combines a question mark and an exclamation mark called?
    Interrobang
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