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Special Effects (18-23) - Coggle Diagram
Special Effects (18-23)
Abstraction
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At bottom, rosary beads and baseball cards
At top, freedom and literacy
In the middle, jargon and numbing bureaucratic language
If prose cannot be seen or understood, probably trapped halfway up
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Be aware of when an example is needed, or higher meaning is required
Voice
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Try it, can you hear problems that could not be seen?
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Strategies
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Person - I, we, you, they
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Distance from neutrality
Is writer object, partisan, or passionate?
How material is framed
Conventional, offbeat, or experimental?
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Sentence
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Write with short, medium, and long setences to make music that pleases reader's ear
Paragraph
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A paragraph is a unit of thought, not length
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Paragraphing says "Have you got that? If so, I'll move on"
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Element Choice
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three
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A priest, a minister, and a rabbi
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Show off
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If serious or dramatic, understate
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If playful or inconsequential, exaggerate