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Read over something youve written with an eye for the devices youve ingestiond to connect the parts. Underline all the transitions, pointing equip custodyt casualty, call footing, and repetition. Do you see any patterns? Do you rely on certain devices much than some others? Are there any passages that are hard to follow-and if so, can you retrace them easier to ready by adding appropriate transitions or trying any of the other devices discussed In this chapter. Try revising your text to Include different ones. Pointing manner of speaking help orient your reader and establish continuity wealth your writing.KEY POINTS use pointing words to help orient your readers. Plotting words point forward or backward to other sentences. Plotting words help to give your paragraphs continuity. Key terms a key term is a word that will be important on whatever subject you need to know, that involves a key term. Youll usually have to define a key term similar in social studies a key term woul d be ideology so you would define it as a set of beliefs and values. Key terms are Vocabulary that someone should know in order to take the topic. Petition The writer is usually trying to express an emotion or a phrase. Just like in Robert Frosts poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening he repeats the cultivation line and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep to filter out the extent of his journey and his exhaustion. In the charge of the send brigade repetition was most likely used to honor the men who died. By repeatedly stressing the number of men who fought and died for what they believe in they stress that they will not be easily forgotten.