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  2. Stance (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, stance is the way in which speakers position themselves in relation to the ongoing interaction, in terms of evaluation, intentionality, epistemology or social relations. When a speaker describes an object in a way that expresses their attitude or relation to the object, the speaker is taking a stance.

  3. Rhetorical stance - Wikipedia

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    Rhetorical stance is the position or perspective that a writer or speaker adopts to convey a message to an audience. [ 1 ] It involves choices in tone, style, and language to persuade, inform, entertain, or engage the audience.

  4. Rhetorical situation - Wikipedia

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    A rhetorical situation is an event that consists of an issue, an audience, and a set of constraints. A rhetorical situation arises from a given context or exigence. An article by Lloyd Bitzer introduced the model of the rhetorical situation in 1968, which was later challenged and modified by Richard E. Vatz (1973) and Scott Consigny (1974).

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Lists

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    For example, list of Indian language poets should link to both list of Indians and list of poets. Lower order (i.e., more specific) articles and lists – for example, the Business page navigational list contains links to small business, list of accounting topics, etc.

  6. Reflective practice - Wikipedia

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    Reflective practice is the ability to reflect on one's actions so as to take a critical stance or attitude towards one's own practice and that of one's peers, engaging in a process of continuous adaptation and learning.

  7. Epistemic modality - Wikipedia

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    As Lyons finds single lexemes of epistemic modals in English that are used in questions and under negation, he assumes that they must be part of a separate class of epistemic modality–the so called objective epistemic modality, in contrast to subjective epistemic modality—whose operators are considered to be taking the same position in the ...

  8. Wikipedia talk : Writing better articles/Define and describe

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    The example of "Anne Widdecombe" above is a nice example. I don't know what it means to define a person, but I do know that there is probably something about Anne Widdecombe that sets her apart from other women in the UK, enough to have an encyclopedia article, and that salient characteristic belongs at the start of the article. A description ...

  9. Position paper - Wikipedia

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    A position paper (sometimes position piece for brief items) is an essay that presents an arguable opinion about an issue – typically that of the author or some specified entity. Position papers are published in academia, in politics, in law and other domains. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that the opinion presented ...