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Idiomatic Expression
1. Joint – any place of entertainment
2. Keep the Wolf from the Door – resist hunger and poverty.
3. In Cahoots With – in cooperation with (for evil acts)
4. Have the Jitters – means be extremely nervous (butterflies in the stomach)
5. Keel Over – collapse
6. In an Evil Hour – at a bad time
7. Have your heart on your throat – to be terrified
8. In one fell swoop – suddenly and completely
9. In the same boat – in the same situation
10. Jump at the chance – grasp an opportunity enthusiastically
Filipinos are not book lovers
- Essay that proves why most Filipino hates reading most of all.
Editorial – opinions, point of view, reaction, criticism of a person. It gives general information
Bookworm – a person addicted to books AKA Bibliophile
Why Filipinos are not book lovers
• Easily bored
• More attracted to pictures than words
• Prefer watching (audio-visual)
• Judge the book by its cover (the cover and title of the book are not interesting)
• Short attention span
• Technology based
• Multi-tasking
Reading requires
• P – patience
• E – Endurance
• T – time
• S – Solitude
Arguments – conflict, debate and disagreement
- Arlene used 3 arguments (yung nasa test 3 pero yung nasa book 4)
These arguments are:
- Virginia Woolf – English writer who uses the “steam of consciousness” technique
- George Bernard Shaw – an English playwright, said that Filipinos will go from being primitives to becoming exhausted civilization.
- Imelda Marcos – former first lady of the Phil., who was never seen reading a book from cover to cover get positions of power.
- Cory Aquino – former president of the Phil.
Thesis statement of the essay
The Philippines is a nation of non-readers
I. Interest of Filipinos
- Sari-sari store, beauty parlor and very occupied with today’s technologies.
II. Cultural Characteristic of Filipinos
- Celebrate festivities, lazy, impatient and ningas-kugon
III.
Idiomatic Expression
1. Joint – any place of entertainment
2. Keep the Wolf from the Door – resist hunger and poverty.
3. In Cahoots With – in cooperation with (for evil acts)
4. Have the Jitters – means be extremely nervous (butterflies in the stomach)
5. Keel Over – collapse
6. In an Evil Hour – at a bad time
7. Have your heart on your throat – to be terrified
8. In one fell swoop – suddenly and completely
9. In the same boat – in the same situation
10. Jump at the chance – grasp an opportunity enthusiastically
Filipinos are not book lovers
- Essay that proves why most Filipino hates reading most of all.
Editorial – opinions, point of view, reaction, criticism of a person. It gives general information
Bookworm – a person addicted to books AKA Bibliophile
Why Filipinos are not book lovers
• Easily bored
• More attracted to pictures than words
• Prefer watching (audio-visual)
• Judge the book by its cover (the cover and title of the book are not interesting)
• Short attention span
• Technology based
• Multi-tasking
Reading requires
• P – patience
• E – Endurance
• T – time
• S – Solitude
Arguments – conflict, debate and disagreement
- Arlene used 3 arguments (yung nasa test 3 pero yung nasa book 4)
These arguments are:
- Virginia Woolf – English writer who uses the “steam of consciousness” technique
- George Bernard Shaw – an English playwright, said that Filipinos will go from being primitives to becoming exhausted civilization.
- Imelda Marcos – former first lady of the Phil., who was never seen reading a book from cover to cover get positions of power.
- Cory Aquino – former president of the Phil.
Thesis statement of the essay
The Philippines is a nation of non-readers
I. Interest of Filipinos
- Sari-sari store, beauty parlor and very occupied with today’s technologies.
II. Cultural Characteristic of Filipinos
- Celebrate festivities, lazy, impatient and ningas-kugon
III.