Writing
Exercise 1
Choose from the list in every number, the WORD OR PHRASE that you think would be most effective to use in referring to persons you want your readers TO OVE OR ADMIRE, consult the dictionary if needed
Explain the reason or reasons for your five choices.
1. arrogant, affectionate, silent
2. determined, stubborn, stupid
3. liberal, bigot, old-fashioned
4. sarcastic, creative, narrow-minded
5. a liar, a simpleton a genius
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exercise 2 choose from the list in every number, the phrase that would be most effective to use in referring to people you want your readers to DISLIKE OR HATE. Consult the dictionary if needed.
Explain the reason or reasons for your five choices.
1. a deadly gossip, a pretty socialite, a generous millionaire
2. a bible woman, a nagging wife a perfect lover
3. a sensitive man, a talkative man, a jealous husband
4. a learned scholar, a social climber , a working man
5. a self-made man, a corrupt official, a psychologist
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exercise 3 select five pairs of words from this list and use each word in a sentence (separate the pairs and use one word to a sentence). Let your sentence reflect the difference in connotation. Use the dictionary if needed.
1. statesman – politician
2. associate – crony
3. fib – lie
4. daring – foolhardy
5. individual – oddball
6. mansion – house
7. salesman – huckster
8. inquisitive – prying exercise 4.
Read this short poem in free verse by Carl Sandburg which is made up of two sentences written as two short stanzas. Do the learning task that follows.
FOG by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
On little cat feet.
It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on
1. in sentence 1, explain the denotations of this words: fog, comes, little, cat feet
2. explain what each of these words
Choose from the list in every number, the WORD OR PHRASE that you think would be most effective to use in referring to persons you want your readers TO OVE OR ADMIRE, consult the dictionary if needed
Explain the reason or reasons for your five choices.
1. arrogant, affectionate, silent
2. determined, stubborn, stupid
3. liberal, bigot, old-fashioned
4. sarcastic, creative, narrow-minded
5. a liar, a simpleton a genius
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exercise 2 choose from the list in every number, the phrase that would be most effective to use in referring to people you want your readers to DISLIKE OR HATE. Consult the dictionary if needed.
Explain the reason or reasons for your five choices.
1. a deadly gossip, a pretty socialite, a generous millionaire
2. a bible woman, a nagging wife a perfect lover
3. a sensitive man, a talkative man, a jealous husband
4. a learned scholar, a social climber , a working man
5. a self-made man, a corrupt official, a psychologist
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exercise 3 select five pairs of words from this list and use each word in a sentence (separate the pairs and use one word to a sentence). Let your sentence reflect the difference in connotation. Use the dictionary if needed.
1. statesman – politician
2. associate – crony
3. fib – lie
4. daring – foolhardy
5. individual – oddball
6. mansion – house
7. salesman – huckster
8. inquisitive – prying exercise 4.
Read this short poem in free verse by Carl Sandburg which is made up of two sentences written as two short stanzas. Do the learning task that follows.
FOG by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
On little cat feet.
It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on
1. in sentence 1, explain the denotations of this words: fog, comes, little, cat feet
2. explain what each of these words