Grammar and Writing Writing Personal Narratives: Tell true stories about event in writers life. Also called autobiography. Realistic Fiction: Portrays invented characters and event in everyday situation that most readers would find familiar. Mystery Stories: Present unexplained or strange events that characters try to solve. Free verse: Poetry that has no regular rhyme‚ rhythm‚ or form. Sonnet: Form of rhyming lyric poetry with set rules. Persuasive speeches: Presented
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Grammar describes the native speaker’s competence in his/her language. Grammars can be descriptive or prescriptive. Is the former more useful than the latter? Explain your answer by discussing the merits of the two approaches in your capacity as a speaker or teacher of English. To me as a speaker of the English language‚ both descriptive and prescriptive grammars are useful. Descriptive grammar generally advises us not to be overly concerned with matters of correctness; language they say‚ is
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& SWAGPro TSL 3083 Teaching Grammar in Primary School Descriptive grammar Descriptive grammar refers to the structure of a language as it is actually used by speakers and writers of the native speaker. Descriptive grammars describe how people use spoken and written language and the knowledge that they use to decide whether something is grammatically correct. Specialists in descriptive grammar (linguists) study the rules or patterns that underlie our use of words‚ phrases
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Descriptive Grammar of English WSJO 2010/2011 – Year 2 Vowels – general characteristics (8) 1. 2. Definition of a vowel – the type of sound‚ depending largely on very slight variations of tongue position‚ which is most easily described in terms of auditory relationships‚ since there is no constriction which we can feel with any precision. Characteristic features: • generally voiced • produced with unimpeded airflow • no noise component but a characteristic patterning of formants • made with
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i Research on Prescriptive Grammar and Its Comparison with Descriptive Grammar ii Abstract In English linguistics‚ there are two approaches which are opposite to each other theoretically: prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar. These two grammars were born in different historical conditions‚ and the application rules involved in has been still under the dispute through the development of English linguistics. It is significant to study the development trend and application in English
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Grammar Review Rewrite the sentences correctly or write correct if the sentence is without error(s). 1. The panther lay motionless behind the rocks. Waiting silently for its prey. 2. Mother loved to play all of our favorite games. Canasta‚ Monopoly‚ hide and seek‚ and even kick the can. 3. With machetes‚ the explorers cut their way through the tall grasses to the edge of the canyon. Then they began to lay out the tapes for the survey. 4. The car was hardly worth trading‚ the frame was twisted
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Grammar Review By: Shauna Hwang Day 1 * Prepositional phrases – generally consist of a preposition and a noun or pronoun Ex: The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are green with mold. * Appositive phrases – a noun or pronoun with modifiers that adds information by identifying‚ renaming‚ or explaining a noun or pronoun Ex: I can’t find my notebook‚ the one I use for history class. * Participial phrases – a participle modified by an adverb or adverbial phrase accompanied by a complement
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING is the clear description of people‚ places‚ objects‚ or events using appropriate details. An effective description will contain sufficient and varied elaboration of details to communicate a sense of the subject being described. Details used are usually sensory and selected to describe what the writer sees‚ hears‚ smells‚ touches‚ and tastes. DESCRIPTIVE PROMPTS 1. Think of an animal you have seen or that you know about. The animal might be someone’s
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Descriptive Writing Overview Lesson Overview The students will read a description of a visit to the Belmont Mansion and then write their own descriptive writing. Topic Descriptive writing Objectives The students will write a piece of descriptive writing. Standards Writing process‚ summarizing‚ drawing conclusions‚ vocabulary‚ adjectives‚ graphic organizers Time Required 1 class period Recommended Grade Level 4-8+ Credits Alison Nicole Rager Preparation
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Beads of sweat trickled down my face as the sweltering sun continued to beat on down on me. The waves crashing rhythmically on the shore were tempting me to enter those enticing waters to cool off. But‚ no. I could not. I was here for a job. A job that needed me to stand here with my heavy makeup bag and watch others have a dip in the cool waters while being photographed and filmed. I turned round and ‘people-watched’ the by-standers who were here at the beach for a nice
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