METU/SFL DBE Logical Sequence Handout PRE-INTERMEDIATE GROUP (Student’s Copy) February 2013 Linkers Linkers are signals that show the connection between one idea and the next. They are important in reading because they help understanding a text. The following chart shows some of the linkers you may need to use while expressing opinions and ideas. TASK 1. Study the linkers and complete the blanks in the table. FUNCTION To list ideas in order of importance To list actions in time order LINKERS
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Gay Often times when someone walks down the sidewalk‚ they hear a plethora of different words used in ways that seem uncommon to what they know. Due to the evolution of words and their meanings‚ older meaning become outdated and replaced with the new meanings. For example‚ the word “gay” has transformed over the ages and now means something completely different than what it used to. From feeling gay to describing something as gay‚ the meaning of the word has changed angles and meanings completely
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Gay Marriage: The Controversial Issue Gay marriage has been an ongoing controversial issue. Many other countries have legalized gay marriage for decades and the United States is just beginning to pick up on the trend. While many people believe that gay marriage will stem many problems in both the short run and the long run‚ it is an issue of discrimination if we were to put a law banning gay marriage. Currently the United States are split up with some states supporting
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Etymology Epidemiology (Occurrence) The frequency depends on the incidence of natural disasters and environmental trauma‚ e.g. earthquakes. In local areas where there are epidemics of viral myositis (muscle inflammation) In urban areas with a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse Causes little or no death unless it is associated with the secondary complications of rhabdomyolysis‚ including hyperkalemia‚ hypocalcemia‚ and acute kidney injury It tends to affect males more than females because
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My Kind Act Through my faith I have learned to believe that we must all do on to others as want others to do on to us; including being kind to others. I had the opportunity to help my sister in law Angie not too long ago. Angie is a single mother of 4 and has 5 grandchildren. A few months ago she was with nowhere to turn; had no place to live and had no job. At this time she had two of kids and her oldest grandchild with her. You see Angie has a great heart and will always help someone in there
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Discrimination of Gays and Lesbians Here in our country‚ we have a big population. Years have passed and there are many gays and lesbians in our community. In the eyes of people‚ gays and lesbians are not acceptable because they think that gays and lesbians are the problems of our country. There are some reasons why there are gays and lesbians. Children and adolescents become gays and lesbians because of their peers. As long as they hang out with their friends or peers‚ the more that they become gays and lesbians
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"The unprecedented growth of the gay community in recent history has transformed our culture and consciousness‚ creating radically new possibilities for people to come out’ and live more openly as homosexuals"(Herdt 2). Before the 1969’s Stonewall riot in New York‚ homosexuality was a taboo subject. Research concerning homosexuality emphasized the etiology‚ treatment‚ and psychological adjustment of homosexuals. Times have changed since 1969. Homosexuals have gained great attention in arts‚
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The two literary periods of realism and naturalism have similarities and differences. The realism work read in class‚ “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” can be compared and contrasted to a naturalism work “To Build a Fire”. Though they are different types of works‚ they can relate to each other. A similarity between the two works is that they both talk about ordinary people in everyday life situations‚ and the differences are that they believe in too different ways of life and they
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8 aspects of religions Christianity Belief- The belief that there is only one almighty god and he is made up by the holy trinity which is the belief that there is 3 people that makes up one god Stories- in the Christianity religion there is so many stories that tell us as human beings how to live our lives for example of the stories are the story of creation and Noah’s ark all have a moral message that we as humans need to take from it Sacred texts- the sacred texts for Christianity are the
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In The Piano Lesson each central character learns a lesson. August Wilson uses plenty of symbolism throughout his play‚ the strongest symbol being the piano itself‚ representing the family’s history‚ their long struggle‚ and their burden of their race. Throughout the play‚ the conflict revolves around the piano‚ and Berniece and Boy Willie’s contrasting views about its significance and about what should be done with it. Berniece is ashamed and cannot let go of the past‚ or the piano‚ and Boy Willie
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