Paraphrasing 1. What is paraphrasing? - A (more or less) free rewording of an expression or text‚ as an explanation‚ clarification and translation. “Paraphrasing‚ or translation with latitude‚ where the author is kept in view…but his words are not as strictly followed as his sense” (John Dryen‚ preface to his translation of Ovid‚ 1680) - An act or result of rewording (Ex. Simplified version of a legal document) - To make a paraphrase: to translate or define loosely
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catachresis‚ parable‚ etc. All conform to the basic framework of a figure of speech that achieves its objective by comparison‚ association or representation. Let us analyze a metaphorical statement: The school was a prison for him. What does this mean? It obviously does mean that the school was literally a prison‚ for that is
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English 101 Grammar Principles Answer why question to test your thesis and see if your thesis is good. “I want to convince/persuade the reader that …..” - You cannot have a pros and cons for thesis Grammar Punctuation - rhetorical fragments‚ short emphatic sentence should not be used in formal writing (ex. Best.Night.Ever. or Bigger and Better) - the comma (most troublesome) can change the entire meaning of a sentence 4 Rules for use of Comma: 1) before words like BUT‚ YET‚ OR ‚ AND
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← ← S t r a t e g y : strategy text: writing is a good exercise to detect‚ work on‚ and correct grammar errors . Write about a strange or funny experience that you have undergone or that one of your friends or relatives has undergone in the past. Verbs are
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Teaching and learning : The effective teaching of grammar in modern foreign languages (MFL) ’One of the most misunderstood words in the English language has to be the word ‘grammar’ ’(Rendall‚ 2006: 53). This statement stands as the ideal starting point from which to unveil a rationale for the importance of grammar in the language acquisition process and how it has been perceived in the past decades . What is grammar ? Why and how should it be taught ? These questions‚ as basic as they look
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Latin – Grammar The Genitive Case The genitive case is most often used to give possession‚ i.e. ‘of’. For example‚ ‘portus Alexandriae’ means ‘the port of Alexandria”. Portus = nominative singular‚ Alexandriae = genitive singular. However‚ the genitive case is also used in two other ways: the partitive genitive and the genitive of description. The Partitive Genitive This is used to show a part of a whole‚ mostly used in relation to quantity. Nominative(but the case changes) | + Genitive |
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Complement. Examples: 1. I play tennis. 2. He dances salsa music. 3. They eat breakfast. 4. The boy goes to school. 5. You need help. * Negative: Subject + Auxiliary (Do not/ does not) + Verb (Base form) + Complement. Examples: 1. I don’t play tennis. 2. He doesn’t dance salsa music. 3. They don’t eat breakfast. 4. The boy doesn’t go to school. 5. You don’t need help. * Interrogative Questions (yes/no) Auxiliary (Do/does)+ Subject + Verb (Base form) +
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Title: The Theory of Universal Grammar ( By Anntina Fyvonnequehz) Introduction The Theory of Universal Grammar has been expounded in Lightbown and White (1987‚ White (1989)‚ and Ellis (1994)‚ among others. It derives from Chomsky ’s conceptualization of the nature of the linguistic universals that comprise a child ’s innate linguistic knowledge. According to Chomsky (1976)‚ there is a ’system of principles‚ conditions‚ and rules that are elements or properties of all human languages ’.
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if off when Mother fell ill. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | had promised | | | | (B) | promises | | | | (C) | had been promised | | | | (D) | had been promising | | | | | | | | | | 3. | | By the time he left school‚ he ______ a job in a firm. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | have found | | | | (B) | had found | | | | (C) | had been finding | | | | (D) | had been found | | | | | | | | | | 4. | | If we ______ for directions
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Can Grammar or Phonetics be taught through Games? What is Grammar? Before starting to talk about the place of games in the grammar description and whether it can contribute effectively to the mastery of a language‚ it is suitable here to start with a definition or two of grammar: I. Grammar is the rules of a language set out in a terminology‚ which is hard to remember‚ with many exceptions appended to each role (Rivers‚ 1968‚ p. 56). II. Grammar is the way a language
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