continuity between as well as within the paragraph. It is very important to arrange and link the sentences between the paragraphs to be able to make the readers follow the thought or the idea that want to be implied. . Careful selection and arrangement of sentences so that they lead up to one idea (which is also known as the principle of unity) becomes more effective when the logical relationship between sentences is made clear. The writer should take pains to indicate the steps of the progress or forward
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A Comparative Analysis of Tenses in Newspapers Headlines and Reports Introduction. The aim of this course paper is to compare tenses used in newspapers headlines and reports on the analytical basis‚ and to find out for what particular reasons the usage of tenses in headlines and newspaper articles differ. First‚ I am going to focus on the characteristics of different functional styles found in the English language. In the light of oratorical‚ colloquial‚ poetic‚ official and other styles‚ we
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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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their/theirs Subjective case pronouns act as subjects--that is‚ they perform the verbs in sentences. If there is a pronoun before a verb‚ the pronoun should be in the subjective case. Ask yourself who or what is performing the verb; the answer will be the subject. Objective case pronouns act as objects--that is‚ they receive action or act as objects of prepositions (the last word in a prepositional phrase). They will never perform verbs. Possessive case pronouns show possession or ownership
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musk and sugar from Sanskrit. Calque A calque or loan translation is a phrase borrowed from another language and translated literally word-for-word. Examples that have been absorbed into English include standpoint and beer garden from German Standpunkt and Biergarten; breakfast from French déjeuner. Literal Translation A word-for-word translation can be used in some languages and not others dependent on the sentence structure: El equipo está trabajando para terminar el informe would translate
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excellent barber but also a good singer. Be able to Identify Parallelism used by Professional Writers • Sentences or parts of a sentence are parallel when structures within them take the same form. • Parallelism is important at the level of ▫ the word ▫ the phrase ▫ the clause Parallelism at Word level • “Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?” (-- Henry David Thoreau) • In this sentence‚ the words hurry and waste‚ both nouns‚ follow the preposition with; hurry and waste are parallel
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consonant sounds‚ exceptions can be made‚ when vowels sounds are also repeated. This figure of speech is commonly seen in poems. For example: "Guinness is good for you" - Tagline for Guinness Hyperbole A far-fetched‚ over exaggerated description or sentence is called as hyperbole and is commonly used in jokes and making backhanded compliments. For example: When she smiles‚ her cheeks fall off. Onomatopoeia This figure of speech is partly pleasure and partly business. It is used to replicate sounds
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SUMMARY You’ve just completed a grammar refresher and developed some new skills. You’ve learned to avoid sentence fragments and run-on sentences and learned to build effective sentences. You should be able to apply your sentence-building skills to the task of building paragraphs. In turn‚ you should be able to apply your paragraph-building skills to creating a larger piece of writing. You’ve learned that sound paragraphing is essential for effective writing in both formal and informal English
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Psychological Review 1992‚ Vol. 99‚ No. 1‚122-149 Copyright 1992 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0033-295X/92/J3.00 A Capacity Theory of Comprehension: Individual Differences in Working Memory Marcel Adam Just and Patricia A. Carpenter Carnegie Mellon University A theory of the way working memory capacity constrains comprehension is proposed. The theory proposes that both processing and storage are mediated by activation and that the total amount of activation available in
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Day Grammar Lessons/Points : a. Prepositions/Prepositional Phrases b. Tenses of Verbs (Simple Past Tense) A. Prepositions/Prepositional Phrase * A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence. Rule : A preposition always introduces a phrase. The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition which introduces the phrase. Examples : aboard along behind by about amid below down
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