Similes The simile is a figure of speech that describes something by comparing or establishing its similarity to something else‚ using ‘like’ or ‘as’. This device makes the description more emphatic. Similes are written in the following forms: 1. [subject] [verb] AS [adjective] AS...[noun] The athlete was AS nimble AS a cat. 1. [subject] [verb] LIKE...[noun] This food tastes LIKE garbage. He drives LIKE a maniac. Here are some common examples of similes‚ with their meanings: ...as
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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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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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Grammar Grammar is a certain structure of a language‚ consisting of sounds and combinations of these sounds into words or parts of words. The arrangement of words and phrases become sentences. You can call grammar a study of structural relationship in a language‚ which includes pronunciation‚ meaning‚ and linguistic history. The system of rules in a language is viewed as a method for creating all sentences possible in a language. There are many rules to grammar; for example: • Verbs have to agree
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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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language and its grammar were developed in the linguistics of the 20th century after the publication of the works by Beaudoin de Courtenay and Ferdinand de Saussure (they demonstrated the difference between lingual synchrony and diachrony). The 1st characteristic feature of Grammar is its abstract character (it abstracts itself from particular & concrete and builds its rules & laws‚ taking into consideration only common features of groups and words). The 2nd characteristic feature of Grammar is stability
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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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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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← ← 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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variations in use and of the pragmatic functions of the utterances produced. Royal and Autonomic decrees for Secondary Education highlights the importance of morphology and syntax in goal number 5‚ which reads “To use correctly the phonologic‚ lexical‚ structural and functional aspects of the foreign language in real contexts of
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