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    sounds into words -Phonemes= the smallest unites of sound that create diff meanings (ex. Pin vs. thin) -by 3 children can almost track all of them and use them to segment sounds into words -Semantics= tells us the meaning of individual words and how words combine to convey larger meanings -Lexicon= the set of words that a person knows -as child gains semantic knowledge they develop more elaborate conceptual knowledge of categories -Syntax= a set of rules concerning how words are combined

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    “On Being a Cripple” Word choice plays an important role in this article‚ “On Being a Cripple”. This was a very descriptive article that went into much depth about this woman’s illness and how she faces the challenges it brings into her life. The creative word choice is very evident and she even describes why she chose such words. She explains what the word “cripple” means to her‚ not just a literal definition but in a greater sense. Most people would agree that the words “crippled”‚ “handicapped”

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    Students : Middle School 8th graders Target Level | Beginning to Advanced | Number of Students | 34 (Male :24 Female : 10) | Teaching objectives | 1. Students will be able to learn new words that are vital for understanding the context. 2. Students will be able to make new sentences using the new words. 3. Students will be able to skim the passage by guessing the subtitles of paragraphs and by arranging jumbled paragraphs. 4. Students will be able to scan the passage by answering true

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    B L. Denise Faulkner Grand Canyon University BIB-650 September 18‚ 2013 A‚ What ’s More‚ B When the phrase “A‚ What’s More B‚ comes to mind one may quickly think of the word parallelism.” Parallelism is the joining together of related ideas to form a complete thought” (Fields‚ 2008). Additionally‚ parallelism relates to the written communication between the phrases of poetic lines which are found in certain books of the

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    Topic Sentences and Supporting Paragraphs Topic Sentences When you write‚ you form paragraphs. A paragraph is a group of sentences that relate in topic and thought. A paragraph generally consists of three to five sentences and usually begins with a topic sentence. A topic sentence is a general statement that announces what the paragraph is about. By starting a paragraph with a topic sentence‚ your audience can immediately identify your topic. This construction also helps you‚ the writer‚ stay

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    picture‚ sunglasses‚ watermelon‚ puddle‚ school bus‚ and lawnmower are words that connect with people with his or her memories in some way. An instant word can bring memories back into his or her reality. Their memories can be so vivid that their dreams may feel like present day. The stream of consciousness can take one word and recreate your whole past. In the poem‚ "Piano"‚ written by D.H. Lawrence‚ the narrator is affected by the word piano. A woman sings softly to him while he reminiscences about his

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    Sample Written Task 1 Criterion A The rationale seems to be a few words over the 200-300 word limit‚ clocking in at 303 words total; not that bad but it needs to stay within the word limit. The rationale also doesn’t give a clear cut purpose as to why he is doing this. He does give some background information about why exactly he chose this exact topic for his written task‚ but he doesn’t tell us what exactly he’s trying to do and what the task is about. I get the feeling that the writer of

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    interesting way to open the novel? Language The language used in chapter one is very mysterious and invites a reader to continue further into the book and the use of pathetic fallacy in the first sentence sets the mood for the rest of the chapter. Words such as crouching and peeking suggest the character is somewhere they shouldn’t be. As well as this‚ the phrase about the ‘past clawing its way out’ gives the impression that what happened there is a monstrous thing that the character has locked away

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    and just how wet they were. The word ’waterfalls’ suggests an abundance of water‚ which is constantly flowing and never-ending. It gives us the idea that they have no control over the water‚ as a waterfall is near enough unstoppable. Also‚ because the word is plural‚ we can then imagine the quantity of water. There was so much water that the mud turned to ’slime’‚ so we can imagine just how dirty the trenches are‚ with a thick slime forever flowing around them. The word ’guttering’ also helps make the

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    conjunction: 1. it supplies the logical connection between parts of the text. It marks the way one sentence follows the other and how the text as a whole is moving forward. 2. Lexical cohesion: an individual word that refers back to another word in the development of the text. Lexical set: words of similar meaning that form a stitch work through the text and can be set out as a set. general commanding operations‚ Indians killing ‚war‚ Indians‚ negotiate‚ General Cook‚ command‚ escort‚ ammunition

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