speech that readers and listeners can easily connect to. Besides its heartfelt and promising content, Dr. King’s use of vivid metaphors, influential repetition of words and phrases, and placement of strong verbs construct…
indicating a missing letter in some location of the word. Show students a concrete object and provide the name of the object. Let students select the correct letter card that will spell the word of the object shown. • Play stretch and snap. Teach students to s—tr—e—t—ch a word out by its sounds and then to snap the word back together to aide them in oral recognition of the word. Frequent practice of this technique will help students identify words that stump them while reading. Teacher may use…
meanings, N. Chomsky (1996) defined it as a group of sentences which fixed in length and buildup of limited set of parts .other scholars such as E. Sapir (1921), R.A Hall (1968), R.H Robins (1979), have defined it as a system of communication based upon words and sentences, through language people are able to exchange their knowledge, opinions, felling and so on. All these definitions showed clearly that the aim of language is communication which can’t be separated from…
the meanings of words and groups of words (Denham and Lobeck, 2013). 1. SEMANTIC FIELDS AND HYPONYYM Semantic fields are classifications of words associated with their meanings (Denham & Lobeck, 2013). Since we are analyzing 2 different car advertisements, so the semantic field could possibly be CARS’ BRAND NAME. Under the field, we have two hyponyms which are Renault and Toyota. A hyponym is a word whose meaning is included, or entailed, in the meaning of a more general word (Denham &…
Wordiness Passive voice Misplaced modifier Stylistic inconsistency Question 14 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? Conaster goes on to discuss the famous ill-fated excursion by Adolph Ruth that ended six months later with the discovery of Ruth’s decapitated head. Tense error Usage error Spelling error Apostrophe error Question 15 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? With the help of…
A sentence is a gathering of words which begins with a capital letter and closures with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!). A sentence comprises or involves a verb phrase and a subject. Sentences comprise statements. Simple sentences have one statement. Compound sentences and complex sentences have two or more than two statements. Sentences can comprise subjects and objects. The subject in a sentence is for the most part the individual or thing completing an…
identifies communicative competence as “That aspect of our competence that enables us to convey and interpret messages and to negotiate meanings interpersonally within specific contexts” (p.36). It includes four sub-competences which are interconnected and they cannot develop separately. These four competences are: _ Linguistic Competence: is related to language knowledge such as spelling, structure and pronunciation. – Sociolinguistic (pragmatic competence): implies an understanding of the…
Corn mazes are huge, sometimes extravagant, mazes made out of corn where children and children at heart find amusement in making wrong turns and getting lost looking for the end. David Barber uses a corn maze to show that in life everything we do, whether a positive or a negative impact, is an experience. Experiences form the basis of all types of human relationships (Volkmer). Barber uses paradoxes, an extended metaphor, and diction to portray the idea that the experiences in life impact one…
There are many symbols and meanings in “Fahrenheit 451”, the author uses these symbols to get this point across in an informal manner. There are three particular ones that the author uses that really stick out. One example of this is the earphones, Montag uses his earpiece to communicate with the hidden English professor Faber (pg 90). These earpieces are a symbol of the future of technology and what is to come of future generations. In the story, “Fahrenheit 451” Montag describes the earpiece…
working hard to make sure they learn and enjoy their time in my classroom. I put an unprecedented amount of time in preparing special types of lessons for your children. I try to speak slowly and clearly, with extra explanations and repetitions of new words. I try to make the classroom a welcoming and warm place for your children where they can open their mouths and speak a new language…