avoid Body: 1. Language a) Use simple, clear language * Use words that don’t have multiple meanings * For example, the word high has 20 meanings; the word expensive has only one meaning b) Be brief * Use simple sentences & short paragraphs * Break information into smaller chunks that are easy for the reader to grasp and translate c) Use transitional elements * Use transitional words and phrases * Precede related points with expressions 2. Format
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the aim or purpose of something is.......................................12 2. Words meaning aim or purpose.............................................................................13 Approximate / Exact.................................................................................................15 1. Words meaning approximately ..............................................................................15 2. Words meaning exactly ............................................................
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information that help us figure out the meaning of difficult or unfamiliar words we read. Context clues are the words, phrases, or even pictures that surround a word, which help explain the word’s meaning. For example, “During winter, there is not enough light or water for leaves to keep their green color. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors.” We can determine from the context clues that the word “fades” means “loses color.” Why Are Context Clues Important? Understanding
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Smart like hell”- Hat (Pg11) Chapter I- Hat is referring to Bogart intelligence being similar to the strong blazing fires of hell. In Elias’s mouth litritcher was the most beautiful word I heard. It sounded like something to eat, something rich like chocolate. (Ch.4 Pg 41)- The writer compared the sound of Elias’ words to that of chocolate. When people think of chocolate, they think its charming and pleasant to have. Imagery “George was short and fat. He had a grey moustache and a big belly. He
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changed. He hears her saying that she has changed from who she was before, “you are not as you were “, “when you had changed” the second quote is even more clear because he specific uses the word itself. The author writes the poem using the second person and she address the woman directly, “when you”, by using the word you it give us a more personal and direct feeling. He is talking specifically to her, even though he knows she is dead. She is gone. The author also express a feeling of nostalgia when
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understanding and speaking when reading to the class, and then be able to write a story a summery. The student will have to read aloud and write a summary about the another students story. Tell authentic and imagined stories using a gathering of recognizable words into a story. | | Correlating language arts standard: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions
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Centre for Teaching and Learning Signpost words and phrases Having researched your topic in preparation for writing an essay, you will probably have accumulated a wide range of facts, published research, and other information relevant to the topic. Many people simply throw these facts together in body paragraphs, without properly applying them to the topic or signalling to the reader the connections between them. Simply adding a few connecting words – known as “signposts” – make it much more readable:
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communication. Inevitably communication is often misunderstood by socialists, many of whom fail to comprehend the full scope of communication. Keeping all of this in mind, in this essay I will examine the major issues. Social Factors Society is a simple word with a very complex definition. The immortal and indispensable phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ [1] shead new light on communication, allowing man to take it by the hand and understand its momentum. No symbol is more potent than communication in
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Prepositions “at”, “on” and “in” The prepositions “at”, “on” and “in” are function words which do not have clear lexical meanings and obvious concepts associated with them. However, these prepositions are important because they specify grammar relations by connecting the content words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to a larger grammatical context. For instance, polar bears hibernate in the winter. This sentence shows that polar bears hibernate during or throughout the winter by
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DATE: July 1, 2015 TITLE: FORMATION OF WORD ASSOCIATION AND PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE ABSTRACT: Formation of word association and perceptual defense aimed to measure signs of emotional complexes and to be able to identify the degree of threshold for each selected stimulus. The materials used for this experiment were ninety nine stimulus words (Appendix C), eighteen selected stimulus words written on 3”x4” index cards, and a stopwatch. In this experiment, there should
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