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1.1 When I was in China, I could not read anything written in Mandarin – all the signs on the posters were just strokes, which made no sense to me. I wish I could as I feel that I miss a lot of information.
Phonetics
1.2 After killing his wife in such a brutal manner, I agree with those who call him an animal who should not be allowed to roam the street of a democratic society. He truly is an animal.
Morphology
1.3 To make an essay interesting, we are always encouraged to use different types of sentences, including other stylistic strategies, such as foregrounding or highlighting information.
Semantics
1.4 The fact that some languages indicate plurality at the end of words and others at the beginning is interesting. It shows how diverse languages are.
Orthography
1.5 Although I still struggle with the signs on the IPA chart, after attending a virtual class last week, I am beginning to make sense of how the signs represent speech sounds.
Pragmatics
Identify a prominent sound device used in the poem - what kind of images are used, and what is the effect of these images? Quote at least two examples to support your reading. (4)
1. What is the central idea/ theme? Justify your answer.
Scenario: While reading the How I met My Husband by Alice Munroe, there is a specific line that struck and made you think of. The line goes as:
Till it came to me one day there were women doing this with their lives, all over. There were women just waiting and waiting by mail-boxes for one letter or another. I imagined me making this journey day after day and year after year, and my hair starting to go gray, and I thought, I was never made to go on like that. So I stopped meeting the mail if there were women all through life waiting, and women buy and not waiting, I knew which I had to be. Even though there might be things the second kind of women have to pass up.and never know about, it still is better.
1. What is the central idea/ theme? Justify your answer.
Scenario: While reading the How I met My Husband by Alice Munroe, there is a specific line that struck and made you think of. The line goes as:
Till it came to me one day there were women doing this with their lives, all over. There were women just waiting and waiting by mail-boxes for one letter or another. I imagined me making this journey day after day and year after year, and my hair starting to go gray, and I thought, I was never made to go on like that. So I stopped meeting the mail if there were women all through life waiting, and women buy and not waiting, I knew which I had to be. Even though there might be things the second kind of women have to pass up.and never know about, it still is better.
In what Medium of Visual Art you are likely to be engaging in this semester? And why?
Complete the following exercises by inserting commas only where necessary. Follow the “13 Comma Rules” handout for guidance.
1. Wagging his tail the puppy barked with excitement.
2. Ignored by the policeman the town drunk always slept in
the dark.
3. By four in the afternoon everyone wanted to go home.
4. During the power blackout people tried to help each other.
5. Near the end of the driveway we planted a lilac bush.
Rule 3: 1. The woman of the 1990’s often tries to be a wife a mother
and a career woman.
2. The police found TV sets blenders and hair dryers in the
abandoned car.
3. Bill wants to go to the shore his wife wants to go to the
mountains and their children don’t want to go anywhere.
Complete the following exercises by inserting commas only where necessary. Follow the “13 Comma Rules” handout for guidance.
Rule 1: 1. That wall clock looks expensive but it doesn’t work.
2. He likes to buy expensive clothes but hates to pay the bills.
3. The lights went out so the guests had to leave early.
4. The store will have to stay open longer or it will lose money.
5. John has a large garden for he loves to grow vegetables.
Rule 2: 1. When the snow stopped we were able to leave.
2. As the stage curtain rose the audience clapped.
3. We stayed on the beach until the sun went down.
4. Although English is offered only in the mornings you can take
chemistry at night.
5. I am going to bed early tonight because I am tired.
Complex Sentences # 3 (15 marks)
Directions : Write a dependent clause that turns the simple sentence into a complex sentence. CREATE THE MISSING PART OF THE SENTENCE. Use the joining words in the box below the exercise for ideas.
Example:
1. While we sang at the concert, parents recorded the show with their video cameras. (the bolded part is added as a dependent sentence)
12. ________________________________________________________________________________,
we sang camp songs for hours.
13. Dawn and I couldn’t stop giggling
________________________________________________________________________________.
14. We stared into space with our mouths wide open
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15. Timmy hopped from one foot to the other ________________________________________________________________________________.
Complex Sentences # 3 (15 marks)
Directions : Write a dependent clause that turns the simple sentence into a complex sentence. CREATE THE MISSING PART OF THE SENTENCE. Use the joining words in the box below the exercise for ideas.
Example:
1. While we sang at the concert, parents recorded the show with their video cameras. (the bolded part is added as a dependent sentence)
6. ________________________________________________________________________________,
you can go to the movies on Saturday.
7. ________________________________________________________________________________,
everyone stopped what they were doing.
8. We talked on the phone for hours ________________________________________________________________________________.
9. We had a hard time finding our way home
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#339914 on Dec 2023