literary terms notes Nonfiction-literature that is based on fact (facts‚ true) Examples: textbooks‚ biography‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and autobiography Fiction-literature that comes from the author’s imagination (fake‚ not true) Examples: short story‚ novels Types of Fiction: Short story-a piece of fiction short enough to be read in a single sitting Novels-book length fiction Plot-the series of causally related events that make up a story Parts of Plot: Exposition-the part
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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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tense‚ Maybe‚ Might‚ Time Expressions‚ Contractions (will‚ will not)) and Personal Pronouns Specific Objectives: At the end of the workshop‚ the students will be able to: 1. use verbs in future tense‚ 2. express possibility (might‚ maybe)‚ 3. inquire and express about probability‚ 4. provide warnings‚ 5. use time expressions‚ 6. use contractions for will‚ will not‚ and 7. personal pronouns. Language Objectives Students will be
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encourage the people and produce an environment of unity in the midst of terror. Churchill effectively unites the British people during a time of crisis in his speech by rhetorical appeals such as logos‚ ethos and pathos‚ the repetitive use of the pronoun "we‚” as well as consonance and variation of sentence-length. Churchill’s use of rhetorical
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Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir
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http://www.lokus.no/?marketplaceId=28898996&languageId=2&siteNodeId=29031134 In order to make our language flow better and to create a connection between different sentences we use various words and grammatical constructions; conjunctions‚ relative pronouns‚ ing-forms‚ infinitive constructions and a number of special words/expressions. Using Conjunctions There are coordinating conjunctions (sideordnende/sideordnande) which bind together sentences of the same kind. The most common are: and:
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In the second half of the speech‚ MLK changes tone completely. Here the speech starts to display a vision of harmony and equality First he uses the pronoun (us) grouping himself with his audience. Then says his famous line (I have a dream) I refers to all black people‚ repeating this to emphasize his vision of the new America. And he supports this by quoting from the declaration of independence “We hold
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(Mandela 436). this Mandela uses a lot of repetition as well. In this case it is the pronoun “we” is repeated. He says “we are moved by a sense of joy and exhilaration when the grass turns green and the flowers bloom” as well as “we trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenge of building peace‚ prosperity‚ non-sexism‚ non-racialism and democracy” (Mandela 436). Mandela’s repetition of the pronoun “we” is meant to build a connection with his audience. This develops his idea and
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1.….everything that has happened to us during the day ….. MEANING 1. “has happened” is a grammar structure used for actions which started in the past but continue up to now or to talk about actions that have a result now. Timeline: x (x)(x) has happened past present future CQs : Did it happen in the past? Yes. Is the day going on? Yes. Is it likely to happen some more events? Yes.
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VERBAL - a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. Types of Verbals Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. The following sentence contains both a present and a past participle: The children‚ crying and exhausted‚ were guided out of the collapsed mine. Crying is a present participle‚ formed by adding -ing to the present form of the verb (cry). Exhausted is a past participle‚ formed by adding -ed to the present
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