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aCTIvITy 3.14
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Making a Difference
Poster
Visit the website and take notes about the images, slogans, and additional media formats present. Describe how the purpose is enhanced by the media format.
Why has this visual been created? Is it for social, commercial, public safety, or political purposes?
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http://www.nature.org/photosmultimedia/psas/ index.htm
2
https://www.dhs.gov/ something
see-something-say-
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Search wfp.org
My Notes
4. In addition to the websites on the previous page, explore the following government site, which has PSA (public service announcement) images
and videos: https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something. As you explore each website, analyze the purpose of the information presented. In your groups, discuss and evaluate the purpose or purposes of the information. Is it presented for social, commercial, public safety, or political purposes?
5. Choose a recorder to capture the insights and conclusions of your group discussion.
6. Quickwrite: What kind of music would you combine with these campaigns to make them memorable?
language and Writer’s Craft: Reviewing Participial Phrases
The participle forms of verbs can be used as adjectives. There are two participial forms: present (ending in -ing) and past (usually ending in -d or -ed ). Look at these examples of participles used as adjectives.
rising world concern widely used medium
A participle may occur in a participial phrase, which includes the participle plus any complements and modifiers. The whole phrase then serves as an adjective.
Located 275 miles north of San Francisco, Arcata is ....
An introductory participial phrase must modify the noun or pronoun that follows it.
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