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Autobiography
Part Three
Selecting Language Resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use in one’s speaking and writing about expository texts.
• Use an expanded set of words to create precision while speaking and writing. • Adjust language choices to suit the academic setting.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name in the In Our Own Words column along with his or her condensed idea.
ACTIVITY 31.1
WoRd ConneCTIonS
Roots and Affixes
The English root word in textual is text. Text means “writing” or “words” as in the writing or words in a book or story. By adding the ending –ual, the meaning
of the word changes to “relating to text.”
Rating
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I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase, but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In our own Words
introduction
Rating Q H T
the opening or beginning of a story or other written work that presents the central idea or argument in a thesis statement
hook
Rating Q H T
a sentence or phrase that writers use to hook or grab the reader’s attention
thesis statement
Rating Q H T
the central idea or claim being made in a written work about a topic
textual evidence
Rating Q H T
facts and details from the text that support an idea
conclusion
Rating Q H T
the ending of a story or other written work that restates the central idea or thesis statement
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