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Essay
Part
Two
Selecting Language Resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use while speaking and writing about essays.
• Use an expanded set of words to speak and write precisely. • 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 2.1
WoRd ConnECTIonS
Prefixes
The prefix ir- means “not,” so irreverent means “not reverent.” Similarly, the prefixes il-, im-, and in- also mean “not,” as in illogical, impossible, and insecure.
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
juxtaposition
Rating Q H T
a writing technique that places words, phrases, and ideas that normally wouldn’t be used together next to each other for effect
description
Rating Q H T
the type of writing that creates a colorful, exact picture of a person, place, object, or event
syntax
Rating Q H T
the relationships among the words, phrases, and clauses in sentences; sentence structure
simile
Rating Q H T
a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as
repetition
Rating Q H T
the repeated use of the same words or phrases for effect
audience
Rating Q H T
the type of reader or readers for whom a piece of writing is intended
irreverent
Rating Q H T
unconventional; lacking respect for that which is usually respected
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