Thursday, 16 February 2017

Eng11 Incorporating material into your sentences

borrow text from the book

"fine features"
Stepmother was a young woman who had "fine features"(5).

grammatical- has to be a sentence
Stepmother was a young woman: "fine features"(5).
When she came from China, she had been a "young woman" (5) who had no family.

borrow a few words 1,2,3,4

proof, evidence

Poh-Poh was called the "Old One" (6) because of the deep respect that the family held for her.

PRACTICE QUESTION

“What does Wong Bak look like?”

The old man reminded Jook Liang of a "half-flopped puppet" (16) the way he was bent over and twisted.
He had "gnarled, thick fingers" (17) that looked like they had done hard work all of his life.

He had "Powerful legs"(16).
He had "[p]owerful legs"(16).

square brackets- minor changes, just for grammar

When Wang Bak walked in, "Even Stepmother stared" (17) at him.
When Wang Bak walked in, "[e]ven Stepmother stared" (17) at him.


The old man was a "wide-eyed, wet-nosed creature" (17) who had a strange twisted face.





PROOF, EVIDENCE
INCORPORATE
GRAMMATICAL
SHORT (2-3 WDS)
[ ]
... ellipsis


The old man was a "wide-eyed, wet-nosed creature" (17) who had a wet nose.

The old man was a "wide-eyed ... creature" (17) who had a wet nose. GRAMMATICAL

...... etc.
"I like cats, dog, fish, monkeys ......"
"I like cats, dog, fish, monkeys, etc."
"I like cats, dog, fish, monkeys, and so on."
"I like cats, dog, fish, monkeys ..."


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