IV QUARTER

• Archaic words


  Terms belonging to the early period of art and culture, with modern versions in our language. It is better to refrain from using these words in writing.
• William Shakespeare: '"If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone."'
• William Shakespeare: '"Expectation is the root of all heartache."'
• William Shakespeare: '"The fault…is not in our stars, but in ourselves."'
• William Shakespeare


  An English playwright, poet and actor, regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
• His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship.
• His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
• Shakespearean nouns


  • Aught: Anything
  • Bawd: Pimp
  • Character: Letter, handwriting
  • Coil: Distress, trouble, chaos
  • Delation: Accusation
  • Discourse: Reason
  • Foison: Abundance
  • Kind: Type
  • Knave: A young boy, a servant
  • Land: Yard
  • Natural: A fool
  • Practise: A trick
  • Quality: Nature, character
  • Rapture: A fit, ecstasy
  • Spleen: Anger, impulsiveness
  • Subscription: Obedience
  • Vein: Humor, mood, lifestyle
• Shakespearean verbs


  • Abhor: To reject, disdain
  • Assay: To try
  • Balk: To hesitate, to dispute
  • Clepe: To call
  • Couch: To go to sleep
  • Cozen: To cheat
  • Dost: Do
  • Doth: Does
  • Draw: To bring near
• Statement


  A claim or message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written); a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
• Types of statements in an essay


  • General statement
  • Specific statement
• General statement


  A statement in logic that contains one or more bound variables, contrasted with a singular statement; refers to broad categories or groups of people or things; may suggest the overall characteristics or elements of these categories or groups; a sentence that defines or declares some large and overarching truth
• General statements


  • School children do not like reading books.
  • Ann returned to her hometown of Davao yesterday.
  • Sarah is a solo student studying at this college.
  • Mr. Arnold will be holding a meeting with a number of residents tonight.
  • Some residents were disappointed with the mayor's new policy.
• Uses of general statements


  • To tell the main idea of a book or article; to provide an overall synopsis or a theme; as topic sentences at the beginning of body paragraphs in an essay; as transition statements to smoothly shift the reader's attention from one subject to another
• Specific statement


  Can be used to expand upon general statements; refers to exact, precise facts or descriptions of something mentioned in the text; sentences that imply particular individuals, ideas, or things; may express specific characteristics that define those finite individuals, ideas, and things
• Specific statements


  • Brian is in 5th grade and hates reading poems.
  • He walked while carrying a sack of rice.
  • Mother is cooking rice.
  • His favorite food is donuts.
  • Dad is planting roses in the garden.
  • The parrot kept on imitating human voices.
• Uses of specific statements


  • To expand upon general statements; to provide more information, facts, and clarifying details to support the general statements
• General statements


  Introduce the topic; make a claim that requires supporting evidence
• Specific statements


  Add more detail, facts, and clarifying information to the general statements; provide supporting arguments and evidence for the general statements; build off the general statement to provide precise information
• The majority of an essay's content will be made up of specific statements that come after general statements
• General statements can also be used in the conclusion paragraph of an essay to summarize the main point of the essay