ENGLISH 4TH Q

• Torah

  Their god
• Works of native writers and its diaspora

  Native people but lives in another country
• Countries

  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Sri Lanka
  • Nepal
• Themes

  • Nationalism and transnationalism
  • Identity and language
• The travels of Dean mahomet by sheikh dean Muhammad - first book by indian in english
• Rajmohan's wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay - first indian novel in english
• Writers also are distinguish themselves in english
• Rich history of feminist literature
• Modifiers

  • Specify the meaning of the a word
  • Sequence of adjectives
  • Determiner
  • Opinion
  • Size
  • Shape
  • Age
  • Color
  • Origin/nationality
  • Material
• Nouns

  • Adjectives
  • Limiting - limits noun or pronoun
  • Descriptive - describes nouns or pronouns
  • Simple
  • Compound
  • Proper
  • Attributive - before
  • Predicative - after linking verb
  • Postpositive - after noun being modified
• Adverbs


  • Sentence adverb - modifies the sentence
  • Irregular adverbs - no ly
  • Place - where
  • Time - when
  • Manner - how
  • Frequency - how often/frequent
  • Degree or quantity - intensity
  • Affirmation and negation - validate and emphasize the truth
• Topic sentence


  Found in the first sentence, main idea of the paragraph
• Topic sentence

  Two parts: Subject - topic, Focus - your point about the subject
• Methods in employing cohesiveness

  • Repetition of a key term or phrase
  • Synonyms
  • Pronouns
  • Transitional words
  • Sentence patterns
• Types of implicit communication

  • Facial expressions - principal source of feedback
  • Eye contact - most expressive element in f2f communication
  • Body movements and posture - way you stand and posture sends messages
  • Gestures - hand movements
  • Haptics - touching
  • Proxemics - personal space
  • Voice - way of speaking
• General and specific statements

  General - broad, usually the topic sentence, Specific - exact descriptions, provides evidence to general statements
• Logical connectors for emphasis

  Joins two ideas that have a particular relationship, Easily understand, Show cohesiveness and logic
• Instruction, direction, notice, and regulation texts

  • Instructions - something that someone tells you to do
  • Directions - orders telling you what to do
  • Notices - become aware of
  • Regulations - a rule or directive made by an authority
• Text types


  • Narrative - order of sequences of events being told
  • Recount - tell someone about something
  • Factual recount - recording of incidents
  • Personal recount - retelling of the author's experiences
• Text structure


  • Orientation - introductory information
  • Series of events - retells events in chronological order
  • Reorientation - personal comment about the event
• Genres


  • Fantasy - uses magic and other supernatural elements
  • Realism - uses everyday or ordinary experiences
• Synthesizing and summarizing


  • Synthesizing - pulling together ideas
  • Summarize - shorten text
• Steps to synthesize


  • Read two different sources about the topic and note important ideas
  • Edit notes and combine similar ideas
  • Synthesize combine notes with what you know
• How to synthesize


  • Paraphrase - from source to own words
  • Analyze - from complex topics to smaller parts
  • Infer - use observation to reach a conclusion
• Active and passive voice

  Active voice - subject is the performer, Passive voice - object becomes the subject
• Journalistic text types


  • News report - daily newspaper, inform readers what's happening in the world
  • Opinion article - reflects a writer's opinion about a topic, found in magazines
  • Feature article or story - writing about any subject, found in every section of the newspaper
  • Sports news - sport related events
• Citing sources


  • Bibliography - alphabetical list of sources
  • APA/American psychological association - social and behavioral sciences
  • MLA/modern language association - literature, film or theater
  • CMS/Chicago manual of style - humanities and social sciences
• CMS citation formats


  • Print Sources
  • Periodicals
  • Websites
  • e-Books
• Direct and indirect speech

  • Direct - repeating/exact words
  • Indirect - own words
• Rules for reporting questions

  • W, H questions
  • Yes no questions
• Drawing conclusions


  Opinions reached by combining pieces of information, Connect prior knowledge with details from the text
• Importance of drawing conclusions

  • Allows you to form your own opinions
  • Allows you to have a deeper understanding about the topic
• How to draw conclusions


  • Details from the text
  • Prior knowledge
  • Put them together
• Types of articles


  • Featured articles
  • News articles
  • Editorials
  • Book and Movie Reviews
• Featured articles


  Longer and more in depth than regular news articles, Cover one subject from multiple angles, Written in more creative, entertaining way
• News articles


  Cover the basics of current events, Answer the questions: Who, What, When, Where and how
• News stories can also be creative and entertaining
• News and features require the same level of research and reporting
• Elements of a news article

  • Headline
  • Byline
  • Placeline
  • Lead
  • Body
  • Quotations
• Headline


  Catch your attention and summarize the story, Make it interesting