Week 1
What are receptive and productive skills?
Receptive: listening and reading
Productive: speaking and writing
What is the meaning of project?
Verb PROject a plan to do something
Noun proJECT a plan or forecast something that will happen in the future, to make light or imgae appear on a screen or wall
What is the meaning of approach?
A way of coming near
A way of doing something
What is the meaning "trend"?
A general change or development
Fashionable or newly popular
What are principal and secondary parts of sentence?
Principal sentence parts: subject, predicate
Secondary sentence parts: object, attribute, adverbial modifier/complement
What is a descriptive language?
Descriptive language is a technique used to add depth to a piece of writing. Descriptive language is the use of descriptive words such as adjectives, adverbs or descriptive verbs to give the story added detail.
What is the meaning of chellenge?
a new or difficult thing that makes you try hard
an invitation to fight or play a game against somebody
What is a summary?
A summary is a significant reduction of the original source.
What is compound sentence?
A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses. These two independent clauses can be combined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or with a semicolon
How many parts does a paragraph consist of?
3
Topic sentence
Supporting Detailed Sentences
Concluding Sentence
What is an advice column?
an article in a newspaper or website that offers advice to people who write to ask for help with a problem
Summary should consist of how many percent of the original tex?
25-30%
1/4
What is a complex sentence? Give an example
A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Dependent clauses can refer to the subject (who, which) the sequence/time (since, while), or the causal elements (because, if) of the independent clause.
What is a topic sentence?
First sentence of the paragraph which contains the main idea of the paragraph. It includes the topic and the controlling idea.
What are parts of an advice column?
Background
Problem
Solution(s)
Result
What is a thesis statement?
A thesis statement is a short statement which provides an insight into what the essay is going to be about
What is compound-complex sentence? Give an example
A compound-complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
What is supporting sentence?
Detail sentences explain and support the main idea
Sometimes detail sentences give examples
Sometimes detail sentences give reasons
Sometimes detail sentences give steps in process
What are transition words? Give examples
Transition words are words like ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘because’. They show your reader the relationship between phrases, sentences, or even paragraphs
As well as, in addion, although, for example
What should a thesis statement include?
The main argument or point to be discussed
The purpose of the essay
The point of view of the author on a specific topic