SOAPSTone
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Family was discussing the topic during holiday dinner, and members had varied opinions. Topics of sustainable farming and poor economy have been in the news lately.
O
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MLK uses repetition in his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and uses repetition to create an emphasis that will help his audience remember his message.
S
Identify the subject and the predicate of the sentence:
The European sailors explored new parts of the world.
Subject: The European sailors
Predicate: explored new parts of the world
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Noun signalers/markers that are present before a noun (usually articles).
Determiner
Adverbs are in what part of the sentence?
Predicate
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She starts out friendly and family oriented, describing her holiday dinner. She shows how open-minded she is in describing her mixed family. Niman is quietly passionate and positive, but impatient about progress.
T
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e.g. sick:
”Yo bro’, that half pipe was sick; I wanna learn how to ride it.”
Serial murderers are sick people, a reason to keep the death penalty.
D
What does a 'derivational suffix' do?
Allows us to derive adverbs from adjectives.
ex. quick + ly = quickly
Identify the term:
A word that is substituted for a noun and are used to point or direct to something.
Demonstrative pronoun
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An inflectional ending that helps identify the adjective and some adverbs. (-est)
Superlative
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To show the reader that sustainable farming can produce plentiful food for the world without damaging the environment. To convince readers that agribusiness causes loss of family farms and increased use of chemicals.
P
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The dialect Mr. Jones used clearly told us he was from the southern part of the country.
L
Identify the word:
A word or phrase, especially an adjective, used to attribute a quality to another word, especially a noun.
Qualifier
What type of questions do adjectivals answer?
Which [noun]...?
What questions do adverbials answer?
When? Where? How?
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Nicolette Hahn Niman, author. She is a rancher in Bologna’s, CA. She wants a broad audience for her message, so she wrote a book and submitted this (America’s Good Food Fight) to the LA Times.
S
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At the carnival, we heard the _____ of _____ that let us know everyone was having a good time.
I
Identify some personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, they
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words that signal how the form class words relate to each other in a sentence.
Structure classes
Identify the word:
The most basic form of a verb; in the form of to + basic verb.
Infinitive
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Readers of LA Times Op-Ed pages - generally middle to upper classes, Southern CA residents and visitors, well educated, interesting current events and opinions.
A
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The carnival was fun — scary, thrilling rides, sugary cotton candy, engaging shows, and challenging games.
D
Identify the term:
The “s (apostrophe s) ending that is present to show possession of something or somewhat.
Possessive case
What is a comparative suffix?
-er
Identify the word:
The noun itself in a noun phrase.
Headword