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What can you learn from the

text?




References (pronoun references)

For example:

(1) they (line 3) refers to certain social

minorities;(2) their (line 3) refers to certain social

minorities




Facts and opinions

For example:

fact

The United States, for example, has made a greatdeal of progress in eliminating discriminationagainst some of its social minorities.

opinion

Discrimination may occur because of a group’srace, religion, ethnic or cultural background,sexual preference, or even the language thatthey speak in their homes




Statement of Fact Statement of Opinion

√ can be checked for accuracy orcorrectness.

√ cannot be checked for accuracyor correctness.

√ can be proved true or false. √ cannot be proved true or false.

√ are not affected by the writer’s background or training.

√ are shaped by the writer’s background or training.

√ employ more denotative than

connotative language.

√ rely more on connotative than on

denotative language.

√ rely on measurements, dates, and

statistics.

√ use verbs and adverbs that

suggest doubt: seems, appears,

probably, arguably




Math is an easier subject to learn than

biology.

In 1961, Trans World Airlines was the first

commercial airline to introduce in-flightmovies.

Christopher Columbus is a hero to all school

children.

People in Mexico speak Spanish.




Structure: tenses and active-passive

Tenses

Simple tenses

- Simple present

- Simple past

Present progressive

Perfect tense

Perfect progressive

Passive




Simple tenses

- Simple present

In most societies, certain social

minorities are sometimes discriminatedagainst by social as a whole. (line 1)

- Simple past

They were forced to separate drinkingfountains, rest rooms, and even schools

and libraries. (line 10)




Present progressive

In may societies, discrimination is slowly

being eliminated-at least in terms of legal

and governmental policies (line 5) Perfect tense

But these have not come quick and easily.

(line 6)

Perfect progressive

...




In most societies, certain social

minorities are sometimes discriminated

against by social as a whole. (line 1)




Compound sentences

- Conjunctions: coordinators and conjunctive

adverbs

- Simple sentences




A simple sentence is one independent

clause, e.g. I enjoy reading novels




A compound sentence is two or more

independent clauses joined

together.

Three ways to join clauses, which are

1. with a coordinator I enjoy reading,

but I hate watching TV

2. with a conjunctive adverb I enjoyreading; however, I hate watching TV

3. with a semicolon I enjoy reading; I

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Coordinators Conjuctive Adverbs

For

And Besides, furthermore, moreover, also

Nor

But However, nevertheless, nonetheless

Yet

So Accordingly, consequently, hence,

therefore, thus

Or otherwise



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