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Place the following words or expressions on a continuum from UNCERTAIN to CERTAIN
UNCERTAIN____________________________CERTAIN
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a. Undoubtedly... g. In our opinion...
b. It seems... h. We may conclude that...
c. Surely... i. It may be assumed that...
d. It may be that... j. The results are clearly...
e. I am not all that certain that... k. Possibly...
f. It is not at all certain that... l. this suggests that...
UNIT C: TERMS USED IN STUDY AND TEST SITUATIONS
8.11 Which of the terms in the following list expresses what each of the teachers has in mind?
identify; evaluate; draw a diagram of; review; enumerate; cause; compare; analysis; summarize; analyze;
describe, outline; list; justify; define.
1. A music teacher wants the class to show that they understand clearly the meaning of some special terms
used in music
He would ask them to _________________ the term.
2. A literature instructor wants students to demonstrate their understanding of the similarities in two poems
written at different times and places. He would ask them to__________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ the poems.
3. A political science teacher wants the class to give a sympathetic version of why the United States sent
troops into a certain country. He would ask them to___________________________________the invasion.
4. Next, the students are expected to give an objective view of this same event. He would ask them to give
the_____________________________________________ of the invasion.
5. Music students are expected to mention all the contributions of jazz to modern music. They would be
asked to ____________________________ these contributions.
6. A Shakespeare instructor wants students to present a clear picture of the construction of the Elizabethan
stage. He would ask them to_________________________ the stage.
7. A history teacher wants the class to show that they know the main stages in the development of industrial
power in England. He would ask them to provide an___________________________________of these stages.
8. Students in an art class are assigned a painting by another member of the class; they must mention its
strengths and weaknesses and decide whether or not it was successful. They would be asked to ___________
and to __________________________it.
9. A class in Spanish history is expected to present briefly an account of the development of Franco's
political views. They would be asked to___________this development.
10. Students are given a list of names of people and places; they are expected to tell who or what these
names represent. They would be asked to__________the items on the list.
11. A sociology teacher wants the class to give a thoughtful statement concerning the various aspects of the
role of television in the lives of preschool children.
He would ask them to provide an____________of the
subject.
SECTION IX
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A writer frequently uses figurative language in order to explain an idea: to explain a new idea in terms of an
image or association with something familiar, or to make this idea more «colorful». One way to understand
figurative language is to try to capture the qualities, properties or characteristics of the already known image
and relate what is relevant to the new idea.
Some frequent images that are used in figurative language are words related to,
i. Body parts
ii. Animals
iii. Light/Dark
iv. The Weather