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Engl 420 Grammar Mini Lesson
Engl 420 Grammar Mini Lesson
Engl 420 Grammar Mini Lesson
LANGUAGE
Christina Casares
ENGL 420
Professor Smarr
December10, 2023
WHAT IS WRITING?
that they can be read to read what the author is wanting to say.
• Pictograms/Ideograms/Logograms
• Phonographic Writing
• Syllabic Writing
• Alphabetic Writing
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THE EARLIEST WRITTEN
COMMUNICATION
PICTOGRAMS
• These were crude images that represented
what was depicted in said image
IDEOGRAMS
• These images represented what the writer
meant them to (interpretations)
LOGOGRAMS
• These symbols are now a
representation of words that look
nothing like the word
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PHONETIC WRITING
• We took the next step and began to have the symbols
represent different sounds
• This meant there were less symbols that needed to be
remembered
• The writer could now combine symbols to create the needed
words
The picture of an eye could mean “eye” or be attached to
another symbol such as a cross which would create the word
cross-eyed
†ᴑ
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SYLLABIC WRITING
DEFINITION SYLLABARY
When a writing system employs a set The term for a syllabic writing system
of symbols where each symbol
represents the pronunciation of a
syllable.
GETTING CLOSER
• There were very few civilizations
that utilized this writing system,
but two examples are the
Cherokee and ancient Greek.
• We continue to cut down on the
number of symbols needed but
must still find what is easiest to
replicate and understand
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ALPHABETIC WRITING
CONSONANT
ALPHABET
developed as well
Reader
rdr
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HOW TO TEACH IT
-SOME TIPS AND TRICKS
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