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Unit 3: Language and Communication
Unit 3: Language and Communication
Unit 3: Language and Communication
1. Decay
2. Epigrams
3. Prophesied
4. Ambiguous
5. surging
WORK WITH A PARTNER. HOW DO THE FOLLOWING
DEVICES ADD MEANING TO THE TEXT?
Statistics
Examples
Idioms (underlined)
CONSIDER THE CONTENT OF TEXT 3A
WITH A PARTNER.
1. Summarize in ONE sentence the
viewpoint of the writer on the subject
of communication technology
WITH A PARTNER…
1. Eluded
2. Accelerating
3. Minimal
4. Ultimately
5. innovation
1. Explain in your own words the five
underlined phrases in the passage
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With your
partner……
Substitute each
use of the word
‘said’ in Text 3C SAID
with a more
specific verb
INDIVIDUALLY
EXAMPLE:
1. The distant army continued on their convergent path with hers.
Definition Guess: to head towards
Actual Definition: coming closer together
Connotation: This word does a good job of showing the path the
opposing army is take. Also, alliteration.
HOT SPOT: conVERGent
9-YEAR-OLD BLOGGER
DEMONSTRATES KID POWER
COMPREHENSION CHECK
1. Quizzical 6. Vicinity
2. Emit 7. Emulating
3. Standard 8. Establishing
4. Feat 9. Vocal
5. Deviate 10.indication
“They can emit an array of sounds, including
cackles, moos, whistles, trills, and squawks.”