Игра "Do you know their culture?"

11/9/17

Eleanor M. Savko

Geography

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London.

symbols

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Tower of London was a fortress, a palace, a zoo and a prison earlier. What it is now?

It is a museum.

He is famous for his ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Hamlet'' and the Sonnets.

William Shakespeare

Capitalize cities and proper titles:

Washington D.C. must be capitalized.

C in congressman must be capitalized

Comma Rules:

I went to the store for milk bread and candy.

Listed items must be separated by a comma.

I went to the store for milk, bread, and candy.

Comma Rules

I went to the store but I did not get the milk.

A compound sentence must be separated by a comma.

I went to the store, but I did not get the milk.

Types of Sentences:

Since it is time to go, I will have to tell you the rest of the story later.

complex

On which river London is situated in?

Thames.

London is situated on the river Thames.

Subject/Verb Agreement:

Drinking and driving remain a major cause of highway fatalities.

Incorrect:

Drinking and driving remains a major cause of highway fatalities.

Drinking and driving is considered a single activity.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

The audience fixed their attention on center stage.

Incorrect:

The audience fixed its attention on center stage.

“ audience” is considered a single unit.

Parallelism:

The children ran down the hill, skipped over the lawn, and into the pool.

Incorrect:

The children ran down the hill, skipped over the lawn, and jumped into the pool.

Each phrase must begin with a verb to be parallel.

Parallelism:

The duties include baby-sitting, house-cleaning, and preparation of meals.

Incorrect:

The duties include baby-sitting, house-cleaning, and preparing meals.

To be parallel, the listed verbs must all end in –ing.

What is a ‘double-decker’?

It is a bus .

Contrast between expectation and reality.

Irony

(situational, dramatic, verbal)

Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.

Conflict

(Internal/External)

Makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one things becomes another thing without using like , as , than or resembles.

Metaphor

A non human thing is or quality is talked about as if it were human.

Personification

What is ‘the Globe’ in London?

It is a Shakespearean theatre.

Makes a comparison between two unlike things using a word as, like, resembles, or than.

Simile

Sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, a situation or thing.

Sarcasm

When a person, place, thing, or event stands for itself and for something beyond itself.

Symbolism

To explain or inform; to create a mood or stir an emotion; to tell about a series of events; to persuade the reader to believe something or do something.

Author’s purpose in non-fiction