One can
change the normal word order of many active sentences (those with a direct object) so that the subject is no longer active,
but is, instead, being acted upon by the verb - or passive.
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Persuading and Encouraging
Persuading is an
expression to persuade someone. So, someone want to do something as like as
persuader’s request.
Expressions of persuading :
Are you really sure you can’t/couldn’t...?
Don’t be so silly!
I really think it would be a pity if we didn’t...
Are you quite sure you won’t consider...?
Buy me this one, mom, please ?
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Asking About Possibilities, Expressing Curiosity and Desire, Expressing Views (english task part 12)
ASKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES
- · Is
it likely to….
- · Is
there any chance?
- · Can
she be…?
- · I think it is going to….
To know, to find,
to inform possibilities the following phrases might be useful.
Do you think it
is possible
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Direct
Speech / Quoted Speech
Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use
quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word
for word.
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Discussion Text
Discussion is a text which presents a problematic discourse.
This problem will be discussed from
different points
of view. It presents pro and contra opinion on certain issue. The purpose of a discussion text is to present arguments and
information from differing viewpoints.
Discussion
texts are usually written in the present tense.
Points to
check:
ü
Have
you been fair to both sides?
ü
Have
you supported your views with reasons ande vidence?
ü In your conclusion, have you given a reason
for what you have decided?
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NARRATIVE TEXT
Narrative text is a text which contains about story
(fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/fables/myths/epic) and its plot consists
of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.
The narrative text short story is telling of a story or an account of
a sequence of events. One of the four traditional forms of composition (along
with description, exposition, and persuasion). Narration differs from
exposition, which can also relate a sequence of events, in that narration need
not be factual and may be written from the perspective of a character in the
text.
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Types of conjunction
Different types of conjunctions link information in different
ways. It is important to know which conjunctions establish which types of
links.
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