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Section E Reading Skills- Referents [B(g)]

Section E Reading Skills- Referents [B(g)]. It is a BAD style to write Mary shouted. Vivian heard Mary Why is it BAD?  Clumsy unnecessarily repetitive. Referents. Referent -is applied to all words that act as substitute.

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Section E Reading Skills- Referents [B(g)]

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  1. Section E Reading Skills- Referents [B(g)] It is a BAD style to write Mary shouted. Vivian heard Mary • Why is it BAD?  Clumsy unnecessarily repetitive

  2. Referents • Referent-is applied to all words that act as substitute. Referents refer (backward or forward) to things or people mentioned elsewhere in the text.

  3. Forms of referents A. Pronouns B. Paraphrase (rewrite) e.g. The public in America is concerned about America’s crime rate  The public in America is concerned about the country’s crime rate. C. Pro-verbs e.g. I told him to jump and he jumped. I told him to jump, and he did so.

  4. D. ‘Inclusive” relatives e.g. He turned right. Turning right was wrong. • He turned right, which was wrong. E. Indicators e.g. the following as before the above rule the diagram below

  5. WHY should we learn this skill? • It is the mark of a good reader that he/she recognizes, very quickly, what each referent in a text refers to. Good readers are also quick to recognize ambiguous referents, and have a techniquesfor dealing with them. When they meet them, they pause and re-read the sentence, then make a quick decision about the referent’s correct meaning. understand the text !!!

  6. Exercise A - Pronouns 1 a. it: the situation of having so many children 1 b.it:could be understood as referring to the child 2 a: Itwas a local resident ( who saw the monster) 2 b: itcould be understood as referring to the monster 3 a. Can you tell me why ( I cannot get sick pay/) 3 b: Could be understood as Can you tell me why I have six children?

  7. Exercise B - Paraphrase • The problem 2. The area 3. The style 4. The vehicles 5. The project 6. The theory 7. The custom

  8. Exercise C • They – Bloomingdales • their – Bloomingdales’ • their – the clothes of HK designers • the country –the USA • This – the seven-week promotion • a top fashion designer – Michael Arcenaux • His – a top fashion designer • it looks - impersonal expression • this – promoting HK designers • him – Michael Arcenaux

  9. Reading texts – Exercise A 3 • One of the biggest fashion events – after • One of the first event – before • It – before • Of which – before • Which – before • A Japanese director – after • Which – before • Which – before • One – NIL • He or she – before • When - before • The following themes – after • The category - before

  10. Reading Texts – Exercise C Dates of Fashion Week : January 18-21 Covers an area of : 9,000 square meters Chairman of organizing committee : Kenneth Fang Premiere shoe : Title EGO Time : 35 mins. It will show fashions for : autumn / winter

  11. No. of women’s garments 155 No. for men’s 30 Divided into 5 categories Date of exhibitors from : the USA : 6Japan : 5China : 20 Britain : 1Taiwan : 5Italy: 2 Total No. of exhibitors : 181 [Text A] 262 [Text B] Fashions included : ALL

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