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The document discusses emphasis markers and how they are used in writing. Some key points: - Emphasis markers are used to highlight important parts of speech and focus the listener's attention. They signal subtle meanings. - In writing, emphasis markers show contrasts between ideas, denote time relationships, add to or compare points, emphasize details, and illustrate examples. - Common emphasis markers include words like "moreover, "furthermore", "likewise", and "for example". - Coherent paragraphs highlight connections between old and new information to make ideas and arguments clear.

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Emphasis Markers

The document discusses emphasis markers and how they are used in writing. Some key points: - Emphasis markers are used to highlight important parts of speech and focus the listener's attention. They signal subtle meanings. - In writing, emphasis markers show contrasts between ideas, denote time relationships, add to or compare points, emphasize details, and illustrate examples. - Common emphasis markers include words like "moreover, "furthermore", "likewise", and "for example". - Coherent paragraphs highlight connections between old and new information to make ideas and arguments clear.

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EMPHASIS

MARKERS
Emphasis
-is a form of exaggeration or
amplification making things
bigger in some way than they
really are.
The use of emphasis in speech is very
common and is an accepted way of talking
that sends subtle
(and sometimes not so subtle)
signals to tell the listener where the
important parts are and so focus their
attention.
COHERENCE

Each sentence flows smoothly into the


next without obvious shifts or jumps.
A coherent paragraph also highlights the
ties between old and new information to
make the structure of ideas or arguments
clear to the reader.
Examples of Emphasis Markers

• To show contrast between ideas-contrary,


however, notwithstanding
• To denote time-after, at last, before
• To add previous point in the essay-furthermore,
besides, moreover
• To show similarity or comparison
between ideas-likewise, similarly, in like
fashion
• To concede a point in the essay-although,
at least, at any rate
• To emphasize a point-indeed, above all,
truly
• To bring attention to details-especially,
specifically, in particular
• To show consequence or a result-with the
result that, so that, consequently
•To illustrate a point or provide
examples-for instance, for example, to
illustrate
•To make a suggestion in the essay-to
this end, for this purpose, with this in
mind
IMPLICIT &
EXPLICIT
IDEAS
• "Explicit" means direct or clearly
expressed. For example:
His demand was explicit. He wants a pay rise.

• "Implicit" means implied or expressed


indirectly. For example:
His demand was implicit. He hinted at a pay rise.
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct
answer that shows the implied meaning of the
sentence.
1. Johnny always answers with po and opo to his
parents and other elders when he speaks to them.
a. Johnny is polite.
b. Johnny is rude.
c. Johnny is indifferent.
d. Johnny speaks nonsense.
2. Robert is a fourteen year-old boy who
wears 2XL shirts and weighs 90 kilograms.
a. Robert loves wearing oversized shirts.
b. Robert is in Grade 8.
c. Robert is obese and overweight.
d. Robert’s favourite food is chicken joy.
3. Jasmine slams the door and locks herself
in her room.
a. Jasmine is angry.
b. Jasmine is happy.
c. Jasmine wants to study.
d. Jasmine misses her friend.
4. Michael wore a police officer’s uniform in
class during their career guidance pictorial.
a. He wants to be a teacher.
b. He wants to be an engineer.
c. He wants to be a cop.
d. He wants to be a soldier.
5. The teacher puts his index finger on his
closed lips while looking at the students.
a. He wants them to sing.
b. He wants them to keep quiet.
c. He wants to smoke cigarette.
d. He has toothache.
EXPLICIT DETAILS

1. What is the title of the story?


2. Who is the author of the story?
3. Who are the characters in the story?
4. Where did the story happen?
5. What did Sachiko consider to be a worth
remembering experience?
6. Where did they hunt the fireflies?
IMPLICIT DETAILS

1. Why did they consider firefly hunt a worth


remembering experience?
2. What does the story tell about the culture of the
people in the story?
3. What do you think is the lesson the story would like
to share to its readers?
Take note!

An expression is explicitly stated


when an opinion, a feeling, or an
attitude has clear and definite
details.
Example:
1. The children chased the fireflies gliding
out over the grasses.
[This sentence gives a clear description of what
children are doing with the fireflies.]
2. She lay on her bed with her eyes closed.
[This sentence shows a clear picture of a girl
on her bed.]
Read the selection and take note of
statements with implicit meanings and
find out Japanese values about saving,
loving, and protecting nature
Post Reading Activity
Direction: On a separate sheet of paper, identify the statement
whether it is explicit by writing E or it is implicit by writing I
before each sentence.
___1. One should put on a kimono with a smart summer test.
___2. It hardly mattered what they had on.
___3. The darkness was creeping up from the water.
___4. It was rather a long river.
___5. Sugano pulled up some grass along the path.
Direction: Analyse each sentence then answer the
following questions which are explicitly stated to check
your comprehension of the selection you have just read.

1. Why couldn’t Sachiko sleep?


a. She was tired from the trip.
b. She was feeling cold.
c. She was excited to hunt fireflies.
d. She was hungry.
2. How did the real firefly hunt differ from the
firefly hunt on the puppet stage?
a. The real firefly hunt gave someone a chance to play
in the fields.
b. In a real firefly hunt, the hunters wear a special
kimono.
c. In a puppet stage firefly hunt, there is no dress code
for hunters.
d. All of the above are correct.
3. To Sachiko, what was the most impressive
moment of the evening?
a. Seeing an infinite number of two long lines of light
along the river.
b. Crossing a bridge to get to the other side of the river.
c. Listening to the laughter of people hunting for
fireflies.
d. Wearing a kimono while hunting fireflies.
4. What did Sugano do to keep the fireflies in?
a. He used a net to attract the fireflies.
b. He pulled up some grass along a path and tied it
into something like a broom.
c. He sang a very beautiful song to keep the
fireflies.
d. He lighted a cigarette to keep the fireflies in.

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