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Unit 11
But What’s Dictionary For?
Teaching Points
? I,Background information
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions for discussion
I,Background Information
? 1,Abraham Lincoln
? 2,Civil Rights Movement
? 3,Leonard Bloomfield
II,Introduction to the Passage
Introduction to the Passage
? 2.The purpose of a piece of objective
description,
? ---to record and reproduce a true
picture with opinions and emotions of
the author excluded
Introduction to the Passage
? 3,Ways of developing a piece of
objective description,
? ---to begin with a brief general
picture,divide the object into parts and
organize the detailed description in
order of space
III, Effective Writing Skills
? 1,making effective use of specific
words
? 2,grasping the skill of outline writing
IV, Rhetorical Devices
1,metonymy
? 2,synecdoche
? 3,sarcasm
? 4,alliteration
V,Text Analysis
VI, Special Difficulties
? 1,identifying figures of speech
? 2,translating some sentences
? 3,paraphrasing some sentences
? 4,outline requirements
VII, Questions for Discussion
? 1,What critical views did the popular press
express on the publication of Webster’s Third
New International Dictionary
? 2,How much effort and money was spent on
the making of this dictionary?
? 3,Why are new dictionaries needed?
? 4,What does the writer say about spelling
and pronunciation?
? 5,Has the Third New International Dictionary
any faults?
VIII,Exercises
? P.