COMPREHENSION: Reading Skills
THE JEWS
The passage is about the Jews who looked at Abraham as their father. He made a covenant with God. The Jews were once enslaved by the Egyptians. The Jews moved to their country (Canaan) and later began to travel to other countries where they settled and became successful. Their main belief is that there is only one God.
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STRUCTURE: ADJECTIVE AND ADJECTIVAL PHRASE
Definition of Adjective
Adjective phrases
Adjective: It is a word that qualifies/modifies the noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be identified by certain suffixes like:
able– drinkable
ful- successful
Adjectival Phrase
It is a phrase that does the work of an adjective in a sentence i.e. It qualifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Examples
The man with the red hair is my brother. (Prepositional Phrase / an adjective phrase qualifying man)
The beautiful girl has been kidnapped (Adjective qualifying the noun “girl”)
A person bringing goods news is always welcome (Participial phrase as adjective phrase qualifying “man”)
He is a man of great wealth. (prepositional phrase as an adjective phrase qualifying man)
The woman standing over there is our new principal . (participial phrase as adjective phrase qualifying woman)
The boy selling garri is my brother (Participial phrase as adjective phrase as qualifying “boy”
We all admire a person of courage (adjectival phrase)
I know a girl who has strange appetites. (adjectival phrase qualifying the “girl”)
The student forgot to bring back the bag that I gave her. (Adjectival phrase qualifying bag)
The coat made of cotton is very lovely (Adjectival phrase qualifying coat)
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ESSAY WRITING: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
Writing Argumentative
ESSAYS: SCOPE AND METHOD
An argumentative essay is one that requires you to present a subject with a view to persuading your reader to agree with your own point of view against another one.
The scope and Methods
It is necessary to give a clear intelligent definition of subject of discussion so that your reader is in no doubt about what you want to write about. Then, proceed to give points to support your view.
Consider the following questions:
Write an essay setting out your argument either in favor or against the following topic: Co-education should be encouraged in secondary schools
Write an essay setting out your argument both for and against the following topic: Co-education should be encouraged in Secondary Schools
Write an essay setting out your argument to justify the following topic: Co-education should not be encouraged in secondary schools?
In (i) and (ii) you are expected to write on one side of the topic. Although in (i) you are given a choice to make between writing for or against, there is no such in three. On the other hand, (ii) demands that you write on the two sides of the topic.
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Vocabulary, Noun Clause, Consonant Sounds & Narrative- Essay
Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor & Irony
Kinds of Sentences | Simple, Multiple, Compound & Complex
Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Vocabulary Development & Spelling
Essay Writing: Types of Essays, Monothongs & Idioms