Euphemism and dysphemism

Hi all!

In Week 6 we will resume our CRTS 061 jouney and will discover in depth 2 more critical reading jargons, Euphemism and Dysphemism. I hope all of you will have read all related articles for Week 6 posted in your CRTS WEBCT homepage and below is a link to a simple understanding guide to both Euphemism and Dysphemism. Enjoy your long weekend and see you next week! Please ensure every group member to be onboard on time for our next week's CRTS 061 voyage!


http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/cumming/ling50/euphemism+dysphemism.htm

Paraphrasing and Summarising

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Next week we will embark on vital writing skills, which are paraphrasing and summarising. Click at the URL below for prior readings to provide you with background knowledge on paraphrasing and summarising before you head for class next week. Enjoy your weekend!

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuotingSources.html


http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/example1paraphrasing.html

Class Replacements

Hi all!

I am back to work today after a 2 day medical leave due to conjunctivitis. I therefore, would like to suggest that we replace our missed lessons sometime next week on Thursday as well as the Saturday after Good Friday's weekend. We will have a proper discussion on the day, & time of our replacement classes when I see you in class. Group 3 needs 2 sessions replaced, where as Group B will need only a session replaced.

See you soon!

Using critical thinking skills to make inferences

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This is your little online task. Watch the clip closely, as many times as possible until you can draw inferences from the movie clip. Kindly leave your inferences in the comments column. The clip is taken from a movie scene, "Office Space". Good luck!

"The Wet Drugs" by Pete Hamill

Hi Group 3!

Kindly leave your group discussion output in the comments. Do not forget to include your group details (your group member's names)!

"Wet Drug" by Pete Hamill, commented by Stephanie, Candy and Ai Ting.

1. From the first paragraph,we can infer that the author actually does not want to give up drinking but because of the religious converts, he has to give up.
2.The author has changed his view about drinking because he has come across many cases, such as ruining marriages, brutalizing, destroying careers, violating, auto accidents and many more which are by alcohol.
3.The author shows his friends' experience, violation episodes, auto accidients and studies which indicate that alcohol is a factor in those cases.
4.He intends to show that alcohol is not only a factor for auto accidents, but also for homocides, fires, robberies, wife-beating and child abuse.
5.The author calls liquor as 'wet drug' because liquor is certified as an drug which is in liquid form.
6.In paragraph 9, the writer implies that he is against banning liquor.
7.The author wants the media to ban alcohol advertising to counter the ills of drinking.
8.The author considers smoking a lesser evil because cigarette smokers usually kill only themselves with their habit. But, we do not agree because the second-hand smoke is more unhealthy to other people than the one who smoke.
9.The phrase ' criminal narcissists' tell us that the author thinks that those who are drunk are more likely to commit crimes.
10.Yes, we agree with the author's view about drinking. It is because those who are drunk often neglect the existence of the other people and only care about their drinking hours. Which crimes occur they are not only killing themselves but also other people who are innocent.

Critical Reading Strategies

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Click at the link below that directs you to a page on the 7 critical reading strategies. We will have a thorough discussion on the material below in our second meeting this week and it is hoped that everyone will have gone through the link by the time we meet again. Cheers!

http://www.salisbury.edu/counseling/New/7_critical_reading_strategies.html