Writing Academic English 4th Edition

ADJECTIVE

·..whichisinSpanish

ADVERB

·..becausegrammariseasy

NOUN

·..thatgrammariseasy

ThesearetheimpOltantpointscoveredinthischapter.

1.Clausesarethemainbuildingblocksofsentences.Therearetwokindsof

clauses:independentanddependent.

a. Anindependentclause

• expressesa completethought. Englishgrammariseasy.


• canbea sentencebyitself.
  b. Adependentclause


• beginswitha subordinator.


• cannotbea sentence
  byitself.


• is oneofthreetypes:
  adverb,adjective,ornoun.

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NonverbalCommunication

i Nonverbalcommunication,orbodylanguage,is usedeverywhereinthe

world.Itisa verypowerfulmeansofcommunication.It communicatesmuch

morethanspokenwords.

2 Oneexampleofnonverbalcommunicationiswhatoccursbetweenparents

andchild.Parentssmileattheirchild.Theycommunicatelove,acceptance,and

reassurance.Thechildfeelscomfortableandsafe.Thesmilesignifiesapproval.

Thechildis happyandwelladjusted.

3 Anotherexampleofnonverbalcommunicationistheimagea personshows

inpublic.A womanis walkingaloneonanunfamiliarandpossiblydangerous

street.Shewantstoappearconfident.Shewalksquickly.Shemaybetired.She

walkswithhershouldersstraightandherheadheldhigh.Hereyesarefocused

straightahead.Someoneislookingather.Shereturnstheglancewithout

hesitation.Incontrast,a nervouswomanappearsafraid.ShewalksSTowlywith

hershouldersandeyesdown.

4 Indeed,bodylanguagecanexpressmorethanspokenlanguage.Merelyby

raisinganeyebrow,clenchinga jaw,orsofteningtheeyes,a personcanexpress

disapproval,anger,orlove.It is a verystrongmethodofcommunication.

B. Usewhatyouknowaboutthedifferentkindsofsentencestoimprovethis
shortessay,whichcontainstoomanysimplesentences.Usedifferentmethods
ofcombiningthesentences.Rewritetheessayona separatesheetofpaper.