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Pull out your notes on last Monday’s post, Body Vocabulary: Symptoms of Health Problems. Here are the correct answers!
Page 1. Symptoms Sore Throat Cough Pain Dizziness Sneezing Fever Runny Nose Rash Throwing Up Diarrhea Swelling Shortness of Breath Page 2. Side Effects Sleepy Thirsty Headache Stroke Seizure Chest Pain
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Order: sequence, organization, or series
You might need to show or explain the order of activities for many different situations. Recipes, driving directions, experiments, dances, and craft projects are just some examples of things that usually have a specific sequence of steps. How do you show order of steps in your writing or speech? The answer…. transition words! Here are a few of the most common transition words for order: first, second, third, etc., first of all, next, then, after that, finally, now, soon, meanwhile, following this, at this point, afterward, subsequently, previously, before this, simultaneously, concurrently Transition words are usually placed at the beginning of the sentence, followed by a comma. See if you can use some of the words listed above to answer these questions.
Here are two illustrated vocabulary worksheets that show common health problems. See if you can fill in the missing words. The answers will be posted next week. Last week, you checked out my favorite list of misplaced modifiers. Here are some (potential) answers!
While you can always use simple adjectives to describe someone, you might want to try a few of the following words for specificity or variety.
Words to Describe the Body Gaunt -- Too skinny, very thin Wiry -- Thin and muscular Petite -- Small and thin Willowy -- Thin with long, thin arms and legs Lean -- Slim and long Stocky -- Short and thick Curvy -- A body with a smaller waist and larger hips and chest Barrel-chested -- A body with a large, rounded chest and stomach Hefty -- Large or heavy Sturdy -- Large and strong Hopefully, you have a basic understanding of the rules controlling modifiers. Now it's time to practice! Here is a link to my favorite list of absolutely misplaced modifiers. How would you correct them?
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