English Language Unit (ELU) 9 November 2022

Communicating Succinctly

1. Establishing Message Emphasis

2. Writing Compound Sentences

Expressing ideas of equal importance

3. Writing Complex Sentences

Expressing main & secondary ideas

4. Determining Message Impact

Single idea vs Linked ideas

5. Avoiding Common Sentence Errors

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Establishing Message Emphasis

What is the difference in meaning?

1. I am hungry, for I have no money for lunch. Compound sentence

2. I am hungry because I have no money for lunch. Complex sentence

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Establishing Message Emphasis

a) What is the main idea in each sentence?

b) What is the difference in meaning? / What is being emphasized in each sentence?

1. As a family-friendly company, we have in place maternity, paternity and family care leave. Simple
sentence
0 1

Compound
2. We are a family-friendly company, for we have in place maternity, paternity and family care leave. sentence
1 + 1

3. As we are a family-friendly company

company,, we have in place maternity, paternity and family care leave. Complex
sentence
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Establishing Message Emphasis

Determine what you want to emphasise

Organise/prioritise your
ideas and information

Ideas need to be One idea is more ➢ main idea/information

emphasized equally important than the other
➢ secondary idea/information
coordination

subordination
➢ organise your ideas

Compound Sentence Complex Sentence

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Establishing Message Emphasis

a) What is the main idea in each sentence?

b) What is the difference in meaning?

1. Despite huge challenges in 2020-2021, we still achieved our project milestones. Simple
0 1 sentence

2. We faced huge challenges in 2020-2021, but we still achieved our project milestones. Compound
sentence
1 + 1

3. Although
Although we faced huge pandemic challenges in 2020-2021
2020-2021,, we
we still
still achieved
achieved our
our project
project milestones.
milestones. Complex
sentence
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Establishing Message Emphasis

c) What do you notice about the structure of the sentence?

Prepositional phrase Subject Predicate

Noun Verb + Complement

wewestill
1. Despite huge challenges in 2020-2021, stillachieved
achievedour
ourproject
projectmilestones.
milestones. Simple

0 1 sentence

Subject Subject
Predicate Predicate
Compound
2. We faced huge challenges in 2020-2021, but we still achieved our project milestones. sentence
1 + 1

Subject Subject
Predicate Predicate

3. Although we faced huge pandemic challenges in 2020-2021, we still achieved our project milestones. Complex

0.5 + 1 sentence