USING APPROPRIATE

IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
➢An idiomatic expression or
idiom is a word or phrase which
meaning is different from the
words used.
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
Examples
➢ blessing in disguise
➢ bet around the bush
➢ penny for your thoughts
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
Examples
➢ hang in there
➢ to make a long story short
➢ no pain-no gain
➢ break a leg
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Cry over spilled milk
Ball is in one’s court
Once in a blue moon
Blessing in disguise
Hit the sack
Penny for your thought
Missed the boat
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Cry over spilled milk No point being upset
about something done
Ball is in one’s court
Once in a blue moon
Blessing in disguise
Hit the sack
Penny for your thought
Missed the boat
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Cry over spilled milk No point being upset
about something done
Ball is in one’s court his/her responsibility for
action
Once in a blue moon
Blessing in disguise
Hit the sack
Penny for your thought
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Once in a blue moon Very rarely
Blessing in disguise
Hit the sack
Penny for your thought
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Once in a blue moon Very rarely
Blessing in disguise Misfortune that leads to
good results
Hit the sack
Penny for your thought
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Once in a blue Very rarely
moon
Blessing in disguise Misfortune that
leads to good
results
Hit the sack Go to sleep/rest
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Idiomatic Expressions Meaning
Once in a blue moon Very rarely
Blessing in disguise Misfortune that leads to
good results
Hit the sack Go to sleep/rest
Penny for your Failure to take advantage
thought of opportunities
EXPRESSING APPRECIATION
FOR
SENSORY IMAGES USED
SENSORY IMAGES
Sensory images are images used in a
selection to paints a picture – a picture
that the writer wants his readers to see
and imagine, to feel, to taste, to hear,
and to smell.
SENSORY IMAGES
Example:
“I love cherry blossoms”
- “I love the fresh, fragrant scent of
the beautifully colored pink and white
cherry blossoms.”
OBSERVING THE CHANGES
IN
PITCH LEVELS
PITCH
➢ Pitch is important to observe because
it can tell you what the speaker
really means to say.
➢ Specific meaning and ideas, feelings,
and emotions are conveyed through
pitch.
 FOUR LEVELS OF SPEECH
4 pitch – high level, for emphasis
for a primary word (used to
emphasize something, make a
contrast or show strong emotion
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3 pitch – most common level of
primary word’s stressed syllable
 FOUR LEVELS OF SPEECH

2 pitch – neutral level, used to

start a thought group.
 FOUR LEVELS OF SPEECH

1 pitch – lowest level, often

the last pitch of a thought
group.
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