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‫‪26/12/2021‬‬
 DENG320 Week 5
Chapter 4: Beauty and Aesthetics
Understanding the Importance of a Good Opening
In any piece of writing, it is important to have an
interesting opening to attract the reader’s attention.
Then the writing should lead into the writer’s main
theme or point.
Understanding Specialized
Specialized terms are the words that are mainly related
Terms
to specialized fields. Learning the definitions of these
words can help you read specialized texts more easily
and also help to build your vocabulary.
Understanding Specialized
Terms
Example 1:
mausoleum (specialized term) = (architecture) a large
stone building made specially to contain the body of a
dead person, or the dead bodies of an important family
(Online Longman Dictionary).
Example 2:
minaret (specialized term) = (architecture) a tall thin
tower on a mosque, from which Muslims are called to
prayer (Online Longman Dictionary).
Illustrating
Ideas
Often it is easier to
imagine something if
you draw a picture. In
fact, drawing a picture
can usually help you
understand something
better. Also, describing
the picture with a
partner or group can
help you practice
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vocabulary related to
the topic.
Illustrating
Ideas
The picture does not have to be beautiful or exact. A
simple diagram or drawing can serve the purpose of
understanding and of vocabulary-building just as well
as a very artistic picture.
Previewing a Reading to Identify the Key
People
In an article in which a number of people are
mentioned or interviewed. It is a good idea to preview
in order to identify these people before you begin to
read. A short identifying description of each key
person mentioned will usually appear somewhere near
their name
Comparing Two Buildings Using a Venn
Diagram
One way to compare two buildings is with a graphic
organizer called a Venn diagram. This diagram has two
connecting circles. On the right and left are the
qualities of each building. In the center is anything that
belongs to both buildings.

Both
The Alhambra Himeji Castle
Palace
Structuring an Argument: Weakest to
Strongest
To be ablePoint
to write an effective argument essay, it is
important to know which points support your
argument. It is also important to think about what order
these points should come in. Several different
strategies for organizing your argument exist.
⮚ One of the most common ways to organize your
argument is to start with weakest or least convincing
point, and lead up to strongest or most convincing
point. This is the strategy we will focus on here.
Writing Tip: Support Your
Argument
When writing an argument in favor of a particular
opinion or point of view:
▪ Select the main points that will support your
argument.
▪ Put them in the order of weakest (least convincing) to
strongest (most convincing).
Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Vocabulary
Questions
The TOEFL iBT test places a great emphasis on
understanding vocabulary in the context of a reading.
Vocabulary questions are likely to constitute between
25-33 percent of all the questions within the reading
section.
⮚ TOEFL iBT vocabulary questions are all asked in the
same basic way. In the body of the question, a context
is named (e.g., “as used in Paragraph 2”) and a target
vocabulary item is presented. Then you are given four
possible words or phrases from which you must
choose the one closest in meaning to the target
Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Vocabulary
Questions
In choosing the best match, remember the following:
▪ A target vocabulary item may have many meanings
in English. Your task is to identify its meaning in the
context that the question specifies.
▪ The list of options may include other possible
meanings of the vocabulary item, but you must be
careful not to choose one of these distractions.
Focus on Testing (TOEFL iBT): Vocabulary
Questions
▪ Also, remember that the question asks which option
is “closest in meaning” to the target item, not which
item is the exact synonym. The correct choice may
be similar in meaning without being an exact
replacement for it in the text.
Referenc
eWegmann, B., & Knezevic, M. P. (2014). Mosaic 2
Reading (Sixth Edition). McGraw-Hill.
Thank
You