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A home without books is a body without soul.””    Marcus Tullius Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero (Ancient Roman Lawyer, , Writer, , Scholar, , Orator

and and Statesman, , 106 BC--43 BC)) You don't have to burn books to destroy a

culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”” Ray Bradbury (American science-fiction short stories and novels Ray Bradbury (American science-fiction short stories and novels

writer,1920)writer,1920)

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General vs specificGeneral vs specific: General terms and : General terms and specific terms are not opposites, as specific terms are not opposites, as abstract and concrete terms are; instead, abstract and concrete terms are; instead, they are the different ends of a range of they are the different ends of a range of terms. terms. General termsGeneral terms refer to a group; refer to a group; specific termsspecific terms refer to individual refer to individual

Main Idea ContinuedMain Idea Continued FurnitureFurniture is a general term; it includes within it many different items. is a general term; it includes within it many different items.

If I ask you to form an image of furniture, it won't be easy to do. Do If I ask you to form an image of furniture, it won't be easy to do. Do you see a department store display room? a dining room? an office? you see a department store display room? a dining room? an office? Even if you can produce a distinct image in your mind, how likely is Even if you can produce a distinct image in your mind, how likely is it that another reader will form a very similar image? Furniture is a it that another reader will form a very similar image? Furniture is a concrete term (it refers to something we can see and feel), but its concrete term (it refers to something we can see and feel), but its meaning is still hard to pin down, because the group is so large.meaning is still hard to pin down, because the group is so large.

We can make the group smaller with the less general term, We can make the group smaller with the less general term, chairchair.. And even more and more specific to: a And even more and more specific to: a lime green velvet La-Z-Boy lime green velvet La-Z-Boy

rocker recliner . rocker recliner . Note how easy it is to visualize this chair, and how Note how easy it is to visualize this chair, and how much attitude we can form about it. much attitude we can form about it.

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