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11 Grade Adverbs Presentation
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Adverbs: Functions, Types, Placement, and Meaning
Part VII: Adverbs
Unit Overview
In this unit, particular emphasis is given to: Sentence or viewpoint adverbs (actually,
clearly, hopefully) Focus adverbs: Changing the position of
a focus adverb often changes the meaning of a sentence (Only teenagers can attend. Teenagers can only attend.).
Negative and other adverbs requiring inversion (Rarely do people make a career of the military.)
Background Notes
Call-in radio and TV programs are very popular in the United States and often give listeners or viewers the chance to express opinions on controversial issues. In the reading, the theme of discussing divisive topics focuses on military service; in particular, the reading explores questions concerning the draft (the system in which people must join the military) and women in the military and in combat.
Vocabulary
Controversial: causing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed.
Voluntary: done willingly, without being forced or without being paid.
Combat: organized fighting, especially in a war. Stereotype: an idea of what a particular group
of people is like that many people have, especially one that is wrong or unfair.
Spirited: having energy and determination or showing his quality.
Vocabulary
Adopt: to formally approve a proposal, especially by voting.
Vaccine: a substance which contains a weak form of the bacteria or virus that causes a disease and is used to protect people from that disease.
Gambling: the practice of risking money or possessions because you might win a lot more if a card game, race, etc. has the result you want.
Lottery: a game used to make money for a state or a charity in which people buy numbered tickets, so that if their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prize.
Dam: a special wall built across a river, stream, etc. to stop the water from flowing.
Vocabulary
Military recruiter: someone who finds new people to join the military.
Cloning: making an exact copy of a plant or animal by taking a cell from it and developing it artificially.
Stomp: to walk with heavy steps or to put your foot down very hard, especially because you are angry.
Roam around: to go around with no clear purpose or direction.
Comprehension Questions
What is Mike Burns’s opinion of the military in general? Service should be voluntary. A lot of evil
things have been done by military forces. Maybe we shouldn’t even have them.
Does Burns think that women are too weak to serve? No, he doesn’t think fighting is feminine.
Comprehension Questions
What does Sarah Lopez think about voluntary military service? She thinks military service should be
required. What is Lopez’s reason for
supporting required military service? It’s the only way to ensure fair treatment
for all. Does Sarah Lopez believe that
combat is feminine? Yes.