English Vocabulary and Grammar for Journalism
Professions and Occupations
Assistant, student, blogger, reporter, politician, journalist, editor, writer, inventor, photographer, servant, musician, cyclist, actor, traveler
Adverbs
- Carefully – cuidadosamente
- Fast – rápidamente
- Silently – silenciosamente
- Suddenly – de repente
- Truthfully – verdaderamente
False Cognates
- Actually – really
- Embarrassed – ashamed
- Sympathetic – understanding
- Optimistic – positive
- Pretended – tried to make people believe something that wasn’t true
- Rare – uncommon; scarce
Potentially
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Parental Responsibility for Children’s Behavior
Should parents be more responsible for their children’s bad behavior in schools?
Personally, I think that parents should be more responsible for their children’s bad behavior. Parents must be good role models for their children always, and they must teach good behavior at home.
Firstly, if parents do not give their children good examples of how to behave, children won’t learn the difference between right and wrong. Secondly, if parents see that their
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Social Responsibility: Priestley’s Portrayal
Age, Inspector, and Class Dynamics
Age: Generational Divide in Learning
The older and younger generations respond differently to the Inspector’s message. Eric and Sheila acknowledge their guilt, while their parents deny any wrongdoing.
The Older Generation:
- Confident in their views, dismissing the young as foolish.
- Prioritize self-preservation. Mrs. Birling lies, and Mr. Birling seeks to conceal a scandal.
- Resistant to self-examination, embodying the saying,
English Grammar and Vocabulary: Suffixes, Reported Speech, Conditionals
Noun Suffixes
- -al: refusal, survival
- -ance, -ence: importance, difference
- -ant, -ent: assistant, student
- -(c)ian: mathematician
- -dom: freedom, kingdom
- -er, -or: trainer, editor
- -ety: anxiety, safety
- -ism: racism, socialism
- -ist: artist, scientist
- -ment: achievement, management
- -ness: kindness, loneliness
- -ship: citizenship
- -sion: conclusion, decision
- -ation: imagination, organization
- -th: strength, width
- -ry: bakery, slavery
Verb Suffixes
- -ate: hyphenate
- -en: lighten, worsen
- -ify: classify, horrify
- -ize, -ise: apologize,
The Skylight: A Deep Dive into Buero Vallejo’s Masterpiece
Action in The Skylight
The Skylight by Antonio Buero Vallejo advances through antithesis and plurivalence. We see the antithesis of Mario and Vicente, the “contemplative” and the “active,” between the skylight and the train. The skylight serves as an expression of a form of life below the human level and, simultaneously, as a renewed “myth of the cave.” The ambiguity of the father, who in one sense is only a poor madman, but in another sense comes to acquire a meaning close to that of a symbol of
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Key Vocabulary
- Glad – happy
- Lean – move the top part of the body
- Wondered – asked himself
- Wounded – injured
- Wandered – moved around
- Wicked – very bad
- Rage – great anger
- Mad – angry
- Dangerous – likely to cause harm
- Chaperone – an older person who supervises young people
- Tenderly – with much love
- Tore it to pieces – ripped
- Harm – damage
- Inquiry – official investigation
- Curate – assistant of a priest
- Grammar school – school for clever children
- Housekeeper – person who works in the