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ПОСОБИЕ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ ДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ВУЗОВ

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2. You will probably modify it as you gather information, but an outline will help to keep your thinking in order.

2. Word length is a good gauge of readability.

2. Most readers of the Wall Street Journal, for example, are college graduates, so the writing is more complex than that found in a small-town daily.

5. Find in the text the sentences where the Gerund is used. Translate them and explain the usage of the Gerund.

6. Insert prepositions:

1. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address consisted 267 words.

2. The words the left are better than the words the right.

3. (...) the standard word choice is different.

4. Scientific writing, too, is loaded esoteric words.

5. Make an outline what you are going to include your message.

7. Give synonyms:

outline, concern, assignment, short, to modify, readily, key (adj.)

8. Give antonyms:

believable, brief, to improve, complicated, desired, in order, necessary.

9. Answer the questions:

1. What should a public relations writer think over before beginning any writing assignment?

2. What should an outline include?

3. What is the structure of the outline?

4. What can improve the rhythm of the material?

5. What is the usual length of the typical paragraph?

6. How many words did Lincoln's Gettysburg Address consist of?

7. What do writers often forget?

8. Which words are more understandable: Anglo-Saxon or derived?

9) When can more complex words be used? 10) Who seems to like elaborate expressions?

10. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the sentences

1. Before beginning any writing assignment, take the time to ask yourself some key questions.

2. In the simplest terms, an outline is a list of topics to be written about in the order in which they will be presented.

3. Writers who are college-educated often forget that words common to their vocabulary are not readily understood by large segments of the general public.

11. From the list of words given in the section WORD CHOICE take 8 or 10 words from the left column and make up a situation with them.

Then replace them with the ones from the right column. How has the situation changed? Which variant do you prefer?

Why?