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2nd Quarter their personal property.
3.) Extrajudicial Killing – killing of a person
by governmental authorities or individuals
Making Connections without the sanction of any judicial
- is a critical reading comprehension strategy proceeding or legal process.
that helps you make meaning and 4.) Poverty – a state or condition in which a
understand what you are reading. person or community lacks the financial
3 Types of Connections resources and essentials for a minimum
standard of living.
Text-to-self connection
5.) Social Injustice – describes a situation in
- are personal connections that you make which dominant population is made known
between yourself and the selection you are of the inequity that leads for others, due to
reading. their relative position in the structure of
power.
- While reading, you might think that your
experiences, opinions, or emotions may be - Three commons examples of social
similar to the text or texts you are reading. injustice includes; discrimination, ageism,
and homophobia.
Text-to-text connections
6.) Discrimination – is the unfair or
- where you relate one material to another
prejudicial treatment of people and groups
that you have read or come across before.
based on characteristics such as race, gender,
- simply means that you are relating one age, or sexual orientation.
thing to another.
Common Social Concerns
Text-to-world connections
1.) Depression – a common and serious
- relating what you are reading to the things medical illness that negatively affects how
that are happening and relevant to the world you feel, the way you think and how you
around you such as social issues, real life act/
situations, and events around us.
2.) Poverty – a state or condition in which a
Common Social Issues person or community lacks the financial
resources and essentials for a standard of
1.) Oppression – refers to relations of
living.
domination and exploitation- economic,
social and psychologic between individuals, 3.) Homelessness – is defined as living
social groups and classes within and beyond accommodation that is below the minimum
societies, and, globally, between entire standard or lacks secure tenure.
societies.
4.) Social Anxiety – is a mental health
2.) Political Dynasty – traditional families condition.
of monopolizing political power and public
5.) Regret – is the negative emotion that Adverbs a part of speech that describes or
people experience when realizing or modifies a verb, an adjective, another
imagining that their present situation would adverb, cause or sentence.
have been better if they had decided or acted
Adverb of Time -tells us when something is
differently.
done. We use it at the beginning or at the
6.) Grief – is the response to loss, end of the sentence.
particularly to the loss of someone or
- Afterwards, already, always, immediately,
something that has died, to which a bond or
last month, now, soon, then, and yesterday.
affection was formed.
Ex.
Where does VUCA come from?
He collapsed and died yesterday.
The acronym VUCA was first used
by the US army as of the end of the 80’s, His factory was burned down a few months
with Prof. Herbert Barber being the first, in ago.
1991, to officially use the term. He stated
that war college derived by these ideas from Last week, we were stuck in the lift for an
the book of Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus. hour.
In military context the acronym was Adverb of Place – tells us where something
used primarily to mark the early situation in is done. We use it after a verb, object or at
Afghanistan, where it was difficult to the end of a sentence.
understand the current situation and predict - Above, below, here, outside, over there,
the outcome of specific actions. there, under, upstairs.
WHAT DOES VUCA STAND FOR Ex.
(V) Volatility – The challenge is unexpected We can stop here for lunch.
or unstable or maybe of unknown duration
They rushed for their lives when the fire
(U) Uncertainty – Despite the lack of other broke out in the floor below.
information the events basic cause and effect
are known. Change is possible but not a The participants can play outside.
given. Adverb of Degree – tells us the level of
(C) Complexity – The situation has many extent that something is done.
interconnected parts in variables. Some - Almost, much, nearly, quite, really, so too,
information is available or can be predicted, very, etc.
but the volume or nature of it can be
overwhelming to process. Ex.
(A) Ambiguity – Casual relationships are Her daughter is quite for her age.
completely unclear. No precedents exists; She was too shy to join the quiz bee.
you pace “unknown unknows.”
The accident victim nearly died from his
injuries.
Adverb of Frequency – tells us how often 3. Can be either fiction or non-fiction
something is done.
4. Can have headings and/or subheadings
- Again, always, ever, frequently, hardly
5. Can be accompanied by graphics (charts,
ever, nearly, nearly always, never,
photos)
occasionally, often, rarely, seldom,
sometimes, twice, weekly, etc. Fallacy – is a mistake or misunderstanding
that fails to support one’s argument. The
Ex.
knowledge and understanding of fallacies
While overseas, he frequently phoned are important because they weaken an
home. individual’s point. It is important to
recognize a fallacy because they can
He takes his capsule twice a day.
convince you to believe something that isn’t
She never reads newspapers. true.
Text Features - Some will simply use another argument or

form of reasoning to simply distract the
Poetry – there are several features of poetry audience from the truth.
that make it unique from other forms of
writing. 1.) Red herring fallacy – argument that is
used as a distraction to the main issue.
These are:
2.) Ad hominem – is attacking the speaker or
1. Varied in length organization, rather than an argument itself.
2. Written in lines and stanzas It is often seen when a person says an
argument is stupid or the person is idiot.
3. Uses sound device (rhyme, alliteration, Name calling or slander are both Ad
onomatopoeia, etc.) hominem.
4. Takes poetic license with space, 3.) Appeal to Tradition – is an argument that
punctuation, grammar, etc. is used because the solution or action has
5. Uses word pictures to build sensory occurred previously and expected to
impressions and create images. continue.
6. Place with the sounds of words and the 4.) Straw man Fallacy – is a popular fallacy
rhymes of phrases is usually intended to be where arguer manipulates an opponent’s
read aloud. argument in order to make the argument
look as if is weak and easy to beat. Is often
Prose – there are several features of prose used to make the arguer look more skilled
that make it unique from other forms of than their opponent.
writing.
These are:
1. Written using paragraphs
2. May contain dialogue

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treating the public elective office almost as

Text Features - Some will simply use another argument or

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