blog 2 2020-21

  Traditional words/ politically correct words/ the funny PC words…   a dwarf /     a small person   /     a vertically challenged person blacks / coloured, colored   people    /     ?    ex:  melanin-full people  (So Snow White is a melanin-free character) handicapped/ physically impaired / ?       old   (rude) ,   elderly people /     senior         / ex: mature people deaf /                                   /     ex: deprived of the sense of hearing blind /                         ...

  Ch 5   1)   Explain the epigraph. To what extent does it apply to the novel? We can use the lessons of the past to guess what will happen next. -       First the motives are to be found in the past -       The past of the different characters is relevant…   2)   How would YOU write this sentence in English: Blair: “ I’ve got mair to dae with ma time. Typed out your report frae the dentist?” “I’ve got more to do with my time. Have you typed out the report for (about) the dentist?" (to check Paul's alibi)   Why is it written like that in the novel? It corresponds to the way he speaks…   3)   True or false? Justify.   a)    Macbeth was offered a lot of money for his dog. it's false: “If they had any sense I’m sure they would have given money…”…   So it was a lie.   b)   There was arsenic in the curry.  It's false. The...