english lesson 9

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Lesson 9

Skill: Context Clues


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Key Points

The song Father and Son by Cat Steven shows two

figures; the father and the son

The father

Rebellion is more than a adolescent phase

More powerful youthful exuberance after martial law They grew abnormally older when they were young.

They lost their youthful exuberance


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Key Points

Youthful exuberance tampers with age

It is a call to listen

It is a terrible beauty

Everything takes on the aspect of clear urgency

The two great revolutions in the Philippines were

wrought by the hand of youth


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Key Points

There is such a thing as youthful exuberance

They become the father

It is the right of the youth to be exuberant


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Exuberant

Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy.

Effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic

Growing, producing, or produced abundantly;

plentiful


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Impetuous

Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or

emotion; impulsive and passionate Having or marked by violent force: impetuous,heaving waves

Appalling Causing consternation or dismay; frightful


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Prudent

(a.) Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action,

or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious;

careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man;

dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing

prudence; as, prudent behavior.


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Lugubrious

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to anexaggerated or ludicrous degree

Resplendent

bright, radiant

Docile compliant, submissive


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Prodigious

huge, enormous

Accretion gradual growth, addition

Strident

harsh, shrill


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Audacious

reckless, daring

Obstinate stubborn, determined

Ponderous

heavy, cumbersome


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Anarchic

Absence of any form of political authority

Political disorder and confusion

Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a

common standard or purpose


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Lesson 9

Skill: Context Clues


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Key Points

Nations with Youth Bulges are more prone to

internal conflicts.

The more the young people you have, the more

violence you have. (Mark Haas)


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As people in a nation approach middleage, political stability often increases.

Still, older is not always mellower.


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The rebellion in young people is not a crime. Onthe contrary: it is the fire of the soul that refusesto conform, that is dissatisfied with the status

quo, that cries out that it wants to change theworld and is frustrated with not knowing how.

With direction and guidance, he or she canchange the very shape of the world.

Youth is one of the most precious periods of apersons life, and yet one of the most difficult.


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Young people abhor the status quo, while adultslives revolve around it.

Rebellion is not the crime; the crime occurs when

the rebellion has no healthy outlet. You are as alive as fire. If you complement your

flame of youth with a sense of focus andurgency, you have the power to move worlds.

Communication


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Chapter Skill


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Getting the meaning of the wordbased on how its used in the

sentence or paragraph is onefamiliar skill that student use.


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1.Find the SYNONYM of the word withinthe same sentence or paragraph

EXAMPLE: The youthful disposition of many seniorcitizens can be attributed to their positive outlook inlife. This temperament has helped most of the stay

young in spirit.


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2. Find the ANTONYM of the word within thesame sentence or paragraph

EXAMPLE: The youth can fathom their path atthe age but the older people find itincomprehensible.


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3. Find the meaning of the word from itsdefinition within the sentence.

EXAMPLE: The pitfalls, meaning potentialdisasters, among the exuberant youth can verywell be prevented by the wisdom of the older

generation.


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4. Find the meaning of the word from itsdefinition within the sentence.

EXAMPLE: The ferocious attack of Pres. Marcoson the activist during Martial Law kept the latter

running for their lives.


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5. Find the meaning of the word based onthe cause and effect relationship found inthe structure.

EXAMPLE: The youthful forced heaved andpushed the walls that the military built, therefore

it succeeded in the toppling the barriers.


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6. Find the meaning of the word based onthe figurative language, especially themetaphors and similes.

EXAMPLE: The exuberance was like the moonon its full-spirited, enchanting and enthralling.

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