UFS 211: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 10: FOLKLORE STORY


TEMBULUI TONGUTUONG

The story appears in a village around Tambunan. There are 3 best friends walked in the forest at the end of the village. During their journey, Kuzi found a wooden box under a tree. Without knowing its content, he took the box and put it into his bag pack. Then, he runs to fetch his friends and went home.

When night falls, he tried to open the box. Suddenly, he found a sacred talisman in the mysterious box. He was fascinating with the shining and the beauty of the talisman. Then, he kept it into his drawer along with the wooden box.

In the next night, Kuzi had his dinner in front of the television. While he was enjoying his meal, suddenly someone has knocked his door. He got up and reached the door. He opened the door and found that no one outside of his house. He was confused and just let it be. Once again, the door was knocked and that time Kuzi starts to spook and out of his nerve. He ran to his room and covering himself with a blanket.

In the next morning, Kuzi met his friends and tells the experience he had in the night before. Unfortunately, his friends laughed him and called him ‘’chicken’’. To convince his friends, he asked them to sleep just one night at his house and finally they accepted Kuzi’s ‘’invitation’’.

At night, all of them came to Kuzi’s house except Dadie. Then, they got into the house with giggles and start to scares him off. Kuzi walked into the kitchen to mix some coffee for his friends. Suddenly, the door once again knocked and this time it sounds really hard. Afiq was shocked and walked towards the door. Kuzi just let Afiq opened the door. Then, Afiq closed the door fast and walk with a pale face. Asrul feels a little bit scared at the moment. Then, all around the house were knocked by the unknown thing and all of them ran scared into Kuzi’s room.

In the next morning, they made their words to meet the shaman at the end of the village. They tells the experience at the night before and the shaman starts to chant by his magic bowl. Suddenly, he found that one of them took a sacred talisman from its origin. Kuzi confessed for what he had done and his friends blamed him for what his doing. The shaman suggested that the talisman must be kept back to its origin no one will harm. Together they walked back to the place in the forest where the talisman was taken. The shaman asked them to bury the talisman and let it be in its place. Finally, they felt relief and continue their life.

UFS 211: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

GRAMMAR: SKIMMING, SCANNING ND SUMMARIZING TECHNIQUE

1. SKIMMING
- used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text. When you read the newspaper, you're probably not reading it word-by-word, instead you're scanning the text. Skimming is done at a speed three to four times faster than normal reading. People often skim when they have lots of material to read in a limited amount of time. Use skimming when you want to see if an article may be of interest in your research.

2. SCANNING
- a technique often use when looking up a word in the telephone book or dictionary. You search for key words or ideas. In most cases, you know what you're looking for, so you're concentrating on finding a particular answer. Scanning involves moving your eyes quickly down the page seeking specific words and phrases. Scanning is also used when you first find a resource to determine whether it will answer your questions. Once you've scanned the document, you might go back and skim it.

3. SUMMARIZING
- Summarization is the restating of the main ideas of the text in as few words as possible. It can be done in writing, orally, through drama, through art and music, in groups and individually.

UFS 211: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 9: SUMMARY

A new version of lie detector that works by voice recognition and can be used without a subject's knowledge has been introduced in Britain. The device is used by private industry for pre-employment screening, investigating thefts, and even periodic staff checks. The device normally recognize voice tones by analysing the infrasonic FM component so that it is possible to pick out a word or phrases that caused stress. In the US, the device is used for pre-employment interviews. They only tape record the interview and analyse it to show the honesty of the employee. The problem is its primary application would be in situation where people may not object because it can also be used to provoke a personal issues unrelated to jobs such as political affiliation.

UFS 211 -ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TOPIC 7 -PARAGRAPH WRITING


MY UNFORGETTABLE CHILDHOOD MEMORY

everyone have the own memory when child. my unforgettable memory is a balloon pop-up in front my face. it occurs when my father want to take the picture of me and the balloon for picture album when i child. Then, i bite the balloon accidentally the balloon was pop-up in front my face and i was cry laugh explode. along crying. i feel very sick on my tears and pain. my father persuade me with candy but i still crying.so my father took me for arrive to playground in my neighborhood. then i stop cry and enjoy with my friend. Now i felt trauma and phobia against balloon because afraid it will explode again in front of my face.

UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 7 - LITERARY DEVICES


ALLEGORY
An allegory is a device used to represent an idea, principle or meaning, which can be presented in literary form, such as a poem or novel; or in a visual form such as a painting or drawing.

As a literary device, an allegory is defined as an “extended metaphor”, or “symbolic representation”. Very often an allegoric story or play illustrates an idea or moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meaning.
example-The ants and the grasshopper

ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the repetition of the first syllables of a series of words and/ or phrases. Modern alliteration is predominantly consonant.
Alliteration can be broken down into two groups:

Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds.

example-Row row row your boat

Consonance
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds by not vowel sounds.
example-some mammals are clammy


ALLUSION
An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, representation of a place, historical event, literary work, myth, or work of art. Allusions can be direct references or implications.
example-it must have rained for 40 days and 40 nights

ANALOGY
An analogy is a comparison that is made between two things that are in some way/ ways similar. An analogy is often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand
example-shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel

CLIMAX
The turning point of the action in a story, play or plot is referred to as the climax.
The climax represents the point at which the story gets exciting and more alive. In some stories there may be several points that can be arguably called the climatic points.

example-the climax of the Cinderella story is when Cinderella place her foot in the glass slippers and achieves a perfect fit. upon this revelation. she wins the marriage of the prince.

HYPERBOLE
A hyperbole is a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs.
Often used in poetry or in casual speech, hyperboles are usually used to create emphasis or effect.
example-the bag weight a ton

METAPHOR
A metaphor is a comparison in which one thing is said to be another. The words “like” and “as” are not used in metaphors.
example-you are a gem

ONOMATOEPIA
onomatoepia is the formation of a word that imitates or suggests the sound that it represents.
example-the oink of the pig

PERSONIFICATION
Personification is a figure of speech where something nonhuman is given the characteristics of a human.
example-the camera loves me

SIMILE
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike quantities by employing the words “like”, “as”, or “than”.
example-she swims like a dolphin

UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 6 - WHAT ARE THE COMMON MISTAKE THAT YOU ALWAYS DO IN WRITING

my problem is difficult in English. I difficult to translate malay to english. I difficult to translate in grammar. difficult to do essays. understanding when making frame compositions. I sometimes forget what was taught during the class. I am very weak in English. sometimes I do not know to speak very basic english.

UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

TASK 6 - MECHANICS AND GRAMMAR


What is a Part of Speech?
A part of speech is a group of words that are used in a certain way. For example, "run," "jump," and "be" are all used to describe actions/states. Therefore they belong to the VERBS group.
In other words, all words in the English language are divided into eight different categories. Each category has a different role/function in the sentence.
The English parts of speech are:
Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions,conjunctions and interjections.

example:
Books are made of ink, paper, and glue.

~In this sentence, "books" is a noun, the subject of the sentence.Deborah waits patiently while Bridget books the tickets.

Here "books" is a verb, and its subject is "Bridget."We walk down the street.

~In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and its subject is the pronoun "we."The mail carrier stood on the walk.

In this example, "walk" is a noun, which is part of a prepositional phrase describing where the mail carrier stood.The town decided to build a new jail.

~Here "jail" is a noun, which is the object of the infinitive phrase "to build."The sheriff told us that if we did not leave town immediately he would jail us.

Here "jail" is part of the compound verb "would jail."