重大版高中初级英语语法与修辞Unit6.pptVIP

Unit 6 Infinitives Looking Ahead 1.Learn how to use the 2.Know how to use parallelism to make language more forceful. 3.Practice using infinitives to construct parallelisms. Tips When the infinitive is used as the subject or the object, it can be replaced by it, and the infinitive is moved to other places of the sentence. Parallelism Parallelism is a figure of speech in which the same structure is repeated, usually with different words. Practice The following paragraph is extracted from Bacon’s essay “Of Studies”. Read and tell which sentences are parallelism composed of infinitive phrases. Read the following pairs of sentences and tell which one is the parallel one in each pair. 1.A.She is lovely, kind-hearted and has a quick mind. B. She is lovely, kind-hearted and witty. 2.A. I was knocked down by a motorcycle, but it was not seriously injured. B. I was knocked down by a motorcycle, but it was not serious. 3.A. He was a man of wide experience and is also very popular with the farmers. B. He was a man of wide experience great popularity among the farmers. 4.A. To chew carefully and to eat slowly are necessary for good digestion. B. To chew carefully and eating slowly are necessary for good digestion. Write a passage of about fifty words,using parallelism in at least two sentences. Self-assessment Talk about your work. Thank you.