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Written assignments, manipulating the language

Mario Rinvolucri.
Plan Summary
  • Author:
    Mario Rinvolucri.
  • Course title:
    Writing 5-day course
  • Country:
    Unknown
  • Year:
    1995
  • Document type:
    Activity/game
  • Language:
    English
Description
Complete concise assignments, limited to 3 pages each. Task A: Transform Scene 90 of "My Beautiful Laundrette" into prose. Task B: Convert Extract 71 from "The Penguin English Reader" to informal language. Task C: Simplify technical language in 7.4 of "Discourse Analysis" by Browne and Yule. Task D: Change Extract V from "Investigating English Style" by Crystal and Davy (1969) from propaganda to informative content. Prioritize clarity, fluency, economy, and effectiveness in your writing.
Tags
From formal to informal From propaganda to information Manipulating the language Rewriting from dialogue to prose Writing assignments
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