

Adding emphasis
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English
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10th - 12th Grade
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Easy
Georginna Santiesteban
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2 Slides • 18 Questions
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Adding emphasis
Rewrite emphasizing the words in italics. Start with WHAT... or IT...

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Multiple Choice
I sent her a bunch of flowers
What I did was send her a bunch of flowers
It is sending her flowers what I do
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Multiple Choice
He should avoid antagonizing her.
What he should do is avoid antagonizing her.
It's him that should avoid antagonizing her.
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Multiple Choice
His uncompromising attitude surprised me.
What surprised me was his uncompromising attitude.
Why surprised me was his uncompromising attitude.
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Multiple Choice
His reckless driving worries me.
reckless driving is something what worries me.
It is his reckless driving that worries me.
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Multiple Choice
She felt terrible about quitting her job.
When she quit her job she felt terrible.
It was quitting her job that she felt terrible about.
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Multiple Choice
She fired him.
What she did was fire him.
Fired him is what she did.
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Multiple Choice
His bad manners really annoy me.
What really annoys me is his bad manners.
His bad manners are really annoying.
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Multiple Choice
He proposed to her last week
It was last week that he proposed to her.
Last week was the proposal.
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Multiple Choice
Sam and Jo went to Brazil on their honeymoon.
It was Sam and Jo that went to Brazil on their honeymoon.
Brazil was Sam and Jo honeymoon destination.
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Negative inversion
Rewrite and make them more emphatic.
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Open Ended
I won't ever allow myself to be deceived in such a way again.
Never again...
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Open Ended
One rarely finds a person of such integrity as Michael.
Rarely...
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Open Ended
His attitude annoys me more than anything.
Nothing...
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Open Ended
He little suspected that she was trying to get him fired.
Little...
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Open Ended
I've never been spoken to like that!
Never before...
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Open Ended
She was rude and she was mean!
Not only...
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Open Ended
As soon as he ended the relationship he started another one.
No sooner...
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Open Ended
You won't find a nicer man anywhere!
Nowhere...
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Open Ended
Her reaction could in no way be described as sympathetic.
In no way...
Adding emphasis
Rewrite emphasizing the words in italics. Start with WHAT... or IT...

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