2 What does critical - or one of its related forms - mean in each sentence?
The hospital announced that the President remains critically ill.
Dixon was asked to write a critical review (or critique) of contemporary Irish poetry.
The writer was imprisoned for his open criticism of the government.
It is absolutely critical all measurements are recorded every hour.
3 Look at these sentences and underline any metaphorical uses of language. Explain them in your own words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
A recent survey has unearthed some interesting facts about commuting habits.
In predicting trends in inflation, economists often look at which direction the political winds are blowing.
Martins published a ground-breaking study of the formation of galaxies.
By digging into the archives, Professor Robinson was able to shed important new light on the history of the period.
Summary and Conclusion
A Conclusions and summaries: typical paragraph starters
Summarising is concerned with expressing the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form.
Concluding is concerned with (a) stating your position or opinion after considering all the information about something, or (b) stating that you have come to the end of something.
Recapitulating is concerned with briefly repeating your main points.
Read these openings of the final paragraphs of academic articles. Note the useful expressions.
As we have seen, the data are consistent across the three separate tests.
To conclude / In conclusion, it seems that women's greater risk of depression is a consequence of gender differences in social roles.
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