OCG533, Fall 2002
Homework assignment 12, due 9 October 2002
Modified Exercise 13-8. Emphasis within sentences
To read: Pages 13-39 through 13-51 of the text.
To do:
Here are ten more sentences from the
literature. For each, explain the large-scale and smaller-scale patterns of
emphasis. Pay particular attention to the role of introductory elements
(stage-setters). Although you are free to use any procedure to get to your
answer, I suggest that you at least some of the time use the two-step approach
of first using a diagram of the major elements to display the pattern of
modification and then showing how that creates the actual emphases. Note any
unusual emphases created by placement of words or phrases. Feel free to suggest
modifications to any of the sentences that you consider could be improved (such
as rearranging the sentence to place the emphasis where it really belongs).
1. Odometer readings were obtained from all vehicles.
2. The remaining PAHs were not affected by HCl.
3. Further work needs to be done to investigate this possibility.
4. These emissions rates can be compared to emission rate standards and literature values.
5. In the ten years between 1982 and 1992, toxaphene was banned by the U.S. EPA.
6. In all experiments, there were no target PAHs found in the blank train.
7. The pulp and paper industry is one of the main producers of the chlorinated compounds found in the Baltic Sea, producing more than 70% of the total organohalogen load.
8. Soil samples collected during site investigations are often sent off site for laboratory analysis for volatile organic compounds.
9. Arsenic is a potentially toxic trace element that is ubiquitous in rocks, soil, seawater, freshwater, and air.
10. In addition to the pronounced differences in slag morphology and Pb concentrations between PA and SA, the bulk mineralogy data for SA-1 indicate that modifications to the process resulted in improvements in the product, probably due to the addition of a more sophisticated slag box that more effectively mixed and vitrified the feedstock.