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Sentences Patterns
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Writing Practice

2. verbs and phrases showing degrees of “love”
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verbs and phrases showing degrees of “love”
1. John loves Mary very much; he is
crazy about her.
2. Nancy adores Brad Pitt; she idolizes
him and watches every single movie
of his.
3. Mrs. Lee cherishes her
grandchildren, and she treasures a
picture album full of their pictures.

3. verbs and phrases showing degrees of “love”
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verbs and phrases showing
degrees of “love”
4. On hot summer days, our family find
it pleasant to sit under the cool shade
of the big tree in our back yard. We
enjoy sitting there together and
chattering about things around us.

4. verbs and phrases showing degrees of “love”
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verbs and phrases showing
degrees of “love”
5. Dave is fond of all kinds of small
animals; he cares for stray dogs and
cats. He even feels tenderness/
affection for little snakes and mice.

5. II. famous quotes about “love” 1. At the touch of love, everyone
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II. famous quotes about “love”
1. At the touch of love, everyone
becomes a poet Plato
2. Love is an irresistible desire to be
irresistibly desired Robert Frost
3. It’s better to have loved and lost
than to have never loved at all.
-Lord Alfred Tennyson

6. II. famous quotes about “love” 4. Men always want to be a woman’s
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II. famous quotes about “love”
4. Men always want to be a woman’s
first love, while women like to be a
man’s last romance. -Oscar Wilde
5. Gravitation cannot be held
responsible for people falling in love. Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.

7. Back II. famous quotes about “love”
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II. famous quotes about “love”
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour,
and it seems like a minute. THAT’S
relativity Albert Einstein
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8. A Love Song
The Rose

9. The Rose Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed.
A Love Song
The Rose
Some say love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed.

10. The Rose It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.
A Love Song
The Rose
It’s the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It’s the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance.
It’s the one who won’t be taken,
who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live.

11. The Rose And the night has been too lonely
A Love Song
The Rose
And the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long.
When you feel that love is only
for the lucky and the strong.
Just remember in the winter,
far beneath the bitter snow,
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
in the spring becomes the rose.

12. Question:
What’s the main idea of the song?

13. Reference answer :
Overall, I think the song tries to convey the idea that one cannot obtain love if he or she seeks only comfort and peace in love.

14. Question:
2. Why is “love” compared to both a “river” and a “razor” in the first two lines? Do these two metaphors have any similarity?

15. Reference answer :
The most likely reason is that the writer was trying to link “river”and “razor.” In the first line, the writer says that love is a river that drowns the tender reed. He tries to compare love to something cruel that kills

16. Reference answer :
any tender thoughts of lovers. In the second line, he compares love to a razor that leaves one’s soul to bleed. He probably wants to tell people that love can harm one’s heart and make it bleed. These two metaphors

17. Reference answer :
are both saying that love does not always mean joy and pleasure; sometimes it hurts.

18. Question:
3. What do lines 5 and
6 mean?

19. Reference answer :
These two lines could be interpreted as follows: First, if people are afraid of making mistakes, they will never learn to dance or love. Second, if people keep dreaming and refuse to face reality, they won’t have a chance to live or love.

20. Question:
4. Try to find the analogy
between line 7 and 8.

21. Reference answer :
The author tries to draw an analogy between take/give and die/live.
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22. WRITING PRACTICE
Comparison

23. Shakespeare compared his beloved to a summer’s day
Shakespeare compared his beloved to a summer’s day. What can “love” be compared to? Write a comparison paragraph titled “Love Is...” and compare love to an object that you think proper. First, list the similar attributes between love and the object. Then explain how each attribute characterizes both love and the

24. object. Before you start writing your paragraph, read the following song “Perhaps Love.” Its lyrics are good examples of comparison writing.

25. Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm.
It exists to give you comfort; it is there to keep you warm.
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home.

26. Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door.
It invites you to come closer; it wants to show you more.
And even if you lose yourself and don’t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through.

27. Love to some is like a cloud, to some as strong as steel.
For some a way of living, for some a way to feel.

28. And some say love is holding on and some say letting go.
And some say love is everything, and some say they don’t know.
Perhaps love is like the ocean, full of conflict, full of pain;
Like a fire when it’s cold outside, thunder when it rains.

29. If I should live forever, and all my dreams come true,
My memories of love will be of you.