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Hedging Technique
We hedge in order to be more polite.The positive aspect balances the
negative comment/criticism/information we want to give.
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Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Marilyn 1962”
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Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Bottles of Coke”
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Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Flip-flops”
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Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Mao Tse Tung, 1972”
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Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Campbell’s Soup”
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Hedging Technique• Choose one painting and list your positive and
negative observations using complete sentences.
• Positive:• The subject is
interesting.
• Negative:• The colors are
annoying.
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Hedging TechniqueYou now have complete sentences that we will combine.
• A sentence is an “Independent Clause”.The colors are annoying.
• In English, a “clause” has a subject & a verb.examples: a sentence or a Subordinating clause.
• A subordinating clause is a “Dependent Clause”.Although the subject is interesting,
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Hedging TechniqueLet’s combine these two clauses to make one sentence.
• A Subordinating clause / “Dependent Clause” +• An “Independent Clause” = 1 complex sentence
Although the subject is interesting, the colors are annoying.
NOTE: Use a comma!
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Hedging TechniqueNow you try! Combine the sentences from your chart to make a
longer, complex sentence.• Take a positive sentence and add a Subordinator
(to make a Dependent ADV Clause).– Then write down your comma!
• Next add a negative sentence(Independent Clause)– And end this new complex sentence with a period.
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Hedging TechniqueNow you try! Answer your group questions about the textbook
topics using this hedging technique.• Take a positive sentence and add a Subordinator
(to make a Dependent Subordinating Clause).– Then write down your comma!
• Next add a negative sentence(Independent Clause)– And end this new complex sentence with a period.
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Hedging TechniqueMore Subordinators:
becausesinceso thatjust as . . . so . . .
althougheven thoughthoughwhereaswhile