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NameDateParts of Speech Unit 3, Adjectives, Lesson 3, Cultural Literacy Worksheet: Slang. Cultural literacy is familiarity with and ability to understand the idioms, allusions, and informal content that create and constitute a culture. Here is a short reading from The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Hirsch, E.D., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002). Please answer the accompanying questions.Slang: Expressions that do not belong to standard written English. For example, “flipping out” is slang for “losing one’s mind” or “losing one’s temper.” Slang expressions are usually inappropriate in formal speech or writing.What is slang? What is an example of slang from your reading?Where is it best not to use slang? Where is it appropriate to use slang?Can you think of an example of slang that you use? What is the expression? What does it mean?NameDateParts of Speech Unit 3, Adjectives, Lesson 3, Cultural Literacy Worksheet: Slang. Cultural literacy is familiarity with and ability to understand the idioms, allusions, and informal content that create and constitute a culture. Here is a short reading from The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Hirsch, E.D., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002). Please answer the accompanying questions.Slang: Expressions that do not belong to standard written English. For example, “flipping out” is slang for “losing one’s mind” or “losing one’s temper.” Slang expressions are usually inappropriate in formal speech or writing.What is slang? What is an example of slang from your reading?Where is it best not to use slang? Where is it appropriate to use slang?Can you think of an example of slang that you use? What is the expression? What does it mean? ................
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