DICTION: cách dùng từ. Phần này là phần không thể học được, mà điều ta có thể làm là đọc nhiều sách, để quen với cách dùng từ chuẩn standard written English.
IDIOMS: là những cụm từ chuẩn trong tiếng anh mà ta phải học thuộc chứ không có quy tắc
Một số common idiom:
- be curious about
- be particular about
- bring about
- set (ab)out
- think about
- wonder about
- worry about
- known as/ to be
- recognize as
- serve as
- translate as
- accompanied / amazed/ assisted/ confused/encouraged/puzzled/ perplexed/stunned/ impressed/obscured/outraged/shocked/ followed/surprised by
- celebrated/ compensate/ criticize/ endure/ famous/ named/ prized/ known/ last/ necessary for
- across/ apparent/ defend/different/protect/ refrain from
- adept in/at
- confident/engaged/ firm/ interested/ involved/succeed in
- a native/ appreciation/characteristic/ command/composed/ comprised/consist/convinced/devoid/ (dis)approve/ comprised / in recognition/ in the hope/ (in)capable/ knowledge/ suspicious/ take advantage of/ understanding/ use/ typical/ proponent/source of
- based/ depend/draw/dwell on
- control/power over
- central/ critical/ devoted/explain/ exposed/ exposure/ in contrast/ listen/ native/ point/ relate/ threaten to
- biased / have a tendency toward
- take up
- contrast with
Commonly confused words
- access vs excess
- addition vs eddition
- averse vs adverse
- afflict vs inflict
- descent vs dissent
- elicit vs illicit
- emit vs omit
- perspective vs prospective
- cite vs site
- allusion vs illusion
- allude vs elude
- affect vs effect
REGISTER: giọng văn formal hay informal ( thường các bài viết trong SAT writing có giọng văn straightforward, không quá formal và casual )
vd:
a) perceived myriads captivating visuals
b)noticed some interesting things
c) were greeted by many fascinating sight
d)saw a bunch of awesome stuff
A quá formal, B và D quá casual. C phù hợp
nguon:Erica L Meltzer
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