How would you feel seeing this in your kitchen day in and day out? Describe the situation (use extreme adj, idioms for feelings and emotions)., Flabbergasted, dumbfounded., Read the comment example. What techniques does she use to sound dramatic and create complicity with the audience?, Certainty, emphasis: hands down, I'd go as far as saying ..., not only ..., but also, What about the form? and the style?, Free-form; informal., What is the (communicative) purpose?, Expressing a message, sharing opinion. Get your point across. (Inform and describe), What will be the dominant characteristic of the text?, EMPHASIS, EMPHATIC DEVICES (In the writing guide and others), Amazement or Surprise, X is beyond me, really; flabbergasted, dumbfounded; Pr. continuous: reapeated actions with indefinite adv. of freq, tone of disapproval or annoyance)., Skepticism or Desbelief, hands down; That's hard to swallow., Rethorical questions, To emphasise an idea rather than to get a literal answer., Downright, outright, DOWNRIGHT rude (with negative quality adjectives); an OUTRIGHT lie (with nouns);, My roommate is always leaving his dirty cereal bowl in the sink before going to work. (dowright +adj), Honestly, it is a downright repulsive habit., She's constantly watching TikTok videos on her phone without headphones in the living room. (downright +adj), It is downright inconsiderate., He drinks the last drop of my oat milk and puts the empty carton back in the fridge. (downright + adj), It is downright childish., He told me he didn't hear my alarm go off for an hour. (outright +N), Given that your room is next to his, that is an outright lie., She said we shouldn't have any guests over at all anymore. (outright + N), Without consulting you, it is an outright abuse of power., He played techno music at 4:00 am the night before my final EOI exam and refused to turn it down. (downright and outright)., Playing music at that hour is downright malicious. His behavior justifies an outright eviction., Inversions ...Not only ...but (also), Correct these common mistakes, Not only he forgot my birthday, but he also..., Not only did he forget my birthday, but he also..., Not only did he left the door open, but he..., Not only did he leave the door open, but he .., The flatmate was not only rude , but he also ruined the kitchen., The flatmate was not only rude, but also destructive; Not only was he rude, but he also ruined the kitchen., Not only did he nearly burn the house down, but he also forgot to wash his coffee cup., Not only did he forget to wash his coffee cup, but he also nearly burned the house down by leaving the stove on. (Dramatic scalation)., This software updates automatically without asking. And it deletes your local files too., Not only does it update without permission, but it also wipes your data., The airline delayed our flight by five hours. To make matters worse, they lost our bags., Not only did they delay the flight for hours, but they also managed to lose our luggage!, The council raised our local property taxes. And they cut the recycling budget at the same time., Not only have they raised our taxes, but they have also cut basic public services., What is the AREA OF INTEREST in your assignment?, CO-LIVING, USEFUL LANGUAGE, Personality idioms, self-compounds, extreme adj and idioms for feelings and emotions (unit 1)., To keep things fair in our apartment, we set up a weekly chore rotation., roommates take turns doing different household cleaning tasks on a regular schedule, Everyone at the office contributed 20$ to the kitty to buy a birthday gift for the boss., money collected from a group of people to be used for a shared purpose, Lark / Early bird vs Night owl, describe a person's chronotype, which is their natural sleep-wake schedule and the time of day they have the most energy., Please stop standing so close to me, you're an outright space invader!, someone who violates your personal space or takes over an area that belongs to you., He is a total leech who always lives off his friends' money. (energy vampire), someone who emotionally or financially drains the people they live with., Don't invite him to the party. He is such a mooch (/muːtʃ/) and will just drink everyone else's beer. // My roommate's brother is always coming over to mooch our food., someone who takes your stuff (especially food or small favors) and never gives back., Please stop tapping your pen on the desk; that noise is driving me up the wall., to make someone incredibly annoyed, frustrated, or irritated., Get on X's nerves, to annoy or irritate someone, usually through repeated actions., (can't) put up it, when you have reached your limit and refuse to accept or tolerate someone’s annoying behavior any longer., I already hated the long hours, but when they cut my pay, that was the last straw. I quit., the final problem or annoyance, in a long series of problems that finally makes you lose your patience or take action., SPEAKING, Have you ever known someone who pushed you to the brink of insanity? What did they do? What was the last straw that made you angry? Who do you usually talk to when you need to vent?

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