Midterm test II on Discourse Analysis for the 2nd

Task II. Read the texts and write the types of speech. Are they informative, persuasive, demonstrative or entertaining? (3 points)

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   Sport has become our communal activity, our environment of mutual support. Sportsmen focus on challenging themselves. They liberate themselves from the presence of external competition. Humanity has always been fascinated by physical beauty. The aerobics revolution has been replaced by ashtanga and other forms of yoga that combine physical fitness with spirituality. The rise of interest in yoga is a turn to the combination of physical and spiritual health. ___________________________________________________________
   

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   First of all, you will need the piano. Look at it: the most contrasting elements are the keys, they are black and white. They comprise a keyboard. The keyboard usually has seven octaves and a minor third. The piano can be closed with the lid which covers the keyboard when the instrument is not being used. So, we open the lid and press the key to produce some sound.
   

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3. 
   A clear- cut tendency is observed today: neither men or women are in a hurry to marry. The growing independence of women, reluctant to do all housework and bear the main burden of children’s upbringing, sacrificing career growth, is one of the causes of the changes in family formation. A happy marriage may be built only on love, tolerance, mutual understanding, equality, and respect.
   

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