EXAMPLES. Before answering the exam questions, read through this “Examples” Section. It shows you what you have to do on the exam.
Directions: Each sentence or passage below is ambiguous: it has two distinct meanings. Type on the answer sheet two complete sentences that express these distinct meanings (= a and b) of the original sentence. (This process is disambiguation.) Make sure the sentences you use as your answers are sufficiently distinct from each other and do not repeat the ambiguity exhibited by the original sentence.
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Get Help Now!EX1: “Go quickly and tell his family that he and his friend are risen from the dead and they must hide.”
a. Tell his family that they (his family) must hide from those “risen from the dead” (he & his friend).
b. Tell his family that “he and his friend,” the ones who have risen, are the ones who must hide.
EX2: “The children told the police that their teacher had committed horrible acts. That was unfair.”
a. It was unfair that the teacher did those horrible things.
b. It was unfair that the children told the police that the teacher did the acts (they were lying).
Directions: Each sentence or passage below is ambiguous: it has two distinct meanings. Type on the answer sheet two complete sentences that express these distinct meanings (= a and b) of the original sentence. (This process is disambiguation.) Make sure the sentences you use as your answers are sufficiently distinct from each other and do not repeat the ambiguity exhibited by the original sentence.
(The sources of the sentences are totally irrelevant.)
1. [Saul Bellow] “As we walked, I held his old skinny arm by the elbow, where the ulna and the radius bones intimately meet each other, promising to keep in touch.”
a.
b.
2. [House] “The doctor asked her how often she picked her nose during her appointment.”
a.
b.
3. [The New Yorker] “Narcolepsy may be more prevalent in college students than thought.”
a.
b.
4. [A parody of The Wizard of Oz] “Only bad witches go to hell.”
a.
b.
5. [Noam Chomsky] “I love ambiguity more than most linguists.”
a.
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