Name_______________________________________________Date__________________________________English Language Arts, Arguing Your Case, Unit 1, Lesson 2 Do Now: Latin Abbreviations e.g. (exempla gratia, Latin prepositional phrase). This is a short worksheet to help you use context (which means “the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning”) to learn a Latin abbreviation that is very often used in academic, expository prose—and which you yourself may want to use in your own academic, expository prose. This is a whole class activity, so you will be asked to read these sentences aloud. We will work together as a class to determine what the Latin abbreviation e.g. means.

Let’s start out by spelling this out: e.g. stands for the Latin singular imperative verb phrase exempli gratia. Let’s use the sentences below to infer the meaning of this phrase.

1. If you want to get a smart phone, you would be best off buying a good one, e.g. a Samsung Galaxy or an Apple iPhone.

2. ***** isn’t sure if social networking, e.g. Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, has been the best thing for society.

3. People who want to use the English language properly and stylishly would be well served by a good usage manual, e.g. Merriam-Webster’s or Fowler’s.

4. **** likes Spanish food, e.g. Pernil, rice and beans, and fried sweet plantains.5. **** thinks learning Latin will help *** understand the Romance languages, e.g. Spanish, French, and

Italian.6. You will need some supplies for your freshman year in high school, e.g. a three-ring binder, some loose-

leaf paper, pens and pencils, and a flash drive.

The singular imperative verb phrase abbreviation e.g. ( exempli gratia ) means

A writer would use e.g. ( exempli gratia ) in situations where he or she wanted to