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Joke # 2
Answer Key for Level 5
     Words that remained  to be explained (and some for which a better explanation can now be provided) are in 18-point bold black, with their functions indicated after them. The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. 

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       A home-economics teacher was trying to encourage  her 

third-graders  to try new foods. The teacher had a piece {of 

venison}, [which she cut up {into little squares}.] /   She placed the

pieces {on spoons}and gave them {to each} {of the children}.

     ["Now (Interjection), boys (Direct Address) and 

girls (Direct Address), the game [we're going to play today] is 

to taste this new food, and to guess the name {of the animal} [{from 

which} this meat came,"]] the teacher said.  "I'll give you a hint 

-- Note #1 it's a name [that sometimes your mommy calls your daddy

[when he comes home (NuA) {from the office}."]] 

     There was a long pause. / Finally a youngster {in the back}

exclaimed, ["Don't eat it!"] 
 

Executive SpeechWriter Newsletter, 
in Readers Digest, Feb, 93. 57.
 
Note

1. What I have explained as a main clause after "hint" can, at this level, be explained as a subordinate clause functioning as an appositive to "hint."
 
 

Progress
Total Words = 111 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  23  21
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 24 42
+ L2: S / V / C 43 81
+ L3: Clauses 3 84
+ L4: Verbals 13 95
+ Eight Other 5 100

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