Hedging Technique

We hedge in order to be more polite.The positive aspect balances the

negative comment/criticism/information we want to give.

Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Marilyn 1962”

Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Bottles of Coke”

Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Flip-flops”

Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Mao Tse Tung, 1972”

Hedging TechniqueWarhol’s “Campbell’s Soup”

Hedging Technique• Choose one painting and list your positive and

negative observations using complete sentences.

• Positive:• The subject is

interesting.

• Negative:• The colors are

annoying.

Hedging TechniqueYou now have complete sentences that we will combine.

• A sentence is an “Independent Clause”.The colors are annoying.

• In English, a “clause” has a subject & a verb.examples: a sentence or a Subordinating clause.

• A subordinating clause is a “Dependent Clause”.Although the subject is interesting,

Hedging TechniqueLet’s combine these two clauses to make one sentence.

• A Subordinating clause / “Dependent Clause” +• An “Independent Clause” = 1 complex sentence

Although the subject is interesting, the colors are annoying.

NOTE: Use a comma!

Hedging TechniqueNow you try! Combine the sentences from your chart to make a

longer, complex sentence.• Take a positive sentence and add a Subordinator

(to make a Dependent ADV Clause).– Then write down your comma!

• Next add a negative sentence(Independent Clause)– And end this new complex sentence with a period.

Hedging TechniqueNow you try! Answer your group questions about the textbook

topics using this hedging technique.• Take a positive sentence and add a Subordinator

(to make a Dependent Subordinating Clause).– Then write down your comma!

• Next add a negative sentence(Independent Clause)– And end this new complex sentence with a period.

Hedging TechniqueMore Subordinators:

becausesinceso thatjust as . . . so . . .

althougheven thoughthoughwhereaswhile