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Signal Words: Harry Potter 3
Signal
words - exercise 3
"Signal words" give hints about what is about to
happen in what you're reading. Understanding them is a key
to comprehension. Reading and making up examples which use
them is a good way to understand them at whatever level of
abstraction astudent is prepared to comprehend.
Here's an exercise with one of the more difficult signal
words, despite.
Complete these sentences based on what you know from
reading Harry Potter (or, if you haven't read Harry Potter,
or you can't remember a detail, make something up that makes
sense!)
DESPITE
Examples: Despite the rain, the Quidditch match went
on as planned.
Harry went to find the Sorcerer's Stone despite Professor
McGonagall's assurance that it was well protected.
1. Sirius Black escaped from prison despite
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2. Hermione broke the school rules with Harry and Ron despite
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3. Despite Hagrid's wildness and having been expelled from
Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore _________________________
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Professor Lupin left Hogwarts despite _________________________________
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Harry passed all of his classes despite ____________________________________________________
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Despite having only a bird and a hat to defend himself, Harry
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The letter from Hogwarts got to Harry despite ___________________________________________
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Despite the three-headed dog at the door, ______________________________________________
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Harry managed to stay on his broom despite
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