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Stonewall Jackson - How Emphasis on Words Changes Meanings of Sentences

This fun activity requires students to analyze how emphasis can change the meaning of identical sentences, and describe what Bernard Bee may have meant by uttering the famous words "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall." Was he inspired or angry? See how emphasis changes the meaning of his words.

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