Brick

=BRICK=

Bricks are modular pieces taht are used for construction Bricks are made of mixtures wich conteins clay, cement and water. Bricks are generally used in the construction of buildings, fachade coatings,creation of furniture and refractory pieces.
 * **What are bricks?**
 * **What are they made of?**
 * **What are they used for?**
 * **How many types of brick are there?**

The meaning of **brick laying tecniques** is related to the existence of many ways to use and to construct with bricks; their disposition (in lines on top of each other lines), in layers determines the efficient work of its properties, so people had to create specifics ways to use bricks and named that brick laying tecniques.
 * **What is the meaning of brick laying techniques?**

In physics terms: Bricks work well in compresion but bad in tension.
 * **What are their advantages and disadvantages?**

=Text: Brick=  __**Worksheet 2:**__ **Find examples of the following rhetoric functions. Underline __cue__ words.**

a.Comparison and contrast : ** Brick __ compares favorably __ with stone as a structural material for its fire-and-weather resisting qualities and for the ease of production, transportation, and laying. ** b. Description : ** The size of bricks __ is __ limited by the need for efficient drying, firing, and handling, but shapes, along with the techniques of bricklaying, have varied widely throughout history. Regular bricks __ are __ bonded either as headers (short side out) or stretchers (long side out). ** c. Exemplification : ** Special shapes can be produced by molding to meet particular structural or expressive requirements ( __ for example __, wedge-shaped bricks are sometimes employed in arch construction and bricks with rounded faces in columns). ** d. Cause/Effect : ** Bricks may be used in construction only in conjunction with mortar, __ since __ the unit is too small, too light, and too irregular to be stabilized by weight. ** e. Chronology : ** Brick which has been used __ since __ the 4th millennium BC, was the chief building material in the ancient Near East. The versatility of the medium was expanded in ancient Rome by improvements in the manufacture of both brick and mortar and by new techniques of laying and bonding. Employed __ throughout the Middle Ages __, brick grained greater popularity __ from the 16th. Century on __, particularly in northern Europe. It is widely used __ in the 20th Century __, often for nonbearing walls in steel frame constructions. **