written word inferior to the spoken‚ and much of the frustration experienced by novelists is the awareness that whatever we manage to capture in even the most transcendent passages falls far short of the richness of life. Dialogue achieves its power in the dynamics of a fleeting moment of sight‚ sound‚ smell and touch." -excerpt taken from Gloria Naylor’s ’The Meanings of a Word’. Words The first sentence of this excerpt can have several interpretations‚ depending on which synonym of the word ’language’
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Military Discipline is a state of order and obedience existing within a command. Self discipline in the military is where soldiers do the 4 rights without being told‚ even in the absence of the commander. Discipline is created within a unit by instilling a sense of confidence and responsibility in each individual. To strengthen discipline‚ senior leaders need to give praise to their subordinates‚ either individually or as a whole‚ for tasks done well. By doing this‚ it will accomplish every commanders
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power of words can make you be down and depressed and they can make you feel good about yourself. The way words make you feel have been used in life history and literature. Words can be hurtful when they are used against you in a argument and say things out of spite. Also words can be make you feel good about yourself when someone complements you or tells you something nice. In my life words have been hurtful and uplifting. There’s a saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never
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People make promises that they fail to keep. Loved ones know that words alone are insufficient to keep and achieve our promises. Words are convincing‚ powerful‚ and provide essential explanations. However‚ they do not guarrantee that what has been said will be fulfilled. As the saying goes‚ "It’s easier said than done." A man can say he will get a better paying job‚ buy a new house for his family‚ and pay off the mortgage‚ but chances of those events happening are slim without having determination
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Argumentative Phrases PHRASES TO SHOW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES Looking through the lens of … Adopting a more macro perspective … In the larger scheme of things … In the long run/short term … In the political realm… Looking at the (economic) aspect of … PHRASES TO INTRODUCE ALTERNATIVE VIEWS One may argue that … Critics claim that … Naysayers decry… (E.g. Naysayers decry the loss of culture in society) Ultra pragmatists / conservatives / radicals / luddites may assert that … While [Subject/Example]
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Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault (trans. Robert Hurley) Part One: Torture 1. The body of the condemned This first section of Part One serves as an introduction to the entire book. Examples of eighteenth-century torture provide Foucault with many colorful episodes to relate in his account of how penality changed in modernity. Foucault relates an explicit account of Damien’s torture to introduce his subject (3-5) and compares that account of penality to Faucher’s timetable for prisoners published
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Simone Fuentes Cont. Comp Period 5 How To: Convince Your Parents to Buy You Something We all have that one thing that we REALLY want that our parents just won’t buy; I mean‚ not something crazy like a car‚ a gun‚ or a pet snake. I mean something like a phone‚ a new bike‚ a computer‚ or even a video game. These are things that we can work or even negotiate for. I will be instructing you on how to negotiate or convince your parents to buy or get
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Sociology overlaps with a variety of disciplines that study society‚ in particular anthropology‚ political science‚ economics‚ and social philosophy. Many comparatively new fields such as communication studies‚ cultural studies‚ demographyand literary theory‚ draw upon methods that originated in sociology. The terms "social science" and "social research" have both gained a degree of autonomy since their origination in classical sociology. The distinct field of social psychology emerged from the many
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Three Letter Word William Shakespeare‚ the man who wrote the most famous stories: Romeo and Juliet‚ Macbeth‚ and Hamlet‚ all deal with the theme of love. “Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?” A quote from Macbeth‚ Act I‚ Scene VI explains what love can do. During this act Macbeth was angered about Duncan’s death. Allowing his anger to take over‚ Macbeth kills the murderers out of respect for Duncan. The situation becomes ironic because Macbeth
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The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce by John Milton led to a great stir in society during his time. Milton used his ideas and made many different Biblical names‚ even Christ‚ sound like they agreed with him. In his prose‚ he took words from the Bible and changed the meaning to make the Bible sound as if it preached the same idea he tried to convey. The prose argues that the main purpose of marriage is not to procreate‚ but to share a deeper‚ meaningful relationship with your significant other
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