How William Shakespeare changed the English language William Shakespeare was born/baptized on April 26th 1564 and died on April 23rd 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world ’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England ’s national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated
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Abstract The purpose of this lab was to study the composition of hydrates. Hydrates are ionic compounds that are chemical compositions made of water and salt. A main objective was to remove water from the hydrate by heating‚ and determine the amount of water that was in the hydrate. After doing this‚ one had to predict the empirical formula for hydrated copper sulfate. In doing this lab‚ one was able to see the gradual change in the composition of a hydrate into an anhydrous salt. The lab was
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Language Analysis The Opinion piece ‘Chickens range free “is written by Jo Smith‚ expressing her support for the activists’ rights to protest. This is a contentious issue between to the conflict between the media who don’t support violent actions under any circumstance and the A.A.R‚ who are violently protesting about the inhumane treatment given to chickens. The AAR maintained that the animals have equal rights to humans whilst the media maintains that equal rights are only applicable to humans
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Using Technology to Support English Language Learner Students ’ Learning Experiences MED 7710 DIS B2T.01 March 23‚ 2013 Resource #1: According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001‚ each and every ESL‚ LEP‚ or ESOL student must be technology literate by the eighth grade. This is the same provisionary standard for regular education students who speak English on a first language basis. With this Act in place‚ it puts high expectations on our students and educators. With this high expectation
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Rachel A. Hattaway SPLP 4044 July 2‚ 2013 Relevance of Linguistics to English as a Second Language The characteristics of linguistics in relation to English as a Second Language (ESL) are varied and particularly focused. Some of the areas crucial to this field include language variation (bilingualism‚ multilingualism‚ and dialect variation)‚ phonology‚ morphology‚ semantics‚ syntax‚ and pragmatics. Each of these areas signifies some important detailing in the makeup of the ESL curriculum and
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Test on English Language Time: 1 hour Max. Marks: 50 ____________________________________________________________ ______ Task-I (15M) Read this letter from Maurice‚ who is on holiday in Britain‚ to his sister Sally in New Zealand. Put the verbs in a suitable tense‚ active or passive. Dear Sally‚ How are you? We’ve been having a lovely time. We’re being very well looked after by our hosts. We (1) _____________ (take) sightseeing and we (2) _____________
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Comunication Composition ¬ Text number 4: The text is a diary written by a woman and it is probably only to be read by herself. She is typing it down early in the morning¬ (7.15 a.m.) while her boyfriend Mark Darcy is still asleep. She starts with making a status over her weight in stones‚ her number of boyfriends‚ ¬the number of shags she and her boyfriend had and how many calories she has eaten. After ¬that she writes down how good she feels and she makes comparisons with herself and
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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The sun is shining brightly. The children are playing funny game at the entrance to the village. Suddenly‚ the fierce gale springs up and some sprinkles are falling down‚ as though the sky is crying. Maybe after 1 minutes‚ every parents finding their own children and asks them go back home as soon as possible and they looks extreme nervous and afraid. “HURRY UP! They are coming! Wen‚ what are you doing? Do not take anything away! Just go to the cellar!” Mrs. Liu says in a low voice and carefully
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Dylan Baur Mrs. Passarella AP Lang January 27 2014 Politics and the English Language: Questions on Rhetoric and Style 1: Orwell’s thesis is somewhat stated‚ but also implied. His thesis is that any effect can become a cause‚ such that something that starts as an aid for a different ailment may eventually become detrimental. 2: Orwell’s analogy of the cause and effect of alcohol abuse to the demise of lanuage in paragraph two is very effective. It shows a chain reaction‚ where the person starts
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