FIGURES OF SPEECH .Anaphora The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. (Contrast with epiphora and epistrophe.) "I needed a drink‚ I needed a lot of life insurance‚ I needed a vacation‚ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat‚ a hat and a gun." (Raymond Chandler‚ Farewell‚ My Lovely‚ 1940) .Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. "We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do
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the English word-stock Learning objects: After you have studied the material you should be able: a) To speak on: -The term "native (word-stock)‚ sources of borrowing‚ “origin of borrowing”. -To give characteristic of the words of "native origin" b) Borrowings in English language (causes‚ ways‚ their assimilation‚ etc.) c) To speak on the interrelation between native and borrowed elements in the English language. Literature to be studied: 1. A course in Modern English Lexicology
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ENGLISH SPEECH RATIONALE: The situation of my speech came up from the book that I read ‘The Last Lecture’ which is based on a speech delivered by Randy Pausch addressing a group of adults titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams’ a few months before his death. This gave me the inspiration to write and address a speech as a renowned philosopher who fought cancer to all the students of Howard University. These brilliant students are putting in all their efforts and are working tirelessly
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date: 1/ 4 / 2013 Subject: English Time: 90’ Class: M3 Unit: 2 Jennifer is going to live in Vientiane Lesson: 3 What are you going to do this year? Aims: Ss will be able to: * Read and remember the meaning of each word. * Read and understand the conversation. New language: sunglass‚ farewell party‚ pilot‚ blouse‚ drinks‚ jumper
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acknowledge the contributions of all teachers I hereby share the transcript of one of my speeches on the importance of education. In Mid 2009 I joined a public speaking club (the Northern Exposure Toastmasters Club) and I was invited to talk about myself at one of its meetings. I delivered a speech entitled “Education has changed my life”‚ and the submission is a slightly revised version of my original speech. I share it because I feel it is still very relevant – it is never too much to emphasize how important
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It is unquestionable that English today enjoy a significant status as the most worldwide spoken language. It becomes part of daily life of many people for many reasons: enjoyment‚ academic‚ economic‚ and other purposes. It is spoken throughout the world either as a first or second language‚ not only with English speakers‚ but with people of different first languages. Crystal (1994) describes its status as ‘global language’ where it started to have ‘a special role that is recognized in every country
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in this world such as English‚ Mandarin‚ Indonesian‚ etc. However‚ English language well known as international language. As well-known languages in this world‚ many people want to learn it while the other think learning English is not important. I would like to share my point of view about English‚ it is important or not. English is a worldwide language. Many books‚ magazine‚ technology‚ newspaper and information on the internet exist first in English. In business English is very crucial because
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languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language. There are some reasons why English is so important and many people attempt to learn it. I’d like to share the reasons in my point of view. Sri Lanka is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today everything seems to be English. When we consider about education in Sri Lanka‚ children are forced to learn English starting at preschool in order to make their English better. English is added as a compulsory
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Beyond must have provisions of science. Mastering science well is as a condition of someone to gain bliss in life. For example : someone who masters English well is able to improve his career‚ as English is as the International language. We have known that in this modern era almost all aspect of life from the smallest to the biggest ones mostly use English as lingua Franca of it. For Instance; in the field of business‚ commerce‚ administration and government. Knowing this‚ we are as students‚ we are
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learner and will also comment on the content and organization of a text rather than only focusing on formal mistakes. Let us look at different forms and types of feedback in turn: The purpose of feedback and marking is to help learners improve their English. To correct or not to correct... The first question we need to ask ourselves is whether to correct all the mistakes in a student’s writing. Hyland (2003:185) says that ’teacher written feedback should respond to all aspects of student texts: structure
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