You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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1. Explain the importance of the ending in "The Unexpected" and one other story in this collection. Third essay The ending paragraph of the short story “The Unexpected” is the most important paragraph in this short story. It’s in this paragraph that makes the reader find out the surprising final twist of the story‚ persuading them to ponder about relationships and female independence (in 18th century for the modern day readers). Correspondingly‚ in another short story of the same collection 19th
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What is your assessment of child’s communication skills? Communication is Rory’s best skill‚ and although she is only speaking three word sentences‚ she is learning in two languages. Her mother‚ Jess‚ is bilingual and speaks to Rory in English and German. Jess also reads children’s books and sings songs to Rory in both languages. Studies reveal that “mothers tend to introduce soothing activities‚ such as reading‚ drawing‚ and music” and that overall‚ “mothers tend to be more verbal” (Ashford‚ 2013
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CheckPoint: Other Uses for Microsoft® PowerPoint® IT/206 11/21/2014 Colleen Rush List and explain the five steps to creating a basic Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation. "Presentation software (also called presentation graphics software) is a computer program you use to organize and present information to others." (University of Phoenix‚ 2013). The first five steps in creating a PowerPoint presentation would be to first start the program by opening Microsoft PowerPoint. Second you ’re going
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Explain why you would rather live in the city‚ in the suburbs‚ or in the country. Nowadays‚ when our modern society is developing incessantly‚ more and more people from other areas move to live and work in big cities each year‚ especially the young. In spite of noises and pollution‚ people in the city still believe that the modern and busy life here is the wonderful dream of most of them. The reason is that they will have many chances to get large benefits and advantages when living in the city
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1. Share your ideas of taking opportunities that life offers. Do you think it is worth taking risks in life? (Missed Opportunities) This story is about James Graham‚ who had been working in the government service all his life. And now he retired and was doubting whether he had chosen the right profession. He was thinking about his brother‚ who had run away from the family at the age of 17. And they didn’t get in touch with him for a few years. And some years later‚ his brother sent a postcard to
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HOW CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY WORK IN A TEAM? What is a team? As noted by Dwyer (2006) “The terms ‘team’ and ‘group’ are frequently used interchangeably‚ since on many occasions that they share almost identical characteristics”. Or in other words‚ a team is composed of two or more individuals who are working together interdependently and cooperatively towards a common purpose or goal. The team is the most important asset of any project; an effective team has
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What would you do if‚ for example‚ you had a lot of money? Never mind your chances of having lots of money are just slightly better than the chances of being abducted by aliens. Even so‚ having a lot of money is a favourite daydream for a lot of us. If had a lot of money‚ I would like to buy a bungalow for my family to live as my current house is quite small. I will provide a luxurious life for my parents as they had taken care of me since birth. I will also provide enough money for my siblings
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Helping Others Rewards You By: Christopher Prasetya Mulya 7E/05 What is ‘Helping’ means to you? Helping to me is doing something out of kindness of my heart and not expecting for return. Sometimes people don’t realize it‚ because they were to busy about their own bussiness and didn’t care to others. I’m sure all of you already heard the word ‘Helping’ before. It sounds very easy to do‚ but actually it’s very difficult indeed. Why? I’m sure when you saw homeless people in
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A security company phones your station with a report on a silent alarm in a store they monitor being triggered in the early afternoon. Moments later‚ a citizen calls to report a group of rowdy teenagers breaking bottles on the same street. Your dispatcher directs your patrol car (with yourself and a partner) to the store address. You discover the store was robbed and the clerk has been assaulted. Several refrigerator units in the store have been damaged. A trail of broken beer bottles leads away
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