FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figurative language is language that describes something by comparing it to something else. Figurative language goes beyond the literal meaning of words to describe or explain a subject. There are many types of figurative language‚ including similes‚ metaphors‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ imagery‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Authors use figurative language to help the reader see beyond the written words on the page and to visualize what is going on in the story or poem
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2012 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Critical Thinking‚ Dr. Goldstein Dakita Ambush Literal Language is to write or say something in a literary work that means exactly what is said‚ For example: If I say‚ “Sit down please.” Figurative Language is writing or speech‚ for example O mean: Sit in your seat right now please. (Exactly what I said)! When thinking about figurative language versus literal language we often use misuse figurative language and may make it more difficult for other
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Charlemagne said: “to have another language is to possess a second soul”. Language is common to all people and each in its own context. It links us all together and defines us as individuals. It can be a source of a great power and influence. Born and living in Lebanon‚ I have acquired Arabic as my native language. Like any other country‚ the Arabic language in Lebanon differs from region to another which is defined ad dialect. Coming from an urban region‚ mine is the most common one even
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Pedro Ramirez Eng 1000C-529 Prof. Peacock February 15‚ 2013 The beauty of Language The art of communication is really complicated and important to everyone on this world and what’s not better for communication but language. You may think‚ there are so many languages in this world but when you speak a certain language and the other person also speaks it‚ you expect to communicate perfectly with them‚ but this is not completely true. Even if you speak English with someone that speaks English
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English language and It’s role to Economic Prosperity English is known as the universal language. Almost all countries considered English language as the most influential language in the world. It is widely used in all areas and in all aspects. English is the national language of the United States of America which is considered as the most powerful country. In consider to this‚ people strive hard to speak and write using English language. For example: In a beauty pageant‚ some contestants prefer
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Children’s language development and second language acquisition Sandra Morales Texas Woman’s University Children’s language development and second language acquisition The paper investigates how children develop their cognitive and language skills in a context that is influenced by social and biological factors. The literature review discusses the Cognitive and Social Constructivism theories and their influence on the education field. In addition the author presents how children develop
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Reinat First semester 2012-2013 Languages in Ghana Introduction There have been linguistic studies prepared in order to understand the functions of multilingual countries. Ghana‚ being one of these multilingual countries‚ is very complex and complicated with many linguistic intricacies. It is also a highly multilingual country‚ with approximately fifty intelligible languages. Since the country is culturally and linguistically divided into two parts‚ Ghanaian languages are also divided into two subfamilies:
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help us to determine whether a language UP:23/04/2012-09:19:31 WM:23/04/2012-09:19:38 M:LG102-4-FY A:11a5 R:1101631 C:A531A08874E68F858726D2BE7C18B7DAF6AD10B9 is in a dangerous position or not‚ such as acquisition rate by the children‚ attitude of the whole community to the language and effects of other languages that can threaten the language. Moreover‚ being able to have and evaluate such factors is important in order to decide the level of endangerment of a language. Classification of endangerment
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It is said that “Before the birth of stones and sand‚ brave tamil man was born”. It portrays the heritage of tamil language. It is the oldest Dravidian language ‚along with Chinese‚ Greek‚ Sanskrit and others. It is one of the world’s classical languages. All south indian language belong to single indian group known as the family of tamil language. Tamil Nadu is the main land of tamil speaking people. More than 8 crore tamils live in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The first book of
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Language revitalization‚ language revival or reversing language shift is the attempt by interested parties‚ including individuals‚ cultural or community groups‚ governments‚ or political authorities‚ to reverse the decline of a language. If the decline is severe‚ the language may be endangered‚ moribund‚ or extinct. In these cases‚ the goal of language revitalization is often to recover the spoken use of the language. Although the goals of language revitalization vary by community and situation‚
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