At the age of 12‚ I was scrolling through the channel guide looking for something to watch like most bored kids do at that age‚ when I finally gave up. I ended up randomly turning to channel 62 where they were showing an episode of Storm Chasers. In my opinion‚ it was a show about crazy people risking their lives in pursuit of their passions. As I continued watching it‚ I developed a sudden interest in how nature could create something so beautiful yet hazardous. This interest grew into such a
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An Analysis of Jane Yolen’s “Fat is Not a Fairytale” In the free verse poem‚ Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale‚ the poet opens with the idea of a fairy tale in which the princess is overweight. She opens each of the three stanzas with‚ “I am thinking of a fairy tale” (1‚ 8‚ 15) in order to portray to the reader that her fairy tale exists only in her thoughts‚ rather than in reality. She continually repeats a series of clever title manipulations such as: “Sleeping Tubby‚ Cinder Elephant‚ and Snow Weight”
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and “just” and “very” and “that‚” but then‚ after we have walked away for a bit we come back and go through things and realize we don’t need it and it’s just cluttering up our work and keeping us from being our best. But I think that “ponderous euphemism” and “official language” is sometimes necessary if is used with a good purpose. For example‚ the other day I walked into a book store looking for a cooking book and I ended reading a couple of pages of the book Body Clutter by Marla Cilley. “Why
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become hotter in less time. This process will allow the e-liquid to burn faster‚ producing more vapor output. However‚ you’ll run through your e-liquids much faster than usual. The final method involves reducing your nicotine strength. Many cloud chasers prefer not to use nicotine for this very purpose. Lowering the nicotine level to about 0.6% can help achieve larger clouds through a process referred to as “direct pulling.” Direct pulling is the process of inhaling directly from the mouthpiece of
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During the observation at the park (Appendix F)‚ Adam showed a lot of socialization skills throughout the session. He was running around with other children that where of the same age. He played with other children and enjoyed himself throughout the play session. Throughout his play sessions in the observation and the developmental checklist‚ Adam participates in parallel play‚ associative play‚ and cooperative play. He plays with males and females and doesn’t have a problem socializing with
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When Napoleon needs to reduce the animal’s food rations he uses a euphemism to make the reality seem better than it is. He says they just have to‚ “Make a readjustment of rations(115).” Napoleon does this is make the animals think everything is going good and to make the animals unaware that they are now going to get less
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Denotative meaning of snake is any of numerous scaly‚ legless‚ sometimes venomous reptiles having a long‚ tapering‚ cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions. The connotative meaning of snake is “evil or danger”. EUPHEMISM AND FANCY WORDS- Euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable
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Using words: verbal communication 3.2 Clarity: using plain English Plain English is a term used to describe clear‚ concise use of the English language that avoids unnecessary jargon or complication. The use of plain English is essential for effective written and spoken communication that takes place in organisations. It is often tempting to elaborate or extend the text‚ in order to provide additional information. Consequently‚ the communicator is always required to focus attention on the most
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ambiguity Feedback Noise/distractions Interpersonal communication Self concept/Self esteem Significant other inflection Self-fulfilling prophecy Reflected appraisal Social comparison static evaluation Influences on perception euphemism Stereotypes equivocation Empathy/sympathy “global village”—Marshall McLuhan High-versus Low-context culture (example?) Individualism vs Collectivism (example?) Power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ achievement vs nurturing Nonverbal
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unethical behaviors. The word Professional makes one think of wealth and power‚ which can result in corruption; winning by any means necessary. In the movie The Verdict‚ Frank Galvin plays a lawyer who has reduced himself to being a drunken ambulance chaser (Brown‚ Harris‚ Zanuck‚ & Lumet‚ 1982). He is given an opportunity by his good friend‚ Mickey Morrisey‚ to morally redeem himself; not only as a lawyer‚ but most importantly a person. The Case A medical malpractice suit had been filed against
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