they were actually giving me a compliment instead of insulting me. The word tight has become the latest craze in vocabulary words with double meanings to hit the streets and today’s youth. Tight is just one of many words in today’s vocabulary that has been revamped by the younger generation. The Urban Dictionary‚ an online dictionary of slang words used by teenagers today‚ defines the word tight as meaning very good‚ excellent; cool‚ hip. It is meant to compliment a person or object they find
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to the specific discipline they are planning to enter. •Technical Professions increasingly require a broader skill set‚ but career and technical educators can help their students add soft skills to their hard-core technical skills. Soft skills compliment hard skills‚ which are the technical requirements of the job! •But why are soft skills becoming important? Three driving forces: 1) Necessity for improvements to the bottom line (Requirement for a higher rate of project success). 2) Increasing
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message; they can be heard on a near daily basis by all. “You speak like a white person.” “You’re pretty for a [insert racial minority] girl.” These aforementioned microaggressions are ones that I myself have been told and while they may seem like compliments‚ they are far from them. I have lived on Long Island my whole life and the people who have said
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The sting of bad news can be reduced by giving reasons and communicating sensitively. In communicating bad news‚ key goals include getting the receiver to accept it‚ maintaining goodwill‚ and avoiding legal liability. The indirect pattern softens the impact of bad news by giving reasons and explanations first. The direct pattern is appropriate when the receiver might overlook the bad news‚ when directness is preferred‚ when firmness is necessary‚ when the bad news is not damaging‚ or when the
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smile can brighten someone’s day. You can spread kindness by being nice and courteous. But there ways you can make sure that you’re a little more kind. You can make a New Year’s resolution to say one nice thing to every teacher at school‚ or compliment your parent(s) or/and guardians on breakfast or lunch or dinner‚ or you can hold the door open for someone. You can even just say “please” and “thank you” a little more often.
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of the answers and therefor she avoids questioning any providers. The evil eye is a look or excessive compliments (especially of a young child) that is perceived as being harmful to one’s health (Radford‚ 2013). With the “evil eye” being concerning to her culture she wears a special beaded necklace for protection from it. Excessive compliments of a child requires the person giving the compliments to touch the child to reverse the effects. The Ping family heavily relies on healthcare providers to
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Throughout the book‚ The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the generation gap between the narrator and Brave Orchid is evident. The narrator feels that her mother’s culture values have no relevance in America. In the chapter‚ At the Western Palace‚ Brave Orchid sends for her sister‚ Moon Orchid‚ to come to America and urges Moon Orchid to confront her sister’s husband. The ideas that Brave Orchid has are bold and they conflict with Moon Orchid’s nature. Brave Orchid and
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You are more beautiful than you think Most of you must have seen the new ad campaign of Dove that is doing its rounds on the internet. I remember watching it almost a fortnight ago when it was mentioned on an online magazine that I read with great interest. That online magazine just mentioned it as a must-watch video. I watched it‚ went numb for a few minutes and then I googled “Dove’s new video ad’ and read several articles. While many praised it for the strong message it conveyed‚ some lamented
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ii Dress for success Thesis: A person who wears nice cloths is more successful and self-confident Outline I. Introduction (You are a turtle with your shell) II. How dressing affects your attitude III. “You look fantastic” is the best compliment that can be said. IV. Knowledge of knowing how to combine clothes will help with getting a job V. Appearance may affect your productivity VI. Dressing is very important for getting a man VII. Conclusion
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Discourse analysis Discourse analysis (DA)‚ or discourse studies‚ is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written‚ vocal‚ or sign language use or any significant semiotic event. The objects of discourse analysis — discourse‚ writing‚ conversation‚ communicative event‚ etc. — are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences‚ propositions‚ speech acts or turns-at-talk. Contrary to much of traditional linguistics‚ discourse analysts not only study language use ’beyond
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