Literature: An Introduction What Is Literature and Why Do We Study It? • Literature [Roberts and Jacobs] – a composition that tells a story‚ dramatizes a situation‚ expresses emotions‚ analyzes and advocates ideas – helps us grow personally and intellectually – language in use; hence inseparable from it – product of a particular culture; even more culture-bound than language – makes us human Literary Genres Four genres of literature: Prose
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conversational implicature‚ anaphoric and cataphoric reference‚ presupposition‚ entailment‚ direct and indirect speech acts and speech events‚ cultural context and cross cultural pragmatics‚ conversational analysis and background knowledge‚ denotation and connotation meaning‚ the four maxims and hedges. Analysing Article One We will begin by observing the semantic and pragmatic features in article 1 being "Men are sulks say surveys" .This article is taken from the hot topics section of the popular msn
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Ethnocentrism: Major Effects on Organizational Behavior Abstract This research paper defines the term ethnocentrism as a means to make assumptions or judgments about other cultures from one’s own point of view. This paper details the various problems that an ethnocentric view presents when dealing with different cultures. The effects of cultural diversity on organizational behavior are complex and powerful. This paper will also explain that a diverse workforce‚ which represents a changing world
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The Swans‚ by Clifford Dyment Midstream they met. Challenger and champion‚ They fought a war for honor Fierce‚ sharp‚ but with no honor; Each had a simple aim and sought it quickly. The combat over the victor sailed away Broken‚ but placid as the gift of swans‚ Leaving his rival to his shame alone. I listened for a song‚ according to story‚ But this swan’s death was out of character No giving up of the grace of life In a sad lingering music I saw the beaten swan rise on the water As
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STUDY GUIDE FOR 3Sc & 3-B ENGLISH SEMESTER I+ 1. Review Test I for questions on Genres of Writing. Be prepared to answer questions by giving examples. Genres are types of writing. Each genre has a specific purpose. Forms are subcategories of genres. Nonfiction Narratives: Diaries and journal entries‚ blogs‚ biography‚ personal narratives and eyewitness accounts‚ Memoirs‚ Reflective Essays E.g. Sandra Cisneros’ Straw into Gold Fiction Narratives: Realistic Fiction‚ Fantasy Story‚ Historical
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Throughout your life‚ you have always been considered intellectually gifted. Childhood games against your peers were ridiculously easy to win. Adults were always startled by your facile grasp of complicated ideas. In matters of the mind‚ you were always considered superior. Now‚ as you mature‚ you realize that you are not entirely unique. You have become cognizant of the fact that there are other‚ equally intelligent people in the universe. The question inevitably arises‚ "How do I compare to the
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countries around the world. The release of the ad prompted considerable worldwide discussion: it was initially banned from British television by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre‚ due to the ad’s use of the word ‘bloody’ and its perceived connotation as a profanity (“Brits ban ‘bloody hell’ TV ad”). I have chosen to analyse this advertisement because it is a recent‚ controversial text filled with many complex images that portray what it means to be Australian. The advertisement portrays the
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qualification of the context‚” meaning that without having the possibility of irony‚ the context doesn’t matter (1045a). Without worrying about context you could qualify the poem as full of pure denotations‚ which is quite literally the opposite of poetry because it’s supposed to be filled with connotations. Connotations are what make a poem a poem. In fact irony “is not only an acknowledgement of the pressures of context. Invulnerability to irony is the stability of a context in which the internal pressures
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Applied English 11 Course Lesson 2 : The Play of Words Introduction: Your last lesson introduced you to the magical world of words that is poetry. This lesson expands your understanding of poetry by probing deeper into that world. You will read more about the techniques that poets use in order to convey their thoughts and feelings so that you will be able to interpret poems on your own. Your aims: * Identify figurative language used in a poem * Distinguish between connotative
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V. В. SOSNOVSKAYA ANALYTICAL READING 4И(Англ) С66 FOREWORD Пособие рецензировалось на кафедре английского языка Пятигорского педагогического института иностранных языков и профессором Ленинградского государственного педагогического института И. В. Арнольд. С 66 Сосновская В. Б. Аналитическое чтение. Учеб. пособие для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. М.‚ «Высш. школа»‚ 1974. 184 с. с рис. На тит. л. загл.: V. В. Sosnovskaya. Analytical Reading. Пособие состоит из 2-х частей:
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