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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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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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 and Society 1. The relatedness between language and Society 1) While language is principally used to communicate meaning‚ it is also used to establish and maintain social relationships. 2) Users of the same language in a sense all speak differently. The kind of language each of them chooses to use is in part determined by his social background. Language‚ in its turn‚ reveals information about its speaker. 3) To some extent‚ language‚ especially the structure of its
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he Structure of Language Language is a system of symbols and rules that is used for meaningful communication. A system of communication has to meet certain criteria in order to be considered a language: A language uses symbols‚ which are sounds‚ gestures‚ or written characters that represent objects‚ actions‚ events‚ and ideas. Symbols enable people to refer to objects that are in another place or events that occurred at a different time. A language is meaningful and therefore can be understood
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Language and Gender Key Theories Robin Lakoff 1975 • Claimed that much of women’s language lacked real authority when compared to men‚ and proposed a set of features that characterised women’s language as deficient when compared to men’s. • Believed Socialisation played an important role. (Part of deficit approach) Jenny Cheshire 1982 • Research in Reading looking at language of teenagers. • Found that boys used more non-standard forms than girls. Believed to be because boys were members
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