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    Prejudgments Begin Young In the memoir “Words of My Youth‚” the author Joe Mackall recounts a moment in his life as he retells the events he experienced while growing up in the suburbs. Mackall wants the readers to know that there are always repercussions in life for choices that are made. Young children often make disheartening choices in life that they may have no reason for doing and they may not realize the effects of their own actions. If you are unaware that you are doing something wrong‚

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    Analyzing the Effect of Words in Political Rhetoric People are simple beings with opinions easily manipulated by the world. One of the most dangerous weapons in the war to manipulate human opinion is the basic word. In The Political Mind‚ George Lakoff says: The political power of words lies not primarily in their form – that is‚ in speech – or even in the meanings of the words they are directly linked to‚ but in the totality of brain circuitry that activation can spread to: the frames‚ metaphors

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    Types of Phrases A phrase is a group of related words (within a sentence) without both subject and verb. For example‚ He is laughing at the joker. A phrase functions as a noun‚ verb‚ adverb‚ adjective or preposition in a sentence. The function of a phrase depends on its construction (words it contains). On the basis of their functions and constructions‚ phrases are divided into various types i.e. noun phrase‚ verb phrase‚ adverb phrase‚ adjective phrase‚ appositive phrase‚ infinite phrase‚ participle

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    THE STROOP EFFECT AND COLOUR-RELATED WORDS ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out to test if the Stroop effect occurred when a small but significant modification to the conditions was applied to the classic Stroop experiments. Previous evidence suggested that although automatic and controlled processes can work simultaneously‚ they can cause undesired interferences. In this experiment‚ colour names were replaced by colour-related words in the Stroop condition and it was found that the Stroop effect

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    Preferences of words in the novel Silver Sister by Lillian Ng In Lillian Ng’s Silver Sister‚ the protagonist‚ Silver Sister‚ is an 80 years old Chinese woman who has experienced a great deal of occurrences in her life. She has lived in many places from her hometown in a village in China called Lung Sun‚ to Canton‚ Hong Kong‚ Singapore‚ and finally to Australia. She describes each place and compares it with Australia. The words being used in her comparison determines where she positions herself

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    some of us who might have impediments that make people believe that learning language is impossible for these people. I fit into this category‚ and two experienced writers also fit into this category: Helen Keller and Gareth Cook. In Keller’s essay “A Word for Everything”‚ she describes her beginnings in learning language and the challenges she faced while learning (145-148). Meanwhile‚ in Gareth Cook’s “Living with Dyslexia”‚ we can learn that dyslexia may have many drawbacks‚ but when you put enough

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    predispose 4. effaced 5. unbridled 6. cumbersome 7. brigands 8. deadlock 9. salvage 10. spasmodic 11. dilemma 12. MISSING 13. muddle 14. breach 15. debris 16. spurious 17. circumspect 18. opinionated 19. relinquish 20. admonish Choosing the Right Word 1. 2 2. 2 3. 2 4. 1 5. 2 6. 1 7. 1 8. 1 9. 2 10. 2 11. 1 12. 2 13. 1 14. 2 15. 1 16. 2 17. 1 18. 2 19. 2 20. 2 Vocabulary In Context 1. a 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. c Unit 2 Completing the Sentence 1. subjugate 2. aliens 3. proliferate 4. unflinching 5.

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    "windowsill" was voted the most beautiful word in the English language. What many people don’t realise is that words have enormous power. They can make us erupt into laughter or bring tears to our eyes. They can influence‚ inspire‚ manipulate and shock. They can build and destroy. Some words have different effects on different people. An example of this is “humility”. It is one of those words that are mostly one-sided. Some people‚ like me‚ love the word and all it stands for.

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    Actions speak louder than words: comparing automatic imitation and verbal command Authors: Helge Gillmeister‚ Arnaud Badets and Cecilia Heyes University College London‚ London‚ UK Corresponding author: Helge Gillmeister Department of Psychology‚ University College London‚ 26 Bedford Way‚ London WC1H 0AP‚ United Kingdom Tel.: +44 207 679 5379 E-mail: h.gillmeister@ucl.ac.uk Running head: Actions speak louder than words Word count: 3904 Actions speak louder than words Abstract Automatic

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    Introduction In making sentences and articles some of the students encounter errors in spelling. Our topic is about the effect of misspelled words to one’s vocabulary. The independent variable is misspelled words while the dependent variable is vocabulary. What is spelling? Spelling is the writing of one or more words with letters and diacritics. In addition‚ the term often‚ but not always‚ means an accepted standard spelling or the process of naming the letters. In the sense of a standard‚ spelling

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