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    Throughout both of these works his opinion of using violence when needed has never changed. In the Discourses he states that if you need to resort to violence in order to seize power so you can reconstruct the constitution of a city so that it fosters political liberty‚ go for it. (Machiavelli 1994‚129). Likewise‚ in The Prince Machiavelli justifies the

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    Additional Language (EAL) refers to pupils who speak another language at home and that this other language is their most prominent language‚ in other words their mother tongue is not English. Children with EAL should not be confused with children who are bi-lingual or children who grew up or spent time in another country but still had English as a first language. The educational system in the United Kingdom has always had to cope with the difficulties and challenges that arise in the teaching of children

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    A discourse community is a group of people who speak and share the same interests in certain topics‚ knowledge‚ and vocabulary; they also use similar jargons specific to that community. I belong to several discourse communities ranging from family‚ friends‚ and church to my ethnic group‚ weight watchers‚ and my classmates. The discourse community that I am going to discuss in this paper is the one that gets me motivated and eager to take part every Tuesday; it is the women’s bible club at my church

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    A Discourse Theory of Citizenship This article discusses the concept of citizenship and how citizenship as a form of public engagement is crucial to democracy as a whole. The author‚ Robert Asen‚ presents a new view that citizenship is a dynamic mode of public engagement. The first section of the article discusses questions about public beliefs and perspectives. The second section of the article discusses how citizenship is a mode of public engagement. The third section discusses how public

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    his new way of thinking in his Discourse on Method‚ published in 1637. The Discourse was only one the first part of the volume in which it was published. The three other parts addressed the sciences of optics (the study of light)‚ meteorology‚ and geometry. In the first three parts of the Discourse‚ Descartes sets the foundation for his method.With that foundation‚ Descartes unleashed his famous groundbreaking statement in Part Four:In the first part of the “Discourse‚” Descartes describes his background

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    who played those kind of games as a kid. There is also a little bit of Kung-Fu‚ Karate Judo and etc. influences on the styles. In this ethnography‚ I will discuss how MMA is more than just a combination of different fighting systems; it is also a discourse community‚ in other words according to John Swales‚ it is a made up of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of common public goals”. This form of fighting can be traced back since the Greco-Roman times during the ancient Olympics when

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    The community “are a groups of disciples and social group” (Swales‚ 217)of engineers which are referred to as a Discourse Community. Essentially‚ Thorat’s audience and discourse community are those of who are highly anticipating new technology and basic engineering skills. His articles focus on engineering concepts. He mostly focuses on softwares and design projects to support those who want

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    Learning about discourse community in writing is very essential because it helps students learn about their discourse communities. I learned a lot about the use of language in a discourse community. This essay has not only taught others about Pakistani community I have also learned new things about my community. This essay has also helped me move away from five-paragraph essay format. I have also read articles which described the discourse community the author entitled too. This essay has taught

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    Effective Communication Purple Purse had utilized great source credibility. In a news release that was released September of 2014 they had Vicky Dinges‚ the senior vice president of corporate responsibility at Allstate support their recent celebrity ambassador. (“Allstate News Release‚” 2014). Which brings up Kerry Washington as a great credibility source due to her involvement with V-day (“Kerry Washington‚” 2014). The 200 bloggers that had shared their previous experiences with domestic violence

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    any non-fiction texts‚ you must have an understanding of their purpose and audience. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/sosteacher/answers/answer39931.shtml I am going to analyse‚ assess and compare the effectiveness of the devices - images and language - used‚ and present what I think are the reasons for the use of these devices to make contact with their target audience. Both advertisements focus on attracting the middle-of-the-road social category A-C reader to apply for jobs to professions

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