1. Why does English have a large vocabulary compared to other languages? Please give reasons to support your argument. (1) its extensive廣泛contacts with other languages. (2) the large numbers of people all over the world use it. (3) the increasingly many purposes for which is used. 2. Do you agree that “what a word means today is what it meant in the past?” Please explain what etymology詞源學can help with today’s meaning of a word. I don’t agree because language would change gradually as the
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not being able to see their parents as much as they hoped to. Something that has shaped my life and has brought up the person that I am today is my parents mostly my mother who has never gave up on me no matter what my struggles were. When I was about 15 years old my parents sent me off to a group home for the first time not knowing what to expect I waited till I arrived. I was very benighted‚ I did not like it at all I wanted to do is go home but I knew I had to stay strong. I had never spent more
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Mark G. Period 6 01.24.12 AP Literature Othello Words Essay The word “heaven” is one of the most frequently used words in the play Othello. Throughout the play‚ the word is used in various forms with numerous connotations‚ often including multiple ones in a single incident. “Heaven” is used in the first few acts mostly as a “power or majesty of heaven‚ or as God”(“Heaven” Def. 7a). The people refer to the heavens as a God or a divine being‚ such as when Cassio says “Oh‚ let the heavens Give him
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seem to aggravate his wife and anger her. The wife had a past marriage to another man who it didn’t work out with. What simply lacks within their relationship is intimate communication and the wife would rather be more intimate with the blind man over he own husband. This is one example of what needs to change between them. The wife and the blind man are very friendly and happy when they are in each other’s presence. That is due to the intimacy‚ likewise the same thing could be possible between
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RELATED INTRODUCTION BRIEFLY AND THE THEMATIC MEANING TO ONLY UNDERSTAND THE POEM--‘Caedmon’s hymn’ ORIENTATIONS BRITAIN‚ ENGLAND AND ENGLISH “The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast‚ out in the tranquil bay.” Matthew Arnold‚ ‘Dover Beach’ (c.1851) The cliffs at Dover were often the first of Britain seen by early incomers and have become a familiar symbol of England‚ and of the fact that England is on an island. These cliffs are part of what the Romans‚ perhaps from as early as the 2nd
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KINDS OF SPEECHES Persuasive Speech Persuade-to do or believe something especially by reasoning. What exactly is Persuasive Speech? -A persuasive speech is written to persuade‚ or convince the listeners‚ of the validity of the speaker’s argument. -This might involve persuading someone to change their opinion or at the very least take into account some elements that have not really been considered before. The Main Elements to Writing a Persuasive Speech 1. Credibility- establish by demonstrating
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ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 1. GENERAL ADVICE a. READ the title of the essay carefully and make sure that you understand it. If necessary‚ underline key words in the title. REMEMBER: if your essay does not cover the topic(s) proposed in the title‚ your mark will be very low. b. WRITE AN ESSAY PLAN. You can do this in English or in your mother tongue – but remember that you must be sure that you can express your ideas easily in English. In your essay plan you should note down
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Odysseus of the Underworld As I finish reading ‘The Odyssey’‚ story that is told by homer a poet who loved to tell stories of the gods and all the adventures and journeys the heroes went through. Odysseus the man who is astute and cares nothing but to get home to Ithaca where there‚ lies his kingdom‚ life‚ wife‚ and son who he had left when he was just born. While some might argue that Odysseus is not a hero‚ his decidedly heroic actions outweigh all of his faults because he is dishonest‚ self-centered
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based upon a one of the most famous battles in the Persian Wars (492 - 449 BC)‚ The Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Thermopylae goes down in history for being one of the most heroic feats of bravery in any war. The Spartan King Leonidas led 300 Spartan warriors in a fight to block the Persian Army from passing into Greece through a two meter wide pass through the mountains of Thermopylae. The Persian army that vastly outnumbered the Spartans was beat back for two days and during those defeats
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How Successfully Does The Writer of ‘An Unknown Girl’ Present Her Feelings About The Country She Has Visited? The writer‚ Moniza Alvi‚ has picked the perfect setting in the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’ for the narrator to explore her thoughts and feelings about her Indian birth culture- an Indian bazaar. Probably like Moniza who has dealt with getting to know her Pakistani birth culture after being raised in the UK‚ the Indian narrator has grown up away from her birth culture. Thrown in the middle
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