Candace Sims English 200 November 24‚ 2010 Poetry can be compared and contrasted in many ways. I have chosen to compare and contrast two poems by Siegfried Sassoon. “His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches‚ and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who‚ in Sassoon’s view‚ were responsible for the pointless deaths of millions” (Wikipedia). His poems contains a deep meaning and an important message‚ his poetry has a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war and
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my ongoing commitments and save enough to tide me over on my return until I could find another job. The country was the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‚ better known in the west as North Korea. The job entailed raising translations into English that Koreans had made of the works of their President‚ Kim Il Sung‚ his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Il‚ and sundry other propaganda. A certain amount of kudos seemed to attach to this job. The advert stated that the successful applicant would
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Learning Outcomes: By the end of this chapter students should be able to: i. define workplace communication ii. differentiate the different channels of communication iii. synthesize information from different sources What is professional communication? Communication is a “process of exchanging ideas‚ opinions and as a means for individuals and organisations to share meaning with one another” (Koneru‚ 2008)
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a complex sentence‚ a Senate committee is believed to have found. (The Age‚ 13 September 2007) Nothing unites a country more than its common language because from a language comes a history and a culture. (John Howard quoted in Migrants to sit English test‚ ABC Online‚ 11 December 2006) Linguists suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men. The Australian-born children of migrants from Europe
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TEACHING TECHNICAL ENGLISH AND GENERAL ENGLISH Introduction English today has become more than the Lingua Franca of the masses. It has become the lifeline. The call of the hour is for the academia to well-equip itself with the most competent language skills. Only then can suitable help be extended to the beneficiaries‚ the students. My paper will focus on the nature of General and Technical English today. It will also attempt to show how Technical English and General English can be made more student-centric
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Module 3: Activity 1 Hamlet: Act I Suggested activity duration : 3 hours William Shakespeare is recognized in much of the world as the greatest dramatist ever known. Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays. His plays can be divided into three categories: tragedies‚ histories and comedies. "The Tragedy of Hamlet is considered to be Shakespeare’s finest tragedy. Its characters are very complex‚ specifically Hamlet. Hamlet can be analyzed on a number of levels because it contains so many themes.
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disdain of the kindly and virtuous Brobdingnagian rulers when his gunpowder display‚ intended to impress his hosts as an exemplary product of European civilization‚ proves disastrous. An address Gulliver delivers to the Brobdingnagians describing English political practices of
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Best of the Web How to Read a Poem Summary Summary Chapter Summaries Stanza I (Lines 1-11) Stanza II (Lines 12-30) Stanza III (Lines 31-54) ADVERTISEMENT Table of Contents Stanza II (Lines 12-30) Summary The Poem Summary AP English Language AP English Literature SAT Test Prep ACT Exam Prep ADVERTISEMENT Stanza I (Lines 1-11) Summary Get out the microscope‚ because we’re going through this poem line-by-line. Lines 1-2 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome
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We can notice the huge disconnect between voice and action in the Pardoner’s Tale. He says words which have no correlation with his own actions at all. Pardoner’s voice‚ in other words‚ completely contradicts his behavior. As while the story really shows that money is a root of all evil‚ nevertheless Pardoner suggests buying indulgences which will forgive to sinners their sins. Now‚ good men‚ God forgive you your trespass And guard you from the sin of avarice. The real problem is that the
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murder people. In the book‚ The Siren‚ Kahlen was just a normal girl on a ship. But then her and her parents hear this magnificent voice outside on the deck‚ so they go out to see what it is. The next thing they know‚ the ship is sinking. The voice is a Siren. A Siren is a girl who is chosen to feed the Ocean by luring people to the water with the girls’ magnificent voices. Kahlen was chosen to sing. The Ocean promises you 100 years of life without growing old while you’re a Siren. After you’ve
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