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    Outline Spoken Language vs. Written Language I. Introduction. But the most common forms of language are spoken and written‚ which are very different and have one similarity. II. Body A. The similarity between spoken and written forms of language is skills. 1. Written language requires skills. 2. Skills are also necessary in spoken language. B. Despite these differences there is one similarity between these two languages. C. One important difference in written and spoken

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    Grade English Politically Correct Language and Bias-Language Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. It has been proved that some types of language can harm people. Bias-Language occurs with gender but can also offend groups of people based on sexual orientation ethnicity‚ political interest‚ or race. To remedy the harm‚ politically correct language was started. It’s supporting or relating

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    State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in

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    The Language of Race The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Levinson‚ Meira. 2003. The Language of Race. Theory and Research in Education 1‚ no. 3: 267-281. Published Version doi:10.1177/1477878503001003001 Accessed March 3‚ 2015 2:04:52 PM EST Citable Link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10860769 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository‚ and

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    "Figurative Language versus Literal Language" Danielle Rhymes Critical Thinking April 28‚ 2013 Introduction When we think of literal language‚ we know exactly what it means. The definition of literal language is simple: what you say is exactly how it is. There is no hidden meaning behind it. If I taste something that I don’t like‚ I would simply say “it nasty”. That’s literal language. On the other hand‚ there is figurative language which is the opposite of literal language. Figurative

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    1984 by George Orwell Getting spied on by the government on a daily basis is abnormal. In the novel‚ “1984” by George Orwell that’s exactly what was occurring. The people in this society were always being watched and “big brother” knew what people were doing most of the time. Living in a place like that seems eerie and frightening. In the novel‚ they repeat this quote which is odd yet true in today’s society. The quote is “ war is peace‚ freedom is slavery and ignore is strength.” Comparing the

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    During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s there were many struggles throughout society that depict discrimination. Judgment against gender‚ race and class all through working and social society were common. Many authors have captured the vast colors of discrimination and feminism throughout this era‚ especially John Steinbeck. Steinbeck is but one author who represents the feminist perspective in his short story The Chrysanthemums. Upon the first entrance of Elisa in “The Chrysanthemums”‚ written

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    A Response to Davenport’s Review of American Gothic After reading an except from The Geography of the Imagination‚ it is clear that Wood‚ the creator of the world-recognized American Gothic‚ his included many subtle references to the way our country was changed by the Industrial Revolution in his painting. Davenport begins his enlightenment by informing us that almost everything in this painting is a symbol‚ whether or not it was even intended to be one. He starts off with the house pictured

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    On average‚ most american homes spend mode than 4.5 hours in front of a television set everyday‚ this exposes them to over 200‚000 dramatized acts of violence before they reach the age of 18. One of the biggest contributors to this violence are television programs based on police-work; proliferation of police dramas‚ their portrayal of different means of committing and solving crime‚ and the depiction of law enforcers themselves can hamper and aid actual police work in a big way. Which drives which

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    HOW THE LIBOR SCANDAL AFFECTED THE PEOPLE. The libor scandal affected a lot of people in the country but the question is did it break any law that was set? It may or may not have affected any supreme law. Some argue that the banks came together to decide the cost of borrowing that they would send to be calculated as the libor. Others also argue that the banks knew the times that the libor was to be released and hence send their rates just in time to alter the libor. This‚ they believe goes against

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