3 1. British English and American English pronunciation 7 2. British English and American English vocabulary 10 3. British English and American English grammar 13 Conclusions 16 References 17 Introduction The object of this work is to study‚ analyse‚ and most importantly compare differences between two major branches of English language: American English (also called General American) and British English (also called UK English or English English). The term British
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Ted Kooser‚ the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner‚ is known for his honest and accessible writing. Kooser’s poem “A Spiral Notebook” was published in 2004‚ in the book Good Poems for Hard Times‚ depicting a spiral notebook as something that represents more than its appearance. Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and structure‚ Ted Kooser reveals the reality of a spiral notebook to be a canvas of possibilities and goes deeper to portray the increasing complexities
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Unit 5 Paper Component: Your Explication Middle Paragraphs In “Ballade of Wordly Wealth” there are some big ideas in it. Like the main one being money. “Money” is being constantly repeated through the out the poem. This poem refers to everyone‚ how anyone would do anything for a large sum of money. It comes to show‚ that people‚ are greedy for money. This poem appears to be in the form of a haiku‚ a form of Japanese poetry. Five syllables in the first line‚ seven syllables in the second line
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Is it harder for Hong Kong ESL speakers to understand American English than British English? Hong Kong people are using Chinese basely‚ English as a second language. English will be an official language for the Official documents or legal (Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee). Now a day‚ under the education of Hong Kong‚ students needs to be learned biliterate‚ it will be Chinese and English‚ also trilingual speak in Cantonese‚ English and Putonghua. Hong Kong as a British colony from 1841 to
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English has always been one of my favorite subjects. Writing is a stress reliever for me and it helps me vent. I was glad when I found out I was in a writing class and my expectations were very much met. The class itself was easy yet informative; the teacher has a good way of getting the material across. The work was partnered up well with our books and it helped out a lot for our research papers. The class had three books used for help and we mostly used two of them. The two books were very helpful
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The poem ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats is about eternity and eternal things. To understand this poem as well as many other of John Keats’ work it is important to know a bit about the author. John Keats was sick most of his life and died at the age 25 of tuberculosis. At a young age he witnessed the death of his Mother‚ Father and brother. All of these factors contributed to the In the first stanza‚ he is contemplating the vase in its entirety. He marvels at the piece’s perfection (still
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The Ode of Heroine: Mulan Many ladies have ever imaged a different life they would have if they were men. Some of them would like to do some real men’s things‚ challenging the task which they impossibly accomplished as a lady. But there is a young maiden called Mulan whose surname is unknown in the history of Ancient China‚ who disguised herself as a man to attend fight in an army replacing for her father. Frankly‚ Mulan was a brave maiden and her romantic life was written in a ballad named as
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John Carteret AP English 12 Period 3 October 20‚ 2013 "If" Explication What makes a man? In a world controlled by power and greed‚ virtue and honesty are lost in the midst. Rudyard Kipling’s “If” challenges one to be all the things that make a man. “If” employs the literary techniques of repetition‚ diction‚ rhyme and rhythm to appeal to the common man and reinforce the theme of human trial‚ and the challenge faced by all to be virtuous. The theme is further expressed in the subtle tones of
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Explications are something everybody has for their self and have for other‚ my explications for my self is to stop getting in trouble and stop having a bad attitude. The sacrifices I will have to make in order to reach my expectations is give up the friends I hang out with and give up my recces and lunch so I can study and get make up worked turned in. One example I expect from myself it to stop getting in trouble because‚ the attitude I have won’t get me far in life because when people tell me
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‘Change‚ decay‚ mortality: these are the enemies in Keats’s odes.’ Write an essay investigating this assertion applied to to a Nightingale‚ on a Grecian Urn‚ to Melancholy and to Autumn. VÁZQUEZ ESTÉVEZ‚ Brais Term-paper 682284A LITERARY DEVELOPMENTS 1660-1900 2013 Spring term English Philology Faculty of Humanities University of Oulu Change‚ decay‚ and mortality were some of the most important motifs in Keats’s works and early nineteenth-century Romanticism. He relates death and the
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