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    Knowing common language is essential for communicating effectively with others. A group of people living in one place or community often speak in one language to ensure that these individuals are able to understand each other. Some countries have become distinct from other countries due to the unique language that is commonly used by its inhabitants. Some nations’ states have declared a national language in their constitution and there are others that did not‚ especially those countries that have

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    Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed

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    how she hopes that it will remain a symbol for her family and life. In order to effectively convey the symbolism of their families‚ both authors employ figurative language and imagery that supports their symbolic meaning. Although done in a similar manner‚ Taylor’s figurative language in “The Century Quilt” differs from Oliver’s figurative language in “The Black Walnut Tree‚” although both stay equally successful in their purpose. To start‚ Taylor writes

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    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper describes the setting in detail of the process of the slave trade. Harper illustrates‚ the separation of children and parents being pulled apart and are being sold to separate families as objects. He also uses figurative language through his choice of words to give an emotional response to the reader. In the beginning half of the poem‚ Harper uses specific and meaningful words in order to capture the reader’s attention. For instance in line 2‚ “wretchedness” and in line

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    witty” (Keshmiri 78). It begs to question how he managed to organize words that would instigate such distinct feelings in the reader. Despite his novels being in prose‚ they share many qualities with poetry that utilizes precise word choice‚ figurative language‚ and phonetics to enhance the reading‚ and thus his mere prose leaves an impact on the audience that is similar to poetry and at times invokes the surreal and therefore mirrors the complexity of the human mind. His use of this “lyricism pointedly

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    excellent examples of this‚ as one poet was born only six years before the other died. Regardless‚ the two poets are connected through their similar views. WIlliam Wordsworth and Gerard Hopkins share similar views but express them through different figurative language

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    How "Araby‚" "The Hunger Artist‚" and popular TV’s "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" relate. The Araby is a short narrative telling the story of a young boy‚ pursuing to get the love of his friend’s sister. The un-named boy lives day by day fantasizing about it. On a daily basis he wakes up to watch the girl as she leaves the house‚ he follows her when going to school and at some point by passes her. This goes on every day without a word to her. He is overly excited when the girl finally speaks to him

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    WORKSHEET MOLE By Sir Shah Murtaza Q1. Potassium reacts with water as shown in the equation. a. Describe what you would see when potassium reacts with water. b. A sample of 0.195 g of potassium was added to 500 cm3 of cold water. When the reaction was finished‚ 100 cm3 of 0.100mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid was added to form solution X. (i) Calculate the number of moles of hydroxide ions formed when the potassium was added to water. (ii) Calculate the

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    feelings‚ that you may hurt her and give Maya Angelou dirty looks‚ yet she will be the bigger person. Maya Angelou uses figurative language to hook her readers with the points she tries to express. Maya Angelou grew up in the 1930’s‚living in a country plagued with bigotry‚ particularly towards women and people of color. Thesis: In “Still I Rise”‚ Maya Angelou uses strong figurative language such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and similes to convey her ideas. BP1: In “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou’s

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    vocal apparatus‚ discovering sounds that are distinctive for their particular language * Sounds will narrow to only the sounds that they hear around them * Intonation patterns are first to be acquired * Babbling appears to be innate ONE WORD UTTERANCES * Occurs at around 12-18 months * Infants discover sounds relating to meaning and start to use the sounds in expressive ways * They might acquire language all in the same way in the end‚ but there is considerable variation in details

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