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    sets Antony in motion to deceive his murderers into allowing him to speak to Rome. In his speech to the Romans‚ Antony turns Rome against Brutus using repetition to convey the irony in his own speech and discredit Brutus‚ as well as‚ applying meter to add emphasis to the mutiny‚ and contrast Brutus’s speech allowing him to connect with his countrymen. Repetition is used powerfully throughout Antony’s speech to convey a multitude of thoughts‚ however‚ the repetition particularly lends to the irony

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    Sound

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    INTRODUCTION Sound is a mechanical wave an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid‚ liquid‚ or gas‚ composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard‚ or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations. Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure which propagates through compressible media such as air or water. (Sound can propagate through solids as well‚ but there are additional modes of propagation). During their propagation

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    Plan 1. Figures of quantity: hyperbole; meiosis (litotes). 2. Figures of quality: metonymy (synecdoche‚ periphrasis‚ euphemism); irony. 3. Figures of contrast: oxymoron; antithesis. 4. Practical assignment Metonymy‚ another lexical SD‚ - like metaphor - on losing its originality also becomes instrumental in enriching the vocabulary of the language‚ though metonymy is created by a different semantic process and is based on contiguity (nearness) of objects or phenomena. Transference

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    Subject: Communication Theory Introduction: I do not like V-neck but I am a Gay and what say you? I do not use handbags similar to those used by women and what say you? “Gay men have muscular bodies and like to show off by wearing V-neck and sleeveless clothes. They prefer tight and light coloured clothing. They like to carry big handbags similar to those used by women and so on.” In a seminar in Penang on Sunday‚ Sep 16‚ 2012‚ Deputy Education Minister Mohd Puad Zarkashi said not many people understood

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    Songs of Silence

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    Songs of Silence Theme: Silence Topic: How is silence depicted in the following chapters: Effita‚ A story with no name‚ Nathan and Miss Minnie? In the novel Songs of Silence the theme silence is portrayed in the various chapters and shows us the different reasons and reactions to silence. Silence is a major theme in the novel but in these particular chapters it gives us a clearer understanding to what is happening. The novel suggests to us that silence is not just the absence of sound‚ but is

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    The Importance of Silence

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    The Importance of Silence No one should ever underestimate how important silence really is in our lives. It is very important to be silent during performances‚ no matter what the performance is for. If it is for speech‚ singing‚ Broadway‚ etc.‚ you still need to be silent. No matter what you think‚ silence is a key role to many things in our lives. You always need to be silent during a performance because you are not the only person there. You have to be considerate for the other people

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    Beyond Silence

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    Daniel J. Moore Sr. Daniela Ioannides Video Report #1 Objective Lara is the daughter of Martin and Kai‚ a couple whom are both deaf and rely heavily on their hearing daughter to navigate through their daily lives. She translates television for her mother and even translates at her own parent- teacher conference (quite favorably to herself). When her little sister Marie is born‚ the responsibility of communicating spoken word falls into Lara’s lap as well. With her constant efforts

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    Silence of Women

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    stereotypes have changed in our current generation‚ one common belief for society has been the idea that in a relationship‚ the man is the dominant figure. This can be seen all over the media- from television‚ the Internet‚ magazines‚ books‚ etc. Women are often showed as the weaker figure‚ and forced to lean on their men for everything. The poem “The Silence of Women” by Liz Rosenberg is about women becoming more demanding as they age and rebelling against the expectation for them to be submissive.

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    Silence in Cultures

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    use of silence varies from one culture to another. Western traditional cultures perception of and use of silence are different from eastern cultures of the world. Countries which adapted much of the Greek culture and learned from Aristotle‚ Socrates‚ and Plato high value socializing and believe talking as an important activity. Some countires that view the perception of silence in this way are the United States‚ Germany‚ and France. However‚ Eastern cultures such as Japan and India find silence very

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    Speech and Language Skills of Parents of Children with Speech Sound Disorders Aram‚ D. M.‚ & Hall‚ N. C. (1989). Longitudinal follow-up of children with preschool communication disorders: Treatment implications. School Psychology Review‚ 18‚ 487–501. Baars‚ B. J.‚ Motley‚ M. T.‚ & Mackay‚ D. G. (1975). Output editing for lexical status in artificially elicited slips of the tongue. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior‚ 14‚ 382–391. My article was about a study

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