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    The following play that I viewed and am about to critique is‚ “Boy Gets Girl” by Rebecca Gilman. In this play there are seven characters: Theresa‚ Tony‚ Howard‚ Mercer‚ Harriett‚ Les‚ and Beck. The play was set in New York City during the Fall of 2000 and a basic mood of the show was suspenseful drama. The play starts off with Theresa‚ a journalist‚ going on an awkward‚ blind date with Tony‚ that was set up by their mutual friend Linda. After the date‚ Tony constantly sends flowers to Theresa’s

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    Slut Stigma In Good Girls

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    Social Psychology Quarterly 2014‚ Vol. 77(2) 100–122 Ó American Sociological Association 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0190272514521220 http://spq.sagepub.com ‘‘Good Girls’’: Gender‚ Social Class‚ and Slut Discourse on Campus Elizabeth A. Armstrong1‚ Laura T. Hamilton2‚ Elizabeth M. Armstrong1‚ and J. Lotus Seeley1 Abstract Women’s participation in slut shaming is often viewed as internalized oppression: they apply disadvantageous sexual double standards established by men. This perspective grants women little

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    Good Girl Gone Bad: Rihanna Since the beginning of time women have been uniquely viewed as a source of human life. Historically‚ however‚ they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. As one reflects back upon history he or she can easily conclude that women have made significant progress. Traditionally women roles were understood to be wifehood and motherhood. However‚ time has greatly changed and women have acquired several

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    Girls just want to have fun; but often they don’t think about the consequences. Rebecca Martin’s feature article "Girls Gone bad" utilises specific techniques in order to persuade the reader to share her point of view. The issue of modern teenage girls losing respect and misbehaving is shown through the conventions of anecdotes and omission of detail. The reader is made to feel that parents must regain control over there teenage daughters‚ before society is damaged. Anecdotes play a pivotal role

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    professor from Harvard‚ where students get good grades in exchange for money. Over the last few years‚ there have been debates whether this program would benefit the students and their education. Students should not get paid to get good grades. First of all‚ it defeats the purpose of school if students get paid for their grades. One of the main points of school is to learn. They shouldn’t bribe students with money for them to do better in school. If students get paid‚ they are going to forget everything

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    Traditional Grammar

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    Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir

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    FOUNDATIONS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR Any native speaker of a language can be said to know the grammar of his/her own language‚ they know how to form and interpret any expression. However‚ this grammatical knowledge is subconscious. Native speaker have grammatical competence in their native language. This means that they have tacit knowledge of the grammar of their own lang. We have to make a difference between competence (the fluent native speaker’s tacit knowledge of his lang) and performance (what

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    Grammar Grammar 45 Name ___________________________________________________ Class _________ Date ____________________ Unit 1: Parts of Speech Lesson 1 Nouns: Concrete‚ Abstract‚ and Collective A noun is a word that names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. A singular noun names one person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea‚ and a plural noun names more than one. SINGULAR friend field melody freedom PLURAL friends fields melodies freedoms Grammar Person: Place: Thing: Idea:

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    englishbanana.com’s big grammar book by Matt Purland 101 worksheets for English lessons featuring Essential English worksheets Entry Level englishbanana.com’s big grammar book English Banana.com info@englishbanana.com ISBN 0 9546985 0 9 First published in the UK by English Banana.com 2004  Copyright Matt Purland 2004 All rights reserved. Under no circumstances may all or any part of this book be resold‚ distributed‚ repackaged‚ reproduced or transmitted‚ in any form‚ or by

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    often develops over time‚ so your job is to show the girl that you’re worth being around. Get a sense of humor. It’s no secret that girls love guys who can crack a joke or be funny. Practice jokes on your friends every so often‚ and learn the jokes that work and the ones that don’t work. When you’re alone with a girl‚ telling a joke can be a great way to break the tension. Remember: if you’re not good at jokes‚ you can still have a good sense of humor––you just have to love laughing and being

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