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    Patient is derived from its ability to describe illness in a more direct way‚ conveying both the current physical and emotional pain with vivid descriptions. The different tense Butler and Riederer use in these two essays can be suggestive of how the story is structured and sometimes gives readers different feelings. Butler mainly uses past tense throughout What Broke My Father’s Heart.The essay is opened by tracing back to a certain time in some earlier years‚ “ONE OCTOBER AFTERNOON three years

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    Abstract Language‚ like any other cultural entity‚ can change over time. Languages have been created out of necessity‚ blossomed‚ and have been snuffed out throughout history. But‚ why would something as seemingly strong as language die? It can be argued that “when a civilization disintegrates‚ so does its language since language is the medium that purveys the values of that civilization. As the culture evolves‚ so does its language” Iraki‚ 2005‚ p.5). Latin is a perfect example of a language that was

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    Express our own self: Shape our identity  Use different language with different people Language is part of own identity and it can express our own self‚ but also language may have some bad influence‚ for example some family who speaks wrong grammar will limit their future path and may being discriminate. We use different language with different people. In the article ‘Mother Tongue’‚ Amy and her mother used ‘Broken English’ to communicate to each other‚ it is because of her mother tongue. Although

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    How does the poet use language and form to give readers an insight into the thoughts and feelings of the speaker? Poems are a way of expressing yourself. To some people poems may seem like a bunch of meaning less words‚ however if you analyze each line you will find a great story behind it. In this essay I will be writing about two initially diverse poems‚ ‘Flag’ by John Agard and ‘Out of the Blue’ written by Simon Armitage. Agard is originally from Guyana in the Caribbean and is known

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    George Orwell portrays that rhetoric and language have the capability to control the population; “For one thing‚ Orwell’s entire story is predicated on a bleak and soulless view of humanity” (Scaliger 1). This is basically telling people to stay where they are living due to the nation that are growing less confident for what they believe in and for what feels right; both in real life and in the novel‚ suppose that a tragedy can occur that would appear on the news‚ which illustrates for the people

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    The constitution limits the government’s power in most situations by creating small checks‚ but not all problems have these checkpoints. First‚ the constitution allows each branch to check each other and makes sure everyone is doing their job correctly. This is called “Checks and Balances” which allows counter balances on other branches. This allows branches to check in with each other and correct or fix anything they need to. This helps prevent the government for getting too powerful from one branch

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    expressions The Expressions Company began in 1988 as The Expressions Card and Stationery Shop‚ offering greeting cards and other paper products exclusively distributed by Sterling Paper. Two decades later‚ The Expressions store has grown to over 40 branches nationwide and has expanded its merchandise to include complete lines of school and office supplies‚ gift and novelty items‚ computer supplies and reading materials‚ living up to its current positioning as "Your affordable school and office

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    The Changes of Expression In this paper i will discuss the way expression has changed from the way it was in prehistoric times to the present time. The three items that have evolved are non verbal communication‚ speech‚ and the writting format. First of all non verbal comminunication the has evolved by simple movements to sign language. what is non verbal communication? The sending and receiving of messages thru movements of the body‚ postures and expressions of the face. Example the shking

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    McCarthy uses language in the road to stir readers emotions. The Road is a story of a father and son fighting to survive in a post apocalyptic world where the basics of humanity have disappeared. The writing is fragmented‚ sparse and‚ from the beginning‚ reflects the barren and bleak landscape through which the father and Son are traveling. McCarthy abandons quotation marks in dialogue‚ he dispenses minimal punctuation. His toying with the rules of grammar and punctuation in effect emphasises the

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    In literature‚ the way language is selected and crafted inevitably influences our emotional journey. Shakespeare is regarded as having mastery in his language from the sonnets to the plays‚ particularly in Hamlet. This play tells the story of Hamlet‚ the prince of Denmark‚ seeking the truth about his father’s death‚ then plotting revenge on his father’s murderer‚ Claudius‚ his uncle and now King. Shakespeare’s language in Hamlet powerfully explores the idea that reality is not as simple as we perceive

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