Language Style Matching Charles Porter COM 200 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: William Cusack June 25‚ 2012 The reading this week caused me to do some thinking outside of the box. It made me think more on the level of my relationship with my current girlfriend versus my conversations with other people. Since my girlfriend and I have been dating a little over a year‚ and we almost never argue about anything‚ it was hard for me to fathom that there could be a breakdown in communication
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Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ Douglass expresses on how slave owners would use their speech to affect their slaves. Douglass uses his experience with Mr. Covey to show how words can be used to oppress people physically and mentally. Douglass expresses how Mr. Covey made Douglass “broken in body‚ soul‚ and spirit” (Douglass 38). Mr. Covey would be very deceptive towards his slaves‚ issuing commands and orders whether they knew how to complete the task or not. If they did not complete their
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How to Form Ionic Bonds 1. Explain (step-by-step) how to form ionic bonds between Li+ and N-3. First‚ understand that all atoms want full shells. All atoms‚ except for noble gases‚ have valence electrons. These electrons are the ones on the outermost shell. All atoms either want to get rid of these electrons or gain enough to make a full shell. Metals‚ which are on the right side of the periodic table‚ have less than 4 valence electrons. This means they want to get rid of those electrons. Nonmetals
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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Literary Genre Literary Genre is the way the author builds or tells the story for the reader. The Literary genre of a text consists of the devices and techniques that impact on the reader’s emotions and thoughts. Exploring the Literary Genre of ‘Casablanca’ by Michael Curtiz. ‘Casablanca’ is a melodrama; a war move that explores of the universal themes of love and sacrifice‚ but when the film was released in 1942‚ audiences viewed it as a political allegory about World War II. Narrator:
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Ph.D. Candidate‚ University of New South Wales‚ Australia kudzaimatereke@yahoo.co.uk & Jacob Mapara Lecturer‚ Great Zimbabwe University; Ph.D. Candidate‚ University of South Africa jacomapara@yahoo.co.uk Abstract This paper seeks to examine how the Shona traditional society conceptualised beauty; drawing from the meaning and content of the Shona proverb‚ suggesting that traditional society emphasised beauty as holistic to include such elements as moral uprightness and humility as the markers
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Really think about this‚ how do friends really treat each other? Do they ask their friends to come and tag along with them; or do they just say “ Hey I am going somewhere I will be back later?” In the novella Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ George and Lennie are supposed to be best friends‚ but they’re not. In the beginning of the book the boss asks George if he was taking Lennie’s paycheck‚ he says no‚ but Lennie can not take care of himself let alone him patcheak. In the middle of the
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How do the literary features that Homer use build up the plot at the Island of Thrinacia? This essay will talk about a particular section from Book 12 of The Odyssey‚ written by Homer around 750 – 650 B.C‚ and translated by Robert Fagles. This passage entails the distressing time that Odysseus and his crew spend on an island called Thrinacia. It is significant to the epic as it generates excitement through the tension between goals and obstacles‚ which eventually leave Odysseus to endeavour
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Romeo and Juliet Analyze a technique used to show changes in a character‚ and why these changes were important to the text as a whole. Comparable to little‚ Shakespeare’s work has stood the test of time‚ and not due to luck. It is the technical aspects applied to plot and character that drives the unique form of narrative which holds the interest of the audience. An interesting aspect of Shakespeare’s work is the depth given to characters‚ and the significant changes that are made to these characters
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and who made us who we are. William Blake was a very serious writer‚ but he still included diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery. All of these together created the author’s reflective tone. Blake used a lot of figurative language throughout the poem. When he said‚ ?What the hammer?? he was not actually asking what made us the way we are. Another example was when he asked‚ ?On what wings dare he aspire?? he doesn?t literally mean the wings like those of a bird rather who does
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