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    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LIFE SKILLS OF SECONDARY TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS The process of education is considered so important in our society. It has become an integral part of our lives in the twenty first century with a special focus on life skills. As we are living in a society in which special skills‚ in particular‚ social abilities are needed to build and to maintain the community. People have evolved special competencies to allow them to survive and to reproduce

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    world-wide success while filming Summer Height’s High‚ and We Can Be Heroes. Although Lilley’s mockumentaries partakes of both the pleasures of humour and the moral confidence of social critique‚ Lilley utilises another device in the critical arsenal of satire. Perhaps we might tamper this slightly by saying that‚ whether Lilley was irritating to promote humour‚ it’s impossible to escape the suspicion that its intent‚ illustrates a biased underlying attitude or belief about teens. In writing Summer

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    This enforces the humour in the title‚ another way in which language is used for effect of entertainment. 3 also uses alliteration in ‘surging snow’ which emphasises the words‚ making them more obvious and direct to the audience. Both texts use alliteration in different ways‚ source 2 to emphasise the humour and source 3 put stress the danger and seriousness of the situation. Direct speech is used in Source 3‚

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    Survival”‚ are used to convey important messages to the readers‚ by relating back to the teenagers life‚ and teenage audience. Using narrative told in first person narration by teenager Ellie‚ Marsden reinforces this by using styles and techniques such as Humour and Juxtaposition‚ to convey important messages to the readers and teenage audience‚ thus making the novel an interesting story‚ and withstand the test of time‚ by conveying important themes and ideas. The theme of Death and Destruction is discussed

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    Commentary Blog travel writing is written at a personal level‚ it engages the reader using more common humour and relation to everyday tasks. The language is often informal and the writer uses small personal anecdotes throughout the writing‚ for example‚ ‘don’t worry mum‚ we scooped the ice out of every glass‚ just in case!’ as blogging sites are commonly used as a method of contact for relatives and friends while a person is travelling. A range of sentences are used throughout the writing‚ often

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    discussed. One of the most widely known and important of the beliefs was the humours. It was believed that every living creature was composed of four elements‚ the humours. They were blood‚ phlegm‚ choler (or yellow bile)‚ and melancholy (or black bile). It was believed that the overall total combination of these four elements determined the person ’s characteristics. For example‚ a person with more blood than other humours was hot and wet in their nature‚ a person with more phlegm was cold and wet

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    incongruity to deliver humour to a greater level. Marina Warner highlights that ‘’artists transform inert material things‚ animating them with fantasy‚ infusing objects with meaning through memories of childhood‚ or in imitation of children’s imaginative games’’ (Warner‚ M. ‘Game On’ 2005).This can be seen in Wegmans short films in which he demonstrates the use of minimal elements such as his body and the dog ‘Man Ray’ to create unexpected moments or scenarios of conceptual humour. In the short film

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    The etymology of the word Art is derived from an Ndo-European root AR‚ which means ‘to join’‚ ‘fit’ or ‘put together’. The preliminary definition; art is the application of practical skill [techne] to the production of works of creative imagination‚ which expresses‚ or rather embody an interpretation or view of life. In a wider sense‚ any human activity could be considered as an art. However there are fine arts as well as useful arts. Useful arts are engaged for the sake an ulterior purpose. For

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    author’s idiocies and short comings of his contemporary world and uses dangerous jokes in the form of black humour as well as other satirical techniques such that; Vonnegut is in a way‚ holding a mirror in humanity’s face to allow humanity to understand their own weaknesses and attempt to improve. Vonnegut’s hope in the book is to allow people to laugh at their own idiocies through black humour‚ challenging their sense of direction in specific

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    Mockingbird. Your essay should deal with aspects of the book such as symbolism‚ pathos‚ humour‚ and satire. You should round off your essay by stating whether or not you consider this book to be useful and relevant to your future career as a teacher. A delightful novel which bought back memories from when I first read it whilst a learner at school. As an adult I can appreciate Harper Lee’s use of symbolism‚ pathos‚ humour‚ and satire. I especially enjoy the manner in which Harper Lee effectively used

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