Bear is significant because it expresses the importance of maintaining Cherokee cultural ideals as protest towards the United States government. The nine-hundred mile‚ four month journey that the Southeastern Cherokee tribes were forced to make in the winter of 1838 threatened to wipe out an entire culture. On the journey‚ approximately four thousand people lost their lives. As this harrowing story is portrayed in the novel‚ the importance of the language and maintaining the culture of the Cherokee
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Atmosphere This article is about the general term "atmosphere". For specific information about the Earth’s atmosphere‚ see Atmosphere of Earth. For other uses‚ see Atmosphere (disambiguation) View of Jupiter’s active atmosphere‚ including the Great Red Spot. An atmosphere (New Latin atmosphaera‚ created in the 17th century from Greek ἀτμός [atmos] "vapor"[1] and σφαῖρα [sphaira] "sphere"[2]) is a layer ofgases surrounding a planet or other material body of sufficient mass[3] that is held in place
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Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. Annie and her brothers (is‚ are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is‚ are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is‚ are) outside. 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is‚ are) always on the floor. 5. George and Tamara (doesn’t‚ don’t) want to see that movie. 6. Benito (doesn’t‚ don’t) know the answer. 7. One of my sisters (is‚ are) going on a trip to France. 8. The man with all the birds (live‚ lives) on
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Transcript: Peter Kay on the Jonathan Ross Show Key: JR → Jonathan Ross PK → Peter Kay [ ] → audience and camera ( ) → Paralinguistic Features (.) / (number) → is the seconds in which they pause in speech = → smooth exchange of speech ** … ** → indicating shouting …- →indicating an unfinished word → simultaneous speech JR: it is (.) the wonderful (2) Peter Kay ladies and gentlemen [audience applaud] (Peter Kay walks onto the stage in a costume of his new book)
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Selfishness Most assume that selfishness is both wrong and unhealthy. But is this true? Selfishness means acting in one’s best self-interest. Contrary to popular opinion‚ all healthy individuals do have some levels of selfishness. Dr. Seuss displays a clear picture of selfishness through his story The Lorax. Likewise Hosea Griffith also does the same through his poem The Selfishness of Hearts. The main characters in the story‚ Once-ler and the Lorax prove a great point of selfishness. The Lorax
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Assessing the English Language Learner (ELL) The Growth of ELL (ESL) The number of human beings who speak a language other than English continues to increase in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Australia‚ for example‚ as the number of immigrants grows. In 2006‚ 34.70% of the population of Los Angeles‚ California‚ was foreign born; 25.50% of Miami‚ Florida; 39.60% of Vancouver‚ British Columbia; 45.70% of Toronto‚ Ontario; 28.90% of Melbourne‚ Australia; and 31.70% of Sydney‚ Australia (Statistics
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INTRODUCTION Understanding Old English Old English (OE) is the earliest form of English spoken today. Seeing it at first glance‚ we will recognize that the appearance and sound are roughly different from Present Day English. The form started emerging approximately in the fifth century‚ around 449 AD and used for over 600 years before the Norman Conquest 1066 AD. During those 600 years‚ it was going through a constant change. By 1100‚ it had been a completely different language compared to its earliest
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B.A. English Language and Literatures - CBCS Pattern 2008-09 -1- Annexure 8-A SCAA Dt. 21-5-2009 BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY‚COIMBATORE-641 046 B.A ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (CBCS PATTERN) with compulsory Diploma in Communicative English (For the students admitted during the academic year 2008-2009 and onwards) SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS Inst. Hours/ Week Examination Duration Credit 3 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 CIA $ Uni. Exam 75 75 75 75 75 50 75 75 75 75 75 50 75 75 75 75 75
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My feelings about the English language‚ including both grammar and literature‚ have changed several times throughout my life. These changes took place as I was influenced by my family and by the different teachers that I have had throughout my academic career. As a young boy‚ I knew very little about the English language‚ but the instruction which I have received throughout my academic career has worked to shape my feelings about the English language. My parents began reading to me when I was
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Discussion Summer 2009 IQ2 Debate: Global Warming Is Not a Crisis Before I sat down to listen to the debate‚ “Global Warming is Not a Crisis”‚ I was already interested in the idea of global warming. While many people have a hard time worrying about what might happen 100 years from now‚ I don’t. I considered what I already knew about global warming. I was somewhat familiar with the topics of: reducing greenhouse gases‚ moving the world away from fossil fuels‚ providing more breathable air‚ enhancing
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