Nikki Valles Haddix English 100 March 18th 2013 I wish I could’ve said something but I didn’t I remember getting out of the car on the morning of Mac’s funeral. The sky was clearing with the sunlight peering through the clouds‚ the ground still damp from the early morning showers. I slammed my door shut‚ taking in a deep breath after being in my grandmother’s car for an hour and a half. Her car always smelt of cigarettes and plastic
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Glossary of Figurative Language Terms An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference or representation of or to a well-known person‚ place‚ event‚ literary work‚ or work of art. Example: He made a Herculean effort to move the stalled car to the side of the road but it would not budge. Figurative language is the creative words and phrases a writer uses to help a reader see things in new and unexpected ways. Imagery is a type of figurative language. When a writer uses imagery‚ he/she
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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Writing plays an important role particularly in modern society. Spoken language very dominant followed by the spoken language. When talking about Language‚ writing is a part of four skills‚ apart from listening‚ speaking‚ and reading‚ which language student should be mastered. Especially for the students‚ writing is a skill in which is they should be mastered since elementary school. Unfortunately‚ writing might be the most difficult skill to be mastered which contains numerous problems. Grammatical
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I chose a strip from ” For better or for worse” comic. For Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran for 30 years‚ chronicling the lives of a Canadian family‚ The Pattersons‚ and their friends. The strip I chose‚ was printed on page 60 Toronto Star of Wednesday‚ October 3‚ 2012. In this strip‚ there is a conversation between a mom and her daughter. There are five sentences in the this strip. All the sentences used in the conversation are grammatical. For example‚ the subjects
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GERMANIC LANGUAGES Classification of Modern Germanic Languages and their Distribution Classification of languages means their placement into families or phyla [‘failə] on the basis of lexical or typological similarity or shared ancestry. Languages may thus be classified either genetically or typologically. A genetic classification assumes that certain languages are related in that they have evolved from a common ancestral language. This form of classification employs ancient records as well
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EAT 1 Literacy and Elementary Reading REAT Task 1 Melissa Williams June 7‚ 2012 Language Arts development encompasses many different aspects of learning. There are many theories that suggest the different ways that children learn‚ but in the end there are six key concepts that each child must master in order to be fully proficient. These are reading‚ writing‚ speaking‚ listening‚ viewing‚ and visually representing. These concepts build upon each other and work together
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The Secret Language Summary/Response In the article “The Secret Language” by Daisy Zamora‚ the author explained her personal experience of learning English in her country‚ and how she discovered the difference between spoken and academic English. The author explains how her passion of English language starts since the early age of her life when she influenced as a child by her grandmother exciting stories. One of her most interesting stories she liked‚ is the one about New Orleans Where her grandmother
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1. Differences between First Language and Second Language | First Language | Second Language | Definition | any language other than English that a child was exposed to during early development and continues to be exposed to in the home or community | any language learned after the first language or mother tongue | Basis for learning | universal grammar alone | knowledge of the first language also serves as a basis for learning the second language | Learning Process | children spend
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Different Ways of Learning Languages DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING LANGUAGES Being able to speak more than one language I think it’s a gift from God that not every person is blessed with. Having this gift makes me fell very special because I can travel‚ communicate‚ and understand others’ people language and culture. At a very young age I started learning French‚ German and Italian besides my native language‚ Romanian. Learning a language to me in learning how to ride a bicycle‚ once
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