Reflection on Differences between written and spoken discourse People use the language for communicating through coherent and cohesive stretches of language. In other words‚ they normally use more than a couple of words and sentences; they produce longer stretches of language by putting words and sentences together. These chunks of language must follow each other and be connected in a logical way in order to transmit a specific message. This process is called discourse‚ and its linguistic product
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The Golden Thread In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Lucie Manette is characterized as a beautiful‚ young‚ blonde woman that serves as “the golden thread” that holds and ties everyone together. Lucie acts as the thread that held her father together when he was going through the toughest times. According to Dickens: She was the golden thread that united him to a Past beyond his misery‚ and to a Present beyond his misery: and the sound of her voice‚ the light of her face‚ the touch of her hand‚ had a strong
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to make the vocabulary more impressive. There are short‚ one-member and interrupted sentences (“This a comedy?” “But if you don’t like it —“ ) usually used in dialogues to underline the colloquial character. Onomatopoeia – cackling‚ whirring‚ murmur; framing – you couldn’t see anybody else‚ and they couldn’t see you; repetition – expanded
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no acute distress‚ alert and oriented x4. HEENT: Mucous membranes moist. No facial asymmetry. Left ear WNL‚ right ear with profound hearing loss. CHEST: Lungs clear to auscultation and percussion bilaterally. HEART: CV normal. S1‚ S2 without murmurs or rubs. ABDOMEN: GI soft‚ non-tender‚ non-distended. No HSM. Positive bowel sounds. GENITALIA: Deferred. EXTREMITIES: No edema. He has been admitted for left ankle surgery. NEUROLOGIC: Intact with the exception of cranial nerve VIII on the right
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is in no acute distress‚ alert and oriented X4. HEENT: Mucus membranes moist. No facial asymmetry. Left ear : WNL‚ Right ear: with profound hearing loss. LUNGS: clear to auscultation and percussion bilaterally. CV: Normal. S1‚ S2 without murmurs or rubs. GI: soft‚ non-tender‚ non-distended. No HSM. Positive Bowel sounds. GENITALIA: deferred. EXTREMEITIES: No edema. He has been admitted for left ankle surgery. NEUROLOGIC: intact with the exception on cranial nerve on the right.
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sap which course thought the trees as we know the blood that courses thought our veins.’’ Seattle uses these similes to show how connected he and his people are connected to nature. He extends his point with by presenting another simile ‘the water murmur is
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seated comfortably in the exam room. She has good eye contact. Answers questions appropriately. Alert and oriented. Very pleasant. Neck Supple. No bruits or JVD. No masses or tenderness. Heart Regular rate and rhythm. Normal S1‚ S2. No murmurs‚ rubs‚ or gallops. Lungs Clear bilaterally. Good breath sounds. No wheeze‚ no rhonchi. Abdomen Soft‚ nontender. No masses or discomfort. Skin Good turgor. Less than 2 second capillary
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reader. Fitzgerald changes the color of the car used by Gatsby at first it is cream colored‚ but it later changes to yellow the color of corruption and greed after Daisy and Gatsby strike and kill Myrtle. When Fitzgerald writes‚ “With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky‚ admired the gardens‚ the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the gate” (p. 96). He was writing
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The sea represents Edna’s desire to find her own freedom and identity. In the beginning of the novel‚ Edna’s expression of the sea reflects her awareness of her own identity. "Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf‚ whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.” (Chopin‚ 2011‚ Ch.5 Par.23) This passage explains that the voice of the sea is unclear but strong. Edna’s feelings toward the presence of the sea are also used to describe the despair she feels toward
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slow to face his followers. A snap of his fingers had Connor’s father before him and bound in chains- the same chains that had earlier held his son. A wave of his hand had the exits sealed closed. Sam took a measure of satisfaction in the panicked murmurs around the group. “You have one opportunity now‚ godhi‚ to tell me why I was called to see a ritual sacrifice of fear and death instead of joy and good fortune. Anything less than the truth sends you to see my daughter personally within the hour
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