Are we losing our Mother-Tongue? It is‚ and it’s getting worse. In an increasingly urbanised India‚ mother-tongues are under siege and facing a sustained attack from the three Ms of migration‚ market and mixed marriages. The mother tongue is the true vehicle of the mother wit. Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas. But the mother tongue is one in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in
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In Our Time was published in 1925 by acclaimed author Ernest Hemingway‚ and features a collection of short stories and vignettes. The text proved hugely popular‚ and introduced a completely new style of writing that contrasted with the over embellished and extravagant style previously known to readers and common to most writers of that time. The novel instead uses short and simple sentences‚ lacking in overly descriptive or emotional language; yet Hemingway was still able to produce from this‚ powerful
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3 FALLIN AND RISING OF TONES TONE: Tone is the change in the pitch of the voice. The pitch falls a little from stress to stress. Then‚ it finally falls at the last meaningful syllable. The pitch remains low for the remaining unstressed syllables. In the rising tone‚ the pitch rises at the last meaningful syllable. It continues to rise for the remaining unstressed syllables. STATEMENTS We can use the falling tone in most normal statements. When you are making a normal statement about which
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Rising Tide Essay In the passage “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927” the author John M. Barry describes elaborately the functions and complexity of the Mississippi River. The author wants the reader to enjoy and know the fascinating characteristic the Mississippi River offers through and informative passage. Barry’s fascination of this river goes beyond our imagination due to the simple‚ solid facts that are stated. Throughout the passage the reader can see the many rhetorical
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RISING FIVE The poem‚ ‘Rising Five‚’ by Norman Nicholson is how people look at life; how we are not enjoying the moment and always looking forward. He uses metaphors‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ and imagery to do this. As the poem progresses‚ the poem shows the reader that not only children look to the future‚ but everybody‚ all the time. The structure of ‘Rising Five’ is very irregular. There are 4 stanzas‚ each with a different number of lines and syllables. The first stanza ends with ‘not four’
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“The Kite Runner shows that we can never escape our past. Discuss” ------------------------------------------------- In ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini‚ we are shown through the characters of Amir‚ Soraya and Sohrab that we cannot necessarily escape our past but we can confront our past mistakes‚ forgive ourselves and others and move on with out lives. Amir struggles for self-forgiveness and therefore feels like he cannot escape the guilt and shame of past mistakes. On the other hand‚ Soraya
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HMXP Mr. Stokes November 3‚ 2013 Glory For many Americans‚ the Civil War is but a distant event in our nation’s past‚ remembered only for the sake of passing an exam or impressing your peers at a dinner party. While this pivotal war may have taken place generations before us‚ its significance reverberates even today. Within this war fueled by racial disagreements and political issues‚ one platoon stood up against the waves of injustice to boldly fight for their inalienable rights. When filmmaker
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Rising Five by Norman Nicholson Analyze “Rising Five” in detail‚ with reference to the text. “Rising Five” is written by Norman Nicholson. Nicholson had a sick childhood‚ and during illnesses‚ he would write his poems. He always wrote in relation to nature. His persistent illnesses make him appreciate life even more. In “Rising Five”‚ his main theme is the fact that people are always looking to the future‚ and seldom look at their
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“The Falling Man” Looking at this picture‚ emotions rush through your body making you remember the terrible event that happened on Tuesday‚ September 11‚ 2001. The story behind this picture has to do with the most horrific day in history; the day terrorists crashed two planes in the towers of the World Trade Center. Fifteen seconds past 9:41 a.m. on September 11‚ 2001‚ Richard Drew took the picture of the now world known famous‚ “The Falling Man.” He jumped head first‚ like an arrow shooting
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Submitted to : Fr. Archimedes A. Lachica‚ S.J. MBA RE 224.2 Campus Minister for Faculty and Staff‚ AdDU Rising Higher By Atty. Arnold F. Caballero It must have been a dry and meaningless life if nothing impels anyone to do something. As for me‚ I preoccupied myself with the responsibility that I have with my family. My mantra : When I’m doing the best for my family I am doing it for someone above. It all revolves around the same principle as I go around my weekly routine. Thus
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