FIGURES OF SPEECH .Anaphora The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. (Contrast with epiphora and epistrophe.) "I needed a drink‚ I needed a lot of life insurance‚ I needed a vacation‚ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat‚ a hat and a gun." (Raymond Chandler‚ Farewell‚ My Lovely‚ 1940) .Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. "We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do
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Functions of Speech Acts in a Dialogue Introduction The dialogue analyzed in this paper is about two foreign students who have lunch in a restaurant. They sit next to each other at a counter and wait to be served. They do not know each other‚ but because the wait is too long they get bored. So‚ the older student‚ Maria‚ who is 19-year-old and comes from Venezuela‚ turns over the person sitting next to her and starts a conversation with a younger 18-year-old student‚ Ali‚ who comes from Saudi Arabia
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one about speech codes on campus and the problems of free speech. The problem I see with this is that we’re all afraid to hurt someone’s feelings‚ it’s the “sissification of society”. How are we to let our children and young adults grow up if we are telling them what they can and cannot say to voice their options. How are we as a society able to grow as thinkers if we can’t voice those thoughts without repercussion. I know the First Amendment does not protect against “offensive speech”‚ but any
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Freedom of speech should be limited for journalist The first Amendment to the Constitution protects free expression‚ speech‚ and press against government suppression. “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press.” (“Gora”) Each state’s constitutions contain promises of free expression like to those in the U.S. Constitution. Although the Constitution gives a person these rights‚ there should limits‚ in politics‚ education‚ or everyday life. The current limits‚
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convey the idea that nowadays‚ society desperately needs freedom of speech in which some people‚ especially children‚ they do not get because of its limitation rules. Moreover‚ another important point that McCorkle also discusses is our ideological belief’s tendencies to associate the way we were raised with the kind of people we will be in the future. McCorkle further elaborates these points; "By limiting or denying freedom of speech and expression‚ we take away a lot of potential. We take away thoughts
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Group 4: A journey inside the soul Last fall I started my Full-time MBA program. I was assigned to a group of five members‚ including myself. As part of our orientation‚ our first exercise was to take on a ropes course as a group. This exercise helped us to know more about each other and become more cohesive as we were unfamiliar with each other and meeting for the first time. We came from different backgrounds‚ different cultures‚ and different countries‚ but we shared similar
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doors for you that you never believed you had access to and what is best‚ it is a skill you can learn and will learn‚ if you practice. That’s what I learned about the book “How to develop Self-Confidence & Influence People.” Speech about Censorship Special Occasional Speech Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen. Today I would like to
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“Eating that frog” is one of the most important ideas that is mentioned in the book. People procrastinate every day and have a different reason why they can’t do that one thing today. Brian Tracy puts it into perspective and list ways to get over procrastination. It’s explained in the first chapter why people procrastinate: vagueness‚ confusion‚ and fuzzy-mindedness about what they are trying to accomplish and in what order they should go about tackling it. People need to make list of what they need
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Problem 3: Defamation and Freedom of Speech The committee makes the following recommendations on the proposed programs: The Followers: * An allegation made by a Western Australian MP‚ Greg Saunders‚ in Question Time‚ that a prominent‚ unmarried member of the Federal Cabinet is a homosexual. This committee sees no problem in discussing an allegation made by Greg Saunders‚ MP‚ in Question Time that a prominent‚ unmarried member of the Federal Cabinet is a homosexual. This conclusion has been
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with. 3. Describe the stress and time-management strategies you have learned this week that will help you achieve your goals. Of the stress and time management strategies I have learned this week I feel that overcoming procrastination will aid me the most. There are times when the list of things I need to accomplish by the end of the week seems quite daunting‚ and sometimes I feel procrastinating tendencies. The ultimate cure for this is for me to stop making excuses
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