1 My View on What It Means to Love One’s Country Patriotism‚ according to Merriam Webster‚ is defined as “devotion or love for one’s country.” I believe this definition does not capture the true essence of the meaning of patriotism. This definition would be outstanding if there were no other conditions factored in this complex equation‚ but it seems that patriotism is a double-edged sword. The word patriotism strikes a lot of mixed emotions in people all over the United States. Some
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Monique L. Mayfield Prof. Passal Mon-Thur. 8:00am-10:50am (ENGWR 101) July 02 ‚ 2013 Legalized Pot; Killing Our Country Hempeficial‚ by Steven Jeffrey published in 2011 discusses the legalization of hemp and marijuana plants in the United States. Mr. Jeffrey thinks it is ludicrous that pot is illegal. In my opinion it is irresponsible to propose any initiative to legalize marijuana. My experience has proven it to be highly addictive‚ damaging to young brains and can rob the economy of the intellect
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authority‚ he has the power over everything and everyone. Machiavelli speaks about this in his books The Prince and The Discourses. In The Prince‚ Machiavelli concerned about the principality of the state and the Prince’s role within the sovereign state. “Men worry less about doing an injury to one who makes himself loved than to one who makes himself feared. The bond of love is one which men‚ wretched creatures they are‚ break when it is to their advantage to do so; but fear is strengthened by
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1301‚ these past two weeks have given me a better understanding of ethos‚ logos and pathos appeals. Being in a discourse community has made me put these appeals into perspective. Understanding that being in that community made me a stronger woman. This will give me a chance to show you‚ my professor and classmates that softball is indeed a sport. I will prove why I attended this discourse community in softball at a young age to now by explaining the mental state of understanding the rules‚ the physical
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Name: Jolisette Bamanga Class: ENGL 1301 Professor: Debby Olson Assignment: Discourse Community Analysis Date: 9/15/2014 Old Navy all the way!!! In my senior year in high school‚ I had to pass two classes only in order to graduate. I didn’t have to stay in school the entire day‚ but I had to find a job in order to leave school early or I was going to be given six more classes to meet with the regular school schedule. I applied for a job at many places‚ but couldn’t find one for about two months.
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Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 13 (2000): 67-88 Text World Creation in Advertising Discourse Laura Hidalgo Downing Universidad Autónoma‚ Madrid lhidalgo@bosque.sdi.uam.es ABSTRACT This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s)‚ in particular‚ deixis and frame knowledge. The argument
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Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way
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separates humanity from the rest of the animal kingdom. It has allowed the classification of our known universe‚ and the subsequent formation of an abstract body of collective intelligence. Language also has the power to persuade and seduce‚ which has resulted in a dynamic understanding of our feeling and emotions. Due to the fundamental function of language to interpret and understand the complexities of our own social system‚ it follows that ways of speaking about specific ideas and beliefs are instrumental
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Case 4 Shall we put up our price? Competition‚ price and revenue 1. Why might a restaurant charge very high prices for wine and bottled water and yet quite reasonable prices for food? As it is known price is one of the most important factors in competition. Thus price strategy on products/services should be carefully chosen in order to use it as one of the main competitive advantages and take the upper hand on competitors. In case of restaurants‚ the primary product is cuisine and special
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS To truly understand what discourse analysis is‚ it is important to first understand what discourse is. There are three ways in which we can describe discourse; each of which are of equal importance: Firstly‚ discourse can be described as language beyond the level of the sentence. By this we mean that it is a type of language that extends past features such as sounds (phonetics)‚ structures (syntax) and the parts that make up words (morphology). The second description
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