WORD CHOICE A writer’s selection of words as determined by a number of factors‚ including meaning (both denotative and connotative)‚ specificity‚ level of diction‚ and tone. "Word choice often determines whether or not you get your message across. Making poor word choices and not writing appropriately for the audience can distract the reader so much that the message you intended to convey is missed." Definition of Slang: An informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined
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Childhood Everybody likes to brag about their childhood. People enjoy boasting of how they watched the newest television shows on their own televisions or over how many toys they had while they were young. However‚ not all children have this ideal picture perfect childhood‚ for example‚ Ellen in Kaye Gibbon’s coming of age novel Ellen Foster. On the other hand‚ some people have the opportunity to have that childhood but do not enjoy it‚ sort of like J.D. Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield in
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Inspiring Words by Bon Jovi Legendary rockstar John Francis Bongiovi Jr‚ better known as John Bon Jovi‚ once said “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten” this message is emphasized in his 2000 hit single It’s My Life. It’s My Life is off John Bon Jovi’s band’s‚ Bon Jovi’s‚ Crush album. “This song was Bon Jovi’s first release since 1995. John Bon Jovi released a solo album in 1997‚ but It’s My Life was the first release by the band in five years. It’s My Life was the first single from
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The current art show is a solo exhibition by visual artist Kate Georgallis. The show‚ Standing Close‚ Seeing Far opened November 17th and runs until December 16th. It is being held at the StFX Art Gallery and can be found on the first floor of Bloomfield Centre located on campus. My first reaction to this show was my immediate response to all the range of colours. This show is very vibrant with many pieces to admire. Kate Georgallis is displaying thirty of her finest works‚ all of various sizes and
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WHAT’S NEW IN A MICROSOFT WORD Everyday task made fast and easy. Instead of checking the spelling in your entire documents at once let Word flag your spelling mistakes as you type with Spell it. You can make corrections at your leisure by viewing pop-up list suggested changes. Speed text editing by having Word automatically fix capitalization errors and common misspelling using the improve AutoCorrect feature. AutoCorrect learns your personal preferences for capitalization and spelling as you
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The Nightmare before Christmas The Plot Halloweentown is a fantasy land overflowing with ghosts‚ vampires‚ and witches. Jack is the leader of this town and is known as the “Pumpkin King”. Jack realizes he has grown tired of the same routine‚ and is faced with an identity crisis. As Jack wonders through the forest he stumbles upon a doorway to Christmastown‚ he is impressed by the excitement and feeling of Christmas. Jack shows Halloweentown what he has found and tries to explain Christmas. He
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If you could define the word artifice‚ how would you define it ? The word Artifice would mean to me like cruel or evil. It is important because the reader needs to find what Hedges’ is trying to argue with. Chris Hedge may be misusing the word artifice‚ and it doesn’t necessarily make sense on what his argument is trying to say. When Hedges’ argument says “ The most essential skill… is artifice.” Which part of the paragraph do you think is the artifice part. What make sense or adds up to what Hedges’
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giving up when I had a bad baseball tryout and I didn’t think I would make the team. I tried my best and gave it my all. I ended making the team that day. If I had not believed in myself or given up I would not have made it. I feel strongly about these words of wisdoms because you never know what could happen if you don’t give up. Never give up in life because if you try your hardest you can achieve anything that you put your mind to. Secondly: Always try your best. If you try your best you will succeed
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It honestly depends on how you revise. Personally‚ I copied up notes from each lesson that I had and made sure all the topics were neatly organised‚ so by the time the course was finished I had done all my notes for revision‚ aided from two textbooks and lessons. This mean that from when I broke up in December I had all my revision materials ready to revise from and all I had to do was sit there and learn it! So I’m guessing if you do it that way you would have at least three weeks of solid revision
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A Dream Yet To Come True I had set a goal to achieve good grades to get a gift promised by my parents which would be anything of my choice. I always dreamt and wanted to have a puppy. It all started on the 4th of October at 8:00 am the day before my exams. I was in my bedroom studying for my first exam paper which was commerce. While I was studying a thought crossed my mind. “Are my dreams going to turn into reality‚ if I answer all my papers exceedingly well and pass out with high grades?” With
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