The English language is very different today than it was in the 1920’s. Drastically changing over the years due to cultural‚ social standards and status. An alcoholic beverage that used to be called “giggle water”‚ or “giggler” due to some of the effects that alcohol can have on a person. But‚ if you were drunk due to too many “gigglers” and become a “splifficated” or “zozzled” they would call you a “boozehead”. After work “drugstore cowboys” which were young bachelors‚ would wait outside of a brothel
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SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Key Issues and Promising Practices Diane August August & Associates Report No. 61 February 2003 This report was published by the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)‚ a national research and development center supported by a grant (No. R-117-D40005) from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)‚ U.S. Department of Education. The content or opinions expressed
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Grapes of Wrath: Unsophisticated Characters and Language The Grapes of Wrath poses a different writing scheme than what most modern students may be used to. In the 1930’s‚ where this novel is set‚ the characters act and speak in a manner that is very common of their time. Many pieces of literature of this time period didn’t become much more sophisticated. Steinbeck may have aimed to create a novel that all of the general public could relate to‚ and understand the hardships after the Dustbowl
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Horror Plague Overwhelms Village The Duvall family is this morning leaving the small village of Malsam‚ after a terrible experience. During the past two weeks‚ an infestation of mice has occurred throughout the village of Malsam‚ where the Duvall family had recently moved in. Various neighbours of the Duvall family began to be suspicious as they heard unusual noises coming from their home. On Monday 13th Gabriel and Luca‚ the Duvall children‚ arrived at school with a shoebox containing
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FUNCTIONS ANALYSIS CHART |Context and details of how language will be presented | |Using Mini-situation: "you are coming home by bus. The window is closed and you feel that it’s too hot. You want to open the window and you don’t know the one sitting next to you so you feel it’s impolite if you open it without asking
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Personally‚ both of my AP courses‚ AP Biology and AP English Language‚ were the most challenging. Throughout the year my grades for these two classes fluctuated quite often. My peers and I were given more work and more was expected from us being AP students. From this year coming to an end I have discovered several of my strengths and weaknesses‚ I found that‚ like most students‚ I procrastinated and I had trouble managing my time however I was still able to maintain a positive attitude by being
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Journal Entry 3 October 28‚ 2012 LAN101: AP English Language and Composition Master Teacher: ; Classroom Instructor: Journal 3 Tone and style are two important literary devices commonly used to elicit emotions from readers. Tone is defined as the writer’s attitude towards the material and the audience. Authors create tone through use of other literary devices‚ such as diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery. Style is the manner in which an author chooses to write to their audience‚ and can reveal
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Indian Authors in English Language There is no dearth of Indian authors who write in English language‚ as of today. But it was not same a century ago. English literature and writing was still in its nascent phase in India and most of the Indian writers were either used to be Indian born British or Britain educated Indians. The list includes exponents such as George Orwell‚ Rudyard Kipling‚ Jim Corbett‚ Tagore and Sarojini Naidu among others. The post independence decades were largely dormant
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age to perform. He demonstrates strength in calculating straight-forward math problems (numerical operations). In my interview with Mrs. Jones‚ she also noted that math is a definite strength of Billy’s. Oral Language: On the WIAT-III‚ Billy performed in the average range in the oral language section‚ which is what we would expect for someone his age. This section is made up of listening comprehension‚ which is how well Billy understands things that are spoken to him‚ and oral expression‚ which is
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Coming into the course‚ I didn’t know what to expect. In my opinion the AP English Language I took Junior year was not up par with the actual AP standards and the teacher was extremely lenient. However‚ I had some difficulty adjusting but once I became use to the course and workload‚ my grades improved. I really enjoyed the class and when the AP exam came‚ I felt prepared and confident. This was a huge difference compared to junior year whereas I had to rely solely on self studying to score a 4.
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