STRATEGIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEECH The first few years of people’s life are key to the development of speech‚ language and cognitive skills. For this reason it is important to create activities and strategies for helping to develop speech and language skills that give them all the stimulation‚ positive role modeling and human contact that they need. STYLE IN LANGUAGE a. Principles in Choosing Words 1. Clear In speech‚ we should use clear word to make the audience undesrtand what we
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Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text‚ including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. Instructional Procedures: 1. Anticipatory set: a. Review key vocabulary words and their definitions with students. 2. Perceived Objective and Rationale: a. “As we are reading this book‚ I want you to pay special attention to vocabulary
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Assonance repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of a word Moths cough and drop wings Consonance repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of a word The man has kin in Spain Onomatopoeia writing sounds as words The clock went tick tock Simile a direct comparison of unlike things using like or as Her hair is like a rat’s nest
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In “Still I Rise‚” Maya Angelou uses similes to delineate how no matter what oppression she faces regarding her ethnicity or gender‚ she will rise. Maya Angelou was born in 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her mother and father divorced when she was very young‚ which forced her and her brother to go live with her grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas. She saw firsthand racial discrimination being in Arkansas. At the age of 7‚ while visiting her mother‚ she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Seeking revenge
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ends‚ continues on‚ gives breathless effect and builds anxiety simile "the wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present"(Edwards p7) the wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and mores and rise higher and higher‚ till an outlet is given." (Edwards p8) -audience is the outlet‚ anger will be directed towards them -creates fear in audience complex sentence "However you may have reformed your life in many things‚ and may
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Janette Spinks Susan Johnson Nutrition Report 9 May 2002 Vegetarianism and Cancer Being a vegetarian is becoming more and more popular in today’s society with the need to be politically correct. As doctors look further in to this lifestyle they are finding more and more benefits to a person being a vegetarian. In an article entitled "Vegetarian Diets During Cancer Treatment" written by Donna Paglia‚ M.S.‚ R.D. discuss the benefits to being a vegetarian as far as cancer goes. Within
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1. Jonathan Edwards is one of the leaders of the “Great Awakening.” Before reading the text‚ determine the historical context (Textbook p. 152). In one or two sentences‚ briefly define the historical context of Edwards’ speech. What does Edwards hope to accomplish with this sermon? Define his purpose. 2. What does Edwards mean by “natural man”? How o you know? Describe his primary audience. 3. In the first paragraph‚ “appease” means “to pacify”; using this definition as a contextual clue
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group of words used to give particular emphasis to an idea or sentiment. The special emphasis is typically accomplished by the user’s conscious deviation from the strict literal sense of a word‚ or from the more commonly used form of word order or sentence construction. From ancient times to the present‚ such figurative locutions have been extensively employed by orators and writers to strengthen and embellish their styles of speech and composition. Figures of Speech are expression used by a writer
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Fitzgerald contrast “hard rock” with “wet marshes” Fitzgerald contrasts “hard rock” and “wet marshes” by saying how everyone has their own set of beliefs. Someone’s conduct can be engrained within their head‚ but he doesn’t care. In the third sentence‚ note the metaphor and explain Fitzgerald’s choice of this particular metaphor. Fitzgerald mentions a metaphor when he says‚ “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention
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wanted to destroy everything: to be alone without any memories at all. Life began five years ago” The structure of this passage emanates the lieutenant’s passion of the subject of his childhood through short sentences‚ each blunt and to the point. The obvious anger and resentment is clearly expressed through the repetition of words such as “eradicate” and ”destroy” helping the reader understand the pain of the lieutenant’s childhood. The words “life began five
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