How can one realize the seriousness of a particular event? Situations in history exist only in our thoughts rather than our presence. As past events have unfolded so has the opportunity for growth. One such era includes the Vietnam War. Tim O’ Brien’s novel entitled The Things They Carried creates an atmosphere of knowledge surrounding the struggles related to the Vietnam War. To grasp the concept of such a brutal historical event one must understand the struggles and decisions made by people
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Language Feature Definition General Effect Example Explanation of Example Metaphor Comparison of one thing to another. It says “that one thing IS another” Can visualise object clearly to comparison drawn “skull-like coconuts” “the sea is a hungry dog” Allows us to imagine the colour and shape and texture of the coconuts being deadly hard dented and discoloured like skulls. Personification Giving something human characteristics Bring the object to life The sea stretched
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Often slang words such as "OMG‚ peng‚ lol‚ fam and convo etc " these words are commonly used on social network sites like Facebook‚ Twitter and MSN messenger; slang like this is becoming a vast growing trend with the click of a button a new word can be made and used by thousands of teenagers all over England. Whilst I was growing up‚ TV was big influence on me and it still is today as it is portrayed in American programmes such as family guy and jersey shore etc‚ these particularly use slang words
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certain‚ but the author hints at the narrator being African-American. The speaker makes references to "jazz swing" and talks about writing a blues song. He also makes an obvious attempt at getting our attention by capitalizing the just-approved English slang word "ain’t"‚ which was typically considered a southern black saying; he says "Making jazz swing in / Seventeen syllables AIN’T / No square poet’s job." Knight composes the images of "rocks" and "lizards"; "rocks" are the stones on which the "lizards"
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I. Introduction In today’s society‚ an overlooked question might be what exactly is “cool Cool is a characteristic or label that can be described about any one. Basically‚ cool is just slang for words like awesome‚ fashionable‚ and great. II. Body A. People usually go beyond being thereselves in order to accomplish this cool image. Most believe that being cool or doing whats cool is the way to fit in. Individuals will wear a certain clothes brand because they believe it’s cool. For example‚ When
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Some Big Issues within Psychology The study of psychology is filled with controversy and debate. All of the uncertainties and unanswered questions even push interest in the field. These questions provoke deep thought about why humans behave the way they do‚ where we learned these behaviors‚ how we learned them‚ and more. However‚ almost all of the smaller arguments can be grouped into one big debate: nature versus nurture. It asks if the way we behave comes from nature – the genes we inherit from
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the latest craze in vocabulary words with double meanings to hit the streets and today’s youth. Tight is just one of many words in today’s vocabulary that has been revamped by the younger generation. The Urban Dictionary‚ an online dictionary of slang words used by teenagers today‚ defines the word tight as meaning very good‚ excellent; cool‚ hip. It is meant to compliment a person or object they find cool. You may hear them use the word to talk about how great a car looks‚ such as “that car
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The author‚ Felicia Day‚ gives many context clues to help the reader come to this decision. Diction‚ or the word choice‚ influence this since Day uses slang and an informal tone that will attract young adult readers. The figurative language and rhetoric of the book also point to teens and young adults as the audience‚ by comparing things to pop culture that is typical in their
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Write an analysis of the transcript of a conversation between a teacher and a pupil‚ explaining in detail what the FEATURES you identify suggest and the relationship between them. This is a conversation between two people set up during school time. Because this is between a teacher and a pupil there would be several cases of false starts‚ pauses and the register is mostly formal‚ however there are some instances of informal language used by Jordan and this may be because of his sociolect.
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language. This creates the need for jargon – technical language that is primarily used to convey ideas efficiently and effectively. Jargon can also be used to include and exclude people from conversations and therefore be used to mark out people who understand the necessary language and those who do not. Taking the domain of music as an example shows just how important it can be to have knowledge of specific jargon within a group. There is some lexical jargon that is generally known by most musicians
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