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    correct description of that “Rule”.   Rules:             1 Contractions   6 1st Lines of Paragraphs indent 0.5”   rule Spell Check 2 Writing in 3rd person   rule Conciseness   rule Margins rule Times New Roman 12pt Font   8 Run-on Sentences   13 Text/Slang language rule Double Space   9 Fragmented Sentences   rule Capitalization rule Align Left   10 Idioms   15 Essay Formatting                                 Descriptions:             rule Microsoft Word has a sophisticated "checker" to identify most

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    Semantic Studies

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    1990-2009‚ with a focus on linguistic strategy and based on semantic features analysis. In her study‚ she focused on six semantic features: Personification‚ Simile‚ Metaphor‚ Hyperbole‚ Litotes and Slang. She found that in order to express the feeling and arouse the listener’s emotion‚ the items featured Slang was mostly found in both English pop and rock songs‚ followed by Metaphor‚

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    not use the N word. The N word heavily impacts not only the African American community‚ but the white community as well. An example of how the N word impacts both communities are‚ they use it as a slang. The word itself is very offensive and shouldn’t be said at all and now the term has become a slang term. African Americans have their own beliefs about this word. “They believe the word is hate speech rather than a term of endearment and object to any person—black‚ white or otherwise—using the term

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    My Cultural Identity

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    Culture is the shared set of arts‚ ideas‚ skills‚ institutions‚ customs‚ traditions‚ attitudes‚ and values of a group of people that one shared or passed on. We all have a different culture‚ from our parents‚ and our friends. My own culture is my southern background with our strange customs‚ unique military lifestyle‚ and my overall generation.     My mother was born and raised in Louisiana‚ so I carry a lot of her traditions and ideas. My family and I celebrate Mardi Gras‚ a celebration of floats

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    enormous impact and influence on the younger community. The young people follow the same trends as the celebrities and they try to speak in the same slang as some celebrities do. For instance‚ Nicki Minaj and the Young Money Management have a way of creating their own words in their lyrics. So now the majority of young people who support them use the same slang as well. Celebrities have dominated the television world with commercials‚ award shows‚ music videos‚ movies‚ cameo appearances‚ guest starring

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    Nvq Level 3 Unit 1

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    Unit 1 Answers 1.1 People communicate for different reasons. To express themselves‚ to be able to relate to another person‚ to gather and share information‚ advice‚ help and support a person. 1.2 Good communication in the work setting enables staff members to work efficiently‚ provide both quality and speed in their job roles‚ communicating to ensure work is complete and knowing where staff are and what they are doing. Bad communication can cause tension between staff so no communication

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    voice.In his poems‚ we understand that the typical Australian culture is unique and non-conformity due to Australian people’s attitude and value on live. He expresses the Australian voice through variety of techniques‚ such as use of colloquial words‚ slangs and larrikanism to show his local Australian identity. The messages behind his poems “Back to Melbourne” and “Hillston Welcome” are Australians are easy-going‚ loyalty‚ friendly‚ and humour. “Back to Melbourne”‚ is one of Komninos’s writing. In this

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    “A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies found that one in five U.S. residents — or 61.8 million people — speak a language other than English at home.” Many people assume that English is the official language of the U.S‚ because the majority of the country speaks the language. The United States has not declared an official language‚ at least not yet. Having an official language provides a common bond of unity‚ but it also has a downside. Since America is very diverse‚ having a national

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    Shorty has a different talking style than X; he spoke using a lot more slang. Shorty says things such as “stud”‚ “cat”‚ “cool” and “hip.” X describes how these terms were so new to him that even children were throwing them around in everyday sentences.. The style and structure of this style of communication is really choppy and uses a lot of slang. The culture of Boston starts to influence Malcolm X to start speaking slang and dressing

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    meaning‚ according to Stace‚ by‚ "Common usage is the criterion for deciding whether a definition is correct or not." This means that words should be used‚ as everyone knows them. The exception to this is slang. So to a point it is philosophers changing the words of freewill and creating their own slang definition and like Stace says‚ "the mistake which the deniers of freewill have made is rather subtle and difficult to detect." Stace feels that the wrong definition of freewill is the ability to do

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