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    Parts of Speech

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    "modifies" a noun (a big dog). Adjectives can be used before a noun (I like Chinese food) or after certain verbs (It is hard). We can often use two or more adjectives together (a beautiful young French lady). Adverbs Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions such as how?‚ where?‚ when? how often? and how much? Pronouns Pronouns are small words that take the place of a noun. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. Pronouns are words like: he‚ you‚ ours‚ themselves‚ some

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    Good morning everyone. I’m the chairperson of the English Club. Today‚ I’m going to share a topic to all of you. But first‚ let me ask you two questions. Are you bored with reading‚ grammar and writing? Would you like to find a more fun and entertaining method to improve your English? I believe you all will have the same answer‚ right? In fact‚ listening to English songs is a useful and interesting way to learn English. It might be one of the best ways to retain or remember vocabulary and grammar

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    Stuttering is a speech pattern that contains an abnormally high frequency or duration of disruptions in the forward flow of speech affecting its continuity‚ rhythm‚ rate‚ and effortfulness. A disruption in speech is called a disfluency. We all have disfluencies in our speech‚ such as “uh”‚ “um”‚ pausing‚ or rewording‚ but it is only considered stuttering when we are disfluent more than ten percent of the time. The Essentials of Stuttering Fluency is the effortless flow of speech. There are four

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    The Chieftest Mourner

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    A Literary Analysis of N.V.M. Gonzalez’s “Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories” N.V.M. Gonzalez’s “Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and other stories” is a humble and comely collection of seven short stories that plunges deep into “the private and the public lives” of Filipino women and children bound to see life in a new light as events unfold. The world of the book is‚ as Francisco Arcellana puts it‚ is “the world of Mindoro and Manila: the world of theparaya and the anting-anting and anito-worshiping as

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    Motivational Speech

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    Defining any technical terms that you will be using NEED STEP II. Statement of Need A. Illustration B. Ramifications 1. 2. C. Pointing There are potentially two kinds of needs (your speech uses one of these): * To urge a change-point out what’s wrong with present conditions * To demand preservation of present conditions-point out the danger of a change The Need Step is developed by: * Illustration: Tell of one or more incidents

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    Free speech is simply what is left when many other things are taken out. One of those things is the effect of defamation laws‚ which seek to protect an individual’s reputation. The central problem is to reconcile this purpose with the competing demands of free speech or to put the problem another way (through the eyes of a journalist): "It is really about how far individuals in society should be protected against what they perceive as the excessive power of those — like the press — who can command

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    * Ability of connecting sentences * Intersentential Relationships Discourse Competence  Bachman (1990) REMEMBER Locutionaryact: Performance of an utterance “It’s cold in here.” Illocutionary act: Intended meaning [The windows is open. So I should close it.] Perlocutionary act: Consequences of the utterance (whether intended or not) [Someone closes the window.] * Dialect * Register * Naturalness * Cultural References * Vocabulary * Morphology * Syntax

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    HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (CONTROL & LICENCING) ACT‚ 1966 This act is mainly to control‚ giving license for the business of housing development in Peninsular Malaysia‚ protection of the interest of purchasers and for matters connected herewith. This act was enacted on 1966 and has been revised for the first time on 16 August 1973. There are 7 parts in the act. 1. Part 1 : Preliminary 2. Part 2 : Licensing of Housing Developers 3. Part 3 : Duties of a Licensed Housing Developers 4. Part

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    311 Demonstration Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my demonstration speech on how to make my Perfectly Pipeable Buttercream Frosting I knew that I could have done better. I was worried about timing and got jumbled. In saying this‚ I do not think that my speech was bad. There were things I did well on and some that I did not do so well on. I am moderately okay with the way my speech turned out. I believe that my introduction was possibly the strongest part of my speech because that is where

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    My shield speech went a lot better than I thought. Speaking in front of a crowd creates nerves‚ but I was able to take a deep breath and control my nerves. The pace I developed remained constant and created fluency and clarity for the audience. The longer I was in front of my fellow classmates‚ the more comfortable I became. My practice tactic was simple; practice in front of people I would naturally get nervous in front of. An example of this would be my boyfriend who I practiced in front of twice

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