journeys are a really important aspects to all of our lives because they apply to everybody‚ once a journey starts you cant escape it‚ all journeys big and small can be unpredictable but all have a positive aspect of being a learning experience. Today’s speech will focus on imaginative journeys and how I have used three different perspectives to develop the concept of a journey. Imagination refers to a persons mind forming images or concepts of external objects not immediately present to the senses or
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A very noble quote by Benjamin Franklin says “Those who would give up essential Liberty‚ to purchase a little temporary Safety‚ deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” (Franklin‚ B. (n.d.). Speech.) After all‚ if the safety is genuinely that essential‚ how could we give it up just to get a little temporary something else; Liberty? Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views. (Johnson‚ S. (1831)
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9 Parts of Speech 1) Verb-is a word that conveys action a) Action verbs – Sheryl throws the ball. b) Being/Linking – Sheryl is an intelligent woman. Max seemed very nervous. Hot chocolate taste good. c) Helping verb- Margaret did say that we’d leave at 9:30 be‚ have‚ do‚ may‚ must‚ can‚ could‚ would‚ should 2) Pronoun-is a pro form that substitutes for a noun a) I-am‚ we-are‚ you(s)-are‚ you (p)-are‚ he/she/it-is‚ they- are b) Antecedent- the word that the pronoun refers to The carpenter
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20 figures of speech 1. Alliteration Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around august. Eric’s eagle eats eggs‚ enjoying each episode of eating. 2. Anastrophe "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country "Arms that wrap about a shawl." 3. Anaphora Five years have passed;Five summers‚ with the length ofFive long winters! and again I hear these waters... Tears‚ idle tears‚ I know not what they mean‚Tears from the depth of some divine
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Topic: Name: Date: Chapter One: Parts of Class: Period: speech‚ Adjectives and Verbs The adjective A word used to modify a noun or pronoun; to “modify” means to describe a word or make its meaning more definite • What kind? “gray skies” • Which one? “those girls;” “either way” • How many? “fewer hours” Demonstrative • This‚ that‚ these‚ and those can be adjectives used both as adjectives and as pronouns • When they modify nouns or pronouns‚ they are called “demonstrative adjectives‚” but when they
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Grammatical Categories of Speech The main grammatical categories are Determiner‚ Auxiliary‚ Coordinator‚ and Complementizer. As also mentioned above‚ it is hard to define grammatical categories in terms of meaning because they have very little. Their function is to make the lexical categories fit together. • Determiner (D) The determiner category includes the articles a(n) and the‚ as well as demonstratives‚ possessive pronouns‚ possessive nouns‚ some quantifiers‚ some interrogatives‚ and
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Pronunciation of Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun
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ASR - Automatic Speech Recognition Automatic speech recognition transformations of acoustic micro structure of speech signal into its implicit phonetic macro-structure. In other words‚ a speech recognition system is a speech-to-text conversion wherein the output of the system displays text corresponding to the recognized speech. Typology of ASR systems Several ASR systems can be developed‚ depending on: • Speaker-dependent vs. independent • Language constraints: o Isolated
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Olga Prisich Informative Speech Siberia: breaking stereotypes. Thesis statement: Today we will explore the fact about Siberia: its role in the history of Russia as a penal colony‚ weather conditions‚ infrastructure‚ and population. Introduction: For me it has always been interesting to know what people think when I mention the name of a place I came from‚ “Siberia”. Usually‚ “Siberia” invokes mental images of a vast wasteland‚ extreme cold and ice fields. It is extremely difficult to get there
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CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………....................3 Chapter 1: Speech Act Theory…………………………………...................5 Chapter 2: Indirect Speech Acts in English………………........................10 Conclusion…………………………………………..………................…..15 References……………………………………………..………...................17 INTRODUCTION Language is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. It is the main tool used to transmit messages‚ to communicate ideas‚ thoughts and opinions. It situates us in the
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