Background Communication can be a tricky business‚ especially when the listener and speaker are from different linguistic backgrounds. There are pitfalls aplenty with poor word choice and improper inflection‚ and there are numerous reasons a student has difficulty reproducing the sounds of English correctly. Perhaps pronunciation had little focus in previous classes‚ or maybe the student has never had any formal language instruction. Even students with significant educational experience can have
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General information The way Australians talk is peppered with many words that are unique to our version of English. The history of Australian English starts with kangaroo (1770) and Captain James Cook’s glossary of local words used in negotiations with the Endeavour River tribes. The language was pidgin. Australian English- is a major variety of the English language and is used throughout Australia. Although English has no official status in the Constitution‚ Australian English is Australia
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“The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” By Sir Walter Raleigh Summary: “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is Sir Walter Raleigh’s response to a poem written by Christopher Marlowe‚ “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” In the Marlowe poem‚ the shepherd proposes to his beloved by portraying their ideal future together: a life filled with earthly pleasures in a world of eternal spring. Raleigh’s reply‚ however‚ debunks the shepherd’s fanciful vision. While Marlowe’s speaker promises nature’s beauty and
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Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ and thank you for the opportunity to discuss my favourite poems by W.H Auden‚ although ‘Lullaby’ was written in the 1940’s‚ Auden is widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century‚ this must mean something. It is understandable if at this point in time your eyes have just rolled to the back of your head‚ with your head dropping at the thought of listening to another British poem from the same era as every other presentation. But it might
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in this domain especially due to his sonnets. The sonnets written by Shakespeare generally follow the path opened by Petrarch in this literary genre two centuries before.These are actually poem forms consisting of 14 lines‚ each with 10 stressed and unstressed syllables known as iambic pentameter‚ with a set rhyme scheme of: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. The rhymes may be ear-rhymes or eye-rhymes: an ear-rhyme is one that rhymes in sound‚ e.g. "soul" and "control"; an eye-rhyme is one that rhymes
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the perfect style that suits his poem “Titanic”‚ in which he more assured in his message. Additionally‚ Slavitt did not mixed his poem “Titanic” with any type of rhyming. Moreover‚ David R. Slavitt amplified his patterns of rhythm by using stressed and unstressed syllables throughout the poem. He composed the poem in an Iambic pattern‚ in order to make it sound like an ordinarily conversation. The meter‚ rhythm‚ and organization of the poem “Titanic” helps Slavitt in strengthening his purpose for the
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the plain style. REVIEW SKILLS As you read “Upon the Burning of Our House‚” notice the way the following literary devices are used. RHYME The repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all syllables following. METER A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Make It Plain In the left column of the chart below are two descriptions of everyday objects written in an ornate style. Rewrite each description in plain style_as a Puritan might have. Copyright © by Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston
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September 1913: - Expresses Yeats’ frustration over how violence is not the way forward‚ however peaceful Ireland is ‘with O’Leary in the grave’ and all that is left is violence. - Significant date‚ general strike where workers were shut out of factories as their employers did not want to acquiesce to better working conditions / wages - Materialism infected merchant’s minds Form: - Ballad‚ has a clear chorus - Popular form in Irish Culture - One of Yeats’ most sarcastic poems‚ he chooses
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Shakespeare uses vivid and powerful forms of imagery to let the audience visualize the setting. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a strong woman who is attracted to power and would do anything to be in control; she is anything but an elegant and sensitive woman. After the bloodshed begins‚ however‚ Lady Macbeth falls an easy prey to insanity and guilt. Her soliloquy (5.1.24-30) shows her decline into madness when she says‚“out damned spot...” There are many examples of visual and aural imagery throughout
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In late 2003 at Georgia State University‚ a group of five boys joined together in a band that would soon be a popular face in the world of pop punk: Cartel. The members‚ Will Pugh‚ Ryan Roberts (former)‚ Andy Lee (former)‚ Joseph Pepper‚ and Kevin Sanders‚ all graduated from Heritage High School in Conyers‚ Georgia. In college‚ they had all been in their own separate bands but could tell they were going nowhere. So‚ they decided to create "a super group that comes together to make awesome music"
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