I choose the essay ‘In Praise of the Humble Comma’ for our book Refining Reading Writing. This essay mainly talked about the punctuation. The author lists the variety meaning and usage of different punctuation in different cultures and languages. In the essay‚ author provides many examples to show punctuation to us. In paragraph 4‚ there’s an example I quote is “the hot-blooded Spaniard seems to be revealed in the passion and urgency of his doubled exclamation points and question marks (“¡Caramba
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First Summary The creature wanted Victor to create another like creation like him‚ but for the creation to be female. The creature was demanding saying that it was Victor’s right as his creator. Victor was thinking it over when the creature first started but then angered when he said it was Victor’s right as his creator. So Victor refused and stated that no torture would make him do it. Victor thought that one creature was bad enough with two the world could be destroyed. The creature said that
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Polina Goldman ANTH 1000 MW 12.50 In his paper "To give up on words" K.H. Basso tells us about the study of Western Apache culture that was conducted in east-central Arizona in 1964-69. This work was devoted to exploring the reasons of refusal to speak and maintaining silence among American Indians. Athtor uses the testimony type of evidence to support his claims calling actual witnesses "informants". The research showed that depending on the different social roles and various circumstances
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Desiderius Erasmus’ The Praise of Folly Firstly written for private circulation‚ the Praise of Folly‚ by Desiderius Erasmus‚ describes the abuses and follies of the various classes of society‚ but especially the ones from the church. It is a cold inspiration‚ deliberate attempt to discredit the church‚ and its satire and harsh comment on ecclesiastical conditions were so repetitive that a reader can easily realize that the main purpose of Erasmus writing this masterpiece was
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Eve‚ Mary-mother of Jesus‚ and Mary Magdalene are all prominent characters in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and to some extent are mentioned in the Quran. Regardless of whether or not a person believes these women really existed as portrayed within these religious texts‚ they had and still have a major impact on societal views towards women today. For women to be truly liberated and treated as equals to men requires the circumvention of conventional patriarchal‚ anti-feminist interpretations and
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Analysis of Fighting Words In this analysis‚ I’m analyzing From Fighting Words by Richard Wright. As I read the story‚ I saw that Wright has no clear thesis‚ but as I read I noticed that the story gave me ideas. During my reading‚ I saw that Wright has a lot of themes‚ and symbols‚ and causes and effect. To start off‚ a literary device that Richard wright uses is theme. In Fighting words‚ he does not just use one theme he uses multiple themes. One of his theme that he uses is that you have to work
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anything negative. Sometimes‚ people speak out against injustice and change happens immediately. Other times‚ they cannot see the ripple effect their actions may have on future generations. Chief Joseph was unable to see the results of his speech. In “Words Do Not Pay” Chief Joseph took a stand for equal rights between men. “Too many misrepresentations have been made‚ too many misunderstandings have come up between the white men about the
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attitudes to language ANALYTICAL In my short story entitled‚ ‘Words Haunt Me‚’ the language registers and variations in the short story as well as attitudes to language and communicative behaviour of the characters will be discussed. Throughout the story‚ an intimate register was used between Romain and Rae-Ann. This is because they are very comfortable with each other. Additionally‚ it is the language marked by specialized words and expressions as seen when Rae-Ann says “It’s going to be alright
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a literary masterpiece was started in the mind of a woman who endured traumatic experiences by being taken captive by hostile Indians. Mary Rowlandson made history by writing a testament of her unfortunate events that took place during her eighty three days of captivity. This literary piece is known as “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”. This story was a personal recollection of Rowlandson’s life as a prisoner of war‚ taken captive by the Algonquians during
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been possible without the support of my group members‚ my classmates‚ Sherry Turkle‚ Professor Mahaffey‚ and UNC Charlotte. My group members and my fellow classmates have peer reviewed all of my sources and summaries. To Duane‚ Jason‚ and Nicole- Thank you for being patient with me and giving me all of the help I needed to make my paper better. They have gave helpful and valuable feedback for better improvement on my paper. Sherry Turkle has given relevant information in Reclaiming Conversation and
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