A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACTS IN THE GENRE HOROSCOPE1 Gabriela BUENO SANTOS 1. Introduction In attempting to express themselves‚ people do not only produce utterances containing grammatical structures and words‚ they perform actions via those utterances. (Yule‚ 1996). That means that when we use language we are not only speaking‚ telling‚ saying or writing something. We are also apologizing‚ complaining‚ complimenting‚ inviting‚ promising or requesting. Speech acts are the actions performed
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1.1. Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” In my opinion‚ this is probably the best album by Kanye West. My opinion is based on the realization that this album includes elements from Kanye’s all previous four albums. It has a soul sampled based production of 2004’s The College Dropout‚ the symphonic sound of Late Registration‚ the gloss of 2007’s Graduation‚ and the emotions and elements of electro music of 2008’s 808s & Heartbreak (EW Staff‚ 2010). Kanye spent $3 million to produce this
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significant feature of many horror stories‚ in “What is the Horror Genre?” the author‚ Sharon A. Russell discusses how there are more effective way to explain the categorization of the horror genre itself. Russell mentions five ways horror can be categorized: suspense‚ setting‚ organization‚ source of horror‚ and theme. The first category‚ suspense‚ talks about how tension is created because of the readers’ knowledge of the horror genre in that they know that the characters always meet something bad
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A brewed cup of coffee has between 80 and 135 mg of caffeine. If you drink two cups of coffee a day you are consuming more than what is medically recommended. In large doses caffeine can cause cardiac problems and respiratory distress. I found this to be very interesting. I do drink a lot of coffee and have never thought that issues I was dealing with were being caused by the caffeine I was drinking. When I stopped drinking coffee in the large quantities I found life improved. I drink coffee to socialize
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Rosarina Garcia Iago and his Evil Road To Fulfill his Fantasy In the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ Iago plays the role of the villain. Due to being insecure and being passed for promotion he creates this fantasy and does whatever he can‚ even goes to extremes to make his fantasy a reality. Throughout the play Iago deceives and manipulates everyone who stands in his way of making his fantasy a reality. Iago uses his intelligence and also trickery to do so. Iago is two-faced throughout
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For this month’s Genre Reflection I read The Tale of Despereaux or should I say the Tail of Despereaux (because he is a mouse). The book is written in four parts as well as a coda. The first three parts are written from a certain character’s perspective and the fourth a culmination of them all. The first book is told from the point of view of the mouse Despereaux. Despereaux is not like other mise. He was born with very large ears as well as his eyes open. He spends most of his days in the castle
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Seven Elements of Fantasy – Below are the seven basic elements of fantasy and a description of each. After reading your chosen book‚ use that information to fill in the blanks from each of the seven elements. If your book does not have one of the elements‚ please list that as well. 1. Magic Magic is the most basic element of fantasy. Magic is that in which charms‚ spells or rituals are used in order to produce a supernatural event. - In the book “The Lightening Thief” by Rick Riordan‚ there
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Literary Genre Literary Genre is the way the author builds or tells the story for the reader. The Literary genre of a text consists of the devices and techniques that impact on the reader’s emotions and thoughts. Exploring the Literary Genre of ‘Casablanca’ by Michael Curtiz. ‘Casablanca’ is a melodrama; a war move that explores of the universal themes of love and sacrifice‚ but when the film was released in 1942‚ audiences viewed it as a political allegory about World War II. Narrator:
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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld‚ and in The Twilight zone episode “Number 12 Looks Just Like You”‚ identity is weakened when it comes to society’s values. In the articles “It’s a Personal Choice” by Dorris Day and “Mannequins Give Shape to a Venezuelan Fantasy” by William Neuman‚ both mention how woman change their appearance in order to fit into society. Individuals feel the need to be accepted by society‚ even if it means changing who they truly are. Today’s society has mirrored images of a conformed
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American literature course can be broken up into time periods and styles of writing. Four very popular styles of writings include the folklore and traditions‚ slave narrative‚ rural‚ and urban living genres that bring about different depictions of African American life. In this paper‚ these four genres will be analyze with themes and dramatizations to further emphasize the point and realness of each excerpt. In the folklore and traditions section of the text used in this course‚ Stagolee‚ on page
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