Katherine Mansfield close reading how to analyse prose fiction Close reading is the most important skill you need for any form of literary studies. It means paying especially close attention to what is printed on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers.
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Билет 7 Basic variants‚ dialects and vernacular of English Dialects are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation‚ vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard English (which is itself a dialect). Dialects can be usefully defined as "sub-forms of languages which are‚ in general‚ mutually comprehensible".[1] British linguists distinguish dialect from accent‚ which refers only to pronunciation. Thus‚ any educated English speaker can use the vocabulary and grammar of Standard
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The United Kingdom (UK) consists of England‚ Wales‚ Scotland (who together make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. The UK’s geography is varied‚ and includes cliffs along some coastlines‚ highlands and lowlands and many islands off the coast of Scotland. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland which reaches a height of 1 344m. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The main chamber of parliament is the lower house‚ the House of Commons‚ which has
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Thatcher: Old Workman: the thatcher described from outside the mason speaks for himself Heaney accents strangeness and skill Hardy emphasises endurance Although methodical‚ there is a touch of the magical to the thatcher. We appreciate the mason’s humanity and kindness‚ rather than his skill. Similarities and differences in the poets’ attitudes and the candidates’ personal preference: What each poem is about: Thatcher • A description of a local workman: his manner‚ equipment
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Citizen Army was established by James Connolly and labour unions‚ to protect strikers from violence during the 1913 Lockout. The Irish Volunteers were created in the same year‚ by the IRB and other nationalists‚ in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers‚ a loyalist body pledged to oppose Home Rule by force. An organizer of considerable intelligence‚ Collins had become highly respected in the IRB. This led to his appointment as financial advisor to Count Plunkett‚ father of one of the
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Writing in 1782‚ J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur tried to define "the American‚ this new man." He was‚ Crèvecoeur argued‚ "neither a European nor a descendant of a European" but an "American‚ who‚ leaving behind all his ancient prejudices and manners‚ receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values
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wine merchant. After probably spending many of his childhood days in London’s Vintry‚ his father did not send him to apprenticeship school‚ but rather to the aristocratic house of the countess of Ulster. There he trained as a page and learned the mannerisms and skills of the ruling class. He continued to be
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[pic] Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the British Parliament who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected as a member of the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner candidate. His
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ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH 1558 - 1603 Outline of Key Dates Events in England… 1536 1. The Pilgrimage of Grace 1543 - Scots forced to accept the Treaty of Greenwich 1541 - Henry VIII declared King of Ireland by Act of Parliament 1547 - Henry VIII died: Ascension of Edward VI - Lord Somerset becomes Lord Protector 1549 - First Act of Uniformity 2. Kett Rebellion 3. The Prayer Book Rebellion - Somerset overthrown as Lord Protector; Warwick
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the machine to malfunction and be dangerous to its operators. If Sally contradicts her boss‚ in form to the client she knows it will be the end of her career with that company – a well paid job that she enjoys. What should she do?’2 University of Ulster (2009). In the scenario sally face an ethical dilemma between principle and consequence. In a matter of principle the ethical theory of deontology can be used‚ where Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) in an essay stated that it is one’s moral duty to tell
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