WORDS How has Golding used silence and language to enhance the story? Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies ’ is a novel where silence and language is used as a medium to communicate among the boys on the island. Language is used as a form of civilization but as the days go by the language starts to depreciate person by person along with the need of civilization. Language and silence are also used to foretell future events in the novel. ‘The conch was silent.’ Here Golding uses irony
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The Use of Manipulative Language in Politics: A Short Term Research Paper Everything English has ever stood for will be forgotten as time passes. Specific words like “acquisition” and “thereafter” will fade away into nothingness as English evolves into a melee of words that had completely different meanings only fifty years ago. “Stuff” use to be a verb that meant to pack something. “Cool” use to be a describer of temperature or disposition. “Awesome”
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Second Language Acquisition: Sociocultural or Cognitive or both? by Shane Tholen Introduction How do people best learn‚ acquire and make use of a second language? Researchers and theorists in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have had a relatively short history of grappling with this question. Indeed‚ the answer to the above question has led to considerable classroom and field research as theorists have sought to support behavioral‚ humanistic‚ cognitive linguistic and‚
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cackles – groups – clans) of ………. to ……….. animals. {Or ( It is a loner animal that doesn’t like to live in groups.)} The strongest (female-male) is the leader of the group. So‚ It leads them for their hunt or fighting. First of all‚ this animal uses different sounds to communicate together. For example‚ It moans to show it is unhappy. It sometimes howls to keep the group together. It usually trumpets when it is frightened or in danger. It also groans to warn its group of danger saying "Danger
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Language is a crucial part of the heritage of any community that shapes and builds its identity. Therefore its existence needs to be valued and preserved as we do with the cultural and environmental heritage of a region. As there are between 5‚000 and 7‚000 languages in the world and only about 200 independent states‚ multilingualism seems to be a very common phenomenon. On the other hand‚ the governments of many countries give official recognition to only one or some of the languages spoken in the
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he uses figurative language throughout his poem. The use of figurative language like personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile makes the reader have a more vivid experience while reading the poem. In the poem Birches‚ the writer uses personification in the next sentence “they click upon themselves as the breeze rises” (line 7 and 8). Mr. Frost explains that when there is a strong breeze the birches click with each other and it moves them up and down and eventually for a moment they touch each other
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This clever use of figurative language continues when Adichie describes Ginika after a dialogue exchange‚ “There was a metallic‚ unfamiliar glamour in her gauntness‚ her olive skin‚ her short skirt that had risen up‚ barely covering her crotch‚ her straight-straight hair that she kept tucking behind her ears‚ blonde streaks shiny in the sunlight” (150). This sentence‚ as long and detailed as it is‚ gave me an idea of who Ginika had transformed into: an immigrant like Ifemelu‚ but one that had adapted
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maintain some habits that can affect their health either positively or negatively‚ and this represents the accumulation of changes in a person over time. There are several factors that can contribute to the process of ageing; there are also ways to slow it down. How and why ageing occurs are all under the guideline of DNA. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a complex molecule which consists of two strands coiled together to form a double helix. Nucleotides serve as the monomers of each two of the DNA strands
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attraction awaits. Alas‚ the Pirates of the Caribbean. As we enter the ride‚ a scent that is memorable and everlasting overcomes my senses. It is difficult to describe; however‚ I would say it is a musty‚ sweet‚ and wet smell. Sounds gross right? Until you smell if for yourself you will never truly appreciate it. Moving along through each attraction‚ I can hear The Little Mermaid’s Under the Sea‚ and look up to see a gigantic crab making its way through the park with the rest of the parade. The loud
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by William Blake is about curiosity and asks where we came from and who made us who we are. William Blake was a very serious writer‚ but he still included diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery. All of these together created the author’s reflective tone. Blake used a lot of figurative language throughout the poem. When he said‚ ?What the hammer?? he was not actually asking what made us the way we are. Another example was when he asked‚ ?On what wings dare he aspire?? he doesn
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