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    genesis that critically questions every thought included and excluded‚ each word used to express those thoughts‚ and the proportions and arrangements of those thoughts — both in the original and in the précis. In its exaction it mercilessly reveals an author’s wordiness and looseness or thinness of thought and construction. It should strengthen our style‚ our sense of proportion and emphasis‚ and our sensitivity to word meanings and an author’s viewpoint‚ Four main pillars of Précis 1. Simple

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    caused that people felt the need to bridge the communication gap. Because they had no common language they started use limited or a simplified forms of the language that is called a pidgin. This type of language omitted complicated grammar‚ used fewer words of areas of common interest. Although‚ it is a language with its own linguistic system‚ there must be said that nobody speaks a pidgin as their first language. Pidgin language is a blend of the vocabulary of one major language with the grammar with

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    References: skilled students are at grammar‚ communication will cease without the words to convey meaning (McCarthy‚ 1990) O‟Dell (1997‚ cited in Milton‚ 2009) states that‚ throughout the 1970s and 1980s‚ vocabulary and lexis are absent from main books on the syllabus and theory of language vocabulary acquisition could take care of itself

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    each word throughout a sentence or a phrase. In the Case for marriage by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher the authors use alliteration by saying "the mass move of married mothers" and they also say "promise of performance." Alliteration is also used in Forget Prince Charming by June Callwood‚ she says "first fiery intensity" by using alliteration‚ the reader becomes more drawn to the topic because the author uses intriguing words. Connotation is the tone or emotional association that a word has

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    I found my vocabulary is not rich. When I read an article‚ I always can’t understand the meaning of a sentence if there are lots of new words or idioms in it. Therefore‚ it is easy for me to misunderstand the real intention of this whole essay. And then‚ it is always happen to me that when I finish reading a paper‚ I couldn’t remember all the things in the article‚ my mind become blank after reading. To read is an easy task‚ but to comprehend is not as simple as reading. And the most terrible thing

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    experience. Before he or she submits the letter‚ your friend asked you to check his or her letter. However‚ upon reading the letter‚ you find out that there are lots of inappropriate words used. Directions: Look for the words and sentences that made the letter to have a lack of sense. Revise and edit the letter for word choice and variety in sentence structure. Change the tenses‚ add‚ delete‚ or change some

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    Analysis of Marrysong

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    structured and unstructured parts‚ as well as formal and informal writing. He uses different types of language uses to relate the poem to love. The sentence “He Charted”‚ gives the feel that the whole poem is a metaphor through the meaning of the word charted‚ which is mapped. This therefore gives the effect that the whole poem is a map. The poem is about a marriage‚ which makes you feel that it is a map to the poet’s wife. A marriage is something you do when you love someone‚ and someone that you

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    Diction is the author’s word choice. It is very important because it strengthens the description of something or someone. In The White Heron Jewett it helps contrast between the huge tree and the small girl. Words that was used to describe Sylvia in the story was “little‚” “small‚” “clumsy‚” “bare feet‚” “weak creature” and “Harmless housebreaker.” All of these are words chosen by Jewett that describes the character of Sylvia. It strengthens the characterization of Sylvia. Those words mostly are showing

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    Argumentative Essay The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion‚ theory‚ hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others’. The art of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an opinion‚ one can argue it successfully‚ and these folks are always surprised when others don’t agree with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming reasons

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    The Art of Talking

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    another and have no idea why there is a connection to Language Style Matching. This is when two people use similar words or phrases‚ such as nouns‚ pronouns‚ and prepositions (Bowers‚ 2010). I personally believe this to be true because I know of a couple that was very much in love and I noticed how they talked very similar. Even when they were apart they used the same common phrases and words. I would listen to them talk to each other and I noticed a speech pattern and tone of voice they used with each

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