ALASKA THE LAST FRONTIER By William P. Ancker (From English Teaching Forum‚ July 2002) Describing Alaska requires the use of superlatives: biggest‚ tallest‚ longest‚ most‚ and even fewest. Here are some of the notable features of the 49th state of the United States: Alaska has the tallest mountain in the country‚ Mt. McKinley (also called Denali) at 6‚194 meters (20‚320 feet). McKinley is not very tall by the standards of the Himalayas‚ Karakoram‚ or Andes‚ but it is the tallest mountain
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Freedom of Speech The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 and put into effect in 1789. The first amendment was put into place in 1791 as a part of the Bill of Rights. The first amendment of the Bill of rights ensures individuals freedoms of religion‚ speech‚ the press‚ and right to assemble. Freedom of speech will allow individuals to express their ideas freely. In the early 16th century individuals were taken to prison for speaking their minds and sometimes this penalty was punishable
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& CULTURE The Informative Speech Assignment Only upon approval of your research from Mrs. Cluff will you be able to continue on to the stages below. Stage 1: Informative Speech Outline (see page three below) completed during preparation time and due in class the day of your presentation. Stage 2: Informative Speech Presentations due on your presentation day (email list of dates of students’ presentation will be sent by email). Stage 3: Final Informative Speech Paper due immediately after
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Speech Communities Language is both an individual possession and a social possession. We would expect‚ therefore‚ that certain individuals would behave linguistically like other individuals: they might be said to speak the same language or the same dialect or the same variety‚ i.e.‚ to employ the same code‚ and in that respect to be members of the same speech community‚ a term probably derived from the German Sprachgemeinschaft. Indeed‚ much work in sociolinguistics is based on the assumption that
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This paper will address some of the issues surrounding hate speech and its regulation. I will explain both Andrew Altman and Jonathan Rauch’s positions in the first two sections. The third section will be on what Altman might say to Rauch’s opposite views. I will then discuss my view that hate speech should never be regulated under any circumstance especially in the name of protecting someone’s psychology‚ feelings‚ or insecurities like Altman prescribes. In the end‚ I will conclude that we should
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freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (Funk & Wagnalls 162). This Amendment guarantees each person of free speech. Does this mean that a person can stand in the middle of the street and yell anything he wants? No‚ society‚ even though it cherishes freedom of speech‚ does give this freedom certain restrictions. Why does society find it necessary to restrict freedom of speech? Does this
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Hate Speech Hate speech is a form of communication that discriminates against one person or one group. “Hate speech is a term for speech intended to degrade‚ intimidate‚ or incite violence or prejudicial action against someone based on race‚ ethnicity‚ national origin‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability. The term covers written as well as oral communication.” (USA Education Guides). In many countries‚ the right to free speech is guaranteed under the constitution‚ however‚ it is a right
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Freedom of Speech The First Amendment for America was built on freedom. The freedom to speak‚ freedom to choose‚ freedom to worship‚ and freedom to do just about anything you want within the law. The first amendment was designed to protect each race. Out of all of our rights‚ freedom of speech is should be the most cherished‚ and one of the most talked about subjects. Freedom of speech should be utilized‚ because
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Speech Recognition 1. Introduction Speech is the vocalized form of human Harvery Fletcher and Homer Dudley communication. It is based upon the firmly established the importance of the syntactic combination of lexicals and signal spectrum for reliable identification names that are drawn from very large of the phonetic nature of a speech sound. (usually about 10‚000 different words) Following the convention established by vocabularies. Each spoken word is these two
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FIGURES OF SPEECH 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. ways 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH y y A figure of speech is a use of a word that h diverges d f from its normall meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning n t based not b s d on n the th literal lit l meaning m nin of f the th words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification
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