“I should probably tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (99). In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda is a freshman in highschool who struggles to escape the traumatizing past of being raped by a popular senior‚ Andy Evans. Because of her painful memories Melinda would circumvent Andy all year‚ experiencing bullying‚ rejection‚ and social isolation along the way. The essence of this story illustrates Melinda’s transformation from being silent and
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the nation to adopt English as the official language of the company and taking into account the economic importance of Brazil as a developing country‚ the dominance of English has become synonymous with survival and integration global. Learning English opens doors for personal‚ professional and cultural. The market is now considered a basic requirement at the time of hiring the candidate to master English. Often the knowledge of English‚ a salary of up to 70% higher. English skills have become essential
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Koeller 1 ESL 118 Prof. Shields April 7‚ 2014 Final Draft An image that speaks Some photos never leave one’s memory. The photo that I choose for this essay is one such photo. It is the Pulitzer prize-winning photograph taken in 1994 in Sudan by Kevin Carter during the Sudan famine depicting a child about to die of starvation
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High school is supposed to be a fun‚ new‚ and exciting experience. The novel Speak is about a social outcast named Melinda and her struggles to fit in in high school. She doesn’t have any true friends because no one stays around long enough to hear her story. The book is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Throughout the novel Melinda shows her emotional discomfort through actions instead of speaking out. In the end she speaks up for herself and she finds a happier state of being. In the beginning
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with instructional strategies to code switch. The two students discussed in the case study‚ Demain and Josiah are both native speakers of the African American English dialect‚ known in Charleston as the Sea Island Dialect. The researchers wanted to provide the students with strategies to code switch between the Island Dialect and Standard English. Demain and Josiah failed the SCEE more than once‚ so the researches
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Reflective Personality The novel Speak is about a girl named Melinda. She is very shy and timid throughout the story but that is only because she had gotten raped at a party over the summer. She called the cops because of what had happened so for calling the cops everyone hated her and wouldn’t talk to her‚ even her best friends. A main part or motif of the story is mirrors. Every time Melinda looks in a mirror or a reflective object it reflects on how she is feeling about herself that part of
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For English homework‚ I read a passage called “Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public” which the title portrays the main objective of the article. The writer explains why she and her family‚ outside of their home‚ speak in their native language‚ Spanish. She illustrates her background and culture and takes pride in her heritage by defending her right to speak Spanish in America. This article was very passionate which caused me to be compelled by the words she spoke. I loved the way to which the
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People experience symbolism every day. When you think of clouds‚ dreary or sad days come to mind‚ when you think of sunsets many people would think of the end or conclusion. In the book Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ almost everything Melinda does gives a deeper meaning. They may all seem like normal everyday things but sometimes it’s essential to read between the lines. Some of the many ways she uses symbolization include the dissection of the frog in biology‚ the way Melinda draws her trees and when
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I chose English because I was interested in it since I was in primary school. I always hoped to score A’s in English. In order to improve my English‚ my mother started to speak English with me since I was six years old. My English improved as I spoke more and more. Before I attended Structure and Grammar of English 1‚ I thought that Grammar was as easy as what I had learnt during primary and secondary schools. After I attended the first class‚ I knew that I had much more things to cope with.
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Learning English A lot of international students come to America to learn English. Learning English is important because it is the most common language in the world. Almost 60% people in the world use English regularly. Learning English is very important because it improves one’s chance of getting a good job‚ helps one communicate in foreign countries‚ and broadens one’s social networking. First‚ learning English improves the chance of getting a good job. Companies which deal with international
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