Why not use Standard English all the time? Standard English is a powerful tool that one can take and use from the arsenal of English Language; it is the benchmark that other “varieties” of English measure itself against and also allows us to form effective communication between communities and people that have different ways of speaking. The other “varieties” of English all fall under the category of nonstandard English‚ which is defined as “not conforming in pronunciation‚ grammatical construction
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Response Paper on Black Elk Speaks BB Nicholas Black Elk‚ Lakota visionary and healer communicates his painful conclusion to John G. Neihardt at the end of his interviews in the following way: “[…]The nation’s hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer‚ and the sacred tree is dead”(207). After he narrates the unspeakable tragedy of his nation‚ the concluding lines mark the tragic end of a personal life and that of a national
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perceive when good students sometimes fail a course. So‚ need to look the reasons behind the failure of good students. Why they fail a course? There are several reasons why good students sometimes fail a course. Here are just a few. Many good students fail a course because of lack of motivation. Motivation keeps a student from giving up when he/she faced with difficulties. Lack of motivation further leads to lack of interest‚ lazy‚ unprepared for the course. For example‚ if a student opt a course without
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What are stylistic devices? In literature and writing‚ a figure of speech (also called stylistic device or rhetorical device) is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning‚ idea‚ or feeling. Sometimes a word diverges from its normal meaning‚ or a phrase has a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. Alliteration
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Why So Few Students Read Newspapers? Do you read newspapers every day? Do you like to read newspapers? When I interviewed some students from Saint Louis University‚ most of students said no. Why do so few students read newspapers? Some interviewers told me that they prefer to read novels‚ magazines‚ books‚ Twitters‚ and Facebook news instead of reading newspapers. Some students said they did not have enough time to read a whole newspaper. In addition‚ some students even said that they did
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is not upon technical skills‚ but rather the interpretive‚ analytic and judgement skills required to understand what accounting means‚ and how accounting provides valuable information to managers. The Telfer MBA distinguishes itself by training students to Lead High Performance Organizations. One of the critical components of high organisational performance is the extent to which employees can understand and integrate business functions in terms of their alignment with organisational strategy
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination is a 500 item multiple exam to test the basic nursing level of competency which consider the objectives of the nursing curriculum‚ the broad areas of nursing and other related disciplines and competencies. NLE is held every June and December annually in various public schools throughout the Philippines. Room assignment for the exam is posted outside the Professional Regulation Commission at least three days before exam. At the time
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WHY SHOULD STUDENTS BE PENALIZED FOR POOR ATTENDANCE? Why should I be penalized for not showing up to class? This common question is heard every semester in almost every course. Students are always questioning why a professor should have the power to penalize them for not attending class‚ but there are reasons. The first one is that if you sign up for that particular class they expect you to attend and do the work‚ be punctual and have responsibility. Another fundamental thought of reasoning
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freely rewarded by the Jefferson townspeople. However‚ when Emily refuses to abide by the rules of the town‚ she falls below the town’s expectations of a person of her status‚ and tension is created among the townspeople. Therefore‚ in William Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily‚” Emily Grierson becomes a fallen monument for the people of Jefferson. Another time that Emily falls below the Jeffersonians’ expectations occurs when she refuses to pay her overdue property taxes. After her father’s death‚ Colonel
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Cortez Orsini Gonzalez English_101_ODC 29 September‚ 2014 Summary Why Colleges shower their students with A’s In “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s” by Brent Staples‚ some of the most interesting things that I noticed in the essay was the topic of how colleges are issuing more and more A’s due to an increasing consumer demand and a stiff competition from competitors. Staples states‚ “Some departments shower students with A’s to fill poorly attended courses that might otherwise be canceled
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