“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” ― Thomas Mann. Writing is a subject that is different for everyone. In my opinion if I could write about a topic I choose and I am passionate about I know my papers would be interesting to read. On the other hand, I when I am given a topic to write about I think it is harder to make the paper interesting and enjoyable to read. When it comes writing I have a few of struggles that one day I wish I could improve…
language repertoire. One episode in particular, “XYZ PDQ”, peaked my interest, probably because every word and phrase examined in that episode is a word or phrase that I would like to start using. Now, you are probably wondering what on earth this cool radio show is even about. Let me tell you, this radio show answers questions from a all levels of English speakers about what certain words or phrases are supposed to mean. The two show hosts explain the elements of history, culture, and family…
four ways to identify these pre-constructed passages or phrases. The four ways are Dying Metaphors, Operators or verbal false limbs, Pretentious diction, and Meaningless words. Dying Metaphors are prefabricated metaphors that have been used many times in many different contexts. It can also be metaphors that have been switched from their original meaning without the person using them even knowing. An example given by Orwell of such is the phrase “toe the line” is sometimes written as “tow the…
Wordiness Passive voice Misplaced modifier Stylistic inconsistency Question 14 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? Conaster goes on to discuss the famous ill-fated excursion by Adolph Ruth that ended six months later with the discovery of Ruth’s decapitated head. Tense error Usage error Spelling error Apostrophe error Question 15 What word or phrase best characterizes the problem affecting the following passage? With the help of…
the beginning of and end of the word. Because both values occur and their distribution is predictable (the aspirated version always occurs at the end of words), the relationship between /t/ and /tʰ/ is allophonic in nature. None of the words or phrases collected show evidence of consonant clusters with more than 2 elements. This prompted me to hypothesize that there is a contextual constraint in Jordanian Arabic limiting the number of consonants between vowels and/or the beginning/end of words…
dialogue and narration in The Lord of the Flies. Many of the words that he uses have a negative connotation. “Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words” (128). This statement does not seem very pleasing to the reader. If Golding used the the phrase “Simon began to speak” instead, the reader wouldn't feel the same negative emotions. Whenever the novel introduces new people, places, or things, it uses long descriptive sentences. This style helps make a better image on what is going on in…
The poem, “The Fish”, by Elizabeth Bishop focuses on providing a detailed explanation of a fish that the speaker has caught. Throughout the poem, the speaker incorporates her conflicted attitude towards the fish. The poem uses numerous literary devices such as imagery, paradox, diction, and tone to convey the thoughts and feelings behind the speaker’s changing perspective and to show its meaning because although the fish itself means very little literally, it serves as a symbol for the speaker’s…
There are many computational speech production models regarding serial language processing. In these models the stages are independent and information flow is unidirectional/top-down – lemma level processes feed lexeme level processes, but not the other way around. One of the most widely known and discussed speech production models was proposed by Bock & Levelt (1994). This model presented four distinct stages of processing. The process begins at the conceptual stage, a message-level…
Chemical is very general and only have few relation types such as “therapeutic” and “mechanism” instead of phrases. Another similar…
Patriarchy, by definition, is the idea in which men hold a status of power among all and this power is continually passed down through paternal lineage. However, the term “patriarchy” is very loose and often changes regarding the situation at hand. This broad idea of patriarchy is portrayed in the Bible through language such as “he,” “him,” and most importantly, “man” or, “men.” The male powered society can also be viewed in referring to the position of power men played in the culture of Israel…