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Tia Reid’s Reflection Essay Of English 102 In English 102 is a more in depth develop course on intermediate writer style, presentation, perspective, and writing mechanics. On the first day of English 102, I looked to my right. I looked to my left. I looked to the front and the back of the class. All the students were present because there was not a single seat available. Midway through the semester there was more and more seats open. I asked myself was this course intense and difficult? Even…

In discourse analysis a distinction is often made between spoken and written discourse. Although there are typical differences between the two, Analysis of both modes encounters the problem of representing relevant context. Differences between oral and written language have specific applicability to many types of practical linguistic works, each style has its own characteristics; they are different text types and consequently different discourses. Therefore, it is not wise to choose both of…

logic Ethos to the credibility of the author, and Pathos to the emotion of the audience. She refrains from Ethos since she has as she said in lines 2-3“except that of the weakest on the strongest” and in lines 4-5 “and as named itself little among English poets is unknown to your Majesty”. Thus she can not use Ethos, and Pathos would not fit into the context of the letter. The reason being that she said in lines 20-22 of her relationship with Hugo “I have no personal knowledge of this man; I…

To be Mad or Not to be Mad? That is the Question. Have you ever thought of yourself as a tragic hero? A tragic hero a great character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for defeat. “ According to the critic, a tragic hero has three prominent characteristics: (1) a will-power that surpasses that of average people, (2) an exceptionally intense power of feel- ing, and (3) and unusually high level of intelli- gence.”(George Detmold 219) With being a tragic hero, come a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw…

Voyage to Brobdingnag, A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan, A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms”. By the way, the first and last part is extremely important in the whole story, because it should be satirizing on English government and society. Even through part two and three were just not plentiful as first and last parts, but it’s still a main part in the story, just like the transition part on this whole story. In the first trip to Lilliput, I think the war…

the business model. The modification allowed 1200 titles to be displayed on the racks and another 5000 stored in the van (Mobile Book debut in Malaysia, 2014). They get the book supplied by the publisher and resold by them. They pick the Malay and English title book carefully because the books with constructive content that conform with the societal norms and helps in mastering the languages. Schools, higher education, institutions and sales carnivals throughout the Klang Valley are the target…

and English. Most Singaporean citizens speak at least two languages. English is used in schools, and students learn another language in school. The language they learn is one of their mother tongue that corresponds to their race. Some students can also learn a third language in school. The Singapore national anthem is “Majulah Singapura”, which, in Malay, means onward Singapore. The whole Singapore national anthem is in Malay. The main language used in Singapore is English. British English is…

expression, while they do their best to speak a public language such as English. However, Espada explains that educators often mistrust bilingual speakers in his poem The New Bathroom Policy: “The boys chatter Spanish/ in the bathroom/ while the principal/ listens from his stall/ The only word he recognizes/ is his own name/ and this constipates him/ So he decides/ to ban Spanish/ in the bathrooms/ Now he can relax” (9). Paranoid English speakers fear the domination of foreign languages, and…

the original meaning and is clear and differential to other potential meanings in the same language, there already exists a term for it: that foreign term. To say “wati” as opposed to a formula is not confusing. Wati has no connotations in the English language and so if one is diligent in its description it will preserve its meaning and, as opposed to any translations of it, will not carry any pre-existing linguistic biases. More than this, it removes confusion that arises from such formulas…

In the book Lincoln at Gettysburg, Garry Wills makes note of, "It would be wrong to think that Lincoln moved toward the plain style of the Address just by writing shorter, simpler sentences. Actually, that Address ends with a very long sentence--- eighty-three words” (Wills 157). If someone were to read an over extensive sentence, most individuals wouldn’t recall half of what was said. With knowledge of this, Lincoln started his speech off with short and simple sentences and as the address…