Interjections

Effective Use of Point of View in Harry Chapin’s “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” In Harry Chapin’s 1974 release of “30,000 Pounds of Bananas” on his Verities & Balderdash album, Chapin employs the use of a first person perspective with the focus on a different subject quite effectively to describe clearly to the listener such things as plot, character traits, and setting. The song depicts an inexperienced semi-truck driver’s death in a crash while hauling 30,000 pounds of bananas to Scranton,…

Stuttering is a speech disorder that involves significant problems with the normal fluency of speech. Fluency is a component of speech production that “refers to the smoothness, rate, and effort of speech” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, p. 1). Stuttering is an interruption in the flow of speaking in which “sounds, syllables, or words are repeated or prolonged, disrupting the rate and rhythm of speech” (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2014, p. 1).…

“Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” This interjection by Al Michaels during the 1980 Winter Olympics became the most notorious and memorable phrase in sports as the United States hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union. As the United States claimed victory, Al Michaels gave viewers a sense of miraculous emotion that has lingered in the minds of sports fans for decades. This emotion is a necessity that all adroit commentators possess. Although many analysts express emotion and cite…

As I step outside the door and plug in my earphones my thumbs automatically scroll through my playlist in search of the theme song to the latest musical, the Greatest Showman. The beats kick in, my steps quickly match, and I’m off to start my day feeling cheerful and prepared. Its songs are full of power and determination. For instance, the song “This Is Me” has lyrics “And I’m marching on to the beat I drum, I’m not scared to be seen, I make no apologies, this is me”. I choose this bold song…

would comment all around fifteen times each. An impressive display or legal oral arguing, everyone was intellectual prepared and lucidly succinct. Justice Ruth Ginsberg was less than the best orator and Justice Kagan was often confusing with here interjections of hypotheticals. Concluding by the deciding announcement on April 29th 2013 by Justice Alito. Alito’s decision presented was short, concise not surprising. Yet, absent of the Rhode Island minor who had his child support delayed as this…

produced the least frequently were audible sound prolongations and sound repetitions. The most frequently used non-stuttering like disfluencies were unfinished words and revisions in both languages. The least frequent non-stuttering disfluencies were interjections and phrase repetitions. The results clearly answered the two research questions of the study. In response to the first question, the language samples were analyzed in both languages and stuttering and non-stuttering like disfluencies…

The poem begins with a series of four sample stories about poor people hitting a stroke of luck, and striking rich. Whether it be, doing well in the market, finding love, winning the lottery, and claiming insurance. The story of Cinderella follows the Grimm’s’ version of the tale. After the death of her mother, Cinderella works as a housemaid to her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Her father spoils his stepdaughters with extravagant presents but only brings Cinderella a twig. She puts the tree…

Bitch Media started off as Bitch magazine, a feminist zine first published in January 1996 by Lisa Jervis, Benjamin Shaykin, and Andi Zeisler. Since 1996, the non-profit multimedia organization has expanded to include an online presence that analyzes politics, mainstream media, and pop culture through a feminist lens, offering a podcast and articles posted daily. The physical magazine also continues to be printed quarterly. In an article posted September 27, 2016, writer Sarah Mirk points out…

In this passage, the themes of conflicting civil and moral duty are explored in an impactful manner. Antigone is a woman in a society that is heavily male dominated - one of the only ways women can express themselves publicly is through performing the god ordained burial rights. However, a decree is passed that would deny her the opportunity to fulfill her duty to her brother and the gods. This results in a moral conundrum – should one give up loyalty to divine laws to conform to the…

structures her exposure to her reader in this way to add light to the perceived dark topic of human cadavers, which Americans are hesitant to discuss since it’s so closely related to death. Luce, breaks up her longer winded thoughts with short interjections, indicated but dashes in the transcript, in order to get every side of her argument in without overwhelming the audience. For example, Luce uses this pattern when she declares the issue of the American Press trading journalist's integrity for…