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    hands”. On a simple level looking at the swans moving together in a symmetrical movement makes the couple realize that love and togetherness is possible; the natural world allows them to see what is possible in their human relationship. Furthermore the noun “show” suggests that the speaker felt that what was happening was just for the couple to watch and important for the couple to watch as it has connotations of a presentation with the purpose of serving a message or moral for the audience to…

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    In this class (Linguistics for ESL Educators), I discovered that I am an EL student myself, I was exposed to English early on, and my experience and cultural and social surroundings played an important part in acquiring the English language, which would be referred as Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) by Jims Cummins. As I entered school I learned what is known as academic English, Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALPS). As a teacher, I have understood that language is a…

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    declarative statement, creates a tone of sombreness, which combined with this superlative also suggests that this is the only way to success for a woman in this male-dominated society. Although not quite suggesting a desertion of morality, the diction of the noun “fool” has negative connotations of one not acting in line with their values and instead being ignorant as to the repercussions of their actions. Fitzgerald may be attempting to communicate to the reader that our lust for authority and…

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    Censure Language

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    when it comes to having difficulties using the proper words that sound alike. “Anyone, Any one. Anyone is a singular indefinite pronoun meaning “anybody”: Can anyone help me? Any one refers to one from groups and is usually followed by of + plural noun: Any one [as opposed to any two] of the suggestions will be considered acceptable.” (245) I must admit, this surprised…

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    complex and unfamiliar (55-56). Williams further explains that writers write in passive voice to avoid writing in first person, although a writer’s use of metadiscourse occurs sometimes 57-58). Stylistically, Williams also warns writers to avoid compound noun phrases and instructs writer to use professional, yet understandable language…

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    Wechsler Individual Achievement Written Expression assessments were administered to assess Ania's written language skills. Written language skills, as measured by this assessment, appear to indicate that her skills fall below peer expectancy. The Spelling subtest assesses the ability to write dictated letters, letter combinations and words. The Sentence Composition subtest contains two components, Sentence Combining and Sentence Building. Both portions measure sentence formulation skills and…

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    Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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    as wanders which has an impact on their language in my opinion. (2016, March 26) Hebrew people speak a language called Aramaic. Aramaic turns out to actually be one of the oldest languages in the entire world. The Hebrew use absolutely all of the nouns as either feminine or masculine. Even second-person and plural pronouns are differentiated by gender. I feel that if I were Hebrew and if I lived the pilgrim life, then I would definitely be gender specific. (C. Ember, M. Ember, and P.…

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    Literary contexts Habakkuk was a prophet who lived during period of Israel history , the meaning of his name is still questionable it may come from the verb habaq meaning folding of hand , Habaq refers to a group of plants known as Ocimum , it also means to embrace ,Luther on his personal point of view he thought maybe it signified that Prophet Habakkuk embraced his people and comfort them .The book of Prophet Habakkuk is one of the most profound book which you can find an amazing…

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    Jubilation for Victory in War: If we start by surveying the secular uses of the verb and its noun, we will see just what kind of enthusiasm we are dealing with. Isaiah compares the gladness that Israel will feel at the coming of the Messiah to the jubilation (yagilu) that warriors have when they divide the plunder (Isa. 9:3b). Habakkuk also uses the word to describe the joy that the Babylonians will have (yagil) when they capture the Hebrews like fish in a net (Hab. 1:15). Zephaniah extends…

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    Critical Commentary Introduction “Is Hyperloop the Future of Travel” is an article from BBC that talks about Hyperloop, a conceptual transportation system that would shorten travel time by a great amount. I choose this article because I like travel and I believe that travel will become easier and faster in the near future because of innovations and new technology such as Hyperloop. This article mainly focuses on two parts: the first part explains what Hyperloop is and how it works; the second…

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