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used to describe her as well as the characters she wrote. In my research. I also found out that Mildred was the one that gave Nancy Drew her personality that she has in the books. I knew I wanted to use the word spunky in my poem. When looking in the Oxford English Dictionary I learned that around the time of 1805-1875 spunky meant mean, irritable, and irascible. This is not what I want readers to think about Mildred but it could be seen potentially this way. “I may be older and not so much of a…

lied about his identity. The question at hand is to explore the theory of Shakespeare being the Earl of Oxford. During this essay, I am going to examine the plays we have recently read and point out characters and lines that connect with the theory of Shakespeare being the Earl of Oxford. Starting with the basics, let’s compare the ages and life histories of “Shakespeare” and the Earl of Oxford. When looking up Shakespeare I discovered that he has three kids, which I did not know, but all three…

Have you ever though, who made words or who made the dictionary?, Our who made words the way they are today?. Well your in luck today because I am going to tell about an important man name Noah Webster. Well Noah Webster impacted our contry by giving us the first American dictinary, he simplified spelling, and he also gave us the alphabet. this is why he is an impact on us and many more he has done so much for our contry. Noah Webster made are first American dictionary it helped our…

University of Westminster Westminster Business School Module code and title: BKEY401 Professional Competences Formative Essay on Student Transition to University Student Name: Monica Mehmi Student ID number: w154435601 Seminar leader name: Sia Rajabi Word Count: 800 Date: Module Text Books Main Sources: Bethell, E. and Milsom, C., (2014). Pocket Study Skills. Posters & Presentations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Cottrell, S., (2013). The Study Skills…

Should Undergraduates specialize by Patrick N. Allitt is an essay about the differences of college education over twenty years. Patrick went to university of Oxford in England. The British meritocratic system, put in place after world war two. It was based around what skills a person had. The governing idea was intelligent were a national asset and the government was investing in them by educating them. Students food and lodging was paid in full and got additional money to pay for books and…

defined in the Oxford English dictionary as “Belief… which is typically manifested in obedience, reverence, and worship; such a belief as part of a system defining a code of living, esp. as a means of achieving spiritual or material improvement.” (2014). Culture on the other hand is defined as “The distinctive ideas, customs, social behaviour, products, or way of life of a particular nation, society, people, or period. Hence: a society or group characterized by such customs, etc.” (Oxford…

In Marge Piercy’s narrative poem, “Barbie Doll”, the story of a young girl is told from the viewpoint of an outside speaker watching her grow up around the norms of society and ultimately ends her life because of it. Throughout each stanza, a new important piece of information is expressed to the readers to contribute to both the theme and tone of the poem. Piercy is able to cultivate the idea that inward beauty is not valued in today’s society, and that artificial perfection can only be…

For most people, the saying, “You never know what you have, until you don’t have it anymore.” is something they hear a lot but never truly understand until they need to. For instance, English. Sometimes, as a society, we take for granted the basic fundamentals of what could propel us to success and greatness. In Homemade Education by Malcolm X, we surely see the outcome of when you aren’t knowledgeable in the English language and the great affects of when you are. Malcolm X expresses how he…

Can a Leopard Change Its Spots? This is not a joke, folks. I am really asking if a leopard can change its spots. Because, after listening to two episodes of the A Way With Words radio show, I would like to add some new vocabulary to my 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…

In the sentence If the test was held on Sunday, more people could take it, something sounds a little strange to our linguistic competency, which is our “hidden knowledge” of a language (Mihalic̆ek and Wilson). It may be difficult to point out the error, but instinctively we know an error lies somewhere within the sentence. According to Martha Kolln, “In if clauses that express a wish or a condition contrary to fact, we use were as the standard form of be, no matter what the subject” (Kolln and…