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are injured as a result of the conflict and the word 'coughing' implies sickness and ill-health. Fit men being described as 'trudge[ing]' suggests that war has taken its toll on them, sucking the energy and life out of them. Owens use of negative verbs would have shocked the reader at the time who would have been used to the positive language of propaganda which censored the negative aspects of war. They might begin to question their previous judgements on the true physical impact of war.…

African American Vernacular English is also known as Ebonics is commonly defined as black English. While trying to define Ebonics on an American English grammatical level is tricky, there have been arguments on whether it should be considered a dialect or language. How one comprehends the meaning of Ebonics should do with their understanding of a play on words, while still allowing these similarities and difference to branch off English. There is more depth to Ebonics than people realize, from…

From birth onwards language is a device which every human possesses, it is used as a tool to communicate and interact with other humans around us. The system of language includes the use of words, grammar and sounds. (Cambridge University Press, 2015).The use of language in humans is significant not only because it facilitates communication but also because humans are the only species who have the ability to produce language. According to Noam Chomsky humans are “genetically pre-programmed to…

Given the “predominance of the French noun” they recommend that nouns are more naturally translated into English as verbs (1995:100). For example, on ST line 0 (“…”) is perhaps more naturally rendered into English as the verb to give up (TT Line 0 “…”). Hervey and Higgins (2002:229) explain that “keeping the French structure usually gives a more elevated register”, as the ST has been identified as informal this would result…

story of the day her family went to the pet store and choose a family kitten. The story flows nicely, however, the writer would benefit on lessons on using more descriptive verbs as well as adding more details to the story. Her sentences tend to be very short and straight to the point. In teaching how to use descriptive verbs, writers are taught to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader’s mind (Forney, 2001). Forney explains that by teaching…

several ideas concerning the dangers of science are explored, in particular we see the way in which Victor uses science to try and become an almost god-like, glorified figure. Victor says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source;”, the verb ‘bless’ and noun ‘creator’ have religious connotations, normally being reserved for God, however Victor also describes himself as a “Disciple”, to the scientists…

Choosing to use a simile in the first line of the Poem, the sonneteer characterizes death like a wave. When people think of death a feeling of sadness floods upon them just as a wave floods the beach with water. On line five of the sonnet, the poet chooses to give death a gender therefore personifying it. The author chose to give death a gender because he felt that by giving death an intangible concept a gender, he makes death a tangible concept and easier to connect with. By doing so, he then…

Deceptive statements will contain more negative emotion words, motion verbs and exclusion words compared to truthful statements. In addition to the model, we expect deceptive statements to include fewer words and more positive emotions words than truthful accounts. Secondly, in line with the Reality Monitoring framework, we predict that participants will provide more perceptual, spatial and temporal information in their truthful statements compared to their deceptive ones. In terms of cognitive…

Gad, I am returning this assignment to you as there is still a lot of work that you need to complete to ensure that the learning outcomes and assessment criteria are covered sufficiently. In 1.1 - I am not sure that I particularly agree with the differences between safeguarding and protection - could you please look at this again. In 1.2 - This is not an evaluation and needs far more detail You have started to explain some of the legislative framework and good to see that you have mentioned The…

As I strided strong through my analysis paper, I saw how much I have improved throughout this year in writing. Although, I have many weaknesses and strengths in writing I managed to finish off this paper strong. In my analysis, my introduction went well and so did my thesis. I managed to develop both of them right off the bat once I started my paper. Another part that went was the interview with a field agronomist. My interview I did added the spice I needed for my analysis paper to be complete.…