Word of mouth

my master’s younger brother…" (Brontë 206). Explanation: 1. Ruffian Sentence: “Catherine shall linger no longer to argue with the low ruffian – I have humored her enough” (Brontë 118). Synonyms: thug and hoodlum How it enhances the sentence: The word ruffian helps the audience to fully understand that the association of Heathcliff with a gypsy or thief has pervaded the entire town to the point where they regard him with prejudice without actually knowing anything about him, a truth which is…

listen to a story before they began reading. The authors suggest that this strategy helps with students comprehending the information. Furthermore, the authors described vocabulary previewing; this is when the students are given a list of vocabulary words and definition that appear in the text prior to them reading the story. The researchers designed a study in which they paired vocabulary previewing with listening previewing with the expectation that the combination would lead to the highest…

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word humble as, “Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance.” Or “Of low social, administrative, or political rank.” This of course is a very generic social term of an adjective there is more to this word than meets the eye. Sometimes even being used as a verb, “To lower (someone) in dignity or importance.” However, it’s only found on a societal level, but also in various religions, philosophical ideals, cultures, and criticism…

Change. As simple as the word may seem, there are many distinct contexts in which the word may be used. This essay will focus on one of Oxford dictionary's many definitions stating that change is a verb meaning “To turn (a thing) into (also to) something else; to convert into”. The inevitability of change is a concept in which Ovid’s characters struggle frequently with. The complete change in form of concrete subjects within the metamorphoses are often the root of the stories’ chaotic tension.…

definition of phonology is, “the science of speech sounds, including especially the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages” (Phonology, n.d). Many of the dialect questions have questions asking if the word is composed of the same sound. A question asked in the quiz by John Katz, is “How do you pronounce Marry/merry/marry?” (2013). The results show more than half answered “all 3 are the same (56.88%)” and only a few answered “merry and marry are…

weaknesses. Student A excels at being able to tap out sounds within a three sound word, as student B is able to tap out the individual sounds of words with 4-5 sounds in them. These activities however acted as review for the students being as they were exposed to these concepts in kindergarten. During whole class instruction I have noticed that student A lacks in properly matching sounds to letters within the words, often getting confused with o, a, u. On the other hand, student B is right on…

my notes, I wanted to show that I am organized person from small things to a big thing. It is not just showing my personality; it is a consideration for everyone. One of my strength code has about "developer." This can be explained as a simple word "improvement." It is hard to start new things for me, but when I started, I am putting all of my effort to improve more and more. When I was young, I hated music; listening, playing, watching, etc. When my family was playing music on Friday…

Formal language or formality is one of aspect in style. In terms of formality, Dewaele & Heylighen (1999) stated that different situational and personality factors are examined which determine the degree of formality in linguistic expression. The differences in using languages, both formal and informal, is called a difference register (Thornborrow and Wareing, 1998). Cyrstal (1991) defines register as "a variety of language defined according to its use in social situations." So, register is…

In this article they have kept their focus on what are ‘creole’ and ‘pidgin’ languages and what the public has generally understood by the two languages. Creolist do not agree with the precise definition of the two terms, nor do they specify that how many languages have been considered under the two categories. It is a language that represents speech-forms that do not have any native speakers and is generally used by the people, as a form of communication, who do not share a common language. The…

What is personality? Personality comes from the Latin word persona. It's an different roles or identities. Personality is made up of many characteristic such as, patterns of thoughts, behaviors, and feeling. Personality makes a person unique. According to the "Trait Theory", a person can determine their personality based on the "Big Five Traits" (BFT). The Big Five Traits are openness to experience, conscientiouness, extraversion, agreedable, and neuroticism. Personality theorist call these…