I. The AP English course was well organized and featured a broad range of literary works. At the beginning of the year‚ we read and analyzed an assortment of American short stories‚ ranging from the straightforward and touching “The Gift of the Magi” to the structurally convoluted “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” These bite-sized stories exposed us to a variety of storytelling devices and narrative styles‚ and they whetted our appetite for the longer novels to follow. Next‚ we read The Scarlet
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AP Language Arts July 20th 2013 What it Means to be an American Over a hundred years ago our founding fathers created the Declaration of Independence‚ the Constitution of the United States‚ and of course our Bill of Rights. As the years have passed most of us have forgotten what these important documents mean to us. All of these documents brought freedom‚ rights‚ and liberty to all Americans. Without it‚ the United States would not know what it is to be an American‚ but being an American is
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socioeconomic status‚ which in the business industry is crucial. Variations in language therefore cause many social attitudes to arise and be utilised to discriminate others just on the way we speak which is what is occurring in the business world at the moment. Firms tend to hire people who speak in the same expected manner since ‘it is all about hiring ‘people like us’’‚ which further outlines one of the functions of language to separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ COURSE RELEVANCE: #accents #social attitudes
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Synthesis Essay Along with many other problems‚ global warming has become one of the top issues in the world. As the consequence of emitting carbon dioxide‚ the world’s temperature has risen from the past. Despite the fact that there is statistical evidence‚ there have been controversies as in how much effort should be put in to solve the issue of global warming. The seriousness of global warming is evident. “In the 20th century‚ the world’s average surface temperature rose by… the fastest rate
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"...then try and transfer it across” this language is shaped and selected for the sport as “Transfer it across” wouldn’t normally be associated with a football. In addition football comes with its own lexicon‚ like other sports it includes its own unique terminology. For example Gray comments “you don’t usually take out a striker out of the penalty for a free-kick round...” The terminology used is here is “penalty” “striker” and “free-kick” the language is specifically selected for football therefore
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and underlying self-confidence that I would receive an A no matter what. Due to my over-confidence‚ I was under the impression that I would not have to put forth much effort; however‚ near the conclusion of the second semester‚ I had a B in Pre-AP English 9. Despite my last push to earn a 90% in the class with the concluding assignments of the semester‚ my grade was finalized lower than I had wished for. It felt as if a five pound ball of lead materialized in the pit of my stomach. This experience
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Despite the common English backgrounds‚ societies in the New England and Chesapeake regions of Colonial America had split off into two incredibly different cultures: A very religiously focused New England and the more economic-oriented Chesapeake. Because these regions were settled for different purposes‚ the development of these societies led to the distinctions between them. One of the major causes for emigration from England to North America was religious persecution. Religious tolerance in
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Rose‚ Alex Hoang p.1 AP English Language 13th December‚ 2012 Christian Thought: Animated For 25 seasons and 515 episodes‚ the animated sitcom The Simpsons has delivered countless laughs to the families of Americans. The show delves into the lives of a dysfunctional middle-class family in a bizarre community called Springfield. The Simpson family consists of a father‚ Homer‚ a mother‚ Marge‚ and three children‚ Bart‚ Lisa‚ and Maggie. The lives of this family take very unusual paths‚ however
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Language is a social-cultural-geographical phenomenon. There is a deep relationship between language‚ culture and society. When we study a language‚ we have to study its dialects‚ register‚ slang‚ taboo‚ idiolects‚ etc. We can find the role of language and culture in The Parent Trap movie. The movie tells us about the differences culture of 2 girls who live in London and California. They were separated when they are baby. It was because their parents divorce. One of the
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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