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    Explore how different TV chefs use language in their cookery demonstrations and consider how the language they use influences audience responses Cookery demonstrations have become more and more common on television and the TV chefs have somewhat adapted public talk to benefit their needs of simplicity. TV chefs vary from the teaching type like Delia Smith to the fun‚ relaxed chef like Jamie Oliver. Chefs all have something in common in that they want to exchange their knowledge to the audience and

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    Shimaa Omar The organization is an imperative facet of any piece of writing. It provides the reader with a framework that shapes their thoughts which carries them throughout the writing piece. Looking at it from the writer’s opposition‚ organization ensures that the writer can freely express their thoughts‚ opinions‚ or analysis on an issue without losing the reader in the process. A common struggle for writers in the “writing community” is knowing what they want to say‚ however‚ having the uncertainty

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    The Power of Language

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    The Power of Language Bob Jones 11-19-96 period 3 Mrs. Fox Of all possible human qualities‚ the one that wields the most power is the ability to use‚ understand and communicate effectively through language. A proficient use of language allows us to clearly communicate an exact idea from one person to another person or group of people. This precise science of being able to convey exactly what you want equates to the acquisition of power. An important link between

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    The Power of Language Language is to power as words are to books‚ with one comes the other. The use of language correctly and fluently gives the speaker power over others; this brings about a moral obligation to use the power given correctly‚ as well as an opportunity to help others in many different ways. Malcolm X’s autobiographical essay‚ “Coming to and Awareness of Language”‚ William Lutz’s “Doublespeak”‚ and Gloria Naylor’s “Meanings of a Word” are all on the subject of language and power and

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    Of course this is metaphorical‚ but these metaphors capture in words our physical reactions to what is said‚ and that is the power of language. It can emotionally move and affect us as powerfully as physical actions. Unfortunately‚ however‚ we have yet to recognize and legitimize this great power in the way we should‚ and we are left to deal with language in whatever way we have learned and adopted. Bullies usually escape punishment if they abuse verbally and do not leave physical bruises and

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    can be shaped by those with power. From governments‚ to police force and even including fiction writers and the media‚ they have the ability to influence the reality experienced by different people in society. This power manipulation extends to those with different ethnic backgrounds‚ socio-economic status‚ and religion. Chloe Hooper‚ in writing‚ The Tall Man‚ had the power over the reader by selecting what to include in her story. In the book Chloe also shows the power that the police force and the

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    The Power of Language Although Susanne Langer did a study on humans and animals to show signs vs. symbols in understanding language‚ Helen Keller and Malcolm X took different paths on discovering the power of language. Langer brings up how there is a difference between symbols and signs‚ which most people consider them one in the same. For Keller she was deaf and blind from the age of 19 months‚ where she had difficulty learning how to communicate and understand language. In Malcolm X’s case‚ he

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    12.IB Does language shape culture? Most questions of whether and how language shapes thought start with the simple observation that languages differ from one another. And a lot! Just look at the way people talk‚ they might say. Certainly‚ speakers of different languages must attend to strikingly different aspects of the world just so they can use their language properly. The word order can be completely different among languages. And also there are tenses in some languages that we do not

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    Language and Power

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    that language is a tool for power? How do you think that men in the past arrived to power? This is a really good question involving not also the brightness of these people‚ but also the way they could easily convince people to vote for them or to follow them. From the early ages of human history with the first tribes‚ to the actual campaign for a Presidency all around the world‚ men and woman have used their abilities as good speakers to convince people to join their cause but is language a tool

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    Power of Language "Mother Tongue"‚ written by Amy Tan‚ illustrates the idea that words are more than just words. The author separates English into two categories: English used with her family and English used in public. Through her mother’s language‚ Tan emphasizes that we are categorized by the language we use and the way we speak. Because Tan’s mother expresses her thoughts in "broken" English‚ her thoughts become imperfect. Through examples of the ignorant stockholders and doctor‚ Amy Tan

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