INFERRING WORD MEANING THROUGH CONTEXT CLUES: A STEP TO ENHANCHE READING COMPREHENSION By: Neng Syifa Masnoneh 608653519295 Abstract One of the purposes of teaching English to EFL learners is to equip them with reading skill so that they can comprehend an authentic English text for their reading purposes. However‚ the lack of vocabulary size will apparently cause a big problem for them to comprehend the text since the number of vocabulary size supports the mastery of reading in
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CRITICAL THINKING PSU LOGICAL FALLACIES Ad hominem or ATTACKING THE PERSON. Attacking the arguer rather than his/her argument. Example: John’s objections to capital punishment carry no weight since he is a convicted felon. Note: Saying something negative about someone is not automatically ad hominem. If a person (politician for example) is the issue‚ then it is not a fallacy to criticize him/her. Ad ignorantium or APPEAL TO IGNORANCE. Arguing on the basis of what is not known and cannot be
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overcome by a person’s emotions‚ faulting in recognizing reason. Logical thinking is useful when a person wants to decide whether there is enough information to understand what has been offered. It is a thinking process when an individual use his or her way of thinking to arrive to a conclusion. A logical thinking problem calls for organization‚ for associations involving facts‚ and for a logic that “make sense”. Logical thinking is a skilled psychological process. An open question is expected
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betrayed her. Medea committed several murders and ended up killing their two sons‚ as well as Glauce and King Creon. She intended to hurt him and the plan of revenge was a success. Though this success did not come without a price as implied in Medea’s words‚ “I have a raise you children but it was no use . . . I had hoped so much when you were born” (Euripides n.p.). “Antigone” and “Medea’s” conflict of resolution are similar in most ways‚ but different in others. In “Antigone”‚ Creon lets his pride
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Deductive Thinking Logical thinking is a process that has two different methods. Within logical thinking‚ there is deductive thinking and inductive thinking. In deductive thinking‚ the reasoning starts with either two‚ but can be more premises‚ then results in an ending that follows those premises. The syllogism is used in deductive thinking. Categorical‚ hypothetical‚ and disjunctive syllogisms are three different types used for deductive thinking. A categorical syllogism uses a form of argument
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designed. Database design has two parts. The first part is the logical design and the second part is the physical design. Logical Design The logical design is an abstract model which focus on what the system must do in order to meet the requirements of the organization’s needs. The logical design involves gathering the information about the business process‚ business entities‚ and organizational units (Unknown‚ 2001). The logical design is basically a blueprint that identifies the functions requirement
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Jarboe I February 8‚ 2011 Logical Fallacies Before we can understand what a logical fallacy is‚ we establish some common background information for the purposes of accurate communication. There are two types of reasoning‚ inductive and deductive. The primary difference between the two is that inductive reasoning automatically allows for an appeal to probability‚ the assumption that what could happen will happen‚ while deductive reasoning considers this a logical fallacy. Thus for the purposes
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CHAPTER XIV Logical Empiricism There are many strange sentences that men use. Compare these two: (1) Wheat is a major crop in Kansas‚ and (2) the fountain of youth is located in Kansas. Each has a subject‚ a verb‚ and a predicate. The first sentence is regarded as true in a matter-of-fact way. The second one may bring a smile or wrinkle to your face. Why the two reactions? Why is one regarded as true and the other as fiction? How can we speak of the non-existent in the same way as
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Chapter 3. Social Transitions Social Redefinition and Psychosocial Development * The adolescent-turned-adult faces a wider range of decisions that may have serious long-term consequences (ex. Drinking) * Age of majority: the designated age at which an individual is recognized as an adult * Changes in status at adolescence may affect development in the domain of sexuality * Although societies vary in how the transition from childhood to adulthood is signified‚ all cultures have some
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The overall connection that I chose to analyze in this report was the importance of marriage‚ as it is an idea that is present in almost everybody’s life‚ and it is something that heavily impacts the nature of a society. Marriage is seen in society in both positive and negative ways‚ involving emotions from true love to bitterness. In the texts A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ The Ballad of Calvary Street by James K Baxter‚ The Silk by Joy Cowley and Atonement directed by Joe Wright
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