Essay 1 I used to work as intern reporter in News Center of Jiaxing in 2011. My job was to collect daily news with my supervisor. The reason for I apply for the internship was quite simple: I was intending to practice my news report writing skills through it. But‚ when I finished the internship and looked back to the reports I was involved in‚ I felt like gaining more than I expected at the beginning. As a trainee‚ I was told not to write paper in the office‚ which is contrary to my first intension
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assessed: Belonging Nature of Task: Reading/Speaking Students are to select a related text on the topic of ‘Belonging’. This text is not allowed to be a text issued in class by any one of the Standard or Advanced English teachers or a text previously studied or presented at school. Advanced students must not use another play and Standard must not use another film. In a speech of 2.5 -3 minutes students must analyse their chosen text with regards to: • What the text says about belonging • How the
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Analysis of Misunderstanding Caused by Different Interpretations of Speech Act Labels in Tintin and Asterix Comic Series Farah Attamimi English Department‚ Faculty of Letters‚ Maranatha Christian University‚ Suria Sumantri 65‚ Bandung 40164‚ Indonesia e-mail: farah.attamimi@yahoo.com Abstract: This paper presents analysis of misunderstanding occurred in a conversation which is caused by different interpretation of speech act labels between the speaker and the hearer. Misunderstanding occurred in
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capture‚ he begins to understand the Samurai’s moral and ethical values. In the Samurai village‚ he is accepted at face value and not judged. Working in the fields‚ living in a Samurai house and training with his peers gives him a strong sense of belonging. This can be seen through Algren explaining that‚ “there is indeed something spiritual in this place. And though it may forever be obscure to me‚ I cannot but be aware of its power”. (2) A
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Definition of Language Language Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically‚ human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds‚ expressive of thought‚ articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth. The expression of ideas by writing‚ or any other instrumentality. The forms of speech‚ or the methods of expressing ideas‚ peculiar to a particular nation. The characteristic mode of arranging words‚ peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression;
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The Egyptian ‘empire’ The Egyptian ‘empire’ New kingdom egypt from amenhotep iii to the death of ramesses ii New kingdom egypt from amenhotep iii to the death of ramesses ii 1. What is an empire? What benefits can the ruling nation receive as a result of controlling an empire? An empire is when a leader controls a nation. It was harder for them to find an emperor that resembled a ‘warrior image’. 2. In your own words‚ list the changes that occurred in Egyptian society as a result
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or Give Me Death” speech in 1775‚ the arguments about the unfair ways that the colonies were living through under the British were depicted in prolific and influential writing style. The ending of the British Crown’s exploitation of the thirteen colonies‚ as well as Patrick Henry’s and many other American colonist’s revolutionary ideas were encouraged and elaborated through the speech. Various rhetorical devices such as anastrophe‚ parallelism‚ and allusion was used in the speech to provide logical
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5.12-5.15 Change‚ whether it is present or absent‚ is universal and an inevitable notion and it can result in positive or negative impacts- depending on the factors stimulating the change. Within the beautifully composed poems by T.S. Eliot‚ the related text‚ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ this concept of change is depicted through the use and manipulation of language devices‚ with the aid of the recurring communal stimulating factors- change in perspective‚ change in world and change in one’s
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History and Memory “Waterhole” research task 1 Auschwitz Concentration Camp Largest of its kind Included 3 main camps‚ all of which held prisoners at forced labor One also functioned for an extended period as a killing centre Located in and around the town of Oswiecim‚ in southeastern Poland At least 960‚000 Jews were killed in Auschwitz Part of the ‘Final Solution’ to the Jewish “problem”. Jews were taken there from all over Europe in crowded cattle trucks‚ those who survived the
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In the essay in his recent book‚ "There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech and it’s a Good Thing Too‚" Fish argues that free speech "is not an independent value‚ but a political prize‚" and any differences‚ which the courts have drawn between‚ protected and unprotected expressions are "malleable." Like any other concept‚ the principle of free speech is‚ for Fish‚ "inherently nothing‚" but one more noise in the "din and confusion of partisan struggle." Fish‚ a literary theorist‚ has brought textual
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