The question to ask is: ‘Why not use Standard English all the time?’ Language is a powerful communication tool the user holds to express their individual identity and ingroup solidarity. The use of Standard English helps to direct this‚ as it acts as the structure of communication‚ ingroup and between speech communities to effectively present a standard for mutual understanding. Outside of Standard English comes the use of slang‚ netspeak and textspeak‚ which helps to develop and enrich the language
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Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing by Roberts and Jacobs Mary F. Clifford‚ Instructor English Composition III What Is Literature and Why Do We Study It? • Literature is – Composition that tells a story‚ dramatizes a situation‚ expresses emotions‚ analyzes and advocates ideas – Helps us grow personally and intellectually – Provides an objective base for knowledge and understanding – Shapes our goals and values by clarifying our own identities‚ both positively and negatively
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loveliness was both exterior and interior‚ of structural quality rather than a mere facade. Line two indicates her somewhat empathetic relationship with nature. It is a slight pause before the mind-stopping line describing her movements. Various denotations of movement are soon to be played upon but the first suggestion is that her lovely bones in motion are an emotionally moving sight to behold. One can sense a smile on the speakers face when he says "shapes a bright container can contain." The
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Altruistic Behavior vs. Christmas at Home As a human being‚ there are several ways to interpret the act of altruism. The lineal denotation of altruism means the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others. However‚ everyone has different point of view as they faced altruism and they tempted to call themselves as true of altruism without knowing the true standard. This idea is especially apparent when looking between the two nonfiction articles in Altruistic Behavior by Desmond Morris
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A Queer Revolution: Reconceptualizing the Debate Over Linguistic Reclamation Robin Brontsema University of Colorado at Boulder The debate over linguistic reclamation‚ the appropriation of a pejorative epithet by its target(s)‚ is generally conceived of as a simple binary of support and opposition. I offer an alternative conceptualization that shows both the complex contrasts and commonalities within the debate. Specifically‚ I identify three perspectives: (1) that the term is inseparable from
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Sanity… subjective? Why is it so often regarded as a societal norm when sanity is rarely achieved in its essence by Hayakawa’s standards? How possible is it for one to realize sanity whilst concurrently maintaining assimilation via a "normal" fashion into mainstream society? Who is this anomalistic "fully functional individual" and what specific qualities characterize her as such?" What constitutes "sanity?" According to Hayakawa’s definition of a well-adjusted individual‚ a sane person
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cultural experiences. While some words may have the same denotative‚ their connotative meaning can be allusively dissimilar. In a like manner‚ metaphors are figurative expressions that connote meanings beyond their literal meanings. Specifically‚ denotations are literal aspects of words while connotations depend on a learner´s emotional association with a word‚ not the words literal meaning. Using metaphors in speech means associating two different concepts that have something in common with each other
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indeterminate since “Love” interprets differently by unlike people in different level. In another word‚ “love is not just one thing; love for God‚ country‚ parents‚ partners‚ children‚ neighbor‚ and so forth all have different qualities”(Guardian). The denotation of love differs between levels of action and feeling‚ and a definition of each level must be discovered in order to understand its varying power. Nevertheless‚ I’m not discussing the love we normally know in our day to day life; instead I’ll discuss
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Thorndike and Clarence L. Barnhart‚ authors of Scott‚ Foresman Advanced Dictionary‚ define mood as "the overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional aura of a work." Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ especially the pivotal and ominous second act‚ exemplifies both denotations of mood. The act has an "overall atmosphere‚" even though the mood shifts‚ while this mood places a sense of cliff-hanging anxiety at the beginning‚ an ambiance of hysterics towards the middle‚ a feeling of tragic realization directly following
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browsing on the Internet. An author named Seth Godin captures my oblivious being in view of marketing with an aphorism that goes this way‚ “marketing is a contest for people’s attention”. This line must be too short to consider but it carries a lot of denotations which could be branched out to many ideas. Thinking‚ with respect to my instructor’s introduction of Marketing Management‚ I was near to set store by shifting my present course into that course‚ his field of expertise. But he‚ himself alone enlightened
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