Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet who grew up in New York City‚ where she began performing her poetry when she was only 14 years old. Sarah performed first at the Bowery Poetry Club‚ one of New York’s most famous spoken word venues. After that‚ she made regular appearances and found a new home in the poetry community. In 2004‚ Sarah founded Project V.O.I.C.E. which encourages youth to engage with the world around them and use spoken word poetry as a means of communicating their feelings and opinions
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PREAMBLE “Good Speakers Are They Born or Made?” Have you ever heard the phrase “He’s a Natural Born Speaker”? Well‚ when I was growing up‚ I often heard that comment but I can’t recall hearing “He or She’s is a Born Speaker” anymore which I suspect may be simply a reflection of the times‚ which we know have changed‚ and perhaps its unsubstantial nature but‚ that’s a good thing. “Good Speakers; Are They Born or Made?”(My Input; the Nitty-Gritty) A “Natural Born Speaker.” Is there really
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The real struggle “I wish I was a genius”‚ is probably the worst wish you could ever ask for. Asking to be a genius is like digging your own grave. The statement “Geniuses live the easy life” is most likely the biggest lie and misconception in this world. Geniuses tend to struggle with some of the more ordinary mortal tasks. Yes‚ these are the things that most of us take for granted‚ but which cause geniuses an endless amount of misery and torment. And just in case you’re not a genius and wonder
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PROBLEMS OF PRONOUNCIATION FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER WHAT IS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER? Non-native English speaker result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non-native users of any language tend to carry the intonation‚ phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. They may also create innovative pronunciations for English sounds not found in the speaker’s first language. Current English speech recognition systems are commonly
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From the list of concepts stated above‚ I have chosen to describe the concepts of dialect‚ context of situation‚ native speaker and lingua franca with regards to the local context in my discussion. Dialect In Singapore‚ the racial groups are categorized into their ‘dialect groups’‚ meaning their ‘ethnic’ groups. It is stated that “every Singaporean has an officially allocated ‘dialect group’ which normally corresponds to the paternal ancestral language‚ but does not necessarily to anything in the
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his answer. For instance‚ Bill and Betty were talking about their education when a bell rung when Bill told her where he attended college. “BETTY: Have you read it? BILL: Yeah‚ I read it in college. BETTY: Where was college? BILL: I went to Oral Roberts University. (bell) BETTY: Where was college? BILL: I was lying‚ I never really went to college. I just like to party (bell) BETTY: Where was college? BILL: Harvard.” Bill said he wanted to Oral Roberts
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Density Problem Set Name___________________________ Period__________ Solve the following problems. Show all work‚ and report your answer to the correct number of significant figures. Be sure to report the proper units. : Densities of common substances at room temperature (g/cm3) Air 0.0013 Water 1.00 Aluminum 2.70 Gold 19.3 1. An object has a mass of 57.7 g and occupies a volume of 21.65 cm3‚ what is its density? 2. An object
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Volume‚ also referred to as dynamics‚ is one of the most important components of sound. Composers use volume as a way of controlling the emotional content and shape of a piece. It is interesting to note‚ however‚ that early composers did not generally mark their scores with instructions about volume until well into the 17th century‚ but depended upon the musicians to determine the appropriate levels of volume for a specific performance space. Composers started writing indications for dynamic levels
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Hero and Leander Presentation Speech This story began with Hero living in Sestos and Leander living in Abydos. Now Hero was said to have had Apollo and Cupid try to get her hand in marriage‚ but she didn’t marry either of them. Instead she became a priestess for Venus. One day Hero had to give Venus honor and it was also the day that Leander was in Sestos as well that day. When the two saw each other they fell in love at first sight. Hero’s parents forbade her to see Leander‚ but neither of them
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have the same volume as the original model. Q1. Use a piece of A4 paper to make a box with a length of 10cm and a width of 3cm. Then find the volume of the box and the total surface area of the paper used to make the box. T.S.A: 5 rectangles and 4 squares 5 x L x W + 4W = 5 x 10 x 3 + 4 x 9 = 186cm Volume: 5 rectangles and 4 squares L x W x H = 10 x 3 x 3 = 90cm Q2. Make another box with the same general shape‚ but chose a different length and width. Then find the volume of the box and
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