on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers. This can mean anything from a work’s particular vocabulary‚ sentence construction‚ and imagery‚ to the themes that are being explored. It also includes the way in which the story is being told‚ and the view of the
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English Assessment Task: Spoken Investigative Report Q9: Heck Tate’s handling of Bob Ewell’s death Hello and welcome back to The Australian Arts and Culture Program. I’m Shannon Yu and today‚ we are revealing one of the world’s bestseller novels‚ published in 1960. This novel was an immediate success as soon as it was published‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize and becoming a classic of modern American literature: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This novel was based on her life when she was 10‚
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person. Lady Catherine is described to be a “tall‚ large woman‚ with strongly features.” Her “strongly marked features” symbolize her high and superior social status in society. Her “tall” figure is representative of her high position in the hierarchy of social class as compared to other women in society. Furthermore‚ Lady Catherine’s supercilious personality is shown through her manners with others. It is said that Lady Catherine’s “air was not conciliating…whatever she said was spoken in so authoritative
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HOW IS CATHERINE PRESENTED Catherine is an attractive‚ energetic and cheerful seventeen year old girl. Having rarely left Brooklyn‚ she’s incredibly naïve and feels she is ready to go to work. Catherine begins the play in all innocence; she is ready to accept people for what they appear to be as she sees no danger. She is dutiful and loving to her elders and only thinks of taking a job because the principle advises it which shows her immaturity and incapability to make decisions by herself. Catherine
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Story of Catherine and Heathcliff began when Catherine’s father goes on a trip and instead of bringing back gifts he brings back a gypsy boy with dark skin and even darker hair. While others hated the newcomer‚ Catherine took a liking to him right away and they became inseparable. But after an injury Catherine or “Cathy” was forced to reside at the Linton’s‚ a pristine family who re-molded Cathy into a well mannered‚ well behaved‚ well spoiled girl. At her stay with the Linton’s Catherine learned
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how How to Improve Your Spoken English Advice for Struggling Students Written by F.J. Noonan How to Improve Your Spoken English Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 3 Aptitude ................................................................................................ 3 Motivation .............................................................................................. 3 More than Diligence
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Catherine Opie’s Joanne‚ Betsy‚ & Olivia best represents “quoting” documentation. Catherine specializes in documentary photography and explores aspects such as domestic everyday activities. Her methods of documenting certain moments in real life situations directly reflect quoting. In this photograph‚ it is almost like the audience is catching a glimpse of this families day to day lives. The house is messy with the toddlers toys everywhere and it looks as if they just finished a meal. These people
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Studying Spoken Language Unit 4 Lesson 1: Introduction to studying spoken language OBJ: to gain an overview of the unit and begin to understand how to study spoken language Starter: Using PPT‚ explain the outline of the unit. Students to write the three areas down in their books. Development: ‘Let’s start with you’ activity on PPT. Students write down the definition of ‘idiolect’. Write down two ideas for each ‘bubble’; each factor that can change their idiolect. Share with
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In the article “Consumerism”‚ author Catherine Deveny presents a satirical picture of modern Australia as a greedy and unhappy nation in the grips of a dangerous epidemic of consumerism where citizens excessively spend money to try and alleviate their pain. She suggests that although this behaviour may help the economy‚ it is detrimental to our spiritual economy. She encourages the audience to support her view through the use of extended metaphors‚ language devices and appeal to commonly held values
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Comparing spoken and written communication Spoken language and web based communication are different from each other: they both have different features and aspects. Spoken language takes place in person‚ is transitory and relies on sounds. Whereas web based communication takes place online where speakers can be many miles apart during a conversation. So the features in web based communication are not present in spoken communication. A common factor which is required for a spoken conversation
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