Critical Vocabulary Builder A Abjure – To renounce or retract esp formally or under oath‚ or solemnly. Abduration – The act of renouncing. Ablation – The surgical removal of an organ‚ structure‚ or part. Ablate. Ablution - The ritual washing of a priest’s hands. Abnegate (abnegation) – To deny to oneself; renounce privileges‚ pleasure‚ etc. Abstergent – Of cleaning or scouring Abstruse – Not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric. Acalculia – psycol. An inability to make simple
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7-Eleven’s lessons from Japan CHPTER 1 In today’s world economy is unstoppable trend toward the integration of the global market‚ international competition in business direction‚ the Internet‚ knowledge-based economy‚ as represented by the Internet‚ knowledge-based economy‚ high and new technology to meet the needs of consumers at the core of the new economy to develop rapidly. The new economic development requirements that the marketing must be met the needs of new market development‚ marketing
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Poetry Across Time: Relationships Sister Maude Content Before we analyse the poem in detail‚ it is important to understand what the poem is about i.e. the main content of the poem. General summary A sibling complains that her sister Maude has revealed details about a private relationship to their parents and has caused the death of the relationship. The speaker is bitter and resentful. Detailed summary Stanza one: The speaker asks who has informed her mother of her ‘shame’
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Glossary of Literary Terms Addresser/Addressee: The addresser of a text is the voice of a text. In prose‚ the term more commonly used is narrator‚ in a poem‚ speaker. The addresser is often different from the poet or author. The addressee is the receiver of a text‚ often the reader‚ but occasionally another implied receiver; for example‚ the addresser’s beloved in the case of a love poem. (See also Point of View.) Alliteration: Repetition of the initial letter (or sound) of successive words
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. For communication a system of communication that enables humans to cooperate. The term communication can conjure up such diverse images as telephones‚ computers‚ television‚ intimate relations‚ the internet‚ radio‚ and public speaking. All of these are in one way to another communicative (Ellis‚1999). But using symbols to
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* AP English Language and Composition Multiple Choice Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds” Teacher Overview AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. The College Entrance Examination Board was not involved in the production of this material. ® Copyright © 2009 Laying the Foundation ‚ Inc.‚ Dallas‚ TX. All rights reserved. Visit: www.layingthefoundation.org Multiple Choice Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds” (References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2‚
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Department of English Language and Literature Semester 1‚ 2006/07 EL5221: The Linguistic Analysis of Literature Programme Lecturer: A/P Ismail S Talib Brief Module Description This interface module deals with some of the ways that linguistics and discourse analysis can be used for the analysis of literature. Among the topics covered are the grammatical features in literary texts‚ the sounds of poetry‚ and discourse situations in fictional narrative. This module will be useful for higher-degree students
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Postcolonial Text‚ Vol 2‚ No 3 (2006) Dances with Coyote: Narrative Voices in Thomas King’s One Good Story‚ That One Maria Truchan-Tataryn and Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Clearing a Conversational Critical Voice —So. You know that book by Thomas King I told you I was going to read? —One Good Story‚ That One? —Yeah‚ that’s the one. — Such a great title! —Well‚ it sure is an appropriately tricky one. Made me expect a novel‚ not ten stories. And they don’t all add up to one
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Rizal Technological University College of Education Major in English (Assignment in Stylistics English 107) Submitted by: Alfred Jefferson M. Reclosado Introduction: Figure of Speech Figures of speech (or ’rhetorical tropes’) are ways of using words that may seem unusual but have a specific and desired effect. Read as ’normal words’ they often break normal rules of grammar‚ but can be nevertheless understood they are common in poetry and eloquent speech. ’Figures of speech’ is often used
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