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    A PAPER OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS Teaching writing through audio visual in ‘EAR’ LEARNERS AND ‘EYE’ LEARNERS classroom (Suitable With Topic 13: English for Academic Purpose) By: Yeasy Agustina Sari (1304095) GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STATE UNIVERSITY OF PADANG 2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Writing is a skill that must be acquired by the learners as one of the proficiency in English. In order to be proficiency in writing‚ it involves all skills

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    Mccarthy: A Short Story

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    same school‚ they’re just like us. I had finally gotten to school‚ i was a little late but Mrs. McCarthy didn’t care. She was a close friend of my Mother and Father’s. I was going to take a seat but I noticed that someone was sitting in my seat‚ so I sat somewhere else. Mrs. McCarthy started to teach the daily lesson when she was interrupted by Mayor Summer’s coming into the classroom. “Mrs. McCarthy‚ I don’t mean to be a bother but may I speak

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    Analysis of a Key Passage Brother Dear by Bernice Friesen In Brother Dear by Bernice Friesen‚ the author suggests that success can come in many forms‚ but each form is unique to each person. In the excerpt‚ Greg is leaving the house‚ with Sharlene following him and trying to convince him to stay at home. Sharlene‚ who is in grade 11‚ is caught between agreeing with her father and supporting her brother Greg‚ and based on their opinion of success. Greg asks a simple question as he leaves:

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    Comparative Literary Essay- Short Fiction Self-growth and self-identity are common themes among many literary works. In Bernice Friesen’s “Brother Dear” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” character growth is a key concept. The conflict encountered by each protagonist‚ and the growth of their individual mentality is what results in their happiness‚ as shown through the conflict between their dreams versus reality‚ the obstacle of family‚ and their resistance against conformity. Although both protagonists

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    The Crucible Vs Mccarthy

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    Miller’s Reasoning on Writing the Crucible Both The Crucible and the McCarthy era were similar because Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the Crucible to parallel what occurred during the McCarthy era. Miller was one of several writers that were blacklisted during the McCarthy time so he experienced being wrongfully accused of something‚ and he had no way to overcome the accusations. Miller wrote the Crucible to indirectly describe the events that were happening in the 1950’s‚ by showing the

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    Cormac Mccarthy the Road

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    degradation of human society. It isn’t a book full of happy moments and it does’nt have a fairy tale ending and the adaptation feels like a true mirror of the feelings and tone of the book. I want to show how the adaptation stayed as true to the book as was possible‚ it keeps to the depressing tone of the book and how thorough casting and a well done screenplay the book brings to life the world of Cormac McCarthy. Literature review http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2009/11/25/john_hillcoat_s_adaptation_of_the_road_is_too_faithful

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    The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world following the path of a Father and Son. McCarthy is a highly celebrated award-winning author. He is 78 years old and has an 8-year-old son – an uncommon circumstance – underlining that for him‚ death is imminent and prompting him to consider the ideas discussed in his novel. In The Road‚ the father is undergoing a crisis of faith and so adopts an Existentialist view and creates meaning through his son – who therefore influences

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    Cormac Mccarthy Biography

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    Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels‚ spanning the Southern Gothic‚ Western‚ and Post-apocalyptic genres. He won the Pulitzer Prize and placed joint runner-up in a poll taken in 2006 by The New York Times of the best American fiction published in the last 25 years. Literary critic Harold Bloom named him as one of the four major American novelists of his time‚ alongside Don DeLillo‚ Thomas Pynchon and Philip Roth‚ and called Blood Meridian "the greatest

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    The story Brother Dear by Bernice Friesen encapsulates the life of a girl named Sharlene‚ who enjoys teasing her older brother and has a sense of freedom‚ but she has problems with her family. The story takes place in Greenbank‚ which is somewhere in Alberta‚ because “We were at a protest in Edmonton.” By Greg‚ which tells us that they are in a relatively close place to Edmonton‚ Alberta‚ another context clue that backs up the previous claim is when Sharlene says‚ “It’s April and next year’s grade

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    In this excerpt from The Crossing‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ the subject has killed a wolf and is presently brooding over his feelings regarding the fallen creature. His thoughts are displayed in a rather convoluted manner‚ many of which offset one another‚ and can cause confusion for the reader. Fortunately‚ through the usage of diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery‚ McCarthy helps to convey the impact that the experience of the situation has on the main character. Diction plays an enormous role in expressing

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