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    of an ESL student. The student I examined was a twentieth grade male from Mexico. The Spanish aspects of his prior knowledge may have affected his English composition. The analysis features morphology and syntax areas of language. Noun phrases, corpus, verb phrases, verb tense, sentence composition, orthography, and other parts of speech were areas of concentration during this process. Assessment Procedure I began this process by reading his composition without any pretext. Next I printed…

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    the beginning of and end of the word. Because both values occur and their distribution is predictable (the aspirated version always occurs at the end of words), the relationship between /t/ and /tʰ/ is allophonic in nature. None of the words or phrases collected show evidence of consonant clusters with more than 2 elements. This prompted me to hypothesize that there is a contextual constraint in Jordanian Arabic limiting the number of consonants between vowels and/or the beginning/end of words…

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    that supported women. The commercial is named #LikeAGirl. This commercial brings to the light the way girls are viewed in this society. The commercial particularly targets the phrase, “like a girl” that is normally used as an insult in today’s society. #LikeAGirl shows several girls and some boys being questioned about the phrase “like a girl”. #LikeAGirl clearly shows how a girl’s self-esteem diminishes as she hits puberty and is subjected to society’s views on the female gender and how wrong…

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    both are in all three books), the red rose in Beauty and the Beast, the clothing colors in Divergent and the Bliss in The Maze Runner series. Option 2: Anaphora Anaphora, pronounced “a-NAFF-ra,” is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or phrases within a sentence,” (Myers, 95). The purpose of this technique is to reiterate the surrounding idea. An (overly-exaggerated) example anaphora might be something like this: It was then that they realized Sarah would always…

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    Student ID: 1330882 Paper 1: Russell and Strawson Introduction In this paper, I will compare and contrast Russell’s and Strawson’s accounts on definite descriptions, which are phrases of the form “the X” and denote some object. I will first reconstruct Russell’s account, which argues that that all definite descriptions are in reality a series of propositional statements and claims. I will then reconstruct Strawson’s account and claim that Russell’s account is flawed because it focuses…

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    Michael Hodge Analysis

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    class. Your revised, final copy of your narrative paper, with at last one worked over rough draft, will be due on November 16, 2016. Your paper must also include the following: one correctly used semi-colon or colon; one correct gerund or “ing” verb phrase; one correctly written exchange of dialogue; and one exclamation point. Each of these sentences should be underlined, italicized, or highlighted so I do not have to go searching or guessing. Lastly, one sentence you must identify with an…

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    them there is a time when the fear will dissipate and the healing will start. Moreover, because alliteration makes phrases more appealing to the ears, the lines are easier to remember. The repetition of "weep no more," not only in the same line, but once again in lines 182-183, "Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more;/Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore" further drives this phrase into readers' memories (2. 165/182-183). It is not the intense symbolism for death that Milton both…

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    A group of six strong men, participate in a passionate game of wheelchair basketball. The soft, beautiful notes in the background, ascend into the air and stay there. As the game ends and the group of men leave the gym together, a man’s deep, determined voice says, “ dedication, loyalty, and friendship”. “Guinness:Wheelchair Basketball”, by director Noam Murra, incorporates all the sounds and emotions that show above. This commercial was released September 2013 on tvs everywhere across the…

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    TEKS: 6.2E (2) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to: (E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words. Content Objective(s): • The students will use a dictionary to find the meaning, and pronunciations of unknown words. • The students will use newly acquired learn…

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    Separate Peace Theme

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    continuous phrase is then broken by a comma, drawing attention to how this so called enemy never hurts the characters. The following inclusion of a dash creates a longer pause than the previous comma does, but the last semicolon brings the longest pause of them all. As a result, these various pauses evenly separate the last three phrases, creating an uncertain tone doubting the character’s necessity to prepare. Such rhythmic interruptions allow Knowles to slowly increase emphasis on each phrase,…

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