...The English language is known as being one of the most difficult languages to learn. There are many reasons for this, a major factor being the use of figurative language. Since the English language is packed with figures of speech is can be very confusing to truly comprehend what someone is trying to get across. This doesn’t just go for the new comers to the English language but also to native English speakers. Throughout this paper I will define and give examples for ten different types of figurative language while providing appropriate usage. These types of figurative language include idiom, analogy, metaphor, simile, cliché, amphiboly, fame word, hyperbole, euphemism, and lastly colloquialism. Idiom Idioms are words or phrases that mean something different from what they are literally saying. For example “to burn the candle at both ends” means to exhaust yourself by doing too much ("Language Arts," 2010). At first it might not make much since. After thinking about it you may realize if you lit a candle at both ends it would actually burn out two times faster than just being lit on one side. An appropriate circumstance for using this example would be if you had a friend that worked two jobs and went to school full-time. You could say “wow you really are burning the candle at both ends”. Again you are stating how your friend is over working themselves and how they could burn out just like the candle. Analogy An analogy compares certain similarities between things which...
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...Sarah Anastasia Freddino English 280 Dr. Holmes December 4th, 2014 Short Paper Assignment Assignment 5: Presidential Speech President John F. Kennedy – “City Upon a Hill” Speech (January 9, 1961) I have welcomed this opportunity to address this historic body and through you the people of Massachusetts to whom I am so deeply indebted for a lifetime of friendship and trust. For fourteen years I have placed my confidence in the citizens of Massachusetts — and they have generously responded by placing their confidence in me. Now, on the Friday after next, I am to assume new and broader responsibilities. But I am not here to bid farewell to Massachusetts. For forty-three years — whether I was in London, Washington, the South Pacific, or elsewhere — this has been my home; and, God willing, wherever I serve this shall remain my home. It was here my grandparents were born — it is here I hope my grandchildren will be born. I speak neither from false provincial pride nor artful political flattery. For no man about to enter high office in this country can ever be unmindful of the contribution this state has made to our national greatness. Its leaders...
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...Administrator Account Administrator Account View Sections Loyalty Honesty Patience Peace View Sections Loyalty Honesty Patience Peace Fourth Year Fourth Year Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 7 Set New Section Set New Section View Subject View Subject Submit Submit Subject Code: Subject Code: Subject: Subject: Set New Subject Set New Subject Set new Section Set new Section Set new subject Set new subject Set New Year Level Set New Year Level View New Student View New Student Grade Report Grade Report Set New Student Set New Student Register Account Register Account Log-In Log-In Archive Archive Draft File Draft File Old File Old File New File New File Set List Set List Welcome Admin B.Day: Aug. 20, 1993 Address: Quezon City Gender: Female Welcome Admin B.Day: Aug. 20, 1993 Address: Quezon City Gender: Female Password: Password: Username: Username: Administrator Log-in View Subject Gram- Grammar Buss. Math- Business Math Literate-Litearture Sci- Science T.L.E-Tech.Lively.Educ. View Subject Gram- Grammar Buss. Math- Business Math Literate-Litearture Sci- Science T.L.E-Tech.Lively.Educ. Register Account Register Account Name: Address: Bday: Contact: Name: Address: Bday: Contact: Username: Username: Password: Password: View View Biometrics Biometrics >> >>ew >> >>ew ...
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...the break to the hilt, Let the T.V. blare, but your teachers have found a way. To occupy your days. So here comes your homework for the winter break! Nursery English : Revise A – Z Maths : Together with Mathematics Pg 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 ,98 , 99 G.K : Revise G.K questions of month of December Prep English : Daily read 1 page from English B2 book. Learn poem from pg 153 Hindi : Daily read 1 page from Hindi B2 book. Maths: Learn Number names 1 to 10 Class I Do holidays homework in summer holiday homework copy. Enjoy your holidays. English : 1. Make sentences with words : Favorite Spade Water Happy Village Tree Lunch 2. Revise Has / Have 3. Write 5 lines on water E.V.S: 1. Make two pictures on the following topic given in class work notebook. a) Wild Animals b) Domestic Animals c) Water Animals d) Pet Animals 2. Learn L- 13 The Animal World Maths : Mental Maths : Complete upto page 25 Course book : Complete from page 100 to page 120 Learn and write tables upto 7 Hindi: [pic] Class II Do the homework in your notebook English : 1. Draw a Christmas tree and write 5 lines on it. 2. Revise Lesson – 7 EVS: 1. Draw a tree and paste any 10 things on it that we get from the plants. 2. Revise L-15 ...
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...American English File- Book 4 Answer key 7 stole / has stolen 8 the swimming pool opens (opened; will open) 9 are you meeting / will you meet 10 she lives / she lived 1A Q and A 1 GRAMMAR a 3 How long 4 Which 5 How often 6 How 7 What 8 Do 9 What kind (sort / type) 10 Whose 11 Have 12 Who 2 PRONUNCIATION a 1b 2a 3a 4b 5b 6a 7b 8a 3 SPEAKING b Answers will vary depending on the country and culture you are teaching in. In the US, questions 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 11, and 12 would be considered inappropriate questions to ask someone you don’t know well. a 1 What’s the most important lesson life has taught you? 2 What’s your earliest memory? 3 Where would you like to live? 4 What single thing would improve the quality of your life? d 1L 2N 3N 4L 5N 6L 7L 8N 5 If you could go back in time, where would you go? 6 What’s your most treasured possession? e 1 8 or 10 2 9 3 11 4 8 5 11 or 12 4 READING & VOCABULARY a f a 1 Do you ever send text messages? 2 When was the last time you went to a party? 3 Could you tell me if there is a bank near here? 4 Who usually cooks the dinner? 5 Who do you like going shopping with? 6 What don’t you like doing on weekends? 7 What kind of car would you like to buy? 8 Do you know what time the concert ends? b 1 do you 2 wrote 3 this book costs / this book cost 4 happens / happened 5 Did you enjoy 6 does Tim usually listen to 1 Copyright(c) Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Single men and women meet for an evening. The women sit at tables...
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...MiXeDCasE(valid) 2. In the following list, classify each data set name as valid or invalid: Clinic (valid) Clinic (valid) Work (valid) hyphens-in-the-name(invalid) 123GO(invalid) Demographics_2006(valid) 3. You have a data set consisting of Student ID, English, History, Math, and Science test scores on 10 students. a. The number of variables is ___5_______ b. The number of observations is _10_________ 4. True or false: a. You can place more than one SAS statement on a single line. (true) b. You can use several lines for a single SAS statement.(true) c. SAS has three data types: character, numeric, and integer.(false) d. OPTIONS and TITLE statements are considered global statements.(true) 5. What is the default storage length for SAS numeric variables (in bytes)? 8 bytes Chapter 2 1. You have a text file called stocks.txt containing a stock symbol, a price, and the number of shares. Here are some sample lines of data: File stocks.txt AMGN 67.66 100 DELL 24.60 200 GE 34.50 100 HPQ 32.32 120 IBM 82.25 50 MOT 30.24 100 a. Using this raw data file, create a temporary SAS data set (Portfolio). Choose your own variable names for the stock symbol, price, and number of shares. In addition, create a new variable (call it Value) equal to the stock price times the number of shares. Include a comment in your program describing the purpose of the program, your name, and the date the program was written. DATA Portfolio; INFILE "R:\STOCKS.TXT"; INPUT SYMBOL $...
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...Analysis Rachel Hammer ELL240: Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners (ACV1340A) Instructor: Jessica Vargas November 4, 2013 In today’s classrooms, throughout America, there are a number of students who speak another language other than English. In fact, a majority of our classrooms consists primarily of English language learner students. For these students, interacting and participating in daily tasks, socially and academically, can at times be challenging. This added pressure and stress can wreak havoc for ELLs and can result in feelings of not belonging or loss of identity, their culture, family, or friends. They may also feel they lack the ability to fully express themselves through their native language. As teachers we need to take extra time and effort to understand that these students originate from diverse backgrounds, and some ELL students will have the learning skills that will enable them to pick up the English language at a more rapid pace than others. The reason for this seldom coincides with the student’s intelligence or motivation levels. Instead, we need to consider all the various learning strategies that can potentially help shape ELLs in becoming more confident in learning and speaking English. Throughout this assignment, I will thoroughly identify the different strategies that are presented throughout the classroom scenario, explain whether or not they are effective, describe how instructional input and scaffolding are used to support ELLs,...
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...idiom the best8/25/13 A - Z idioms list learning English idioms Learn English - Basic English lessons Easy learning English free Home All Lessons Exercises Forum Music English books Register Login Contact us English Chat Pictures Please like our Facebook page Lessons and exercises Basic lessons English basics level 1 English basics level 2 English level 3 English level 4 English Grammar Business lessons Exercises Exercises basics Exercise level 1 Exercise level 2 Tw eet 0 Share Like 1 0 StumbleUpon Large list of A - Z English idioms What will I learn from the English lesson A - Z List of English idioms? This lesson is following on from small list on English idioms, again you will be able to use the list below to learn any idioms that you read about or hear about you don't understand. List of Idioms A - Z A Idioms A big cheese- an important or a powerful person in a group or family A bird’s eye view- a view from a very high place which allows you to see a large area A bone of contention- something that people argue for a long time A cock and a bull story- a story or an explanation which is obviously not true. At the crack of the dawn- very early in morning A cuckoo in the nest- someone in a group of people but not liked by them. A litmus test- a method which clearly proves something As the crow flies- measuring distance between two places in a straight line. A dead letter- an...
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...Now we come to the very complicating part of being part of an equestrian Sims 3 community. It's one of the most difficult aspects of running a sim stable or farm. Horse shows! There are many different kinds of horse shows. There are fun shows, western shows and english shows. These are the three main categories of shows. In each main board are sub-boards or threads that will detail what kind of shows hosted by different players may contain. Examples are, english shows will consist of show-jumping, dressage, racing, saddleseat and disciplines using an english saddle. Western shows, in example will consist of disciplines using a western saddle such as western pleasure, barrel racing, cow roping and the like. Keep in mind, english and western...
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...(For Course participants only) Reading Material & Work Book On Effective Noting & Drafting (Edited by Smt. Jayanthi Sriram, Asst.Director) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INSTITUTE SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK, JNU CAMPUS (OLD) OLOF PALMS MARG, NEW DELHI-110067 TEL. 26105592 TELEFAX: 26104183 Revised - 2005 FORWARD In responsive administration it is obvious that the response has to be meaningful. Yet, it may not be effective unless the response time is optimised. This twin objective can be achieved through streamlining of the decision making process itself. In the Central Secretariat, as in other spheres of Government, contribution by all rungs of employees particularly by those at the cutting edge level, namely the Section Officers and Assistants, generally helps arriving at the right decision. Besides collection of information, such contributions are rendered through Noting & Drafting. Effective noting & drafting at every level, therefore, is a matter of prime concern. 2. To address this concern, we in ISTM have been according utmost importance to the inclusion of 'noting and drafting' as a subject in all our foundational and refresher Courses. Besides, focussed workshops on effective noting & drafting are also organised in large numbers. To help participants team effectively, the need for practical exercises cannot be overemphasised. Similarly,...
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... Phonological processes are processes that occur on sounds when a speaker pronounces these sounds in specific languages. These symbols are identifiable by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) chart. These processes occur without the speaker even knowing that they occur, especially in English but linguists have identified these processes in relation to speech in specific languages. Therefore, one becomes aware when they have been linguistically educated about the various processes that occur when producing even one sound. Phonological processes may occur when a sound symbol takes on the feature of a neigbouring sound, the feature of the neighbouring sound has spread, this is known as assimilation or it takes on its own feature, this is known as non-assimilation. Many phonological processes exist like: nasalization, dentalization, velarization, affricatization, plosive release and many others that are related to the English Language but only fronting and aspiration will be discussed. Fronting is unavoidable, it is universal and hence, it occurs in every language. Fronting occurs on velar plosives, /k/ and /g/, when they occur before front vowels, /i/, /e/, /ɛ/ and /a/, in English. Consider the word key /ki:/, in order to make /i:/ the body of the tongue is brought up and forward on the hard palate and /k/ has a default position further back on the velum. The movement from /k/ to /i/ is made more efficient if the /k/ is brought forward, nearer to the hard palate, (Knowles...
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...Identification and description of problems and/or unresolved issues 4. Installation of Free Utility a. Identification of utility, outline of what it does and reason why you choose this (make it different from your classmates) Final Burner is a freeware utility software to burn files and folders into CD (Compact Disk) or DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). This utility enables user to burn files and folders in many formats such as CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL. I have choose this software because this utility is very important to create backup of files to the CD or DVD. b. Identification and description of key stages in installation The steps required while installing this software are: • Click on the installation file of Final Burner. • Then, select the language and click on next. (I have selected English-United State) • Read about the description of utility software which you are going to install and click on next. • Read license agreement carefully and click on next button. • Then, Select the destination folder where the software is going to be installed and click on next button. (I have selected C:\program files\ Final Burner) • Then the installation will begin...
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...Jeremy Llaguno
Ms. Krug and Ms. Tarlecki
English 2 CP
1 October 2014
Annotated Bibliography: Olaudah Equiano
Imbarrato, Susan Clair. "Equiano, Olaudah." Infobase Learning - Login. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2008. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.
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...bytes Kilobytes Megabytes Terabytes 54 Megabyte is equalto: 23 Gigabyte is equalto: 5 Terabyte is equal to 5,120 120MB = 16GB= 125,829,120 16,384 bytes MBytes Lab 1.4 ASCII (See page 20 of Lab manual) 1. Decode the simple numerical sentences into one English paragraph. You may use Google to find an ASCII table. Use the keywords-Binary to text conversion; Hexadecimatto text conversion; ASGllto text conversion-to aid the decoding process: Code"Tvoe ASC llcodes Numeric Message 87 101 1 08 1 08 44 32 116 104 97 116 32 109 97 107 101 115 32 111 117 114 32 49 48 32 110 117 109 98 101 114 32 100 101 99 105 109 97'108 3247 3297 115 99 105 10532115121115116 101 '10932 106 117 11511632114105103104 11633148 Translation Well, that makes our 10 number decimal / ASCII system just right! Lab 1.5 Creating a File System Follow the procedures outlined in the Lab Manual on pages 231o27 Exercise 1.5.1 (P. 24) C:\Users\Junior\Desktop\Classes Exercise 1.5.2 (P. 25) The myname.txt file has been relocated to the Networking folder. The path to access the myname.txt file is C:\Users\Junior\Desktop\Classes\Networking. Exercise 1.5.3 C: Classes Math Computing English Networking Lab Unit 1 Lab Unit 2 Lab Unit 3 Exercise 1.5.4 Lab Unit 4 Lab Unit 5 Yes. When a...
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