The article “English Only” Laws divide and Demean by Warren Blumenfeld states the author’s view against enacting a law making English the official language of the federal government. Mr. Blumenfeld’s premise in "English Only" is that the law is unnecessary and divisive in the United States. He is seeking a call to action in his home state of Iowa against the “English -only” law because he believes that it will negatively impact the beliefs that our nation is founded upon, rather than celebrate and promote our uniqueness as a nation of people from different cultures seeking the freedom to be individuals. He is an opponent of this law since he believes it has the potential to create prejudice and discrimination toward our citizens because
{OSS: Discuss how to document symptoms in journals with good descriptions of time/date, duration, intensity, and quality. Give good positive and negative examples. Be careful to avoid having an overwhelming number of symptoms and confusing day-to-day issues like a minor headache of muscle pain after jogging 5 miles as a symptom. Discuss “pain on a scale of one to ten” line here. When one goes to the doctor, they often get asked “are you in any pain.” If the answer is “yes” then they are asked to rate it on a scale of 1 – 10 where 10 is the worst pain you have ever felt. Discuss how to rate the pain as objectively as possible, without underestimating it, or overestimating it. Do
Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Many times when we write, we tend to over-use “fancy” words and try too hard to make our writing sound smart. This extra “fluff” and weirdly placed “buzz words” may not quite make sense in the context, but “of course, they’re AP vocab words I have to use them and it is a very loose synonym so it works right?” Sometimes, the best, and most “smart-sounding” way to get your point across is to write it out straight forward and not discombobulate your main idea with extra and unnecessary phrases and words. Less is more.
When it comes to the usage of the word “like”, I do tend to use it as a filler word. In the article by The Muse, I agree that it is easy to unwittingly cross over to saying “like” frequently, which detracts from your message and overall professionalism. Many students compared it to filler words like “um” and “uh” but I actually think it is the same thing as repeating phrases such as, “Do you know what I mean?” or “Does that make sense?”. I have been on many conference calls at work where their sentences will flow without filler words but they will absence-mindedly repeat the same phrase as a filler.
. I wanted to register for Advanced Placement English Language and Composition because I wanted to receive advanced information regarding this subject so that I can utilize it when I take the English AP exam and the SAT and the end of this year. By taking this class I hope that I can receive a high score on my English AP exam, so that I can receive college credit for the course.
In “How to do Things with Words”, Austin tells how some words are actually used in speaking and how others are merely utterances. How are utterances so important if it is only a simple statement that is being made? Why does society put so much value on these statements, such as “I do”? First we must establish what exactly an utterance is according to Austin is.
Should some words be entirely off limits? Should apples be off limit just because someone doesn't like them. We should band everything that another person might find distasteful or offensive. By the way let's kill those be people who I look at and just because my stomach starts to turn when in I see them. Yes maybe I am being a bit extreme with my ideas but that is an extreme thing to do. If you’re a biblical person the bible say life and death lies in the power of the tongue. However I disagree because words aren't bullets. They aren't knifes. They aren't machetes. They are verbs, nouns, pronouns, and etc. They aren't physical or even have the capacity to even penetrate the skin let alone kill a person. By speaking what I want it allows me to exercise my free will. It is my natural and birth right that was given to me along with my social security number. To deny me that right will offend our founding fathers who want the people of this land to be free to speak how they please.
“How I Learned about the Power of Writing” and “Coming to an Awareness of Language” are two articles that contain many similarities. For example, the narrators Richard Bullock and Malcolm X both go through the process of learning to read and both are interested in reading books. However, they learn to read in different background and have different motivation. Richard has taught to read by his grandmother, who is always beside him and encourage him to study, since he was a little kid. Conversely, Malcolm X has studied in prison under the teaching of Mr. Elijah and by himself within the dictionary. Malcolm X is motivated to learn because he wants to communicate to people surrounding him, to understand, and to broaden his knowledge, while Richard
This movie describes a first African-American lawyer who became the Court's 96th justice. The movie revolves around Thurgood Marshall. At a young aged he faced one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall traveled to a conservative Connecticut area but wealthy well known person in society, named Eleanor Strubing accuses a black chauffeur, named Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. Spell soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. The two men, together build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
In the Story “In Praise of the F word”, Marry Sherry writes about her teaching experiences and flaws of the school system. Kids are not getting the education that they deserve and I agree with her. She said, “People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so.” I feel the same way, students don’t put any effort in their education and they still pass the class. It’s unfair to them and teachers. They need motivation to encourage them to want to learn and pass. The author write about her son, who is failing his English class but isn’t too concern with it until his teacher threatens to fail him. Teachers should follow through failing students so they will try their best and learn. Mary states “Passing students
The word study program incorporates phonics, vocabulary, word recognition, and spelling. What I particularly like about this program is that it provides educators with the tools and information for assessing students, scoring the assessment, explaining what students already know, what they need to learn, group placement, and activities for expanding their knowledge. The resources and activities are also great for students since they it encourages them to be active members of the learning process. For example, each week students are introduced to new spelling patterns, take part in literacy patterns, and practice making and sorting words. Although, there are word study games and activities available for download as well as additional resources
I am in a love/hate relationship with dictionary.com! (Yes, I am being dramatic for emphasis.) As a writer and someone who just finds words interesting in general, I love reference books; my favourite is the thesaurus. Dictionary.com is not only a virtual dictionary, but a thesaurus, plus it translates 17 different languages, plus....more! So much more. They have a blog, word of the day, etc. It's one stop shopping all at your fingertips. No more lugging around heavy books.
You're sitting in your English classroom, it,s cold outside and it is the day before valentine's day. Your teacher walks slowly to the front of the room and speaks in a half somber voice,” Do you want the good news or the bad news?” Some kids raise their voices and shout to good news but majority were worried and, asked for the bad news first. “ Bad news; we are writing an essay for the next week.” The entire class groans, and you cast your eyes downward, as a little bit more homework is added onto your pile. Then the teacher speaks from the front of the classroom again. “ Now for the good news; it is a group project.” You will get to work with your group to write the essay together.” You sigh in relief because you know that your work is going to be much, much better for several reasons.
Con Artist – Joe is somebody that cheats or tricks people by persuading them to believe something that is not true because of what he told his customers about his recent sales.
Friend-enemies was the kind of people you hate but they have the smiler personalities you but for some objective reasons such as the thing they done, they behave make you felt uncomfortable. Friend-enemies this the best synonym to defined relationship between my grandpa and General Douglas MacArthur, my grandpa did not like him, but he did not realize himself have same personalities with MacArthur from the brave, talented, and completely different leadership.