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    writing techniques that enhance the effect he is trying to bestow on the reader. For example the last line in the first verse, "So fierce you whirr and pound, you drums-so shrill you bugles blow" (Whitman). Almost every word in this sentence is a one syllable word. Whitman purposely did this to create the effect of the poem almost being in tune with the loud beat of a drum and this beating is intensifying! He uses exclamation points throughout the poem to signify the increasing momentum.

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    awareness. Describe the strategies to promote phonological awareness among children whose home language is other than English. Phonological awareness involves the detection and manipulation of sounds at three levels of sound structure: (1) syllables, (2) onsets and rimes, and (3) phonemes. 1. Speak English, and speak it often, associate words with objects as often as possible. For example, show the child a book and say, "Book." Repeating words and phrases often will train the child to associate

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    it is also the most fun for them. Syllable counting is also an easy concept for her; she didn’t miss a single one. She even got that hippopotamus had 5 syllables; that’s a big word. She also was correct that elephant had 3, which can easily be mistaken as 2 syllables. Jenny was excellent at syllable segmentation, which reflects her knowledge of syllable counting. If she knows how many syllables there are it is easily determined where the words break into syllables. She got everyone correct even the

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    REWARDS Program

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    program can be used for middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12 who lack advanced word identification skills and are slower oral readers than their peers. These students tend to read one and two syllable words accurately but have difficulty with words of three or more syllables. It can also be used for struggling readers who

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    Syllable Division

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    A BRIEF STUDY ON SYLLABLE DIVISION: HELPING EFL LEARNERS Abstract: This article will present some considerations on syllable division in order to help EFL learners. Some theories will be presented so that it is possible to check the various studies on such important topic. A scheme about separating the syllables will be shown and a topic on ambisyllabicity as well. Key-Words: Syllable Division. Theories. Syllable Structure Introduction The syllable is a basic unit of speech studied on both the

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    “Wish for a Young Wife”, by Theodore Roethke, may seem to be more than just a simple epithalamium, for the way the poet presents his writing compels the reader to question his true intentions. Nevertheless, although it is easy for the reader to trip down this path, a closer reading, in which one pays particular attention to aspects such the poem's imagery, rhyme scheme, meter, and parallelism, allows them to acknowledge that as the poet appreciates his wife and elaborates on what he wants for her

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    2.2 Stopping: 2.2.1 The sound /r/ changes to alveolar stop /t/ in word final position as in: 8 (a) L: fɪ abrat kef halɪk Abrat? there-is Abrar how state-you Abrar? “How are you Abrar?” (b) L: ma-fi tjut al-zanna nothing-there is birds the-heaven “There is no Toyoor Aljanna” First, “Toyoor Aljanna” is a name of child TV

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    groups, which are labeled as a foot: in each of these there is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, which makes a pair of iamb’s. As what he loves may never like too much. Perfectly exemplified, line 12 of the poem expressed the use of iambic pentameter “as what he loves may ne-ver like too much”. The first foot begins with an unstressed syllable, “what” followed by “loves” which is the stressed syllable. In line three, Jonson stumbles a little as he addresses the loss of his son

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    He Ran and Ran The ball was thrown to the wide receiver Who ran and ran with the ball Trying to score that first down That was needed so desperately He ran and ran through the line Dodging each defender in his way He twisted and weaved through the safeties He ran and ran to get first down Zipped through the hands of every lineman The crowd cheered him as he plowed He ran and ran and continued to run All the way to touchdown Reflection for Poem #1 I feel that this poem does really well in

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    PHONOLOGY AND SYLLABLE The syllable and grammar for the second era are subject to be studied in commensuration with the phonology of the Arabic language in a multi-linguistic scenario of community. This is due to the fact that most of the communications at the regional level are oral by nature. Thus, the features of grammar and syllable cannot be ignored. It has been identified by Kahn (1976) that a mere hypothetical word “atkin” is not used and identified in English but without a syllable. The arrangements

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