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    effectively with each other in order to reduce negative consequences that would be as a result of misunderstanding or damaged relationship. There are many barriers that would hinder any business communication process. These includes cliché, jargon, slang, sexist and racist language, euphemism, double speak. This essay briefly described these barriers to communication in a business setting. Cliché is a barrier of communication because it entails the use of once clever word or phrase that has lost its

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    The teenage years and transition to adulthood is in itself a very difficult period. Blending or fitting in are omnipresent issues that must be dealt with. For children of immigrants, this difficulty is only intensified through language. Both Amy Tan and Khang Nguyen strategically use narrative anecdotes and employ several rhetorical devices to illustrate this struggle in their works, “Mother Tongue” and “The Happy Days,” respectfully. Amy Tan chooses her childhood home as the primary setting of her

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    These internal and external factors play into one another and ultimately determine how we choose to correspond with others to achieve our ultimate goal— relaying a message. Although in many cases it is frowned upon to rely on slang to convey ideas, in some situations, slang can be a reliable resource. By using his or her discretion and analyzing the situation, the speaker must determine whether or not this dangerous, risk-reward weapon should be used. Internal factors will greatly contribute to the

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    of colloquial used throughout the story. An example of this colloquial diction in the book was when Stradlater told Holden to hurry up in this way, ”Why don’tcha? I will, in minute time.” (Stradlater, p.32) We can see that Stradlater uses a type of slang language as in “don’tcha.” This shows the diction of the story and how it gives us a feel for what Salinger was trying to do to catch the reader's attention. This novel also shows us many examples of imagery and symbolism. Imagery gives us a picture

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    necessarily imply formal education, but instead focuses on the language. Example, Business jargon; Due diligence-putting effort into research before making a business decision. 3,Slang; This are the informal words or expression that are more common in spoken languages especially used by a particular group of people. Example, Teenage slang- ''Tope'' if something is ''tope'' it's cool to the teenage contingent. So what's a tope? it is a combination of 'tight' and 'dope' both words means something that's beyond

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    Hadi Darkazalli Mr. Jones ELA 25 April, 2017 Text Messaging Changing Teens’ Literacy For generations, several forms of digital communication have been developing among the human population. E-mailing, social networking, and video face calling have been major impacts of communication and have been revolutionized across the globe, but text messaging has been the leading form of human communication among the population, specifically the teenage population. Adolescent teenagers have been able to use

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    through posts, they often (with or without they realize) created and used special forms of terms or modified words. Evidently, the languages used by those members are very different from what usually used in daily conversation. It is even different from slang language commonly used in chatting or sms. Normally, one posts an advertisement in the group with description inserted with some new words. This is a way to make it simple and as brief as

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    large increase in the number of people who use mobile phones and social networking sites, such as MSN and Facebook. Especially the younger generation that have developed a new form of communication that’s not Standard English which we have called ‘slang’. I am going to analyse an MSN conversation between two boys named ‘JJ’ and ‘Pete’ and a girl called ‘Kat22’. In this online conversation, the two boys are talking about going to a

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    Comparing Poems Salome, Hitcher, On My First Sonne and The Man He Killed The poems, Salome, Hitcher, On My First Sonne and The Man He Killed all have similar themes. The menacing and threatening ideas that the poets used are all based around death. However, each poem has a different perspective on the word with different motives and emotions. The Man He Killed is about a man who talks of the experience he had of shooting someone and the regrets he has for it. He feels

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    Interesting as this world is, it’s exceptionally fragile, moreover dangerous, when everyone is contemplating who has permission for a conversation. Literacies are a tool to help mediate the discussion between two or more people… possibly even oneself. Liu experiences the multiple languages and cultural changes. She is nevertheless able to learn the conflicts between the two earlier in the adolescence. In comparison, Villanueva had both an academic and colloquial literacy that he learned to “code

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