Words

situation, no phenomenon happened? Or specifically, here in my speech, why does it matter for us to speak or pronounce the word correctly? Well, let me tell you the answers to those “whys”. Pronouncing the word does matter in our everyday life. And there are the two main reasons why it does matter. Firstly, it will avoid you to be misunderstood by other people. In other word, you want to avoid being seen as a thoughtless, stupid or non-intellectual person. I know that many of you will not agree with

past years, there are a lot of words that are made by the youth. They generate new terms that they can make use of when they interact with other people. There are also lists of new terms which they use in a negative definition; however, the real meaning is in a positive manner. One of the popular words that are being used incorrectly is swag. The usage of swag was brought back and was popularized by different famous artists by the help of the music industry. The word was used in various hip-hop songs

Amidst the seas of stereotypes, it can be difficult to sort out what society upholds as rude, polite, or appropriate. Certain groups staunchly defend what they consider "politically correct," generally disregarding being inconsiderate themselves. I find the assertiveness of such people detrimental to their cause as well as a nuisance to the very people they try to defend, as not everyone with a minority disadvantage will agree with an SJW 's (or "social justice warrior") approach. Various regional

Diction: Diction refers to the word choice you use in your writing. The vocab you use in your writing should compliment the type of assignment you are working on. You can write with formal diction, casual diction, or informal diction. The words you use can have a completely different denotation compared to the implied connotation. For example, the phrase “tearing down the trees” has more of a negative connotation attached to it instead of the phrase “cutting down the trees”. Diction’s intended effect

identifiable through an analysis of how her husband addresses her, refers to her, and describes her in the dialogue between the two of them and with other characters. This includes the use of childish and belittling terms, the reduction of the possessive word “my”, and the increase in the use of her name when addressing her directly. Ibsen exercises Torvald's choice language and names used towards Nora changes throughout the play, which changes from sweet and child-like names and adjectives when she is

Holocaust is a word that is associated with death and inhuman treatment. Holocaust is a word that suggests death and indifference. In April 1945, after struggling with starvation and brutal punishment in Buchenwald, Elie Wiesel was set free from a concentration camp. In April 1999, Wiesel was invited by Hillary Clinton to participate in the Millennium Lectures. His famous speech “The Perils of Indifference” is a call to action in order to defend the human life. Elie Wiesel as a survivor from the

The first time I remember realizing my family mispronounced words was, one day it was cold and raining, and an ambulance drove by our house. My dad casually said “Oh, look it’s the amboolance.” I just about lost my mind. He then proceeded to continue on with the conversation like nothing had happened. That was the day the nine year old me realized that my biggest pet peeve was how simple words are mispronounced. My dad is also famous for saying breakfast as “brefest.” I remember one time when I had

were taught a meaningful lesson. Students had complete freedom to write on a topic that had happened to them, or someone they knew. When students are given the opportunity to write about their lives, that is when we empower students with their own words. The students were able to choose what incident they wanted to write about from their lived experiences. After my minilesson on verbals I wanted students to incorporate these into their own writing to add action and precise details about their significant

Blaise Pascal once said: “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much”. The same could be said for harmful words. One word could change someone's entire day, whether that be kind or harmful is all up to the speaker. Words can hurt and they can repair, but they can never be forgotten. Words are powerful and can be used numerous different ways. Words can dictate how we are perceived, they can be used to persuade, they can be used to evoke emotion, logical sense and credibility as well as

disregarding examining potential differences that may be caused by the structure of language. For example, several studies have examined the behavioral effects of morphological frequency across Dutch (Schrueder & Baayen 1997; de Jong, et al., 2000; Bertram, et al., 2000), English (Feldman and Pastizzo, 2003; Baayen et al., 2007), Hebrew (Moscoso del Prado Mart´ın et al. 2005), and Finnish (Moscoso del Prado Mart´ın et al. 2004). Similar types of analyses exist regarding morphological decomposition