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    and 2 are one sentence) to continue the thought from the first line, and also to emphasize the second line. There is interesting word choice here as well; describing the imagination as “brightest heaven of invention” continues the theme of making the play seem worthy of the gods. In lines 3-4, there is an example of alliteration with “swelling scene”, which makes these words stand out; it is also a form of imagery, as the reader can almost picture the giant stage. The next sentence encompass a total

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    Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier, readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rjm8Wx_JQ7FnqJwAWM5sl9ImtwhKvVtXLIfrnoVHwDU/edit?usp=sharing It was great to read Kris's little introduction and how her general view on sexual assault was added with a new perspective after reading Emily Yoffee's essay. After reading the essay myself, I could see how Yoffee's arguments and supporting

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    Rotate Rehearsal Study

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    The results show that there is a difference in the words being recalled in the imagery method and in the words being recalled in the rote rehearsal method. The data showed that there was a greater amount of words recalled by imagery than there was in rote rehearsal. Rote rehearsal had a mean value of 8.28, which wasn’t that close to imagery. Imagery had a mean value of 12.96. The median and mode for rote rehearsal had a value of 8, and both the median and mode for imagery had a value of 13. It wasn’t

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    “Englishes” we picked up during our youth and benefited from it by broadcasting our ideas to speak amongst our family, friends, and peers. Language is defined as, “ the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way,” by Merriam-Webster. From my perspective, I believe that our language can convey our “Englishes” to speak with many types of characters on certain types of situations. Knowing that we as humans, has a certain adaptation

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    out’, ‘sight’ to ‘insight’. Apart from grammar errors, the author always capitalize the first letter of a word which is unnecessary, for example, ‘Good intent’, ‘Conniff Explains’, ‘Male athlete’ etc. The second paper is a summary of “Preaching to the choir? Not this time”. In the introductory part, the author use the wrong world version. “ It’s relevancy to the students’ stems” , the word ‘relevancy’ is a noun phrase, the correct form should be adjectival. Also, there are some punctuation problems

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    Writing Ritual Analysis

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    Most people underestimate the power his or her surroundings has over their writing. There has to be a specific location or object that help ideas flow out of his or her minds and appear on the paper or screen. It could be a lucky pen, a bedroom, a cup of tea, or even a pair of yoga pants. Whatever it is, it has to be present, so they can get their point across clear and precise. These are called writing rituals. Everyone has at least two that help them write; however, not all are the same. Keeping

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    fārsi is the predominant modern descendant of Old Persian, a southwestern Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan (officially known as Dari Persian since 1958 for political reasons),[7] and Tajikistan (officially known as Tajiki Persian since the Soviet era for political reasons. Phonology , Iranian Persian has six vowels and twenty-two consonants. Historically, Persian has distinguished length: Early New Persian

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    the use of the word “resounding” is very important (line 26). Why not call her “loud” or “huge” or any of the other synonyms tied to the word “resounding”? One can only assume that Ovid wanted to make use of the word’s other definition: resonant and reverberant. By essentially introducing her as “Reverberant Echo” and mentioning that her “speech was strange”, Ovid immediately alerts the reader to what is both Echo’s downfall and her saving grace: Words have power. Echo over-uses words in her favor

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    Aphasia Vocabulary

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    that are produced with unintelligible words, a decrease in the length of sentences, naming difficulties, and much more (Halpern & Goldfarb, 2013). One error that is commonly noted is anomia (Raymer & Kohen, 2006). Anomia is a common error seen in patients with fluent aphasia (Raymer & Kohen, 2006). Anomia by definition is the failure to produce a word that was mentally retrieved with intentions on using that word in conversation (Raymer & Kohen, 2006). Word retrieval difficulties (anomia) and naming

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    they tell me you are brutal…” That is an example of repetition in Sandburg’s poem “Chicago”. The repetition of those words emphasizes all of the bad aspects of the city Chicago. The second example says “ under the smoke...under the terrible burden…” this shows that the city is gritty and very dirty. The last example of repetition is the word “laughing” unlike the other examples this word

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