Stylistic analysis on Toni Morrison: Commencement Address, Wellesley College, 2004 Smith (1992: 75) spoke succinctly to the concern about loss of intelligibility across varieties: ‘My response … is that for at least the last two hundred years there have been English-speaking people in some parts of the world who have (c) 2011 Hong Kong University Press. All Rights Reserved. not been intelligible to other English-speaking people in other parts of the world. It is a natural phenomenon when any language becomes so widespread.’ By adopting this commonsense and empirically arguable stance on the issue, Smith does away with recourse to emotional sorts of reactions to the spread of English. The reflexive cry ‘something must be done!’ is set aside in favour of a reasoned exploration. Holistic approaches to intelligibility are difficult to carry off: it becomes clear, as illustrated in the examples above, that there are various levels of language and of the perception of language at work in communicating with other speakers of English. Strevens’ proposal of separating accent from the other layers of language was a step in…
Conventions of the Havard Referencing Style What do you need to know about the Havard Referencing Style? Havard referencing is a citation style that writers across the world use for their academic work Citing your references in the Harvard style is a two-part process: In-text citation Commonly known as the Author-Date citation. Generally, all variations of Harvard referencing use an author-date format. It majorly consists of the author’s last name, the year of publication, and page numbers (if it is a direct quote) in round brackets placed within the text. If there is no distinguishable author, use the title and date. An in-text citation follows these conventions If you are directly quoting from a source, be keen to include the page number in your reference. If your quote consists of more than two lines, you should present it as a new paragraph that is preceded by a colon and indented from the rest of the text. You don’t have to use quotation marks. If you will omit any materials from the source, use three dots […] to indicate an…
Analysis of a Poem In this poem, the theme expressed is that of the loneliness of a man who is surrounded by nature, yet cannot share his feelings or life with anyone. From the very onset, the audience can deduce that the presence of Li Po is filled with frustration and loneliness. “A cup of wine, under the flowering trees; I drink alone, for no friend, is near.” The moments described in these lines must have been those when the speaker felt the solitude and loneliness of his life. However, it can also be deduced that isolation and solitude are self-inflicted. The poem also illuminates some aspects of Li Po’s life, mostly as a lover of wine. There is a period of his life when he went to parties and met celebrities, living in a carefree world. Such an aspect of his life can also be connected with his love for wine and being a heavy drinker (Li and Waley 98). Analysis of the Poem There is a lot of figurative languages used in the poem. As Mittal (53) and…
Non-white voices are becoming increasingly heard There is a lot of authority and respect given to the whites in the current century as compared to the non-white. In simple terms, the non-whites are the minority as far as the media is concerned. A lot of attention gets given to the people of white origin because of various reasons. It is a norm that the current society is trying to run away from. The difference between these two groups is evident in the upper and middle classes. The exclusion of the non-whites people from the media covers their voicers, making them not get heard by the general society. Over there years, there has risen systemic discrimination evidence that takes place before the cameras and even behind the scenes in the different productions criteria. By behind the scenes, we refer to the directors and writers of various scripts and movies. Apart from the non-white exclusion, there is also the discrimination of the female gender. This is evident from the film directors’ area and the various awards given by the different organizations…
literary analysis of one of Langston Hughes’s poems found in chapter 32 For this essay, you will write a literary analysis of one of Langston Hughes’s poems found in chapter 32. You will use the sources included in this chapter as support for your argument. You must use at least two of these texts, but you may use as many as apply. No outside sources are needed or allowed. The information provided in the casebook section of the text contains more than enough support for your essay. MLA format, of course, with a Works Cited page reflecting your original text (this will be the poem/poems you are writing about), as well as the individual articles you quote from the book. Each of these sources will have an entry on the Works Cited page.[unique_solution] See Canvas for deadline. You must submit to Canvas TurnItIn; I cannot grade an attachment or emailed doc. The A paper will: present a viable thesis statement which is thoroughly addressed and supported in the essay with specific examples/quotes/data from primary and secondary…
dynamic characters In plays, dynamic characters change over the course of the play or novel. All the major characters in the play (A Raisin in the Sun) all go through some changes. The Younger family has experienced significant challenges in the play, and several of the characters respond to these difficulties in different ways. Walter Lee, one of the significant characters in the play, is dynamic because he goes through changes as the play progresses. The changes seen in Walter Lee are caused by different conflicts he is faced with. When the audience meets Walter at the beginning of the play, he is very ambitious and wants to do more with and out of his life. He says, “I got me a dream.” He is hugely motivated to transform his life, achieve his dreams, and become a better man both for himself and his family. The hope in his dreams is seen when he is begging his family for the money to venture into the liquor business. His naivety, however, lies in his belief that Mama would spend this money…
Informed Citizenship and the Use and Impact of Newspapers Introduction An informed citizen is one who seeks to know knowledge of the various political sociological, economic and geological conditions which are prevalent in a given state and how they influence them. For citizens to be informed continuously with the happenings of a country, various media channels can be used to help one in being knowledgeable. For instance, watching news of 24-hour channels that talks of the position a country is in currently and reading of newspapers daily. Desensitization occurs when a country faces a tragic event. The government bodies can help in desensitizing victims of tragedies through NGO’s and developing new perceptions of the current ones as compared to the previous ones. This can be done through the use of newspapers. For this matter, this essay will describe the essence and functionality that a newspaper plays in societies. It will also elaborate on how they changed over time and their impact on the community and individuals at large. A newspaper plays several roles in the community. Being one of the…
Reflecting on Values as a Writer and Thinker Throughout this course, I have realized different perspectives held by people concerning the values I hold. People have different ways of choosing how to live and the behaviors that they choose to have. Personal values held by an individual always drive the judgment on whether or not a decision is right. Generally, personal thinking, beliefs, and behaviors are determined by the values held and believed to be right. My values realized during the course are desire to invest in personal development, and reliability, especially where teamwork is required while I learned to challenge myself towards achieving my dreams. The writing experience has been on the larger part in line with my values, and the course has helped strengthen my values. Writing and thinking require an individual with a desire for personal development. At the beginning of the course, my writing abilities were not anything to go by. Although I have been a bright student throughout my time in school, the lack of self-drive had cost significant grades in writing. I was…
Content Analysis Video New Assignment Content Analysis 3 pages worth 40 points (typed in 12 point font, double-spaced, one inch margins) In place of the Participant Observation Project you′ll be asked to complete a Content Analysis Project. But first, let′s look at the research method itself. Below is a short PDF. Content Analysis OverviewPreview the document Here is a super helpful video: Content Analysis Video (Links to an external site.) For this assignment, students are to do some online content analysis work. Here is a nice summation of how some researchers have done this: Three examples of content analysis of documents online Boepple and Thompson (2014) conducted quantitative analysis of 21 ‘healthy living blogs’. Their sampling frame was only blogs which had received an award, and from those, they selected the blogs with the largest number of page views. They found that content emphasised appearance and disordered messages about food/ nutrition,with five bloggers using very negative language about being fat or overweight and four invoking admiration for being thin. They concluded that these blogs spread messages that are ‘potentially problematic’…
Literature Search: How are you…really? Measuring wellbeing Word limit: 500 words maximum This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 6 & 7. Background to the topic of this assignment In this assessment you will start to critically evaluate the way in which the psychological construct ‘wellbeing’ is conceptualised and measured. Historically, there has been considerable debate over how to operationalise the construct of wellbeing, as it is often conceptualised within two perspectives; hedonism and eudaimonism. Hedonism focuses on happiness, situating wellbeing within the context of pleasure and the absence of negative affect or pain. Alternatively, eudaimonism suggests that wellbeing is about personal growth and an individual’s ability to discover their true potential in life. How researchers define ‘wellbeing’ can directly influence their research outcomes. This makes it difficult to compare and contrast studies on wellbeing, as researchers may be measuring markedly different concepts. You should start to think not only about the theoretical side of this topic, but also about the research methodology and practical application of research in the area of wellbeing. You can consider any practical / research application of this…