Modern Language Association Essays

  • The Pachuco from Mexico to United States

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    published by The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association in 2002. The article is about the pachuco's growth as a subculture. Durán examines how pachucos created an identity for themselves and a spot in society, here he first talks about the becoming the pachuco: “The pachuco’s strategies of survival – appropriation, transgression, reassemblage, breaking, and restructuring the laws of language with caló and pochismos - are reflected in the codified language of the body (hair style, tattooing

  • The Composition and Rhetoric Field

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    study of language and its use in ... ... middle of paper ... ...re within which writing is created, evaluated and taught. Works Cited Faigley, Lester. "Competing Theories of Process: A Critique and a Proposal. College English. Vol. 48: 6 (1986). Lauer, Janice M. and Andrea Lunsford. "The Place of Rhetoric and Composition in Doctoral Studies." Ed. Andrea Lunsford, Helene Moglen and James F. Slevin. The Future of Doctoral Studies in English. New York: Modern Language Association, 1989. 106-110

  • Gender Neutral Society

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    imposed on students today in English classes across the globe tell them to avoid generic "he" and rewrite their sentences in other ways. A great lesson and a leap forward in removing the very roots of our self-made patriachical society. The English language is changing whether we like it or not, and generic 'he-him-his' may not even exist in 5 or 10 more years. But what of that one book that has stayed relatively the same for generations? The one that is the basis of our legal system, our moral

  • Reflection On Politics And The English Language

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    have become more educated when it comes to citing other authors’ work, page formatting with Modern Language Association, and brainstorming before writing a paper. One of my major setbacks this semester was dealing

  • my own paper

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    read. They are published as adult books but I find nothing offensive or politically incorrect in them. However some critics would use not just content, they use the text as in how it is written, not on what. Critics think that using some harsher language should not be used in what they define as children literature. The most recent set of books that have been criticized as not being children books were the Hunger Game s... ... middle of paper ... ...hildren’s literature. The only thing I would

  • The Life and Literary Work of Kate Chopin

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    valuable lessons of strength and independence. Kate Chopin’s formal education began when she was five years old at Sacred Heart Academy, a catholic school, and she graduated at seventeen. She had been an honor student, was widely read, and spoke two languages fluently. Upon graduation, Chopin entered the social life of St. Louis, and was noted to be "one of the acknowledged belles of St. Louis, a favorite not only for her beauty, but also for her amiability of character and her cleverness" (Seyersted

  • Reflection Paper

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    I am not done learning yet. When I first started Montgomery College, I took with the AELP English classes before I started college English now. I felt moderately unprepared taking EN 101A because it is college English. Since English is my second language, I was afraid that I was not going to get through this course. However, thanks to Prof. Vilceus and friends who helped me to get through it. Taking ENG 101 A helped me to achieve many objectives such as to learn the steps of the writing process,

  • MLA Compare And Contrast Essay

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    Consistency, is what essay formats seek to provide for readers. Without essay formats, readers may find themselves lost in the style of the author’s text rather than contemplating the ideas and thoughts that the author wants the reader to acknowledge. However, why is it that there are so many different essay formats? Wouldn’t it be simpler to just have one universal essay format? The two most widely used formats, MLA and APA, both have great degree of similarity as well as very distinct differences

  • Annotated Bibliography For Araby

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    “The Question and the Quest: The Story of Mangan 's Sister.” MFS Modern Fiction Studies 35.3 (1989): 459-477. Project MUSE. Web. 22 Oct. 2016. Leonard argues that “the subject of 'Araby ' is the desire of Mangan 's sister” (460). Although I argue that the subject of “Araby” is the desire of the boy protagonist, and discuss

  • Examples Of Demonstration Speech

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    • Establish topic and connection with audience. • Establish credibility on the topic and then preview the main points. • Preview the key points in the body of the outline (at least 3 main points). • Summarize and conclude with a closure device. • Include at least 1 peer reviewed source with proper citations. My Favorite Moment Speech – 3 minutes • Describe a favorite moment. • Demonstrate your comprehension of basic tools of an address. • Imagine you are asked by your boss to present this

  • William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Malvolio the Outcast...Sort Of

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    In William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Malvolio is considered an outcast by everyone else in the play except Olivia. He doesn’t act the same way that any of the other characters act, and he seems to be a real stickler for the rules, which upsets certain characters more than others. But it is this strict coherence to the rules that allows Malvolio to have such a high position in Olivia’s household. While Malvolio may be considered an outcast to most of the characters in the play, Olivia shows concern

  • Distinction Between Language And Speech

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    was between language and speech. Language (langue) is a system, an universal structure and arrangement of rules shared by a community with principal linguistic patterns, as seen in forge in languages. Speech (parole) is the use of language individually, any particular act of language that is experienced in everyday life. It is diverse, it varies, it changes and is manipulated by time, social groups and the generation using it. A simpler way to put it is “if langue is the whole of language, parole is

  • Nonverbal Communication: A Notion to Motion

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    others. According to the Association for Psychological Science in a press release (2010), researcher Akihiro Tanaka quoted, “… Japanese people tend to hide their negative emotions by smiling, but it’s more difficult to hide negative emotions in the voice” (para.4). Nonetheless, one can interconnect with another person by the use of nonverbal or verbal communication. However, in a comparison of Japanese and Arabian cultures, one can comprehend the dynamics of body language and proxemics and how nonverbal

  • The Language of The Neuromancer

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    The Language of The Neuromancer According to A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, formalistic approach represents "an approach with methodology, with a history, with practitioners and with some detractors" (73). "When all the words, phrases, metaphors, images, and symbols and examined in terms of each other and of the whole, any literary text worth our efforts will display its own internal logic" (75). However, peculiarity of language use remains one of the most prevalent aspects

  • The Importance Of Communication In The United States

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    Here we are, a one-way conversation from me to you. This use of language - writing - proves communication is not limited to speaking verbally. Language evolves and embodies the changes in a society and its cultures. In the United States, there is no official language and in its past, the diversity of immigrants has made it difficult for all people to speak the same tongue. Language comes in all dialects, accents, fluencies, and tones, and it is passed down from generation to generation. Although

  • Diasporic Language In California

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    LING 250 Cynthia Hagstrom 1 May 2014 Diasporic Languages of California: French When compared to other countries, the United States may be considered as a relatively new country. In the 1800’s, there were many waves of immigration from countries in Europe. Many immigrated due to better economic opportunities and other groups sought religious freedom. Along with those waves, the immigrants’ languages were also brought and spread. One of the languages among them is French. French descends from Latin

  • The Role of Witches in Macbeth

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    The Role of Witches in Macbeth In ‘Macbeth’ the witches have to be portrayed as evil and fearsome for the play to make sense. This is difficult for a modern director to achieve as out culture and beliefs are extremely different from those at the time at which Macbeth was written. The intended effect of the witches is to scare the audience into believing them. To strengthen this belief one witch in the play says: ‘Though has bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-toss’d.’

  • Diversity in Speaking and Listening

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    Australian English (SAE) is considered to be the ‘common’ and dominant language of Australia. However in this diverse multicultural country there are many languages and dialects spoken, especially in less formal settings and these need to be valued if we are to truly engage all students (ACARA, 2013). Teacher’s need to perform three tasks in respect to literacy education. They must expose students to all the various texts, traditional, modern and those using multiple platforms; they must explicitly teach

  • American Sign Language Thesis Statement

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    THESIS STATEMENT (central idea + preview statement): American Sign Language didn’t begin until 1814 which is fairly new language compared to modern languages such as English, Spanish, and French. ASL started when deaf education was first introduced in America. In this speech, we will be discussing the following: where, when, and why did ASL started, the history of Martha’s Vineyard, evolution of ASL, recognition of ASL as a real language. ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN: Chronological Order INTRODUCTION

  • The Icelandic Language: The Association Of The Deaf

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    Before the the Icelandic language was given its name, it was first called Íslenska. This language has suffered many hardships and is struggling to stay alive. In Iceland, the Icelandic language fills the small country with a source of identity and pride. While Icelandic may be a slowly dying language, I still feel it is important that others know about every aspect of this scarcely spoken language. In this paper I will go into detail about the origin of the Icelandic language, the influence of other