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Diction - Find the Right Word, Not Its First Cousin

Diction - Find the Right Word, Not Its First Cousin

Ngày tải lên : 01/11/2013, 16:20
... : Style: All the Write Stuff Diction: Proper Words in Proper Places The words you select as you write and speak make up your diction There are words, and then there are words The word you want ... then at that time The state was then very dry It is their book their belonging to them there place Put it there they're they are They're good friends to (prep.) distance Go to the corner too (adv.) ... for" as in "The government cannot flout the will of the people." Although both words describe over -the- top behavior, they are virtual opposites Chapter : Diction: Find the Right Word, Not Its...
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Tro choi find the words

Tro choi find the words

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2014, 07:00
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Cambridge.University.Press.Poe.and.the.Printed.Word.Jul.2000.pdf

Cambridge.University.Press.Poe.and.the.Printed.Word.Jul.2000.pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/09/2012, 10:58
... not to print these poems not because of their quality; rather, he did not print them because they belonged to the manuscript tradition In other words, Poe did not publish them because they were ... gives readers the impression that the verses contained within the volume are products of the poet's youth and lets them know that they should be read in that spirit The preface furthers the idea Poe ... preserved for the eye of the writer The public forget the youth, and dwell only on the positive merits or demerits of the writing.''3 The second sentence of the Tamerlane preface explains that the poems...
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Comparing the cultural and linguistic analysis of the English word “meal” and words relating to it in contrast with Vietnamese equivalents.

Comparing the cultural and linguistic analysis of the English word “meal” and words relating to it in contrast with Vietnamese equivalents.

Ngày tải lên : 15/04/2013, 15:11
... one extra teaspoonful for the pot Boiling water is poured into the pot and the tea is left for about five minutes before the host serves the guest Even there are the adages from the side of the ... And among the words various characteristics, meaning is certainly the most important In English, the philosopher Wittgenstein said in Words and their meaning that the meaning of the word is its ... typical word- information patterns, are studied in the section on word- building The internal structure of the word, or its meaning, nowadays, commonly referred to the words semantic structure Another...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary

Ngày tải lên : 19/08/2013, 13:40
... Analogies, and Sentence Completions The Matching quizzes, review words that were just introduced All the other quizzes contain words from any part of the list THE WORDS The Words A a cappella without ... anagram a word formed by rearranging the letters of another word amalgamation mixture analgesic pain-soother The Words 13 Quiz (Antonyms) Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the ... bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue Vocabulary 4000 brings these words to the fore Whenever possible, one -word definitions...
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Game: Find the monkey (Cực vui)

Game: Find the monkey (Cực vui)

Ngày tải lên : 09/10/2013, 11:11
... WHERE ARE THE MONKEYS? 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 9

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 9

Ngày tải lên : 17/10/2013, 22:15
... serpentine winding and twisting The Words serried saw-toothed sickle semicircular blade serum vaccine sidereal pertaining to the stars servile slavish sidle move sideways, slither servitude forced labor ... superfluous overabundant swarthy dark (as in complexion) The Words 91 Quiz 33 (Matching) Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column Answers are on page 102 STAVE A ... skinflint miser sibling brother or sister skirmish a small battle 85 86 Vocabulary 4000 Quiz 31 (Matching) Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column Answers...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 10

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 10

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 17:15
... others (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) thwarting proving promoting justifying impugning These categories amply point out the fundamental desire that people have to express themselves and the cleverness they ... unexpectedly unbecoming unfitting unbridled unrestrained The Words 95 Quiz 35 (Matching) Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column Answers are on page 102 TIDINGS ... validate affirm, authenticate vex annoy valor bravery viable capable of surviving, feasible vanguard leading position viaduct waterway The Words 97 Quiz 36 (Matching) Match each word in the first column...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 11

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 11

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 17:15
... Word Analysis Word analysis (etymology) is the process of separating a word into its parts and then using the meanings of those parts to deduce the meaning of the original word Take, ... contemplate.” Word analysis is very effective in decoding the meaning of words However, you must be careful in its application since words not always have the same meaning as the sum of the meanings of their ... occasion words can have the opposite meaning of their parts For example, by word analysis the word AWFUL should mean “full of awe,” or awe-inspiring But over the years it has come to mean just the...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 12

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 12

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 15:15
... taught the United States the folly of punishing a vanquished aggressor; so after the war, they enacted the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany (A) after the war, they enacted the Marshall Plan to rebuild ... Germany (B) after the war, the Marshall Plan was enacted to rebuild Germany (C) after the war, the Marshall Plan was enacted by the United States to rebuild Germany (D) after the war, the United States ... PRONOUN ERRORS A pronoun is a word that stands for a noun, known as the antecedent of the pronoun The key point for the use of pronouns is this: • Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in both...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 13

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 13

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 15:15
... for the SAT PASSIVE VOICE The passive voice removes the subject from the sentence It is formed with the verb to be and the past participle of the main verb Passive: The bill was resubmitted by the ... and property from the FBI As written, the sentence implies that the FBI is a threat to your person and property To correct the sentence put the modifier from the FBI next to the word it modifies, ... tolerant, and therefore that indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that indicates that the country...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 14

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 14

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 22:15
... succeed Farther/Further: Use farther when referring to distance, and use further when referring to degree 136 Vocabulary 4000 They went no further (degree) than necking He threw the discs farther ... Whether vs As to whether: The circumlocution as to whether should be replaced by whether (Poor) The United Nations has not decided as to whether to authorize a trade embargo (Better) The United Nations ... Due to the chemical spill, the commute into the city will be delayed by as much as hours (A) Due to the chemical spill, the commute into the city will be delayed by as much as hours (B) The reason...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 15

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 15

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 22:15
... is the direct object of the verb believes and therefore cannot be the subject of the verb acts Since they clearly is not the subject, the verb acts is without a subject Choice (B) has both the ... The answer is (E) World War II taught the United States the folly of punishing a vanquished aggressor; so after the war, they enacted the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany (A) after the war, they ... in the present tense, not the past tense Choice (D) is wordy A pronoun should be used for the phrase the victims Choice (E) is the answer since they correctly identifies who should receive the...
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Poe and the Printed Word - Poe''s library

Poe and the Printed Word - Poe''s library

Ngày tải lên : 01/11/2013, 09:20
... boards These coverings were temporary ones designed to protect the stitched gatherings until the purchaser had time to take the volume to the bookbinder and have him prepare a ®ne leather binding The ... for the Southern Literary Messenger In New York, the Harpers began using cloth bindings in the mid1820s and were issuing cased books by 1831.7 By 1836, the Harpers 76 Poe and the printed word ... in three volumes I wish him to have them lettered on the back near the bottom with the word Ardmore.''17 A young, poor, bookish man could only read these words with envy Imagine not only being...
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Poe and the Printed Word - The novel

Poe and the Printed Word - The novel

Ngày tải lên : 01/11/2013, 09:20
... of the skill employed, of the genius evinced in the composition.'' He further explained, ``After perusal of the one class, we think solely of the book ± after reading the other, chie¯y of the ... compares the sound of the maelstro m with that of the buffalo moaning, and the story ends with the setting moon, an analogue for the setting sun The old Norwegian guide who survives his brothers ... magazine articles, the Harpers told Poe bluntly, ``are the most unsaleable of all literary performances.''2 In other words, the ®rm rejected the ``Tales of the Folio Club'' using the same basic reason...
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The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 16

The 4000 words essential for an educated vocabulary part 16

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2013, 19:15
... test the correctness of a phrase in a series by dropping the other phrases and checking whether the remaining phrase agrees with the introductory word In this series, each phrase must be the object ... because the simple past were does not express the fact that the homes had been built before the fire destroyed them 156 Vocabulary 4000 Choice (B) merely rearranges the wording while retaining the ... phrases in the series are noun phrases, but saw the birth of the communication age is a verb phrase When a word introduces a series, each element of the series must agree with the introductory word...
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The academic word list

The academic word list

Ngày tải lên : 05/01/2014, 02:36
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