Essays on Language Learning Page 22

            Marc Anthony’s speech during Julius Caesar’s burial is an effective incorporation of Aristotle’s rhetoric, which helps him persuade his audience to shift allegiance from Brutus’ and his co-conspirators’ side to Julius Caesar’s. An extensive examination of Aristotle’s rhetoric will reveal the techniques used by Marc Anthony in his speech. The diction in an argument…

Nowadays an increasing interest is attached to the different types of narratives. The analysis of the types of author’s narrative in the works of modern English novelists allows us to penetrate into the inner world of the author and to define the language structures that are used to create the text itself. The types of…

In our efforts to become proficient in a foreign language, we strive to excel in multiple skills. However, being talented in only four skills does not guarantee effective communication in English. Improving speaking or listening skills requires enhancing knowledge of social linguistics. Research conducted by Blum-Kulka et al. (1989), Kasper (1995), and others indicates that…

“The words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt will always resonate in conversations regarding Pearl Harbor. This speech mirrors his strong disapproval of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Through his ‘Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation,’ President Roosevelt sought to inform the country about the events that occurred on December 7th and rationalize America’s necessity to enter…

“Mid-Term Break,” a free-verse poem by Seamus Heaney, delves into the speaker’s encounter with his younger brother’s death upon returning from boarding school. Within the poem, various themes such as time, age, family, pain, love, and death are explored. Death holds a crucial place in every individual’s existence despite being an unsettling subject matter. Our…

What does burial archeology state us about the Germanic invasions and colonies in the 4th and 5th centuries AD? The Germanic Invasion was a great turning point in determining modern twenty-four hours Europe. While the Germanic Invasion has been referred to as different names reflecting the nature of this motion such as Migration or Invasion…

In the poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen, an important theme that caught my attention was the notion of a lie. The lie being that it is glorious and honorable to die for one’s country. Owen skillfully employs vivid figurative language and effective poetic techniques like rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration to convey a…

I am here today to discuss the two Poems, ‘If I was the son of an Englishmen’ and ‘the man from Snowy River’ and their different representations and stereotypical aspects in both poems about Australia and Australians are fair and accurate or if they are exaggerated and inaccurate. The author Komninos Zervos wrote the poem…

Propagandistic messages can take on various forms -? the mass media (posters, radio telecasts, speeches made by the government, television, films, poems) played an influential role in disseminating news from the Front Lines to the Home Front. Atrocity propaganda: used in accordance with psychological warfare – Demotions the enemy, spreading fabrications and exaggerations about crimes…

Definition Essay – Defining Community How would someone define the word community? A community could be anything. If one were to listen to an everyday conservation, the word community, would probably be used very little. The word community has multiple meanings, ranging from communist or socialistic society (Emerson) to the quality of appertaining to or…