Mastering Legal English: Stress, Sound, and Structure
1. Word Stress
Word stress refers to giving extra emphasis, loudness, or length to one syllable in a word so that it stands out more clearly than the others. English is a stress-timed language, which means correct stress is necessary for clear pronunciation and understanding. Incorrect stress can change the meaning or make the speaker sound unclear or unnatural. For example, words like “juDIcial,” “aPPEAL,” and “CONtract” (noun) have fixed stress patterns, while the same spelling “conTRACT”
Read MoreSir Gawain and the Green Knight: Key Terms & Quiz Answers
Key Terms and Literary Devices
- A set of idealized ‘rules’ that outlined
- Courtly Love
- A dialect of a language which is
- Vernacular
- Writing which uses discursive units such as
- Prose
- Writing which uses meter as its
- Poetry
- A contrast between expectations and reality
- Irony
- A literary movement in the medieval era
- Alliterative Revival
- The use of objects, things, and people
- Symbolism
- A stanza form consisting of a group
- Bob and Wheel
- The way in which a writer reveals
- Characterization
- When an author reveals a character’s personality
- Direct
Percival Everett’s James: Identity, Language, and Resistance
Identity and Self-Definition
(James – Simple Essay Outline)
Introduction: In James, Percival Everett tells the story of Jim from Huckleberry Finn in a new way. Instead of being shown as simple or passive, James is intelligent and aware of how slavery shapes his life. Thesis: Everett shows that James builds his own identity through intelligence, language, and choice, despite a society that tries to define him.
Body Paragraph 1 — Topic Sentence: James shows his true identity through his intelligence
Read MoreEveryday English Dialogues for Travel, Dining and Study
Everyday English Dialogues: Travel, Dining & Study
Prueba 1 — Travel and Shopping Dialogues
- Emily: I need a new bag for the trip. Which one do you think is nice?
- Laura: Well, the small one, because the big one is heavier.
- Emily: Yes, but which bag do you prefer?
- Laura: The small one is more expensive.
- Emily: Hmmm. I think the big one is more beautiful than the small one.
- Laura: Yeah, you are right, but it’s not very practical for a trip.
- Emily: How much are they?
- Salesperson: Well, they are $239.99.
Modernism and Vanguard Movements in Hispanic Literature
Modernism in Hispanic Literature
Modernism: In the late nineteenth century, this movement emerged from a general crisis since people lost confidence in progress, and it was reflected in artistic and cultural development within the field known as modernismo in the Hispanic world.
Modernism: ‘I represent a vital attitude of artists who reacted against bourgeois utilitarianism.’ Born in Hispanic America, this rejection also joined a rejection of imperialism.
Features
- Two streams:
- Parnassianism: seeking
The modern subject is the subject of the sciences.
Short Stories:
1.No long introduction – reader “jumps” into the action 2. No detailed description of setting, characters and atmosphere 3. It often shows a decisive moment in somebodys life 4. Its presented in a strictly chronically order 5.There is a limited number of characters 6. It usually consists five parts: Introduction -> development -> climax -> falling action -> solution 7. It often leaves an open question Elements of short storie: 1.Action and conflict: