'Understatement' presentation slideshows

Persuasive Language

Persuasive Language. A guide to completing a successful language analysis. The task. Analyse the use of language (both written and visual) in persuasive texts that debate a current issue in the Australian media. The criteria. Need to know. How to distinguish between different text types.

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Humor Theories

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Ch. 5 : MEASURING GDP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ch. 5 : MEASURING GDP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. Define GDP Circular flow model Relationship between aggregate expenditure and aggregate income. Measurement of real GDP and the GDP deflator Real GDP as a measure of economic growth and the limitations of our measure. Gross Domestic Product .

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What Makes You Laugh?

What Makes You Laugh?. 1. Exaggeration may be applied to physical, mental, or personal characteristics or situations. Exaggeration. Physical characteristics. Caricature/Grotesqueness-- Exaggerated or distorted features. Caricatures: Exaggerated personalities.

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International Business Negotiations

International Business Negotiations. Communicating Effectively Across Cultures. Learning Objectives. Identify trends in international business communication Be aware of the role of language in international business

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The evidence is, indeed, plentiful, but it is not self-interpreting.

The evidence is, indeed, plentiful, but it is not self-interpreting. Expletive. There are a thousand excellent reasons for installing solar heating in public buildings. Hyperbole. With wood you get easier cutting and nailing, you avoid termites with steal. Chiasmus .

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POETIC TECHNIQUES

POETIC TECHNIQUES. RHYTHM. The regular, measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose. This is usually achieved in poetry by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. STANZA.

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Humor writing in nonfiction articles

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ELEMENTS OF DRAMA COMEDY AND TRAGEDY

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Elements of Satire

Elements of Satire. Mrs. Sikora American Literature. Here are the elements we need to make satire!. Verbal irony and sarcasm Tragic or dramatic irony Situational irony ___________________________ Hyperbole Paronomasia Simile, metaphor ___________________________. What is satire?.

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LHE3253 Teaching the Language of Drama

LHE3253 Teaching the Language of Drama. Irony, foreshadowing, flashback Dr. Habsah Hussin Sat. September 10, 2011. Irony Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. A statement in which the intended meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning.

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E&Y Global Audit Methodology: Responding to the New Environment

E&Y Global Audit Methodology: Responding to the New Environment. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign March 10, 2005. Topics. Regulatory Backdrop Historical Timeline of Key Events Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Creation of PCAOB Responding to the New Environment

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Litotes

Litotes. By: Nicole Schumacher. Definition. The deliberate use of understatement, not to deceive someone but to enhance the impressiveness of what we say. In simpler words?. Litotes usually describe what something is not. Litotes are easily made by using a double negative.

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. By: Catherine Tedder. Finding true love is as difficult as finding a black rock in coal. Simile: The comparison of two things using like or as. Simile. Hyperbole. I would rather eat dirt than sitting though a game of golf.

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Figurative language

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Satire

Satire. Yay! AP English III Ms. Hatley. What is Satire?.

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Elements of a Good Story

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Cartooning the Constitution

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