Introduction Academic writing is often more abstract and technical than our daily writing. ... In a sense, writing in concrete and non- technical language will make the writing more accessible to a larger audience. Excluding a certain segment of the audience that would otherwise be able to read and understand an important and valuable academic discourse just because of the lack of language used that is too abstract and technical would defeat the purpose of a carrying out a particular academic discourse. ... This use of language seems particularly prominent in the writing of beginners in any...

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In the poem, "After great pain, a formal feeling comes-- (1053), we hear the author questioning the whole purpose of human existence. ... To me, this describes the author's fear of existence without the hope of an escape- even though there is fear in the finality of that escape. Again, clearly the torment of living and dying is defined in this writing. ... To this author, such a quest seems impossible and yet the effort to keep striving for truth and beauty in the world is worth dying for. ... Perhaps for her, the only escape of our mechanical, useless search for purpose is found in dyi...

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Kate Chopin's book, The Awakening, uses many different literary techniques to entertain readers through her writing. ... The author's purpose of entertaining readers is reached through the use of literary techniques. ... Edna, as a "human being," has a bigger purpose to serve (Chopin 25). ... She uses words that create imagery to entertain the audience and to fulfill her purpose of writing. ... Diction was used to make the reader respond to the writing in a very specific way. ...

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In Mary Oliver's "The Summer Day," Oliver expresses her confusion, wonder and amazement for the natural world to express her understanding of identifying one's purpose in life. ... " This is the only "you" she uses throughout the poem, indicating a move from an author who portrays a message, to an author interested in engaging in relationship. ... This then supports the theme of identifying one's purpose. ... " This is when I first gained interest in Oliver's writing. ...

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I think this book has two purposes. The first purpose is to carry on the memory of a beloved professor Morrie Schwartz and to teach a lesson. ... The second purpose for writing this book is to make Morrie's knowledge known with his great aphorisms that he thought of in those last few weeks in his study. ... The authors bias is making you want to love Morrie and believe he is the most wonderful man on the planet. ... The writing style of this book made it enjoyable to read because it was a quick read and didn't use too many big words or complex sentences, everything was straightfo...

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These two characters embody their author's perspectives on what it means to grow and be a true artist. ... Lily views her painting in the exact opposite way that Stephen views his writing. ... Lily simply does not have the same lofty hopes about her art that Stephen has about his writing. ... The last words of the novel convincingly articulate Lily's feelings about the purpose of her work, "she looked at her canvas; it was blurred. ... The negative feedback that Lily receives from the people around her changes her feelings about the purpose of her art. ...

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We are so aim-oriented as to forget the purpose of life; we have so advanced the technology as to ignore the regeneration of our mentality. We labor, we sweat, we worry till we are toiled to death, but we rarely ask ourselves for what purpose. ... The author condenses two years of living into one entire year in the book to show the unimportance of calendar time and call for attention of the significance of the symbolic time. ... But by cultivating beans, Thoreau's purpose, as I feel, is more spiritual than economic "to reap his soul harvest. ... Thoreau takes much attention to des...

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It is rare that an author write an entire novel about himself the way that Michel de Montaigne wrote "The Essays: A Selection." ... Montaigne's purpose in writing these essays is not to tell the reader about himself, but rather to instill awareness in the reader. ... The purpose of revealing every aspect of his personal life is to set an example for others. ...

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To truly get a deeper understanding of this story, one must have some knowledge about the authors life. ... He struggled throughout, to find true meaning and purpose. ... This doesn't mean that life has to be meaningless, rather that one must find what the purpose of life is. ... A prayer is meant to give one hope, purpose and meaning. ... I really enjoy his writing style and the philosophical message of this story. ...

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His purpose was to inspire their youth minds and 'open their eyes', however he uses his personal opinions and history to prove his point. ... In the other hand, Amanda Ripley, an american journalist and author, puts merit into her writing. ...

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He has no purpose in life; he just searches. ... Throughout the novel, Patrick becomes like the people he associates with, and he gains a temporary identity and purpose. ... They all have purpose for riding the bus, a destination they want to reach and eventually they get off and leave Patrick behind. ...

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Therefore, he resorts to writing to explore the loneliness deep in heart. 4The Little Prince started the plot from the author's memory of childhood. The masterpiece of the author in his childhood was a picture of a boa (a type of snake) constrictor digesting an elephant. ... There are two main characters in this story, the author, who is an aviator, and the little prince. ... The author wrote this book when he was an exile in the United States after the fall of France in World War II. ... Therefore, even if the little prince admired him, he would also felt satisfied. 9 Many people very ca...

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For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocriti...

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Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

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