Rhyming slang Essays

  • Explain How To Overcome Communication Barriers

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    Barriers to Effective Communication Ways of overcoming communication barriers Sensory deprivation This is when someone is deprived of one of his or her senses (which are seeing, hearing, touching and smelling.) If this happens the person cannot communicate properly, this could create a barrier in communicating with other people. Examples of these barriers where highlighted in our group assignment. Visual disability Visually impaired, can mean being long, short

  • Hellrazor, By Tupac Shakur

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    being black”. This simile works very well because it uses some really strong emotions and the theme of racism to get the message through. Also the use of very strong language leaves a lasting image on the listener. The song uses plenty of Gangsta slang. Some examples include: - Gat, Loc, 5-0.      This is a very memorable song because it is so emotional and tragic. The most vivid lines come when he raps about how a little girl who was killed by a gun. Lines such as:      “Dear

  • The Need for Nadsat in A Clockwork Orange

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    language mixed in with English. Being well educated and having a background in languages such as Russian, German, and French, Burgess created a language known as Nadsat.  Nadsat is influenced by Russian, German, English, Cockney Slang, and it also contains invented slang. The language has a poetic feel to it and Burgess' writing contains context clues that help the reader determine what the unknown language means.  The history of what led to Burgess' ideas for the novel explains the history of Nadsat

  • To Kill A Mockingbird Childhood Quotes Analysis

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    trying to present childhood. Whereas when there is a conversation, which involves a child, the language she would use is informal, slang and using words that sound as it spelt. "You gonna give me a chance to tell you? I don't mean to sass you, I'm just tryin' to tell you." This portrays Scout is being told off by Uncle Jack. Harper Lee is trying to use informal and slang language to

  • Evolution Of Slang In The 1930's

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    show that about 64% of kids and teens have been using slang terms in their school work. It is amazing what some of them are. Slang is used all of the time by almost all people and has changed a lot over the past decades. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses a child’s perspective to show how slang has changed from the 1930’s until today. Slang within the 1930’s was very prevalent and unique. During the 1930’s there were many different slang words used by children that are no longer used today

  • Essay on the Language of A Clockwork Orange

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    Clockwork Orange’s language is like throughout the progression of the novel and is partially the reason why it has developed such a cult following since its release in 1963. What Burgess has done is taken English as a base language, and through the use of slang from English, Russian, Arabic and Gypsy, formed a language all its own which actually manages to accurately depict both the mindset of Alex but also the brutality of the world in which he lives. Some of his wo... ... middle of paper ... ...restrictions

  • Examples Of Communication: The First Barriers To Effective Communication

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    Slang is uncommon buzzwords that have a meaning only to those that are in-the-know. For instance, the sentence, "That mooley was so slay, he had every ROTFL" would be translated, "That standup comedian was so funny, he had everyone rolling on the floor laughing." While chatting once online, I came across a guy from the same neighborhood as my wife. To prove it, he wanted us to talk in that neighborhood 's slang. A neighbor used to say, "nuke it from orbit"

  • Personal Choices In Educating Rita

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    Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. Choices made, whether good or bad, follow you forever and affect everyone in their path one way or another. As you venture into new phases of life or worlds or ‘grow up’, you are commonly faced with having to make difficult choices and decisions, which may change your life forever. Each choice throughout this transition can be either rewarding or challenging, depending on the individual and the obstacles

  • Hackers

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    Hacking: "Slang word for a computer enthusiast. One who breaks into the computer system of a company or government." 1 Most hackers break into computers not to wreak havoc, but simply to explore and share information with one another. A small minority, however, do wish to create mischief. These individuals are the ones who have the public fearing hackers. They are genuinely responsible for the Media calling hackers criminals. These individuals and gangs purposely break into computers for personal

  • Analysis of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing

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    violence mirror the current concerns about race in America as reflected in "The Color Of Fear." The disturbing scene where different nationalities badger their opinions on each other shows poor communication and horrible stereotyping. Pino's Italian slang, Mookies black talk, and Korean obscenities are all mixed together to show how communication grows impossible among different ethnic groups. Spike Lee is trying to show how nonsense language results in a snowball effect which worsens any situation

  • Catcher in the Rye Essay: Themes of Society and Growing Up

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    that reaction is negative or positive, it is unquestionable that the reader will give the novel a second thought after reading it.  There could be many reasons why this novel has such an impact on the readers.  It may be the use of Salinger's catchy slang phrases, bitingly sarcastic and usually negative, grabbing the attention of the reader.  Another possibility is Holden, the novel's subject and lead character.  "He describes everything as 'phony', is constantly in search of sincerity, and represents

  • A Clockwork Orange Essay: A Modernistic Work

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      Burgess's novel is a futuristic look at a Totalitarian government. A Clockwork Orange abandons normal 'language' (which Modernists believed couldn't always convey meaning anyway) and is written in 'Nadsat' (which means teenager).  It is a slang that is spoken by the teenagers at the time.  Burgess  uses approximately two-hundred and fifty 'nadsat' words (most of which have Russian roots) to convey his story.  This gives the reader a sense of intimacy with Alex and his 'droogs' (friends) due

  • A good man is hard to find

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    southern dialect, she uses it more convincingly than other authors have previously attempted such as Charles Dickens and Zora Neale Hurston. In other works, the authors frequently use colloquialism so “local” that a reader not familiar with those slang terms, as well as accents, may have difficulty understanding or grasping the meaning of the particular passage. O’Connor not only depicts a genuine southern accent, she allows the characters to maintain some aspect of intelligence, which allows the

  • Ellison's King of the Bingo Game

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    Bingo Game Ellison's 'King of the Bingo Game' encompasses a variety of different implications that transform an otherwise sad short story into a political statement regarding racial injustice towards African Americans. Ellison's use of colors, slang phrases, names, irony, and his almost constant use of metaphor change otherwise meaningless sentences into poignant testimonial of disparity. This exceptional use of language, in conjunction to the hardships African American's faced at the time of

  • ebonics

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    can and should serve to ease the teaching of Standard English. Many people see Ebonics as "gutter language", and "slang", and are quite outspoken about it. These beliefs are deeply rooted in society. Resistance to the acknowledgment that Blacks who use Ebonics may be speaking a unique language is very strong, but I believe it is important to challenge the belief that Ebonics is "slang". Some people have stated that the movement to recognize Ebonics is Afro-Centrism at its worst. I would argue that

  • How the Poem Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy Creates a Sense of a Real Person Speaking

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    How the Poem Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy Creates a Sense of a Real Person Speaking It takes the form of a Monologue where the reader can judge him and have an insight of his life. The title 'Stealing' suggests crime and madness. People usually steal something they need, whereas the character takes a snowman which is not essential in life. This would show a sign of madness. At the beginning of the poem the reader has no sympathy for the character because of the theft which gives the character

  • The Case of Amanda Stein

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    in the work place is a very sensitive topic. There are many ways to harass people even though, the harasser do not realize it. For instance, our book list a few items, which are, consider harassment when directed to a person, “dirty jokes, vulgar slang, nude pictures, swearing, and personal ridicule and insult.” (Bohlander 65) even though, Mr. Villa probably did not meant his comments in a malicious way, as stated in the book making a person feel ridiculous its consider harassment in the work place

  • Shakespere- Man Or Myth?

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    his own and I don’t think he ever existed. There are many facts that back up my opinion. One is where Mark Twain once said that only a riverboat captain can handle riverboat slang, and there were some things that you have to just experience. “Where would Shakespeare, have learned the lawyer slang, court slang, soldier slang, and all the terminology that fills the plays?”1 1Some other facts that make me believe that Shakespeare never wrote these plays is that no plays, no poems, and not a single letter

  • Normalcy: The New Slang

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    The "Roaring Twenties" were a turbulent time in American history. The United States had just returned from the carnage of World War I and was ready to revolutionize their ideas, morals, and most importantly, their presidents. The presidential election of 1920 was a particularly integral election due to the introduction of the right of women to vote and America's social & political unrest. Warren G. Harding, a Republican, defeated Democrat James M. Cox, on a platform that urged Americans to "return

  • Sonder Meaning

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    Similar to most modern slang words, the word sonder originated from the internet. The only people who will know about this word would be teens and adults who happen to come across the word somehow through social media. Yet the word sonder is different from slang because it is not used in order to shorten real words or meanings, but in fact sonder creates its own definition. The intention of