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ENG 312: Final ExamLanguage Awareness by Eschholz, Rosa and Clark9th Edition (2005), pages 421-689: 

ENG 312: Final Exam Language Awareness by Eschholz, Rosa and Clark 9th Edition (2005), pages 421-689 by Don L. F. Nilsen Ebru Erdem, Stella Hadjistassou, and Lynn Sims

CONTRASTS: 

CONTRASTS argument vs. narration vs. description vs. exposition bilingual vs. English only comparison vs. contrast connotation vs. denotation deduction vs. induction euphemism vs. dysphemism objective vs. subjective status vs. connection (power/solidarity) topic vs. thesis sentence

DEFINITIONS:: 

DEFINITIONS: ASAP argot bureaucratese e-mail shouting emoticons (smileys) epiphany flaming

MORE DEFINITIONS: 

MORE DEFINITIONS gossip hate speech irony jargon non-sequitur Orwell Award

STILL MORE DEFINITIONS: 

STILL MORE DEFINITIONS paradox post hoc ergo propter hoc psychobabble rhetorical question Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis slang spamming xenophobia

ETYMOLOGIES: 

ETYMOLOGIES brand new deadline faux pas fly off the handle nepotism pot boiler slogan snapshot toe the line weasel word

EXAMPLES: 

EXAMPLES allusion analogy cliché colloquial expression idiom label of primary potency metaphor personification

GIVE AN IMPORTANT LINGUISTIC INSIGHT OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:: 

GIVE AN IMPORTANT LINGUISTIC INSIGHT OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: Patrick Buchanan Thomas Jefferson Martin Luther King Barbara Kingsolver George Orwell Sojourner Truth

LISTINGS (5 POINTS EACH): 

LISTINGS (5 POINTS EACH) 5 advertising 'errors' 5 reappropriated slogans 5 examples of weasel words

HUGH RANK’S MODEL: 

HUGH RANK’S MODEL INTENSIFY: REPETITION ASSOCIATION COMPOSITION DOWNPLAY: OMISSION DIVERSION CONFUSION (Eschholz 437-438)

BILL LUTZ’S MODEL: 

BILL LUTZ’S MODEL Weazel Words 'Helps' Virtually Spotless New and Improved Acts Fast Works Like, Works Against, Works Longer Like Magic Up To Twice as Long (Eschholz 442-452)

!SHORT-ANSWER ESSAY (5 pts each): 

!SHORT-ANSWER ESSAY (5 pts each) Contrast print information with Web-Site information Explain how to advertise dangerous product Explain the marketing of diet, health

!!LONG-ANSWER ESSAY (15 pts each): 

!!LONG-ANSWER ESSAY (15 pts each) Explain in detail the nature of taboo in English, explain how taboos (e.g. political correctness) change, and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using strong language (ethnic slurs, invective, obscenity, sarcasm, swearing, etc. Explain the nature selective perception and of slanting

!!!PowerPoints to Review (5 pts each): 

!!!PowerPoints to Review (5 pts each) American Pop Language Body Language Business Language Cultural Diversity Gender Issues Jewish Humor Jules Feiffer and other Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonists Lemony Snicket Obscenity Parody Phonology Rhetorical Devices vs. Errors Spanish-American Contrastive Analysis

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Reference: Eschholz, Paul, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers 9th Edition. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005.