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Entry #5 - Paragraph organization

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Source: from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClvwNCja3aXxqiFrsKC1DPQ Last visited June 5th 2020. Any well written paragraph should have a: 1.        Topic sentence              A)      It will tell what you are talking about              B)       You should pick an interesting topic and give your opinion on it              C)       Do not give details 2.        Body              A)      It will give the supportive details and arguments              B)       You can order the sentence by importance or chronology 3.        Closing sentence           ...

Entry #4 - Speech acts

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  Source Colleen Glenney Boggs (2013). Speech acts: Constative and performative. Retrieved  from TEDed. Last visited: June 4rd, 2020. Available at: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/speech-acts-constative-and-performative-colleen-glenney-boggs#watch Speech Acts: Brief Summary There is a difference between a statement that describes and one that commands.  British linguistic J. L. Austin defines them as two separate parts of speech, the constatives (sentences that describe something as true or false) and the performatives (sentences that denote an action). They are meant to inspire actions rather that conveying a message. Sometimes words themselves are actions; this is known as SPEECH ACTS. Performatives depend on context and reception, these are the felicity conditions (the rules under which the performative can be enacted). A performative should: Have proper authority Be understood Be clear Be able to be executed  Metacognitive Analysis...