Philip was a con-notated boy that studied on "The New Year School". His friends called him "the destructive" because he always punch them, making bullying to the ones who were smaller than him.
But one day, when he was at the English class with Miss Carlita, an enormous child called Hector Z. said to him that if he continue bothering his classmates, he will punch him on his face! Philip the destructive was annoyed by this and he decided to, for the first time, fight with someone that was bigger than him. And the fight started! Philip connected the first punch but Hector rapidly responded with a "cut punch" on the stomach, leaving Philip "the ex-destructive" on the floor.
Everyone laughed of him and he understood that his friend are also important and that he has to respect them if he want to be respected.
THE END
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
QUEEN VICTORIA
I'm going to analyse the following text, that is a biography of Queen Victoria:
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| Queen Victoria |
Named Alexandrina Victoria after her godfather, Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Victoria was born on May 24th, 1819 in Kensington Palace, London.
Daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III, and Princess Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg (sister of King Leopold of Belgium).
Her father, Edward, died when she was 8 months old upon whereupon she became heir to the throne as her three uncles who were ahead of her in succession had no ligitamate children of their own.
As a child she was educated at home by a governess and was particularly talented at drawing and painting. She became Queen when William IV died in 1837, at the age of 18 and ruled for 64 years.
When Victoria became queen, Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister and Victoria became very fond of him and dependant on him for political advice. Melbourne was 58 years old, a widower and had lost his only child and it is said he treated Victoria like a daughter. He was very protective of her and Apparently even advised her not to read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens because it dealt with "paupers, criminals and other unpleasant subjects". melbourne was said to spend 6 hours a day with the queen and also had his own apartment at Windsor Castle. In her diaries Queen Victoria wrote: "he is such an honest, good kind-hearted man and is my friend, I know it."
The Queen loved listening to him talk and in her diaries she wrote of him: "Such stories of knowledge; such a wonderful memory; he knows about everybody and everything; who they were and what they did. He has such a kind and agreeable manner; he does me the world of good."
Of course rumours were aripe of Victoria marrying Melbourne and the papers wrote about their relationship.
In February 1840, Queen Victoria married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. He had visited London in 1839 and Victoria had immediately fallen in love with him. During the next 17 years they had 9 children together.
In December 1861, Queen Victoria's devoted husband, Prince Albert, died of typhoid at the age of 42 and Victoria sank into depression. For the rest of her reign she wore black.
Never neglecting her official Correspondence, Victoria withdrew from public view until the latter part of the 1860's, spending much of her time up at her home Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands where she befriended and became very close to the Scottish servant John Brown.
In 1866 and 1867, She was persuaded to open Parliament but was widely criticised for living in seclusion and quite a strong republican movement developed. 7 attempts were made on her life between 1840 and 1882 but her courage towards these attacks strengthened her popularity. By 1880 Queen Victoria had fully resumed her public duties, due mainly to her family and the Benjamin Disraeli, who was prime minister from 1874 to 1880.
Victoria liked Disraeli and his charm. He was quoted as saying "Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to royalty, you should lay it on thick with a trowel." William Gladstone replaced Disraeli as Prime Minister in 1880. Disraeli died the following year and Victoria wrote to his secretary telling her that she could not stop crying.
Victoria had a strained relationship with premier Gladstone as they had very different views of foreign policies. She sent a telegram to Gladstone criticizing his failure to take action to save General Gordon at Khartoum. The telegram was uncoded and as a result it became public knowledge that Queen Victoria disapproved of Gladstone's foreign policies. Gladstone believed that britain should not support a cause that was morally wrong, but Victoria disagreed, taking the view that not to pursue Britain's best interest was misguided and close to treachery. In 1885 the Marquess of Salisbury became Prime Minister and remained so for twelve of the last 15 years of Queen Victoria's reign. She shared his more imperialist views and was closer to him, her last Prime Minister. She supported actions against the Boers in South Africa, a war which overshadowed the end of her reign. She visited hospitals and was not concerned about British retreats being quoted as saying 'We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.'
Thanks to the improvements during her time to such things as transport, the development of newspapers and photography, Queen Victoria was seen on an unprecedented scale and was the first reining Monarch to travel by train, taking her first journey. Queen Victoria was part of Britain's great age when Great britain was said to have a world wide empire so vast that the sun never set. She was also almost the symbol of the Empire and kept up her duties til the end with a visit to Dublin in 1900.
Victoria died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her reign had lasted almost 64 years which is the longest in British history.
Daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III, and Princess Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg (sister of King Leopold of Belgium).
Her father, Edward, died when she was 8 months old upon whereupon she became heir to the throne as her three uncles who were ahead of her in succession had no ligitamate children of their own.
As a child she was educated at home by a governess and was particularly talented at drawing and painting. She became Queen when William IV died in 1837, at the age of 18 and ruled for 64 years.
When Victoria became queen, Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister and Victoria became very fond of him and dependant on him for political advice. Melbourne was 58 years old, a widower and had lost his only child and it is said he treated Victoria like a daughter. He was very protective of her and Apparently even advised her not to read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens because it dealt with "paupers, criminals and other unpleasant subjects". melbourne was said to spend 6 hours a day with the queen and also had his own apartment at Windsor Castle. In her diaries Queen Victoria wrote: "he is such an honest, good kind-hearted man and is my friend, I know it."
The Queen loved listening to him talk and in her diaries she wrote of him: "Such stories of knowledge; such a wonderful memory; he knows about everybody and everything; who they were and what they did. He has such a kind and agreeable manner; he does me the world of good."
Of course rumours were aripe of Victoria marrying Melbourne and the papers wrote about their relationship.
In February 1840, Queen Victoria married her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. He had visited London in 1839 and Victoria had immediately fallen in love with him. During the next 17 years they had 9 children together.
In December 1861, Queen Victoria's devoted husband, Prince Albert, died of typhoid at the age of 42 and Victoria sank into depression. For the rest of her reign she wore black.
Never neglecting her official Correspondence, Victoria withdrew from public view until the latter part of the 1860's, spending much of her time up at her home Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands where she befriended and became very close to the Scottish servant John Brown.
In 1866 and 1867, She was persuaded to open Parliament but was widely criticised for living in seclusion and quite a strong republican movement developed. 7 attempts were made on her life between 1840 and 1882 but her courage towards these attacks strengthened her popularity. By 1880 Queen Victoria had fully resumed her public duties, due mainly to her family and the Benjamin Disraeli, who was prime minister from 1874 to 1880.
Victoria liked Disraeli and his charm. He was quoted as saying "Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to royalty, you should lay it on thick with a trowel." William Gladstone replaced Disraeli as Prime Minister in 1880. Disraeli died the following year and Victoria wrote to his secretary telling her that she could not stop crying.
Victoria had a strained relationship with premier Gladstone as they had very different views of foreign policies. She sent a telegram to Gladstone criticizing his failure to take action to save General Gordon at Khartoum. The telegram was uncoded and as a result it became public knowledge that Queen Victoria disapproved of Gladstone's foreign policies. Gladstone believed that britain should not support a cause that was morally wrong, but Victoria disagreed, taking the view that not to pursue Britain's best interest was misguided and close to treachery. In 1885 the Marquess of Salisbury became Prime Minister and remained so for twelve of the last 15 years of Queen Victoria's reign. She shared his more imperialist views and was closer to him, her last Prime Minister. She supported actions against the Boers in South Africa, a war which overshadowed the end of her reign. She visited hospitals and was not concerned about British retreats being quoted as saying 'We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.'
Thanks to the improvements during her time to such things as transport, the development of newspapers and photography, Queen Victoria was seen on an unprecedented scale and was the first reining Monarch to travel by train, taking her first journey. Queen Victoria was part of Britain's great age when Great britain was said to have a world wide empire so vast that the sun never set. She was also almost the symbol of the Empire and kept up her duties til the end with a visit to Dublin in 1900.
Victoria died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her reign had lasted almost 64 years which is the longest in British history.
http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/famous/Queen_Victoria
Monday, 2 May 2011
WOW! Analysis of "Text C"!!
Text "C"
>>JillyB<JillyB@postchat.co.uk wrote:
>>>how have the holidays been treating everyone?
>>>lots of lounging about I trust
Jimbo@postchat.co.uk
>>Lounding and some blowing-of-the-gift-money shopping today. And
>>I don't have to be back at work until January 5!
Geoff<Geoff@postchat.co.uk wrote:
>I am doing the very same! I got a new BOOK! Off to read it!
>Jimbo, What day you wanna hang out? Tues, Wed or Thurs? Not free Fri or Sat or Sun!!!
Analysis of Text "C"
On this text, there are present many features that are characteristic for the "new technology" texts, such as the use of exclamation marks and of Capital Letters, both to emphasize and give a more importance to the message that the person is going to send.
Another feature that is common on the "New Technology" texts is the abbreviation of some words, like for example on this text, when Geoff wrote: "Tues, Wed or Thurs? Not free Fri or Sat or Sun!" All these abbreviations, that are replacing the days of the week, are used to make the message shorter and easier to read to the receptor.
>>JillyB<JillyB@postchat.co.uk wrote:
>>>how have the holidays been treating everyone?>>>lots of lounging about I trust
Jimbo@postchat.co.uk
>>Lounding and some blowing-of-the-gift-money shopping today. And
>>I don't have to be back at work until January 5!
Geoff<Geoff@postchat.co.uk wrote:
>I am doing the very same! I got a new BOOK! Off to read it!
>Jimbo, What day you wanna hang out? Tues, Wed or Thurs? Not free Fri or Sat or Sun!!!
Analysis of Text "C"
On this text, there are present many features that are characteristic for the "new technology" texts, such as the use of exclamation marks and of Capital Letters, both to emphasize and give a more importance to the message that the person is going to send.
For example, Geoff wrote from his email: "I am doing the very same! I got a new BOOK!"
Here, because of the exclamation marks and the Capital letters, he give a bigger emphasize to the sentence, especially to the word "BOOK!"
Another feature that is common on the "New Technology" texts is the abbreviation of some words, like for example on this text, when Geoff wrote: "Tues, Wed or Thurs? Not free Fri or Sat or Sun!" All these abbreviations, that are replacing the days of the week, are used to make the message shorter and easier to read to the receptor.
The New Technology Texts are the faster ways to give a message and they are easier to understand by the receivers, because of the use of Exclamation marks and Capital letters, abbreviations and a lot of other linguistic methods.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
WOW! NEW TECHNOLOGY TEXTS!!!
There are three main examples of new types of texts as a result of the development on technology:
The main influence on text mesaaging style is the need to keep messages as short and concise as possible. In addition to abbreviations and emoticons, linguistic features found in text messages include:
- Websites
- Text messages
Websites
- The way the material is organized and presented is influenced by the dimensions of the screen
- Much of the text is non-linear
- Information is broken down into manageable segments
- Graphological features are important, with the use of colors, animatios and visual images.
- Websites are much more interactive than traditional written text
E-mail
The informality of e-mail, together with the interactive relationship between senders and receivers, makes it a form of written communication that is in many ways close to spoken language.
- Lexis is often conversational, with the frequent use of colloquialisms and contractions. There is more tolerance of spelling errors than in traditional texts
- Greetings and farewells ilustrate the informality of the medium
- Grammatical features include loosely constructed sentences, which resemble the natural flow of speech. To type messages more quickly, some punctuation marks may be omitted, and lower case letters used where standard grammar would usually require capitals
- Various methods are used to suggest the prosodic features of speech, such as stress and tone of voice
- A large number of abbreviations are used
- Emoticons, also known as smileys, are graphical symbols used to represent facial expressions and body language.
The main influence on text mesaaging style is the need to keep messages as short and concise as possible. In addition to abbreviations and emoticons, linguistic features found in text messages include:- Words are shortened
- Phonetic spelling
- Letter homophones
- Number homophones
- Grammatical compression
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Obama found the solution for USA's economy.
Hopeful news has been given by the White House this week. Barack Obama promised to Americans that the problems in economy such as the deficit of $5 trilliion dollars and the problems on unemployment will be completely resolved or with an enormoues progress before 2015.
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| Obama will solve USA's economical problems |
These problems on the USA's economy would be solve by the new govuernmental plan to increase taxes to high class and to cigarretes and cars, and derivate them to finance the deficit of $5trillion dollars that is affecting USA since the 2008's crisis. Obama said that the huge deficit will be resolved before 2015. This governmental plan also is going to allocatefunds to health and security areas, that are some of the topics that had been more critizised to the current government.
The other main economic problem that USA has is the one related to unemployment produced by the irregularities on Wall Street and also because of the 2008's global economical crisis. The unemployment in USA is of a 10%. This is a too high porcentage for the most powerful country of the World! President Obama promised to reduce it to a 3% of unemployment up to 2018. This will be a nice development to USA, and to do this, the White House is going to allocate more money to the factories, to improve production and to encourage the hiring of more workers.
This plans promise to maintain USA as the most powerful country of the world. The deficit and the unemployment are problems that are really difficult to solve, but President Obama is the one who can do it.
This plans promise to maintain USA as the most powerful country of the world. The deficit and the unemployment are problems that are really difficult to solve, but President Obama is the one who can do it.
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