The Legend of King Arthur: From Birth to Avalon
Chapter 1 – The Coming of Arthur
The army of Uther attacked Tingatel Castle. Uther’s army sat outside the castle and waited for the defenders to run out of food. Merlin changed the shape of Uther’s face so Uther could enter Tingatel Castle. Uther promised to give Merlin his first son. King Gorlois died in the battle. Igrayne became Uther’s wife. Igrayne gave birth to a son. That night, Merlin came to the castle and took the boy, named him Arthur, and went away with him. Igrayne grieved all night
Read MoreThe Evolution of English: From Anglo-Norman to the Great Vowel Shift
Anglo-Norman and Central French
The Norman Conquest introduced numerous French words into English, which often differ in appearance from their modern French counterparts due to subsequent linguistic developments.
For example, the Old French word feste became feste in Middle English and feast in Modern English, while in French the s disappeared, resulting in the modern form fête.
Similarly, the English words judge and chant preserve the early French pronunciation of j and ch, which were softened in
Read MoreEffective Communication: Tips for Presentations and Problem-Solving
Tips for Effective Presentations
Positive:
- Ensure a clear beginning, middle, and end.
- Capture the audience’s interest from the start.
- Interact with the audience.
- Provide opportunities for questions.
- Appear confident by smiling and relaxing.
Difficult:
- Maintain eye contact with the audience.
Phrases from the Presentation:
Beginning:
- Today, I’m going to talk to you about…
Middle:
- So, to sum up…
End:
- Thank you for listening.
Describing Problems:
- It keeps/ Something’s wrong with/ There’s a problem with the…
- The.
The Mayor of Casterbridge: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Chapter 1: The Auction
The novel opens with Michael Henchard and his wife, Susan, traveling through the country with their baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane. They stop for supper and Henchard gets totally drunk on rum. He offers to sell his wife and daughter to the highest bidder. He isn’t entirely serious, but when a sailor offers five guineas (a lot of money to a poor man back then), Henchard takes it. Susan thinks it’s a binding arrangement and that she now legally belongs to the sailor, so she takes
Read MoreSyntactic and Semantic Analysis of Clauses and Phrases
Finite Clauses
Clauses headed by a primary verb-form or an imperative or subjunctive; main clauses are always finite; subordinate clauses may be finite or non-finite.
Non-Finite Clauses
Subordinate clauses headed by: gerund participle (-ing), past participle (Born in NY, she was used to..), to infinitive (I want you to write it down)
Syntactic Categories
Phrases and clauses
Syntactic Functions
Subjects, complements, adjuncts
Clause Analysis
1. Dependency Analysis
- Clause pattern: only arguments (syntactic
Introduction to Graphical User Interfaces and Basic Computer Concepts
Introduction to Computer Interfaces
Early Operating Systems
1.1 What kind of OS was used in the early 1980s: text-based or graphics-based?
Text-based
The Macintosh Contribution
1.2 What is the contribution of Macintosh computers to the development of graphic environments?
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Understanding WIMP
1.3 What does the acronym WIMP stand for?
Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer
Interacting with a GUI
1.4 How do you run a program on a computer with a graphical interface?
By double-clicking
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