![]() ![]() Two syllables – Stress the first or second syllable.One syllable – Stress the first (and only) syllable.So, how do you determine which syllables to stress? While there are certain exceptions, you can generally use the following English pronunciation rules for shorter words: Without the right stress on certain syllables, your speech might sound like a robot! This means that, in words with more than one syllable, one syllable will sound a little longer and louder than the others. “Syllable stress” refers to the syllable in a word that gets more emphasis than the others. When you say a word that only has one syllable, you only have one syllable to stress. Syllable StressĬlick below to listen to a recording of this passage. For example, the word “outside” has 4 vowels, but only two syllables, because -ou only counts as one vowel sound, while -i…e combine to form the long “i” sound (like in the word “pie”), even though they are separated by a consonant. Some vowel sounds are silent, while other sounds are made up of two different vowels. ![]() Additionally, the number of syllables is not necessarily equal to the number of vowels. While the majority of English words have between 1-4 syllables, some words have as many as 19! This means that counting the number of syllables is not always easy. ![]() All ig at or – 4 syllables, 4 vowels (All-i-ga-tor).T om orr ow – 3 syllables, 3 vowels (To-mor-row).Ord er – 2 syllables, 2 vowels (Or-der). ![]()
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![]() ![]() In the story of “How the Alligator Got His Brown, Scaly Skin,” Alligator gets burned by burning wood when he does not let other animals drink from his pond. Ancient Greek society stressed upon the ideas of hospitality, and if one was inhospitable to a guest, they could count on Zeus, considered the God of xenos, to punish them. When reading “Alligator,” the first thing that came to my mind was xenos, which can mean anything from “foreigner” to “guest” to “friend,” depending on the context and how it is used. Both stories involve morals that are precedent in Greek myths, namely the concepts of hospitality and deceit. ![]() The most notable stories would be “How the Alligator Got His Brown, Scaly Skin” (123-136) and “When Coyote Decided to Get Married” (149-160), which revolved around collectivist ideas such as sharing your possessions or that one's incompetence leads to the downfall of the entire group. While reading Matt Dembicki's Trickster, I could not help but draw some comparisons between the tricksters of Native American folklore and the heroes of ancient Greek mythology. ![]() ![]() ![]() Charlie was a strong lead in his role as Adam, he embraced the role of a teenager with Schizophrenia and most certainly made it his own. If it wasn’t for Words On Bathroom Walls I’d have absolutely no idea who Charlie Plummer is and I must say this movie delivers a pleasant introduction to him. ![]() There he falls in love with Maya (Taylor Russell) who he struggles to reveal his secrets due to insecurities and fears of the unknown.Īdam must learn to realize that he has a strong support system that will not let him go through this alone and that Maya is now a part of that system. He’s sent to a catholic school by his mother to complete his school year. Adam aspires to be a chef but he is thrust into an ‘obstacle course’ by life after being diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the midst of his high school senior year. ![]() The film chronicles the life of Adam Petrazelli (Charlie Plummer). Although this was released in cinemas not too long ago you can find this on Video On Demand so need to worry. ![]() Words On Bathroom Walls is a theatrical exploration into the mind of a bright young man troubled with Schizophrenia based on the novel of the same name. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator’s name is Selin, Turkish for “the flood.”īatuman has an enviable eye and ear for fertile weirdness, for those details that make the world interesting and moving but, tantalizingly, never determinately meaningful. ![]() ![]() Shortly thereafter, the love interest disappears to a math conference in Thailand. According to both books, “sixteen-wheel trucks glided by on barges.” Trucks aren’t allowed on Budapest’s streets on Sundays. “Nothing in my life experience or education had prepared me to judge such a contest.” Both narrators also canoe with the Hungarian love interest down the Danube from the outskirts to the center of Budapest. The narrators go to Hungary anyway, where at a summer camp they’re each asked to judge “an adolescent boys’ leg contest.” “I was given a clipboard with a form on which to rate their legs on a scale from one to ten,” Batuman writes, with a few words’ variation, in both books. In the novel, as in the essay, a Turkish-American Harvard freshman falls in love with a Hungarian classmate who secures the narrator-protagonist a summer gig teaching English in Hungary so she can visit him in Budapest but in both tellings this Hungarian classmate has been concealing a girlfriend he has no intention of leaving. Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot can be described as a 432-page expansion of five pages from her first book, a nonfiction collection called The Possessed. ![]() ![]() ![]() But no one will admit that his death wasn’t an accident-or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. So commence happy screaming, because this book made my mind work! Keep reading this book review to see what I mean! SummaryĪmbassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. You know when a friend tells you to read a book and it’s already on your TBR? That kind of mind meld? That was me when Kate from Your Tita Kate recommended I read A Memory Called Empire for my 12 Friends 12 Books Challenge. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him-and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. ![]() The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). ![]() From the author of the classic A Little Life-a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zoom through the quotations and sayings by Isaac Asimov which has been curated from his writings, thoughts, novels, books, letters, work and life. In the first Foundation story, the emperor’s servants include spies and censors. I have created a corpus of quotes and sayings by Isaac Asimov on communication, computers, humanity, peaceful, science, violence, anger, inspirational, problems, fiction, delight, change, decision, education etc and are till date quoted extensively. Although Asimov presented an accommodating attitude toward empire, he was neither naive nor jingoistic. Some of his famous books and novels include ‘Foundation Series’, ‘Robot Series’, ‘Galactic Empire Series’, ‘Nightfall’, ‘Lucky Starr Series’ amongst many others. He also wrote fantasy and mysteries as well as non-fiction. Asimov was considered one of the ‘Big Three’ sci-fi writers of his time. Asimov also wrote and edited around 500 books. He edited approximately 90,000 postcards and letters. He is renowned for his thoughts, views, books and works on popular science and science fiction. Isaac Asimov was a prolific American writer and a biochemistry professor at ‘Boston University’. ![]() 400+ Motivational Quotes By Isaac Asimov For The Sci-Fi Addicts ![]() ![]() ![]() Whitehead employs creative license to great effect, but it can also lead to some confusion said Assistant Professor Tatiana Cruz. Needless to say, the journey, like those of real escapees, does not go smoothly. In particular, he writes the railroad as a physical, underground mode of transportation that conveys Cora from state to state. At first glance it seems like many a historical novel, but the Pulitzer Prize-winning Whitehead turns a number of familiar literary tropes upside down in his genre-bending story. The story centers on Cora, a young woman enslaved in Georgia who attempts to escape via the Underground Railroad. If you haven’t read it yet, here’s a summary. ![]() In anticipation of Colson Whitehead’s visit to campus, three Lesley professors held a symposium in Washburn Lounge to discuss fact, fiction and fantasy in the author’s acclaimed novel, “The Underground Railroad.” Approximately 40 students, faculty and staff participated in the event. ![]() ![]() Kayla’s rom-com debut is as delightful and effervescent as a glass of champagne. To address the obvious joke-Kayla Olson is not my penname! Although we’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of that coincidence. So here’s what I worked on in 2022 for your enjoyment in 2023! ![]() ![]() I’m organizing this by pub dates, which are subject to change due to various factors (supply chain delays, printing times, carton shortages, fun secret news-which one doesn’t fit here?), but shouldn’t change much. ![]() As always, there’s room for a surprise or two along the way, but I’m editing books for 2024 and buying for late 2024 and beyond, so my list should be pretty settled. Happy New Year! In something that’s becoming a bit of a tradition, below is a wrap up of books I’ve edited coming out in 2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. ![]() It offers 1:1 support, off-topic channels to talk with AMAZING people, and chats for mental health. If you wish to speak to people in a safe, well-moderated online community, take a look at this Discord server. 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