Cognate strategies according to McLean are the method used to promote understanding, which can be applied to public speaking and also excellent to develop good writing. The nine cognate strategies mention are clarity, conciseness, arrangement, credibility, expectation, reference, tone, emphasis, and engagement. In this essay, I am going to discuss five out of the nine cognate strategies and also describe how these strategies have been implemented in my own writing in the past. A speaker, who has…
The East Coast trip Over, the summer I went on many exciting adventures/trips but today I am going to tell you about the East Coast trip. I very was excited for this trip as I would be gone from home for two weeks and would visit 3 states that I had never been to and florida. The first city/state I visited was Atlanta, Georgia this was my first time coming to Georgia. I stayed in Atlanta, Georgia for 3 days. The day after we arrived in Georgia we went to the Atlanta, Georgia zoo and saw…
enduring or have endured. However, in Chinese culture during the postpartum period, it’s important to avoid cold drinks and foods because it is believed that the woman is very vulnerable to catching a cold. She is encouraged to stay warm and avoid showers during the sitting month. In Western nutrition, we are focused on balancing meals – a complete one having all of the following: protein, carbohydrate and fat. However, in traditional Chinese culture, nutrition is viewed as balancing or…
A family member is expecting a baby, and is throwing a baby shower. The person who got invited to the family member’s baby shower has to go and buy something for the baby. The first thing when someone goes into a baby store such as “Baby R Us,” “Carters” or any other baby store, will see that the store is highly gender specific. Girls are pink and are located in the right side of the store, then boys are blue and are located in the left side of the store. The girls section has butterflies,…
Kylie Jenner have been through their fair share of issues over the years, but the two seem to be getting along better now. Kylie is dating Tyga, who just happens to be the father of Blac Chyna's son King. Now you add in the fact that Rob Kardashian has baby Dream with Chyna, of course, there is going to be a bit of drama within this family. This year at Christmas Kylie spoiled Blac Chyna's son, and according to Hollywood Life, she is allegedly glad that she did and totally fine with it. King was…
As a shy fifth grader, I experienced one of the most incredibly humbling and also terribly irritating changes in my life. Being the only child for eleven years made this a challenging change as well. This change was the birth of my little sis’, Persephone. However troublesome though, the rewards I have received in return have made the journey more than worth it. Being told that I was going to be a sister was a shock to my senses. When called into my parent’s bedroom I had not been expecting to…
In 1990, Deborah Tannen wrote the article “Sex, Sighs, and Conversation”. In her article, she explains to the audience why men and women can not communicate. The author primarily supported the main idea, by telling a story, giving examples, and statistics. The author gave an example of when the woman was chatting with the man that “why do not we ask someone?” The man was saying, not for the first time, “I am sure it is around here somewhere. I will just try this street.” In my opinion, the…
being heard. Society does not hear that much about the discrimination that still occurs in todays world. This dream is not impossible, however it is easier for some people over the another group of people A lesbian couple was expecting their first baby. Now in their workplace it was traditional for one of the co workers to make a card for them and everybody would sign it…
stages of the first trimester). In most cases, it won’t hurt your baby severely, but if it persists you may have a problem. Luckily, I’m here to tell…
clothes on?" He looked down at me, hopeful and I nodded. "Yay!" He cheered and led me to the back of the locker room where all the stuff had been a few minutes ago. We were greeted by a tall man with almost white hair and thick framed glasses. "Alex, baby!" He kissed the side of the boy 's face. I laughed quietly at Alex until he did it to me also and then it was his turn to laugh. "You must be Mariah, you are a very pretty girl." "Er, thanks." "BUT I WILL MAKE YOU GORGEOUS!" He exclaimed before…