Sentences with phrase «styles of speech»

The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei verbum, reminds Catholics of the need to attend to the literary genres of scripture, since truth is presented and expressed differently in historical, prophetic or poetic texts, or in other styles of speech.

I have served as a computer security advisor for 31 years, and so, my style of speech is also affected by my job.

This same style of speech appears in the parable of the pounds in Luke 19:14.

We saw above that Mark 9.1, although introduced by it, owes its present form to Mark, and we must recognize the very real possibility that the characteristic early Christian conviction that the Lord who spoke is the Lord who speaks has led to an imitation of the very style of that speech, at any rate to a limited extent.

This is a style of speech.

As your child enters his third year of life, he will start to create his own sentences and style of speech.

Why do you think the author chose to eschew the «thee» and «thou» style of speech which is often used in portrayals of medieval speech?

The dialogue and writing are firmly entrenched in the realms of typical High Fantasy, and I have to say that as an avid reader of fantasy I honestly through I'd gotten away from that style of speech years ago.

Given the period of history Ferguson has set his comic its understandable that he's going for this style of speech, so it's absolutely right to point out that a sense of distaste for the cliché High Fantasy style of speech is a very personal thing, one that I've gained over the years of reading fantasy books.

However, putting the style of speech aside my criticism of the dialogue between characters stands; conversations simply feel stiff and awkward most of the time, something which will hopefully be sorted out as the series continues.

The style of speech is weighty, formal and overwrought, and conversations between characters sometimes feel less like dialogue and more like people loudly proclaiming things while being in the proximity of others doing the same thing.

The writing is solid throughout, capturing the traditional style of speech we associate with a western, with a couple of fun jibes aimed toward familiar game clichés along the way as well for good measure.

It also occurs to me that any written materials prepared on behalf of the client should echo his or her style of speech and vocabulary to the extent possible.

As much as possible, do not try to mimic someone else's style of speech.

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National Small Business Week launched in style at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters yesterday, kicking off a week of speeches, panels and workshops across the country celebrating entrepreneurship.

Rather than asking prospective clients to take the tests, he relies on the overt trappings of the personality factors: speech patterns, office decor, style of dress.

Oliver added that the negative tone, seen especially in Trump's doom - and - gloom style acceptance speech, allowed Democrats «to pick up the mantel of people who actually like living here.»

In his speech, Yifei emphasized the importance of 2018 for China's long - term economic strategy, and discussed how the central bank's gold and silver department used problem - oriented, market - oriented, and livelihood - oriented «philosophy, style and methods» to promote reform and innovation in «key areas» of «currency bullion» as well as «currency gold and silver business.»

Looking more Las Vegas casino than Oval Office, the stage Donald Trump delivered his nomination acceptance speech from Thursday was all gold, from the stairs to the podium, completely befitting of his showman - like style.

Zod's apologia, «every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people,» would be out of place in a Trump speech as a matter of style, but not of substance.

It is said that his appearance changed and the style of utterance, which was rhythmic and with a loose pattern of rhyme, was different to his normal speech.

When it seemed clear that he was expected to give a speech, he stood up and mentioned what we had discussed on our afternoon walk: that this was something of a historical event, the last of the old - style missionaries, and that to him it meant that now the church was 100 per cent on its own for indigenous leadership.

A special musical rhythm runs equally through all parts of the speech; there is a common, harmonious style, and a logical plan in the development of the ideas expressed.

Similarly the many speeches in Acts are largely in Luke's style (the speech of Stephen in Acts 7 is a partial exception) and reflect his ideas (or does he reflect theirs?).

In a free speech decision having to do with obscenity, Justice Harlan opined in 1971, «The Constitution leaves matters of taste and style so largely to the individual.»

Whether it's conforming to Instagramming the same photo of pool floaties you've seen all over your feed or conforming in dress, speech and style, looking at the lives of others too long is an easy way to lose the beauty of your own.

Cattywampus physicalizes this story through a multi-disciplinary orchestration of distinctly American aesthetics — country - western music, line dancing, backwoods Pennsylvania speech and dialect, and a more - Method - than - Method acting style.

The slow, repetitive, musical style of speaking is called «infant directed speech,» and it appears to help babies understand our emotions.

«Traci's unique combination of political speechwriting and nonprofit marketing experience has enabled her to adapt to different voices and styles, meet impossible deadlines, and drive the conversation from tweet to speech.

15.12 - Corbyn adopting the style of a father of the bride speech, which so far seems to be going down pretty well.

We analyse Blair's speech to the centre - left Progress thinktank and conclude that Blair's biggest legacy is a style of political language which has made obfuscation easier and political vision harder.

The president's Inaugural speech was consistent in content and style of delivery with nourishing a mass movement.

He delivered a stemwinder of a speech in the rambling style his colleagues in the Senate have come to know — and perhaps, depending on the lateness of the session's hour — fear.

Arnie on Boris Waiting to give a speech via satellite in 2007, Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was unaware the microphone was on as he watched Boris Johnson's typically rambling style.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address on Wednesday was a campaign speech for re-election in both style and substance.

I watched the news on TV tonight and from clips of Nick Clegg's speech, I am led to conclude that he is not a patch on David Cameron and his style of attack is vacuous.

In his speech last night, Paladino showed off more of his blunt, confrontational style with sharp jabs at his opponents.

DiNapoli gave an iteration of his speech warning against 401 (k) style plans at a forum in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

Both organizations released statements Saturday morning after Trump took aim at the league in an anti-NFL rant as part of a rambling speech during a campaign - style rally in Alabama Friday night.

Back in May, Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz delivered a campaign - style speech to hundreds of the city's wealthiest business leaders.

Some of the talking points and style Trump now uses on the presidential campaign trail can be heard in that earlier speech.

It took an eye - catching conference speech, delivered without notes, in what would become his trademark style, to change the minds of the party faithful.

Cuomo, who frequently alludes to Trump in his speeches, contrasted his style to that of the frontrunner Republican candidate.

The initial manual of 10 speeches builds up general presentation skills and once completed a member becomes a «Competent Toastmaster» and can work from advanced manuals to concentrate on different styles of presentations.

Using an informal style with mom and a more formal one with dad «might give kids a rounded ability to engage in different kinds of speech,» VanDam says.

Thode and colleagues tweaked a human speech modeling technique to reproduce dolphin sounds and discern the intricacies of their unique style of sound production.

But in prepared speeches, politicians use pauses deliberately, for reasons of style and rhetoric.

These recordings were then studied for several acoustic characteristics of the mothers» speech style and vocabulary productions directed to their infants.

The event was MC'd by the fabulous Robert Verdi and included presenters such as Sarah from Style IT and Dina of Eye for Style and a speech by the iconic, visionary and amazing Norma Kamali.

When we think about the Oscar's, what comes to mind rather quickly is the acceptance speeches, the timeless style, and of course iconic moments.