They look at the gestures of the other persons they are communicating with. The gesture is showing the emotions of the person doing them (Segal). Gestures are something you do not think about in the moment you are doing them (Segal). ... Body language is a silent communication where only gestures and facial expressions are important. ... Phrasing is the combination of posture and gesture (Gladwell 137). ...

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Line and Gesture (Jansen) (550 words) For me, the starting point for exploration was observation and movement, developing how to draw the correct structure and proportions of the body. I have looked back in my sketchbook and realized that many are gesture drawings. ... Gesture lines have helped me to keep practicing and build my confidence. ... Jansen brings to mind a drawing I completed in less than 30 seconds in order to capture the movement and lines in the model's pose, using broad sweeping gestures, with charcoal. ... "The gestural approach to drawing is actually an exercise ...

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As for line 62, "Well, here", here is a gestural space deixis instead given that there is no clues for reference of the context without using any gestural pointing because the place referred is close only to the speaker. ... ", there is a gestural deictic because there can refer to any direction which is visible from the point where the speaker is at CT. Gestural pointing is therefore required for reference of the location. 1.3. ...

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Parents should intrude on their teenager's privacy when they realize that their teenager is behaving in a depressive or angry manner, or simply just as a gesture of love when there is suspicion of a problem in their adolescent's life. ... Nevertheless, it is done as a gesture of love, after a parent's suspicion of a problem is confirmed. ... These gestures of love are done to make sure that teenagers are following the morally right path. ... It's done as a gesture of love, when a parent is given a reason to do so. ...

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When District 12 gestured Katniss at the reaping, this showed District 12 having some source of their own power rebelling against that of the Capitol's. Their gesture showed love and respect towards Katniss and also to their district. ... It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. ... The gesture really showed District 12 gaining dignity, something that the Capitol controlled by dehumanizing them through the Hunger Games. ...

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In many ways O'Connor is describing to the readers that the grandmother is a common soul with good and bad qualities, who, though flawed with selfishness and a tendency to criticize in others traits she would forgive in herself, does in the end recognize her flaws and make a real gesture of grace at the moment of death. ... But I believe her final gesture indicates that she was trying to reach out to The Misfit and help him to see the light. ... Whether people believe this gesture is an act of grace or complete selfishness will require blind faith. ...

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He "sets out to give personality - 'gesture' as Nick calls it - to the personage he has created. The 'gestures,' of course, include the pink suits, the silver shirts, the gold ties, the Rolls-Royce swollen with chrome and hat boxes, the clipped speech, the 'old sports,' the formal intensity of manner, the gracefulness on the ballroom floor theses and many more 'gestures' complement the personage of Gatsby." ...

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Facial expressions and complex hand gestures known as mudras are also used to express the different rasas. ... Pantomimic gestures and foot movements are used to represent certain stock characters such as warriors or comic figures. ... Body posture, vocal intonations, and facial gestures are relied upon to communicate the actor's moods. ... Many important aspects of the play are conveyed by the actor's subtle gestures. ...

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Many people misinterpret body language and hand gestures. ... By paying attention to the words that people use, divorced of gestures and the like, you will miss out on part of the communication, but it is the words, the content of the communication that build rapport, which in turn builds the influence of the matter in which you are communicating. ... There are a negative and positive ways to stand, to have voice fluctuations, and to use gesture. ... When we are in a passive-aggressive mode we are impatient, have condescending gestures, and an overbearing attitude. ...

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Non-verbal expression can be hand gestures, body language, facial expressions, and visual sounds; basically it's any type of communication when words are not used. ... As for our non-verbal gestures, some that we use are conscious and some are not. ... The largest part of the message-and arguably the most important-is conveyed by kinesics, or the combination of gestures, postures, facial expressions, clothing, and even scent " (Preston,P. 2005). ...

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When asked to evaluate a speech of a caliber such as the President's State of the Union Address, it is important to consider that you are looking at a professional. The President of the United States is such a prestigious office that you would not expect to find much to critique in a negative way, ...

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They can employ interpersonal gestures, but not expressive gestures (Attwood, Frith and Hermelin 1988). ... Diagnosing According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition ([DSM-IV] American Psychiatric Association, 1994), for a child to be diagnosed with autism, a total of six (or more) items from (A), (B), and (C), with at least two from (A), and one each from (B) and (C): (A) qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: noticeable impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such a...

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However, when Ree brings up Little Arthur and the rest of the Miltons from Hawkfall, Teardrop becomes physical and grabs Ree by her hair as a threatening gesture. ... " However, his gesture is a sincere attempt to help Ree and could indicate that he knows Jessup will never be found and that Ree and her family will lose their house. ... This gesture conveys that Merab is both protecting her Milton family as well as helping Ree. ...

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Through language, which suggests he is contrasting his concrete experience with the conspirator's mere opinions, through phrasing, which suggests that Brutus is wrong, through a repetition of keywords in context, which reverse their meaning, and his use of theatrical gestures, Mark Antony sways the crowd to his position. ... The last way Antony convinces the mass that his position is the correct one was through his use of theatrical gestures. ... Through his presentation of opinions as though they were facts, careful phrasing which implied that Brutus was wrong, a repetition of keywor...

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These intentional actions may not seem so "black and white" unless the director accentuates the two actor's expressions, gestures, or vocal characteristics. ... Iago makes a gesture resembling that of picking carrots out of the ground. ... In a very quiet, ghostly tone of intense ferocity, and with a rapid action, O makes the gesture of ripping two limbs apart with his bare hands. ...

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The use of facial gestures, body movements, and voices added a life to Shirley Jackson's story that did not speak falsely of the work, but made the overall situation more true to life. ... The director of the movie, however, took this scene from the short story and visualized and vocalized the importance of this characters moment with speech and facial gestures. ...

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I also noticed that gestures of the members of the orchestra. ... The conductor in particular sometimes would even jump while conducting the orchestra, he was very good with his gestures expressing and conducting the piece. ...

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"Film d'Art has completely changed this setting - the actors froze in static poses, use bright, stressed-theatrical gestures. ... Following the film, the manifesto of this trend - "The Assassination of the Duke of Guise," filmed in kontse1908-year, - at Griffith appears too actors striving for a static pose, vivid gestures and to ensure that the freeze on the screen. ...

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In some places, he uses great detail with each stroke seeming very precise and calculated, like the tiny tear drops falling from the women's faces, or the minute hairs on the men's arms; however, in other areas, his strokes are more loose and gesturer with large, heavy brush strokes. ... Yet, after looking a little closer, the viewer realizes that each figure is connected somehow and related to one another through their gazes as well as gestures and other objects in the painting. ...

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Browning also became adept at indicating physical action and gesture but the important one is the act of speaking "of arguing, pleading informing, reminiscing, of thinking aloud or of justifying oneself. ... Gestures like drawing the attention of the envoy to the bronze statute stresses the Duke's pride in possession that leads him to treat people as objects and tools to be used. ...

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It seems to be every Canadian's dream to play hockey for Team Canada and wear the Maple Leaf on their jerseys. But what do we have to do to get to that level? Violence in hockey is demanded by fans and players and it will always be an integral part to the sport despite the attempts to reduce it. ...

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The 'trigger' may be an insignificant element of behavior, such as a casual joke, gesture or mild criticism, which would normally be overlooked, but to the frustrated individual may be enough to provoke an aggressive response. This is where the contributing factor "Substance Abuse" would likely exaggerate the importance of a gesture etc., and cause the individual to respond in an irrational, aggressive manner. ...

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M.D which are: having eye contact, friendly hand gestures by tapping the client at the shoulder, praying for Mr. ... M.D which were: having good eye contact, friendly hand gestures by tapping the client at the shoulder, praying for Mr. ...

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On June 21, 1850, two renowned dancers, Cesare Cecchetti and Serafina Casagli, gave birth to a boy who would become one of the greatest legends of classical ballet: Enrico Cecchetti. Cecchetti was born in the Tordinona Theatre dressing room in Rome, Italy. The theater played a significant role in C...

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(Smith, 262) One of the Coke paintings has painterly drips that might read as signs of expressive gestures, while the other is almost as pristine as the commercial original, right down to the registered trademark. ... These paintings 'queered' the drip paintings: suddenly the machismo of the Pollock gesture looked a little impotent, and the concept of Abstract Impressionism simplified to a bodily function. ...

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