...Some of you have been using second-person point of view (you) in your papers, so I want to take the time to review point of view and its relevance to your writing. The following is from from p. 41 of your Merickel and James text. So, please read this and apply these to your papers: On occasion, your professor may direct you to write from the first-person point of view. However, the majority of college writing is cast in the third-person point of view. By writing from the third-person point of view, you create a tone of objectivity, and emotional distance between you, the writer, and your subject; moreover, third person focuses the reader’s attention on the subject rather than on the writer. Similarly, when you make word choices (diction), conversational diction might be acceptable in a person narrative, but most college papers demand more formal word choice. For example, when you edit a final draft, the phrase get rid of should be replaced by eliminated, and a phrase like pretty good should be replaced by worthwhile. Read the following two assertions: • I feel that the welfare programs our government offers poor people in this country are so messed up that they should be done away with. • Widespread reports of abuses within this country’s welfare system have led to many people to believe that public assistance programs should be eliminated. While both assertions are clear, notice how the second statement focuses on the subject...
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...Assignment tittle communication skill Assessor: Michael Wong Health and social care level 2 Unit: 3 In this assignment I have be asked to produce a report on one to one communication and group communication. I will also Identify and describe my own interaction, assess the advantages (strength) disadvantages (weakness) and what went well, what went badly and how to improve it. One to one communication I am going to tell you the role I played in the one to one communication with one my partner Noma I played the role of a service user in a nursing home that have left hospital but not yet ready to return home. My partner played the role of a career. We discuss about my health and the reason why I don’t want to return home. If I have had my medication, my breakfast and what I would like to take for lunch time. We also discuss about her son, what he is called and if I have any pain to be looked after. Career hi Lora Service user hi Noma Career: how are you today? Service user: I am fine. Career: have you taking your bath this morning? User: yes. Career: have you had something for breakfast? User: yes. Career: what did you have for breakfast this morning? User: A cup of tea, bread and sausages. Career: have you taking your medication Service user: not yet. Career: why? User: I don’t feel like taking any medication today. Career: is there no body to administer you drugs to you? User: I do not feel taken the drugs. Career: what do like to take for lunch...
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...written in a Third Person Limited perspective. This means that the narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. This is a major factor in determining how the stories make you feel about themselves, and how interesting the stories are. In a third-person view story, the reader can see the story itself from different points of view, and not just one. He or she can learn more, and know more than the individual characters themselves. In a first-person view story, the reader sees from the point of view of the narrator, so he/she may see more dialog including feels, thoughts, and ideas. In a third-person view, the reader will see more facts, such as what all of the other characters do. However, they will not see as many of the inner-feelings or thoughts of the characters, unless it is third-person omniscient. In addition, a third-person view is often more easy to figure out if it is a mystery, or similar plot structure, because the reader learns more facts from concrete reading, then having to think about whats going on in a story. In a first-person view, it is harder to figure out, generally, the plot details and story, because the reader only gains the facts of what the narrator knows. The reader must then think abstractly and ponder the possible outcomes. They can never be as sure because they may be missing outside information. Finally, third-person story can be written in different ways, but may not be as exciting as a first-person viewpoint. This...
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...Essay #2 Reflection Questions 1. Briefly describe your drafting and revision process for this essay. First thing I did is changing all first-person to third-person pronouns. 2. How did the experience of writing this paper differ from writing Essay #1? I had to use more of my experience and knowledge to put them in a complete sentence that makes sense. And it is also kind of frustrating trying to do the research to find things I wanted for my essay. 3. What challenged you the most in writing this essay? What challenged me most is the use of the English pronouns. Before doing the peer-review, I did half of my essay using first person pronoun. And later it gave me trouble when I was trying to fix it. 4. If you had more time to work on this essay, what specific things would you work on? I would talk about other advantages and benefits of learning new language and elaborate more on the points I already made. 5. Which of the individual points/claims you make in this essay is the weakest? I think the weakest point is the 2nd one where I pointed out that learning a foreign language opens up to a new culture. 6. Which of the individual points/claims you make in this essay is the strongest? I think the strongest point I made is the last one which is learning another language helps learners change their perspectives on how they perceive the...
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...on how to write this paper required me to go through steps of the process. The steps used were very much similar to the one six step process in the textbook. The decision made would not have been any different because of the steps used were the same. Using the six step decision making process can be used in any situation of life. Steps Used in Decision Thinking about steps used in writing the paper for this assignment was first identifying the problem. The problem was how to write the paper by APA standards with the University of Phoenix. APA standards that were taught was 3rd person, so with this assignment and the questions asked directly to the student on a personal life decision being made brought into my mind what about first person. According Bateman and Snell (2011), the problem is recognizing it exists. The second step used in writing this paper was to generate alternatives solutions, by asking should I write in first or third person, knowing the University standards I tried to write one in the third person and this paper in first person. After conversation with another classmate I was still exploring alternatives. There were many solutions going through my head. These alternatives were all based on past experiences. As Bateman and Snell (2011) state decisions makers use previous ides or follow advice of others. The next step in my process of writing was evaluating my alternatives, which paper do I submit, and not knowing the instructor and what she wanted...
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...Pay It Forwards “Pay it forward” is not only a movie but also a thinking of little boy which talks about Trevor’s life and his assignment. Trevor is eleven years old, in seventh grade, and studying in social studies. He lives with his mom who is an alcoholic, has two jobs. On the first day at school, his professor, Mr. Simonet gives his class an extra credit assignment for the year. Mr. Simonet asks the class, “What does the world want from you?” Trevor answers, “Nothing.” Mr. Simonet replies, “You are absolutely right, you are in seventh grade you can’t drive, can’t vote, heck you can’t even go to the bathroom without a pass from me, but not forever, one day you will be free.” He continues, “But what if on that day your free, you haven’t prepared you are not ready and then you look around and you don’t like what the world is. What if the world is just a big disappointment?” One of the kids in the class replies, “We’re screwed!” Mr. Simonet says, “Unless, you take the things you don’t like about this world and you flip them upside down on their ass. You can start that today. This is your assignment extra credit it goes on all year long.” On the board written in chalk it says: Think of an idea to change our world and put it into Action! Everyone in the class complains about how weird, strange, and hard it is. Mr. Simonet then very slowly replies, “How about possible, it’s possible. The realm of possibility exists in each of you. So you can do it or you can just sit back...
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...with new ideas on several levels. You will write a 4-MAT Book Review of Leming & Dickinson's book, Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement. Your paper must follow current APA format (title page, APA headers, introduction section, body of report divided with APA Level 1 (and possibly Level 2) headings, citations, formal Conclusion section, and a separate page for References. The paper must be at least 10 pages (not counting the cover and reference page). First person writing is acceptable throughout parts 2, 3, and 4 of your book review. Use the following format in preparing your 4-MAT Book Review: 1. Summary: Summarize what you have read as if you were the author condensing the book into 4 pages. This section is not a commentary or listing of topics, but rather an in-depth, yet concise, insightful examination of the content. 2. Concrete responses: In at least 2 pages, relate a personal or professional life episode that this book connected to within your own life experience. Relate your story in 1st person, describing action, words, and emotions you remember. In the teaching style of Jesus, this is a do-it-yourself parable, case study, or confession. You will remember more of what you have read when you make this critical, personal connection. This is your chance to tell your story and make new ideas found in the book your own. Remember, do not divulge the specific identity of others and do not describe substance abuse or mental health issues. It is acceptable...
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...transition from Mexico to the United States. This is where she got her first taste of the lives of immigrants in this country within the urban barrios. Viramontes's writing reflects this theme along with expressing her political opinions on the treatments of immigrants, especially Chicanos and Latinos. In her short story "The Cariboo Café," Viramontes brings these ideas to life through three sections narrated by different individuals tied into the story. "The Cariboo Café" is a story of Chicano immigrants and a Central American refugee. Along with these characters is the owner of the Cariboo Café, who comes in contact with the others. The story progresses in three short sections. Each section involves a different scenario and is told from the point of view of a different narrator. The three separate settings do not fully come together until the end of the last section. This approach makes the story initially very complicated to understand and difficult to connect the sections as a coherent stream of events. However, it is possible that this was Viramontes's intent. Perhaps the situations presented in the story were ones that posed this amount of confusion and frustration in real life to those who lived through them. Maybe Viramontes needed to convey in her story that what really happened in the urban barrios of Los Angeles never really made sense to anyone. The opening section of this story is a third person narrative. The narrator immediately introduces a poor Chicano family...
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...Essay – Poetic Justice “Carpe diem” is a phrase that is often used by people who are not taking anything for granted. They are living their life exactly how they want to and they do not care about the following consequences. The story “Poetic Justice” is exactly about that – when to seize the day and when not to. Jed Cunningham is an absolute original. Jed has always been smarter than everybody else. In his younger years he stood apart and watched the world mockingly. He would always have the newest clothes only for others to envy. The fact that he was so different made his teachers uneasy. He did not do what they said and it caused the teachers to call Jed disrespectful. The truth was that they were afraid of him and his amazingly developed intelligence. “Who resolutely refused to be in with in the crowd, and gathered about him an eclectic group from deeply weird scientist to the incredibly popular and handsome head boy, a dead ringer for Pierce Brosnan” line 25-27. The quote shows how popular Jed really was. Not only for the popular teenager but also for the nerds. In terms of his popularity the sky was the limit. You can sort of compare Jed to a modern day “hipster”. Of course there had to be some consequences for his actions. Later on Jed’s life fell apart. He did not get a job, he had a wife but she left him. All the great things he did in his teenage years collapsed and he has not been able to maintain his “carpe diem” belief The main character is feeling extremely...
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...Sonny’s Blues is a short story focused around the narration of Sonny’s brother. The narrator in the case of Sonny’s Blues is the most important character in a cast of characters not only because he is the narrator, but due to the dynamic change of his character we see at the end of the story. Baldwin effectively uses the first-person narration of Sonny’s brother in order to convey the theme of communication. Throughout the entire story of Sonny’s Blues, the narrator and his brother interact through exchanging words countless times. The question posed is whether or not the narrator can truly hear what his brother is saying to him. Through an examination of the narration style and the ways in which the characters are composed, we can see how Baldwin develops the theme of communication throughout Sonny’s Blues. Directly at the start of Sonny’s Blues we can identify the first-person narration. “I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn’t believe it, and I read it again.” (p. 75) Over and over again Baldwin uses “I” and “my” allowing the reader to easily detect the first-person narration style. The limited first-person narration will be crucial in the development of the theme of communication due to reader’s abilities to know narrator’s thoughts and feelings, but not Sonny’s. We know that the narrator is limited and not omniscient due to the fact mentioned before; the narrator does not have the ability to know what Sonny is thinking...
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...Mule killers The story begins in media res, the narrator starts telling the story right away without an introduction. The narrator is telling a story he is being told by his father, i.e. he tells a story in the story, and therefore it has a multiple point of view. It changes between a first person narrator and a third person narrator. It is an omniscient narrator, he is a messenger used to tell the story of his father and in some places in the text there appears comments from the narrator, for example: “It doesn’t matter; I can imagine it” (ll.49). We are in that way allowed access to his thoughts. The story takes place nearby Nashville, Tennessee in the beginning of the 20th century, when the tractors replaced the mules and thereby killed them. “My father (…) has his father’s height, and he carries it apologetically” (ll.7). Since he is carrying his height apologetically, it seems as if he has a hard time to live up to his father; he is not yet able to be the man that his father is, or so he thinks. When he sees his father crying under the tree he realizes that he also has emotions. He doesn’t understand why he is crying until many years later when he is in the garden picking asparagus with his son. The father is telling his story to his son when they are in the garden, a garden that used to be the mother’s garden. Since her death no one has taken care of it and now it is described as a blasted plot where nothing can grow, except for the asparagus. The garden could be a...
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...Analysis and interpretation of “Poetic Justice” - 12 by The British short story “Poetic Justice” by Diana Appleyard concerns the choices we make in life and how these will affect us later on. At the same time, it is a story about dreams, disillusion, and facing reality.Throughout most of the story, a 3rd person narrator is used; it is seen from the narrator’s point of view with an internal focalization. However, this changes in the last two or three sentences, where,suddenly, a 1st person narrator is introduced. The actual setting of the story is the narrator’s house, most of the story actually takes place in cyberspace or in the narrator’s mind, when she is remembering past events. The story evolves around two characters; the unnamed female narrator and the long lost love of her youth, Jed Cunningham. They’re both middle aged and British, but that is about the only similarities between them. She is living in a suburban neighbourhood somewhere in the UK with her husband, two children and a dog called Bramble - the typical cliché of a post-modern housewife. Her everyday consists of doing daily chores, writing articles for some sort of magazine or newspaper and collecting her youngest daughter from school. Jed Cunningham, on the other hand, is living alone in some remote place by the sea. This is the only real information we get about the recent Jim, as it is the only fact the narrator, and therefore we, knows. On the contrary, the adolescent Jim is profoundly described by...
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...Insignificant gestures By Jo Cannon. Sometimes an experience or a meeting with a person makes a huge impression on your life. They could say something that you would think about for a while. Sometimes you meet someone who leaves a good impression and it might change your life. But what if the change is so big, that you can barely handle it? This story shows a great example of how an impression of another person can change your life, without you realizing it before it’s too late. We get to meet the narrator who was a health officer in Africa but retained as a psychiatrist after he left Africa. In Africa he experienced life and death up close and that made him never want to go back as a doctor, "I retained as a psychiatrist. I never wanted to smell blood again.(…)" He left Africa many years ago, but still suffers from the trauma he experienced there and is medicated to help him sleep. He is not able to forgive himself for the things he did, "If I could peel back time, I would do things differently. But you don't get second chances." He wished he had made other choices, but it was too late. He has given up on drawing because he’s afraid to let his mind free and enjoy the excitement that drawing gave him: "That's why I don't draw anymore - I don't like the places my thoughts go to when set free." He didn’t like the idea of a servant (Celia) in the house, but it came with the house that came with his job. The idea of a servant to him was a symbol of discrimination and exploitation...
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...Boogeyman Summary The three children of the separated family father Lester Billings are dead, like a psychiatrist tells, killed by the Boogeyman. The worst thing for Billings is that he has suspected that, when his first child died, and was sure, when his second child died. Still he admitted that the Boogeyman took his third child. Now he believes that the Boogeyman will take him too, and he is afraid to open his closets at home. His psychiatrist, Dr.Harper understands him well, too well. At the entering to the lobby, there is no one to help him and when he return into the room, Lester Billings finds the psychiatrist taking off his mask to show him that he is the boogeyman, the person who had killed his three children. Point of view The short story has a third person narrator, but the use of direct speech almost makes it seem like a first person monologue by Lester Billings. We get a deep look into his psyche whereas the psychiatrist we only know little about. Main Character Lester Billings is an arrogant sissy. He thinks the best of himself and is irascible when contradicted. He is also violent, selfish a male chauvinist and has about every other negative Characteristics one can think of. It is interesting why he has become like that, and I believe the course lies in the way he was brought up .He was over protected by his mother, with whom he now has no contact and he thinks overprotective parents make frighten and weak kids.Lester is afraid his own children will...
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...Mission who are Christian. Lispeth is born by Hindus, but after their staple food maize fails Lispeth is brought to the Mission, and she is baptized. In this way we learn how poor the area must be if the only way to secure one’s daughter’s life is to give her up. After this introduction the plot commences. The story line is told straight forward, and the point of view is a 3rd person narrator. The first person narrator has a limited view, because he doesn’t know what goes on inside the different characters’ heads. Actually you can at times argue in favour of the point view being a 1st person narrator, because we from time to time have an “I” telling the story. The story is told by a 3rd person narrator describing the events from one character’s point of view.“,I do not know; but she grew very lovely. When a Hill-girl grows lovely, she is worth travelling fifty miles over bad ground to look upon.”(Lispeth: p.33 l.16-18) This author comment makes us wonder if Kipling maybe has experienced it himself. He has perhaps as a young man in India travelled 50 miles to see a Hindu girl whom he loved. The 1st person narrator gives credibility to the story by saying “I”. The story is told years and years later as if it has been told by Lispeth to the narrator. Through the story the author comes with comments....
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