...connotation Connotation refers to the emotional associations and overtones related to a word. For example, a person who is underweight might be described as slight, or scrawny. "Slight" has a fairly positive emotional connotation, while "scrawny" has a negative connotation. paradox A paradox is a statement that first appears to be contradictory but actually states a truth. "History teaches us that we learn nothing from history informational text Informational text is non-fiction text that conveys or explains information. The text can appear in a wide variety of forms, such as a non-fiction narrative, charts or graphs, articles, or reports. propaganda Propaganda refers to a message designed to promote an institution, a cause, or a person through persuasive techniques. Advertisement strategies are called "commercial propaganda." denotation "Denotation" refers to the literal dictionary definition of a word. expert testimony Expert testimony is information about a particular issue, product, or idea given by people qualified to comment based on their authority on the subject statistical evidence Statistical evidence refers to statistics or numerical data that support an observation. persuasive technique Persuasive techniques refer to a variety of emotional appeals, or a sequence of logical reasoning that is used to influence an audience analogy Analogy is the relationship between certain aspects of one thing that are comparable to something else, even though there...
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...they feel like it is too restrictive in nature. That is merely just a common misconception though, there are several different styles of essays and the two that are going to be discussed are descriptive and narrative essays. The narrative essay's main purpose is to tell a story using characters and a plot, where perhaps a problem is given, and the events that unfold eventually explain a solution to the problem or issue presented. In contrast the descriptive essay can be very powerful in the fact it is written using the five senses (visual, audible, taste, tactile sensations and smells) this allows the author to bring a scene or object to life in the mind of the reader. While narrative essays are almost like a movie that is played out in the judgment of the reader, the descriptive essay paints a vivid photograph or place the reader can experience and this is why descriptive essays are the superior of the two styles. One of the best qualities that narrative essays are able to offer over descriptive essays is they are structured to appeal to the simplest of mankind's urge to share a good story. There are various forms in which we can find a narrative writing example such as a poem, play, novel and the obvious essay. There are times when the purpose behind a narrative essay is to simply hold the reader, providing an escape from the everyday stresses of work, and then there are times when it is the author's intention to share a valuable lesson learned that might help others...
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...controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Capitalism reproduces itself and keeps the exploited working class from rising up and overthrowing a system designed to exploit and alienate them not through the brutality of totalitarianism but rather by institutional naturalization (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature) (WordNet3.0) of the process via religion, the legal system, the educational system, and the government. Throughout Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo social class and their economic struggle is a huge factor in how their life plays out. Lisbeth Salander essentially represents the working class proletariat. Though she works for a security company as one of their best personal detectives she has been categorized as socially incompetent from the age of 12 when she murdered her father, and has required a guardian since. By alienating the working class it only serves to highlight their struggle to gain power. However, a crucial element that Stieg Larsson integrates into his novel is the mental strength of his Goth punked-out cyber genius. Like many of the working class girls in the novel, Salander is exposed to sexual violence when she is raped by her new guardian in order to receive money. However her mental strength, bordering on psychopathic, enables her to seek revenge on...
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...Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Invention of Wings describes both the life of a slave, Handful, and her master’s daughter, Sarah, as well as their relationships with each other, family, and outsiders. They fervently fight to alter society’s view on slavery. Sue Monk Kidd conveys the convention of narrative voice to communicate the messages of the novel to the audience. Kidd utilizes Handful, a slave, and Sarah Grimke, the daughter of a rich plantation owner, as assertive and engaging narrators in order to influence the emotions of the readers. Sue Monk Kidd uses first person point of view to assist the reader in noticing the protagonists’ strong personalities and ideas throughout the novel. The story alternates narrators each chapter. Frequently...
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...dramatically increased in the media coverage as well as popular culture ever since we have entered the “post-9/11 era”, as Elizabeth Poole observed. (2008:81) The shocking real life images from the horrifying terrorist attack in September 2011 has triggered various interpretation on the discourse of what it means to be Muslim and the image of Islam and its culture in the western media, and still have profound influence even after more than a decade and ongoing. Apart from the coverage on news media, TV entertainment, especially TV dramas also provide a powerful outlet for the popular prevailing discourses on Muslim and Islamic culture, which compare to news reports, leaves a more vivid and graphic impression on audience with its discourse and narratives. The proposed subject I am going to study is revolved around the representation of Islam and Muslim identity in the popular US TV drama Homeland. (Showtime, 2011) Homeland (Showtime, 2011) has been arguably the most successful TV series focusing on the theme of counter-terrorism and national security across the Atlantic since 2011, following its predecessor 24 (Fox, 2001) developed by the same producers. When asked what made the show distinctive compared to its predecessors, Damian Lewis, who played as Sgt Nicholas Brody, the male lead in Homeland replied, “We feel a bit differently about the War On Terror now. We’ve gone to war in the name of defending western democracy and our freedoms, but a lot of us don’t like the way in which...
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...Brice Family Assessment/Treatment Plan Christina Blair CMHC/581 June 12, 2012 Shannon Anderson Brice Family Assessment/Treatment Plan Assessment The writre interviewed the Brice family of 5. The family consisted of a father, a mother, 2 girls and 1 boy. David, the father, is mid to late 60 year old Caucasian male. He is tall with square shoulders wearing glasses. He metacommunication Presenting Problem History of Problem- BRIEF Family History Assessment Summary: Another important quality of the co-research position is that of valuing emotional experiences and reflections. Our understanding of the preceding conversation is that in the state of being oppressed by violence, a person is defined by the violence. The concept of choice in that state is a mirage; a woman would not choose violence, but inside of a war zone there is no violence free territory. If the person and the context of violence are separated (deconstructed through externalization) the person's preferred story of their lives outside the "war zone" context can become visible. This distinction became available in the training conversation due to the process of allowing for correction and respecting the trainees feelings of being emotionally connected or disconnected to the unique accounts of those persons oppressed by the problem. Doherty (1991) has described negotiating meanings versus dictating a theme (p. 134). From our reflections about the interviewing process, we have...
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...Essay on “Owl” by Jackie Kay “Owl” is a story about two friends and their childhood encounter with an owl. It is a story about a childhood friendship that lasts longer than they could have imagined. Barn and Tawny is what they called themselves when they one holiday discover an owl together. These nicknames and the encounter with the owl stays with them all the way till their forties. Now they are all grownup, but did their childhood have an influence on the way they are today? It is a tale of how one experience can connect to friends forever. The short story takes places in several places. In the beginning, it takes place on the farmland where their parents went on summer holiday. This is the place where the two friends come across an Owl on the farm. The two friends bond over this owl and make up their first nicknames for each other. The narrator was named Barn and her friend was named Tawny. What they did not know was that this bonding experience would make them friends for long out into the future. Another thing that they find out, but do not pay much attention to, is that Barns parents are starting to like Tawny’s parents, meaning that Barns mother is starting to talk more with Tawny’s father, and vice versa with Barns father and Tawny’s mother. This might seem weird for the receiver; however, the main characters do not seem to realize it too much. Then in the middle of the text, they are suddenly at back home from the farm. A scene is described where Barn and Tawny...
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...Descriptive vs. Narrative Essays Camille Hall English 121 Instructor James Welch March 17, 2013 Descriptive vs. Narrative Essays Descriptive essays are much more detailed and expressive than narrative essays and are more apt to hold the reader’s attention by ejecting more emotion. The narrative essay uses detail to advance the story, while the descriptive uses to detail to describe an unfamiliar subject. The ability to describe something convincingly is always important to both the writer and their audience. Both descriptive and narrative essays use detail but for different purposes. In this essay I will compare and contrast two essays; “I Want A Wife” and “Caged Bird” in order to give insight into each type of essay. The aim of a narrative essay is to describe a course of events from a subjective point, is usually told in chronological order, and is usually written in first person. Narrative essays are used to tell a story in a way so that the reader learns a lesson or gains insight, much of this is done through lots of detail about the subject that is being written about. The best narrative essays are those inducing images in the reader’s minds about what's happening by using concrete, specific verbs and nouns rather than a lot of adverbs and adjectives. To write a narrative essay you will need to tell a story (usually about something that has happened to you) or it could be fiction. The purpose is for your reader to learn a lesson or gain insight of...
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...become a part of societies norms along with topics of abortion and homosexuals. All of these examples are things which fundamentalists recognise as going against traditional religious teachings, and has been seen by fundamentalists as threat to traditional values and moral, therefore causing them to expand and grow while trying to maintain the original ones. Secondly, the postmodernist concept of the acceptance of spiritual shoppers within society where by people pick and choose aspects from different religions to fulfil their needs, has also caused fundamentalists to promote the traditional religious doctrine and grow. Fundamentalists believe that this picking and choosing that now takes place in society is breaking down the grand narrative and threatening traditional religious beliefs and teachings. Therefore these believers have increased their presence in society in order to try and bring people back to the fundamental values that were originally controlling society. An example of this The third reason for the...
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...historically, academics, such as Henry James, formed the foundation of modernism through deterministic theories on the validity of science as distinguishing factor on the development of higher human civilizations. However, the paradigm of determinism and scientific inquiry has been co-opted by the subjective sciences, such as social and cultural studies, which deny these terms as being too simplistic a narrative to define the development of human progress by science in and of itself. The major pioneer of post-modernist theory, Jean-Franc Lyotard (1984), defines the “nostalgia” of scientific realism as a barrier to the study of...
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...Mid year In service Training for teachers Narrative Report Day 1 Tha First Day of the 3-day In service training held at tha MNHS Gymnasiun started with an energizer led by Mr. Archie Trinidad of the Mapeh Department. The Opening Prayer was led by Miss Nel Secan. It was followed by the singing of the National Anthem and Muntinlupa March conducted by Mrs Sony Alibin of the Social Studies Department. The checking of Attendance was done by Mrs Eden Binaday- Head teacher III – Math Department-ASTP for Supervision. The Welcome Remarks was given by Mrs Marlyn B. Latina – Head Teacher V – Social Studies Department. Our beloved Principal Estrella C. Aseron Ed D. delivere the Students “ Amazing Work of Love “ . She started her talk with question and answer portion about the Dep Ed Logo. Participants from each Department were asked about the meaning of each colors an symbols in the logo. The winners were given rewards too.. The following important informations must be remembered by each teacher participants in the Inset. The Red color represent the Desire to learn; Blue- peace; open book and lighted torch- Quest for Knowledge. the Two sea lion represent Leadership and Excellence ; the shield supporting the two sea Lion- Dep Ed as a Caring and Nurturing Institution. She read an article about “ Oregami” an art of paper folding. In the article, the students were compared to a clean and plain bond paper and to an old newspaper.. The plain...
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...people, exploring divisions within a family that has lived through that past, and chronicling personal quests to reconstruct splintered identity at the personal, family and community levels. To create the conscious experience that brings so much of Morrison’s work to life, she imbues Song of Solomon not only with vibrant, directly encountered realism, but also magical themes and experiences. Magical Realism—in essence—is a way of telling a story with two sides. One based on a so-called rational view of reality and the other on the acceptance of the supernatural as everyday reality. Song of Solomon features many instances of the image of flight as it plays a major role in the narrative. Flight signifies true life and the living of it, as well as a sense of freedom and release for the main characters in the book. Of all the characters in the novel, one seems the most affected and that persona is Milkman—someone whom embarks on a journey of self-discovery and discovers the true meaning of flight. Milkman experiences flight in many different ways—through song, imagery and literal experiences. The onus is on us, the reader, to distinguish what is “real” and what is pure mysticism. The first instance of Morrison's use of the image of flight is at the very beginning of the book. "At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th of February, 1931, I will take off from Mercy and fly away on my own wings. Please forgive me. I loved you all. Robert Smith, Ins. Agent" (3). Smith is unable to take...
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...26 November 2013 The Birds In Kate Chopin’s book, The Awakening, she expresses the account of a youthful woman who begins to live her life for herself, breaking out of the numerous obstacles set by humanity and her family during the Victorian Era. When Chopin wrote The Awakening in the 1890s, a variety of social differences and tensions, which brought women’s rights into public conversation that prompted Chopin’s narrative. In Louisiana, which is the setting for The Awakening, most women at the time were their husbands' legitimate property. In addition, this was a prominently Catholic state meaning divorce was tremendously uncommon, and women expected to stay loyal and faithful to their husbands. This explains some reactions The Awakening received in after its publication in 1899. Chopin uses symbolism as an excellent device to insert her personal views to the reader giving them a foretaste into the life of this young woman at a time when women had no political rights and many restraints. In Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening,” she uses a variety of birds as symbols to illuminate Edna’s journey through life. The essential significance throughout the story is the desire to break away from the traditional views of women during the Victorian Era. However, Edna struggles with the backlash she would receive if she chose to fulfill her own desires, signifying what she actually...
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...1 - Session 1, 2012 Due Date: To be submitted by Friday 27 April 2012 Due Time: 5:00 pm - electronic copy submission 6:00 pm - hard copy (printed) submission; Weighting: 20% Submit Location: Placed in the Assignment Box – Level 2 Quadrangle Building – West Wing (or handed-in during the Lecture on Monday 23rd April) Word Length: Not to exceed 3,000 words (excluding Bibliography) Cover Sheet: Students must use the attached cover sheet. The assignment will not be marked unless all group members have signed and dated the cover sheet. Late Submission: Late Assignments will incur a penalty of 10% of the maximum mark per day, i.e. 2.0 marks each day, regardless of the mark awarded. An extension may be granted by the Lecturer-in-Charge in exceptional circumstances, in which case documented evidence must be provided. (Please refer to Section 4.5 in Course Outline). Assignment One (1) TOPIC: Refer to the associated Case Study – Globalisation – Australia Takes on the World – adapted from the Text - Chapter 12, Globalisation, Innovation and Organisational Trends, pp. 552 – 554, Baltzan, Phillips, Lynch and Blakey; Business Driven Information Systems and produce a structured narrative (an essay type answer) that answers the following questions: 1. (20 marks) for question 1: Compare and contrast the points of similarity between the following four Australian case studies: * Liquid Animation * The Long Tall Clothing Company * HotBods...
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...PREFACE Adam Jefferson, a divine manifest of Adam Smith's materialism and Thomas Jefferson's idealism, is our troubled modern day hero. He awoke in the middle of his life - broke and lost. A serial entrepreneur, his life was a never-ending quest for material success. At age 38, as Joseph Campbell forewarned humanity, Adam had "climbed the ladder of success, only to realize it was propped up against the wrong wall." Alone, with nothing else to lose, Adam Jefferson climbed down off of the ladder and searched for the wall of his future. This led him on a 100-day odyssey to start the ascent of his new life, an epic journey which called him across the world discussing today's challenges and opportunities with the great minds of our past - Carl Jung, Mary Parker-Follett, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Albert Einstein, and many others. An act of their collective genius and magical combustion, a psychological and sociological theory for sustainability and success was formed. Like all heroic quests, Adam ended where he had begun. Prior to his expedition, Adam had an unforgettable encounter with one of the great minds of the 20th century. One freezing, early morning on January 17, 2009, Adam Jefferson met the famed Harvard psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They walked the beach in Winthrop for hours, discussing morality and the questions one ponders in the solitude of despair. They exchange woes - "You tell me yours, and I will tell you mine."...
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