...I took my time reviewing the feedback provided on my first submitted essay for English 101. I noticed several positive areas in my writing. The first area is having the ability to provide readers with good, well placed examples throughout the essay. The second area of strength is grammar. This is an area that can use improvement however, it is at an advancing level. The best part about receiving feedback is being given a chance to learn from a mistake. A few areas I learned I need to focus on improving would be to state a clear and concise thesis statement letting my readers know exactly what my main point is and what to expect in my paper. I also need to avoid using a passive voice. By writing in a passive voice my essay was wordy and at times...
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...I have had many on my friends ask me about my college classes over the last few months. The main class that they ask me about is English 101. There are many different tips and tricks on how to be successful in an English 101 class. Students should come to a college class with a different mindset than they would if they were in a high school class. To become a well-rounded and successful student in an English 101, students will have to bring a computer, participate in class, and not procrastinate throughout the semester. Students who are in an English 101 class should always bring a computer to class with them. Teachers don’t always tell the students when they should bring their laptop even though the class might use them. The computers are great in class when students are engaging in conversion about something they don’t know, because all they would have to do is Google whatever the topic is about and get information about it. Sometimes when students are posting their assignment on a school based website the attachment doesn’t get...
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...whipping at my face as my fingers feverishly click out the final text message I need to send before class starts. I walk into the warm, musty computer lab and sit at my usual spot with the view of the library through the tree limbs. I am always sure to come to English class because I know of my terrible history in this subject area. I have always struggled with English and before this semester had assumed that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments as a series of tasks and develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading the assigned papers. I shuddered at the sheer thought of having to write five papers. Narrative, Evaluation, Profile, Position. These words might as well have been written in another language because I had no idea how to differentiate between them. Despite my fears, I believe this semester’s English 101 course has truly helped me develop my writing skills and advance to a more capable writer. Throughout my life English has always been my most difficult subject. Even back in elementary school I would have 100 percent averages in all of my other classes except English. I do not know what it was that challenged me so much but I had a terrible time. With the start of my high school career coincided the beginning of my paper writing experiences. I would work for hours each day trying my best to write a paper that made sense...
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...Bryce Pippenger Jennifer Hawk English 101 8/30/12 Gas mileage vs power behind the wheel: The Difference in Advertising vehicles The vehicle a person drives can tell a lot about that person, for example if someone is driving a beat up old car or pickup odds are that that person will get judged in a negative way. This also plays a role in social status and attracting the opposite sex in some cases. Advertisers take a huge risk by spending large amounts of money on their ads, if their ads do not work that is a huge profit lost. The advertisers must target an audience that they believe will most likely be the ones to buy their product. They need to do it in a clever enough way to catch the attention of the people that are viewing their ad. For vehicle ads they add in things that attract people with catch phrases such as “Kicks Like a 12 Gauge.” The ad can’t just be all about catching the attention of the viewers it also needs to have the information needed to get the viewer to consider buying their product. The two main subjects of selling vehicles are power and good gas mileage. Two advertisements that target the consumer looking for power and good gas mileage are the Toyota Tundra ad featured in the field and stream magazine and the Ford Taurus ad featured in the cosmopolitan magazine. The two ads that will be compared in this paper talk about how both ads grab the attention of the reader and how the advertiser targets a specific audience to sell his product. ...
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...Tim learned to pick on kids that is smaller than him just like the boy bullied Tim because he was smaller than the boy. Tim developed some bad and selfish ways he thought it was OK to be mean because the bigger boy did it to him I feel that the caregiver should have paid close attention to the toddlers. Because Tim had already had attachment issues children with attachment disorders or other attachment problems have difficulty connecting to others and managing their own emotions. This results in a lack of trust and self-worth, a fear of getting close to anyone, anger, and a need to be in control. A child with an attachment disorder feels unsafe and alone. A child who does not develop a secure attachment might show anger or aggression to adults and peers. He may be fearful and unable to venture away from adults. He may find it difficult to be comforted or to feel safe and not respond to warmth from adults. What needs to be different in this day care setting? Be specific as to how you would approach this scenario and what actions you would take if you were the center supervisor/director. This day care setting needs better supervisions when a daycare teacher fails to set rules or use appropriate ways to discipline children, chaos can ensue in a daycare setting. My approach would have been making sure Tim feel safe and I would have more patience with him because patience is exercised throughout the day as children throw tantrums, make messes and exert extreme amounts of energy...
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...active verb, it's almost certainly still a topic. Controversial. That doesn't mean something like “Abortionists should be shot” or “George W. Bush's election was illegitimate” — it means that it has to be possible for an intelligent person to disagree with your thesis. If everyone agrees on first sight, your thesis is too obvious, and not worth writing about. It also has to be something you can reasonably argue about: it's not enough merely to give an unsupported opinion. Analytical, not evaluative. A college English paper isn't the place to praise or blame works of literature: theses like “Paradise Lost is an enduring expression of the human spirit” or “The Sound and the Fury isn't successful in its choice of narrative techniques” aren't appropriate. That's the business of book reviewers. No need to give thumbs-up or thumbs-down; evaluate the work on its own terms. About the readings, not the real world. Never forget that books are books and, if you're in an English class, you're being asked to talk about them. Many books are unreliable guides to the real world outside the texts, and it's dangerous to talk about, say, Renaissance attitudes toward race based only on your reading of Othello. Talk about Othello. Specific. It's not enough to deal in vague generalities. Some students want to write their paper on man and God, or on the black experience in the twentieth century. Both are far too nebulous to produce a good paper. Get your hands dirty with the text. Well supported...
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...excuse for it. In this paper the author will: define the process of verbal and nonverbal communication, state some differences between listing and hearing in communication, explain what the formal and informal channels of communication is in the criminal justice organizations. Then the author will give examples of different barriers to effective communication in the criminal justice organizations and strategies to overcome such barriers (Wallace & Roberson, , 2009). The process of verbal and nonverbal communication and the associated components of each The definition of “communication” has concerned scholars since the time of ancient Greece. The authors of one text stated that at least 94 definitions of communication exist. English literary critic and author I.A. Richards in 1928 offered one of the first and in some ways still the best definitions of communication as a discrete aspect of human enterprise: “Communication takes place when one mind so acts upon its environment that another mind is influenced, and in that other mind an experience occurs which is like the experience in the first mind, and is caused in part by that experience” (Wallace & Roberson, , 2009). Thou this definition is both general and rough, its application to nearly all kinds of communication, including those between humans and animals, separated the contents of messages from the processes in human affairs by which these...
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...Vietnam War Notes · The U.S got involved in Vietnam becuase Vietnam had become communist and at the time the U.S was fighting a war against the spread of communist. The domino theory. · Vietnam had been colonized by France before WW2, but was defeated when they tried to come back after WW2. Vietnam was under going a civle war to decided to be a communist country or not. The civle war divied the country into south and north. The U.S in fear of the domino theory step in and supported the south in the fight against communist. · In the Gulf of Tokin a few U.S ship claimed to be fired apon by the Viet Cong. Once this happened the Prisendent decided to start bombing raids on the north. Not long after we invaded. · Some of the most horriable weapons were used during the Vietnam War, weapons like napom, white phospagen and agent orange, these weapons had huge lasting impact not only on the people but the ecosystem in Vietnam was destroyed and by pisioning the ecosystem and messing with water that people drank, many kids were born with birth defects. · Nixon was eleted President in 1968, his slogan was "Peace in honor." Nixon increase bombing raids and also invaded Cambodian. · The CIA were doing operation like operation Phonix which was designed for soldiers to go into villages in Vienam and kill the silvians in the village because the CIA thought they were helping the Viet Cong. The orders were to kill anything that moved. · The Tet Offensive was a huge operation run by the...
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...Week 5 Assignment New House Risks and Benefits Jacqueline Miller XECO/212 07/13/2012 David Cullipher The government only has indirect control over the economy the direct control comes from the hands of investors, banks and corporations, fiscal policy means the government influence the economy it revolves around spend and tax involvement. There are benefits with fiscal policies; it can move around the structure of economic expenses. Cast for mortgage rates there is no way to tell what the market will be whether it will continue to go down over the next year or two. Stability Mortgage plan might work to stabilize the market for a shorter period of time by reducing foreclosures. As it stands the markets are still declining and for a first time buyer it is a good time to buy with the incentive of for the housing stability plan it afford the home buyer $8,000 tax credit first time buyer also is for someone who has not owned a home in the past five year. In other saying a stronger economy will offset the effects of higher mortgage rates. There has been a suggested drop of 10% may be in order next year while mortgage rates grows higher and many households are still having to service debt loads, however real estate’s sales data shows that less houses have been listed and prices are unchanged from a year ago. Today’s market based on what state it is the market for housing still has hope sales of new occupied homes are up and home prices are rising in most markets, although...
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...be my fourth attempt at taking an English Composition course. While the previous three attempts were unsuccessful for various reasons none of those were because reading or speaking is difficult or challenging. Writing, however, has always been difficult for me. So, coming up with a narrative essay to describe a reading or writing task that I found challenging seems like a monumental task of which I could never complete. The fact that the essay is the first task of my latest attempt at English Composition should be evidence of its significance. I am a very direct and straightforward person. I have a tendency to speak honestly and openly without a lot of rhetoric or wordiness. I’ve been told by more than one person that I’m too blunt and I need to be more aware of others and their feelings. This openness has a tendency to show up in my writing as well. When I write, I get straight to the point. You can imagine then that when writing an essay that requires a certain amount of words, it is very difficult for someone like me. My first attempt at an English Composition course was when I went to college for the first time. I was eighteen, and just moved out on my own. I moved approximately two hours away, to attend Snow College, in Ephraim, UT. As I understood it, you graduate high school, go to college and graduate, and then get a great job. In order to graduate from college I had to take the general courses, which included English. I must have been delusional when...
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...Decide were to apply ACL and in which directions. There for I will place the access list on F0/0 of 2811 the nearest port of 182.64.0.0 R1>enable R1#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z R1 (config) # access-list 101 deny ip host 182.64.0.0 182.62.0.0 0.0.0.0 R1 (config) # access-list 101 permit ip any any R1 (config) # interface fast Ethernet 0/0 R1 (config-if) # ip access-group 101 in R1 (config - if) # exit R1 (config) # Now I will block host to network R1 (config) # access-list 102 deny ip host 182.64.0.0 182.62.0.0 255.255.255.255 R1 (config) # access-list 102 permit ip any any R1 (config) # interface fast Ethernet 0/0 R1 (config-if) # ip access-group 102 in R1 (config - if) # exit R1 (config) # Block all telnet R1 (config) # access-list 104 deny ip host 182.64.0.0 182.62.0.0 0.0 0.0.0.0 eq23 R1 (config) # access-list 104 deny ip any any eq23 R1 (config) # access-list 104 permit ip any any R1 (config) # interface fast 0/0 R1 (config-if) # ip access-group 104 in R1 (config - if) # exit Block all ftp traffic R1 (config) # access-list 103 deny ip host 182.64.0.0 182.62.0.0 0.0 0.0.0.0 eq23 R1 (config) # access-list 103 deny ip any any eq23 R1 (config) # access-list 103 permit ip any any R1 (config) # interface Ethernet 0/0 R1 (config-if) # ip access-group 103 in R1 (config - if) # exit Reference Cisco. (n.d.). Configuring Commonly Used IP ACLs. Retrieved from http://www...
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...I have always enjoyed English classes and writing. After taking the English 101 course here, I felt like my writing skills had improved and matured greatly along, helping with my transition to college and more advanced writing. Now, through completing English 102, I feel like my writing and research skills have improved even more and I feel better prepared for the writing and research tasks that await me. In this portfolio, I hope to demonstrate how my writing has improved through this class and how I have successfully met the learning outcomes of the course, using one of my projects to show this. For ENG 102, we were assigned to research a topic we were interested in and to write a persuasive research paper on the topic. I chose to research...
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...1 ENGL 101 CPA-CRN The Evolution of Vampire Relationships. When we think about vampires we think about undead beings who suck blood out of living beings. In literature, these beings were depicted as less than human. Authors gave them an ugly face with big fang like incisors and animal type instincts. Within the last few decades however, authors have described vampires as more human. The vampire was given the body of a handsome/ beautiful human; in addition, they were given more human characteristics such as feelings, and emotions. However, the most important characteristic that has been ascribed to vampires is the ability to have relationships with people and other vampires. This characteristic has caused vampires to change from an inherently evil character into one that can make choices i.e based on emotion and not because of primal instinct. This has made vampire books and movies more appealing to the general population. One of the most successful vampire series is the Twilight series. The books and movies thrived because the story was different from other vampire stories. The series focused more on love rather than the killing of humans and other creatures. This causes readers to come up with a question like the following: Are vampires capable of loving someone like humans can? When the concept of vampires was first created, they were depicted as solitary creatures. The closest they came to having relationships was when they went to feed. They usually feed...
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...Tom Ciocia English 102 Professor Melo 12/13/14 A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Throughout the play Blanche compare’s Stanley’s behavior as animalistic. In many different situations throughout the play Stanley prove’s Blanche’s Ideal of how he acts as an animal. I believe that this is true based on how blanche describes him in these situations. The first instance where Stanley show’s how he act’s like an animal, is in the opening scene of Blanche Stella and Stanley all being together. In this scene he throw’s a piece of meat at stella as if he is an ape. Stella seem’s to show no regard to Stanley’s behavior. Blanche on the other hand is completely shocked and cant imagine anyone treating her sister that way, especially her husband. Blanche waits until she is able to get Stella alone and confront’s her about the situation. She says “ He act’s like an animal, has an animal’s habits....yes, something ape like about him, like one of those pictures I’ve seen in anthropological studies!” (74). This kind of behavior is foreign too Blanche and she cant understand how or why anyone would want to be with someone who acts in this manner. I completely agree with Blanche’s thought’s toward’s Stanley because there is no reason why any husband should treat their spouse this way. Even though it might have been more common in New Orleans at this time for men to be above women in a sense, I see no reason as to why a husband would throw meat as his wife and expect her to take...
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...America Rodriguez Marketing Management 309E-01 Professor Aiello December 6, 2014 Keurig Coffee Makers Over the past few years, Keurig’s single-serve coffee pods and machines have been popping up in homes and offices across the country. These fairly new products put a spin on an old staple, and they’ve taken the coffee industry by storm since their introduction to the market. Keurig (derived from the Dutch word for “excellence”) has become a household name in the last few years, but the popular coffee makers were actually developed over two decades ago by a pair of college roommates named Peter Dragone and John Sylvan. The team came up with the concept to solve a common problem. Traditional coffee pots in office kitchens everywhere were left on for several hours at a time each day, resulting in burnt, bitter coffee that often went to waste. Why did it become so popular? The single- serve coffee concept has become popular in this country for several reasons. First, the founders of Keurig took the time to research the market and test the concept. As mentioned, the product was initially thought of to solve a problem that bothered offices everywhere: burnt coffee. Before coming up with the final machine, entrepreneurs spent years experimenting with failed machines and K-cup pods and testing their unique concept with potential investors and companies. Rigorous testing was a big part of why Keurig became so popular. Convenience was also a major factor that helped drive sales for...
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