...Sean Dobson September 5, 2012 English 015 – Section 056 Rhetorical Analysis Proposal The article that I have chosen to read and analyze for the rhetoric analysis paper is called “Death Penalty and Sentencing Information” by Dudley Sharp, the Death Penalty Resources Director of Justice for All. After reading through the document, the position is clearly in opposition of the death penalty. The paper is written to alert and educate students and adults of the violation of human rights that exist within the code of capital punishment. The author wrote the article in an attempt to make the reader consider their own personal beliefs on the death penalty, and also encourages the reader to delve further into the controversy that has been existent for quite some time. The rhetorical situation in this case is in the form of a well-backed, very detailed position paper about a highly controversial topic. The paper opens up the idea that there are more than just two opposing views, and offers a great deal of factual evidence in support of why the death penalty should not be a viable option of criminal justice. In reading this paper, I was able to identify several types of rhetorical elements. The logos present aree in the form of detailed, well-researched factual evidence that is brought to not only help the position of the author, but intrigue the reader and spur the reader to think about their own position on the matter. Pathos is used in the paper when the author turns to the moral...
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...10/27/2011 Arnold Palmer Hospital Is First to Receive New FDA-Approved X-ray Imaging Technology New System Dramatically Cuts Radiation Exposure for Young Patients MEDIA CONTACT Geo Morales, APR 321.841.5766 geo.morales@orlandohealth.com | | |Orlando, FL (October 27, 2011) - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is the first hospital in the United States to receive innovative | |new x-ray imaging technology that decreases radiation exposure to young patients and produces high-quality images. The system, | |manufactured by Siemens, is called Luminos Agile and received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in June 2011. | |A key feature on the Luminos Agile system is a large flat-panel detector that enables physicians to examine an image that is up to 117 | |percent larger than images generated by older technology. A larger image allows physicians to examine a wider area of the anatomy | |without repositioning the patient - reducing scan times and radiation dose. | |Luminos Agile delivers a package of features designed to increase patient comfort and enhance efficiency in the exam room. It offers the| |flexibility of a table that adjusts height from 25 inches to 44 inches to easily accommodate children and patients with mobility | |challenges. The adjustable table also has a weight capacity of 600 pounds and a 24-inch wide opening to provide easy...
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...An essay on Reading Scheme Reading Scheme Wendy Cope In the poem we have four characters, the mother (Mummy), the father (Peter) Jane, and the milkman. In the first section Mummy, Peter and Jane are introduced, and it seems like they are a happy family with fun in their life. However the milkman appears in section 2 and disturbs the peace. Mummy makes Peter leave the house, so she has time for the milkman. In the ending, Peter comes back, but he has a gun. The mother is cheating on the father. It appears as if there is a daughter called Jane, the mother tries to distract her by saying “look, Jane, look! Look at the dog! See him run”. She distracts her because she is having an affair with the milkman. The father comes home with a gun in the end of the poem, and he knows she is cheating on him. It is clearly shown in line 13, where the mother wants the milkman to escape over the wall. The mother wants everyone to leave the house when the milkman arrives so she can have an affair with him, without anyone noticing. For example, we can see it in line 7 when she says “Go Peter! Go Jane! Come, milkman, come!” and line 8 “The milkman likes Mummy. She likes them all.” There are many examples in the text, where it obviously shows that she is having an affair. The reason as to why she is cheating on him is unknown, even though it says they are happy in the text. The poem uses rhymes to give it a smooth flow. It can be seen in line 1 and 3: “They like fun,” “See him run”...
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...Learners of English have to deal with unfamiliar vocabulary during their language acquisition. Traditionally, vocabulary has not been a particular subject for students to learn, but has been taught within lessons of speaking, lstening, reading, and writing. Vocabulary knowledge involves more than knowing word definitions and knowing how to find the meanings of unknown words and phrases, interpret literal vs. non-literal language and understand shades of word meaning. It also creates better reading comprehension and the ability to engage, produce and talk about texts. Students who know more words and can also use them in the right context have a significant advantage in school and can continue using that skill to their advantage in college and career. Students can use of note taking to progress learning vocabulary. Note-taking is the practice of recording information captured from another source (Carter, John F.; Van Matre, Nicholas H. 1975).Vocabulary is one of five core components of reading instruction that are essential to successfully teach children how to read. These core components include phonemic awareness, phonics and word study, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension (Nation, 2001). The concept of a word can be defined in various ways, but three significant aspects need to be aware of and focus on are form, meaning, and use....
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...exam-preparation book whose target user’s proficiency level is about low-intermediate to intermediate. As for the, there are four parts (four themes) in total. There is an increasing difficulty of teaching objectives shown from part one to part four, which show a progressive step-by-step pedagogical approach. This book coves comprehensive language skills in each part which includes five units: reading (2/5), writing (1/5), listening (1/5) and an exam exercise unit (1/5). Meanwhile, speaking skills are practiced through discussion activities within units. There are Speaking-test Cards prepared specially for students in the appendix one. This paper will give an analysis of reading skills based on Unit 2 of this textbook according to pedagogical methods and give suggestions to its weaknesses. Unit 2 (leisure and entertainment as the theme) focuses on reading skills and its instructions provides a clear outline for what is to be learned in the classroom. As for instructions in pre-reading, there are leaning objectives and the corresponding exam requirement standing on the top of the unit, which show...
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...Learning From Mistakes People learn from the past. Either their own or from the people that lived before them. Readers can learn from the literature they read. In “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”, by Thomas Hardy, readers can learn from the actions of the characters. Written in 1891 the roles of women and men are different from what they are now. Readers can see the difference though many of the characters such as Tess Durbeyfield, Angel Clare, Alec D’Urberville, and Joan Durbeyfield. These can be shown through the characters in their relationships, thoughts, and actions. Your relationship with someone can say something about you. Once learning about their ancestry and the tragedy of the horse, Tess’s family decides to have her go visit part of their family in Trantridge. Upon her arrival she is greeted by Alec, the son of the mansion. Alec always got what he wanted and he wanted Tess. Since Tess refused his companionship Alec rapes her one night and Tess becomes pregnant. After the death of her infant, Sorrow, Tess finds new work at a dairy where she meets her new husband, Angel. On their wedding night Angel and Tess tell secrets that they have been holding in. Tess tells about Alec, and Angel decides to leave her. Tess’s past relationship changes her relationship now. This shows that who you are associated with can change how people think about you. Once Angel found out about Tess’s past he decides to go on with his apprenticeship without her. On the rode he runs into Izz...
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...Close-reading Exercise #2 Identify and analyze the style of narration; if you detect parody here, identify at least three substantial details the suggest or emphasize this. This passage occurs in the first half of the novel Ulysses by James Joyce and provides the reader with third person narrative and free indirect discourse. The style of writing in this passage mimics the writing present in romance fiction or women’s periodicals such as Gerty’s beloved Princess Novelettes. Joyce sarcastically mocks romance fiction by using an excess of descriptive, sentimental and metaphorical language. Phrases such as “spiritual in its ivory purity”, “delicate as the faintest rosebloom”, and “her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid’s bow” all over-emphasize...
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...even had the highest reading level by third grade. When I was in fifth grade I was introduced to essays. I enjoyed writing them because it was the thought that I could write anything I wanted on paper for people to read. It was then I realized I had a passion for books and writing. To emphasize, growing up I loved every type of book, especially the ones that challenged me. I liked books with pictures, but I preferred books with no pictures. With me constantly reading, I always had two or three books checked out from the library. My first favorite books were Junie B. Jones book. I could never put those books down. Every time my school received the magazines to order books with the school, I was the girl always buying the Junie B. Jones book set. At one point I had every book, and I had read every single one of them. I had to find a different series to begin. As I began my journey to find the book for me, I stumbled along...
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...This semester I read the books con academy and partially through touching spirit bear. This was an insane to see myself even do that I have not read a single book since the 5th grade. My goal was to read 2 books this semester, I thought that it would be hard but not impossible. Turns out it was harder than I thought it would be, I barely got through one. Reading is a fun experience but a really hard one to focus on. The first book was an alright read. It was a great book that had a lot of twists and had an interesting, thick plot. The next book would have been a great read, but I shot too high and came back with very little results. When I broke my arm I missed 5 days of school or approximately an hour of reading and I had too much homework to catch up. Since I only read the first book my entire essay will solely be based on how I felt when I read this book. The kind of books that I enjoy reading are the ones that have thick plots and twists, I really loved the dynamics of the characters in this book. The way that the story blended a subject like crime into a setting that it's not normally seen. I thought that the most intense part of the story was the gambling and the planning it put an image in my head of a kid...
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...Goodrich made a low biding to produce the four-disk brake for LTV Aerospace Corporation. Additionally, Goodrich would like take advantage of the opportunity to regain business cooperation with LTV. However, the production failed to pass the testing. Therefore, Vandivier asked to change the original design and produce the five-disk instead of the formal one, but the suggestion was refused by the officials. As the result, Vandivier had to write the qualification report to prove the production satisfies the specific standardization. Unfortunately, the design of Goodrich was denied by the LTV due to failure testing, and then the company comprised and replaced by the five-disk brake in the end. Based on the analyzing the A7D affair, the main issue addressed in the case is “what can a worker choose between individual integrity and loyalty to the company”. In other words, when the officials require the profit seems to be immoral or even illegal, as a worker, could he tell the truth or comply with the decision made by the director of the company. Through the different attitudes and responses to the unqualified brake by different person within the company, the author brought the business issue into discussion. Furthermore, same person also have the different attitudes for the unqualified brake. For example, Vanivier wanted to preserve his individual integrity at first and changed his attitude in order to save his job eventually. Therefore, the issue could be addressed. Eventually, Goodrich...
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...Primary Source Reading for week 2 By: Mandi Williamson HIST-2233-M02 10:30am-11:20am This week I was assigned to read the following passages, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Laws of Hammurabi, Hymn to the Pharaoh, The Aton Hymn and Psalm 104. The Epic of Gilgamesh the author of this tale is current unknown or anonymous, but was considered to be a great story among the people of Mesopotamia. It was most likely written around 2000B.C. The Epic tells a story of Gilgamesh, the king of a Sumerian city of Uruk. It tells how he was in search of the secret of immortality. He found a man by the name of Utnapishtim, who was granted eternal life by the gods. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh the story of how he came to be immortal. He started off by saying how he...
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...John Bean’s article, “Reading Rhetorically”, presents the different strategies of reading rhetorically and the reason why it is important to read rhetorically as an academic. As a rhetorical reader, you must be able to understand the content of the text along with understanding the author’s perspective as a writer. From an exert alone you should be able to make several assumptions about the context of the writing. An idea of the audience the piece was written for should be deductible, along with the language of the author. How the argument is presented and what the authors stance is, makes up the language the author is using in their writing. Reading rhetorically allows people to analyze and conclude several aspects of a writing piece that...
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...What Does a Good Essay Need? • An academic essay aims to persuade readers of an idea based on evidence. • An academic essay should answer a question or task. • It should have an argument. • It should try to present or discuss something: develop a ‘thesis’ or a set of closely related points - by reasoning and evidence. • An academic essay should include relevant examples, supporting evidence and information from academic texts or credible sources. 1. Starting Your Essay Although there are some basic steps to writing an assignment, essay writing is not a linear process. You might work through the different stages a number of times in the course of writing an essay. For example, you may go back to the reading and notetaking stage if you find another useful text, or perhaps to reread to locate specific information. Start work early You can’t write a successful essay unless you give yourself enough time to read, research, think and write. Don’t procrastinate or leave it until the last minute; start as early as possible. Define the question and analyse the task Writing down everything you know about a topic is not enough to make a good academic essay. Analysing, then answering the essay’s question or task is central. • Be sure that you understand exactly what the question requires you to do. • Identify the key words (like discuss or analyse) and clarify the approach you are required to take. See The Learning Centre guide ‘Answering Assignment Questions’ 2. Researching...
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...ENGLISH 60: SPRING 2015 COURSE ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE This assignment schedule (due dates, etc.) may be modified to meet the needs of the class. CWS = College Writing Skills BT = Breaking Through E = Essay (E1, E2, etc.) | | | |Date |Discussions, Writing Workshops, and Other Activities | |Week 1 |In class: | |1/26 |Introductions, Student Information, Academic Integrity, | | |Course overview (syllabus) and handouts | | |Read “Oprah Winfrey: How Truth Changed her Life” handout | | |Writing Sample | | | | | |Assignment (due next class meeting): ...
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...Proofreading and Editing is really important to make an essay strong and not difficult to understand. Proofreading always comes last when editing an essay to catch errors and to take of any unnecessary parts. Grammar and punctuations is really important when it comes to re reading an essay. It is very easy to make a silly mistake while typing in a hurry. At times when typing an essay it might sound correctly, but when re reading you catch many errors. I have learned that grammar and punctuation is really important not just for writing essays, but also for job applications, job resumes, job requirements, etc. You can avoid misunderstand your reader if the essay is confusing because of grammar mistakes. It is very easy to miss a mistake that...
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