...Write a Critical Literary Analysis Essay When writing a literary analysis essay, your main objective is not to write a simple summary. Rather, your goal is to write an essay that discusses your interpretation and critique of the literature. There are a few general guidelines you should keep in mind when writing a literary analysis essay. Remember, there often is no right or wrong answer – what really matters is proving your thesis with evidence! One tip you should keep in mind while writing a literary analysis essay is that you should always write in the present tense and never in the past tense. For example, you might write “In George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ the animals take over the farm and develop their own independent society” rather than “In George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ the animals took over the farm and developed their own independent society.” Another tip is you should also avoid putting yourself into the literary analysis. This means you should write in the third person and never use the words “I” or “you.” There may be exceptions to this rule, however, depending upon your instructor. In fact, some will request a more informal literary analysis that will include the usage of these words. When in doubt, however, it is safer to use the third person. Since literary analysis essays are not meant to simply be a book review or summary of the book, you should not retell the story in your essay. Rather, you need to form a thesis about the piece of literature and then...
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...UNIV 111 Education Portfolio Search SKIP TO CONTENT SAMPLE PAGE UNIV 111: UNIT 2 ESSAY – CONSUMPTION AS ETHICAL BEHAVIOR APRIL 28, 2015 PARKJH37 LEAVE A COMMENT The second writing is about the Consumption as Ethical Behavior. In this analytic 1350-word essay, the viewpoints of two thinkers are compared and reflected regarding to the ethical appeals that the company makes. For this essay, I chose Starbucks Company as the ethical company and I have introduced two writers from our readings in class. I honestly had hard time starting the introduction of this essay, because it was a new way of writing that I have never experience before. However, through many drafting and the help of my Focused Inquiry Professor, I was able to write this essay. UNIV 111 Unit 2 Essay Consumption as Ethical Behavior UNIV 111 Ju Hee Park 02 – 18 – 15 Everyone loves to have a cup of Starbucks Coffee for a relaxing break, for meeting a friend and talk to, for grab and go, and etc during our daily complex schedule. And Starbucks Company has made all these possible by providing a great place to socialize with other people while they are enjoying their products. But not only, Starbucks good at providing a social zone, and their luxurious qualities, the Starbucks Coffee Company also supports some ethical values. The Starbucks Coffee Company promotes their ethical values by claiming that they are constructing greener stores, recycling and reducing waste, conserving water and energy, preventing...
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...Introduction Pessimism and optimism, opposing poles of human behavioural tendencies, have major impact on quality of lives of individuals. The aim of this essay is to demonstrate the pessimism and its impacts by analyzing various researches, books and papers that were written in this field. This paper consists of four parts: Firstly, the concept of pessimism will be evaluated by examining and comparing different definitions and consequences of pessimistic attitude is looked at in the second part. Following this, the bright side of pessimism and the concept of unlearning pessimism would be discussed in the last two parts of this essay. What is pessimism? Pessimism is defined as an anticipation and expectation of bad outcomes in important life domains (Carver, C. S., & Lattie, E. G., 2015). This is the simplest definition of pessimism, however, for someone who had suffered from this “not so pretty” state of mind, pessimism is so much more than that. It is an inseparable shadow which follows you everywhere and tries its best to make your life as miserable as possible. Pessimism is a habit. A very strong habit that would take tremendous amount of energy and dedication to break free. Pessimism is a habit of mind that is acquired largely through negative experiences in life and it often has disastrous consequences such as mood swings, depression, underachievement and even poor physical and mental health. (Seligman, M. E., Reivich, K., Jaycox, L., & Gillham, J.,1995). ...
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...University of East London, School of Architecture Computing and Engineering Architecture Level One 2013/14 History and Theory, Technical and Professional Studies Module AR 1002 History and Theory Essay 1 Choose a building built before 1900 which you can visit or have visited, and on which you can find at least two relevant published accounts in books, journals or the Internet. Discuss what others say about the building, be critical and reflective and relate them to your own experience. A bibliography of books and sources used in the preparation of the essay needs to be included. Quotes and research sources need to be referenced (i.e. Harvard referencing). The words you use must be your own (see note on plagiarism and referencing below). Guide to length: 1000 words Illustrate your essay appropriately and consider the presentation of the work. Use the Essay Template provided. Use the Writing Skills Handbook to help you research and write your essay. This work should demonstrate your skills in the following areas, and these will be used as criteria for assessment: - To access resources, both print and electronic, available in the Library and record information from a variety of sources - Interpret published data - Read texts critically and be able to summarise, reference and quote them - To evolve architectural judgements on the basis of research and experience - Present your research and ideas in a structured and coherent way - Understand...
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...How dose JK.Rowling adapt her language to suite her audience? In this essay I will be exploring how JK.Rowling adapts her language to suite her audience in two interviews. In the 60 minutes interview JK.Rowling is more serious as her audience is adults, she is also very gloomy and reflective. Whereas in the blue peter interview she is more enthusiastic and lively in order to capture the attention of her audience who are children. Between these two interviews the style of her speech differs greatly. In the interview 60 minutes JK.Rowling starts the interview by saying “I have no nostalgia whatsoever for childhood”. She uses the word nostalgia followed with whatsoever to emphasise to the audience that she has no sentimental longing for the past. This is also an indication that JK.Rowling is not content with her childhood, hence the negativity. JK.Rowling also stammers, uses fillers and false starts, she does this because of the distress she is feeling in reminiscing her childhood. JK.Rowling also uses very few para-linguistic which makes her seem tense. To underline her discontentment in child hood JK.Rowling expresses the point that she would not go back if she was paid. JK.Rowling uses this phrase in a non-literal sense for a vivid effect of her disapproving childhood. JK.Rowling then reveals to the interviewer of how she was bullied as a child, which explains part of the reason why she had no nostalgia for childhood. The interviewer prompts JK.Rowling to reveal more by saying...
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...| SUBJECT NAME : | Managing, leading, stewardship | | SUBJECT NUMBER : | 21937 | | Subject Co-ordinators lecturerstutors | Dr. Walter Jarvis Dr. Natalia Nikolova Dr. Stephen Wearing Management Discipline Group UTS B-School Dr. Walter Jarvis Dr. Natalia Nikolova tba | SUBJECT PRECIS An understanding of managing, leading and stewardship is foundational to the development of students as responsible and accountable leaders, managers, followers and stewards. This subject aims to prepare students to meet profession-like objectives and how to guide others to meet collective responsibility in morally challenging situations. To do so, the subject develops the concept of stewardship to help leaders to better understand how to promote and sustain the symbiotic integrity of business and society, i.e. where business serves society's needs for not just products and services but in ways that earn public trust and respect. The approach taken in the subject delivery and associated assignments is to encourage students to recognise the place of business in society and to cultivate a personal commitment toward earning and sustaining public trust in consideration of others in their business judgments and decision-making. SUBJECT PRECIS An understanding of managing, leading and stewardship is foundational to the development of students as responsible and accountable leaders, managers, followers and stewards. This subject aims to prepare students to meet profession-like...
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...87 .,~. Peer Tutoring and the "Conversation of Mankind" by Kenneth A. Bruffee The beginnings of peer tutoring lie in practice, not in theory. A decade or so ago, faculty and administrators in a few institutions around the country became aware that, increasingly, students entering college had difficulty doing as well in academic studies as their abilities suggested they should be able to do. Some of these students were in many ways poorly prepared academically. Many more of them, however, had on paper excellent secondary preparation. The common denominator among the poorly prepared and the apparently well prepared seemed to be that, for cultural reasons we may not yet fully under stand, all these students had difficulty adapting to the traditional or "normal" conventions of the college classroom. One symptom of the difficulty was that many of these students refuSed .help when it was offered. Mainly, colleges offered ancillary programs staffed by professionals. Students avoided them in droves. Many solutions to this problem were suggested and tried, from mandated programs to sink-or-swim. One idea that seemed at the time among the most exotic and unlikely (that is, in the jargon of the Sixties, among the most "radical") turned out to work rather well. Some of us had guessed that students were refusing the help we were providing because it seemed to them merely an extension of the work, the expectations, and above all the social structure of traditional classroom learning. And...
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...In this essay I will talk about two different interviews of the author of the Harry Potter books, J K Rowling (JK). In each interview her language is very different, adapted for older and younger audiences. In one she is moody and reflective, however on a children’s TV show she is enthusiastic and keen to answer the questions she is asked. In ’60 Minutes’ JK uses many fillers. Fillers occur particularly in the first section of the interview, as well as some false starts and stammers. “Erm so you have that but you – you forgot….”. This suggests that she is remeniscing as she reflects on her youth. The mulling over her past, “Not re- no I don’t think I was an unhappy child.” JK is quite grim and frank with her language in the first section of ’60 Minutes’. Her face is dark and she doesn’t use much body language. She seems to communicate her thoughts Instead she emphasises her points. For example, “I have no nostalgia whatever….” Here she uses “whatsoever” to highlight and back up her statement. Another example of this is when JK says “…I wouldn’t go back if you paid me. Ever.” She uses “Ever” as just one sharp word separated from here statement to emphasise her point. In the second section of the ’60 Minutes’ interview, JK is more enthusiastic because she is being asked about her books and how she writes them. However, she is also more secretive as she is trying not to give anything away about the plot of the book she is writing. This causes JK to hesitate and stammer a...
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...Nicole Paskiang ENG-122 Reflective Essay 10/27/2013 What is my experience with writing so far? What is my experience with writing so far, well it starts with my songs, poems and short story all published in one form or another. I am in middle of writing one book and two screenplays; one screenplay is a miniseries and the other one is for a remake of a series, both are from the 90’s. I read a lot and watch TV and movies; I am a love fiction of all kinds. If I write without anything in the background I tend to be slower, so I write with the TV on so I have a noise in the background. Or I will listen to Pandora internet radio while writing. What do I think my greatest challenge is with the writing process; well I have to figure out just how to put the words on the paper. Now I have a program called dragon speak 12, which I use to get what I want down, because of my eye/hand disability. I have always had a problem writing notes and papers for my classes during school. How do I feel when I write, well I feel like I am doing something to better mine and my family’s life in the future. I cannot say that I feel nervous or confident, but I can say that I feel good when I write. It is like a part of my mind is taking over for the part that doesn’t like to work all the time. It is funny really, to sit down and start typing on one of my things and end up working on all three of them in about six hours. What tools will I need to grow as a writer, well I can see that my dragon speak...
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...Reflective Thinking Essay I’m the type of leader that leads by example. I would not expect my subordinates to do something that I would not or have not done myself. I would expect my airmen to try to follow in my footsteps, those are my standards. If they go above and beyond that, my job will be easy. The leadership style I use is Management by Exception-Passive. However, I wouldn’t say I would wait for something to go wrong before taking action. You have to see the signs that something might go wrong and fix it right there before they get in trouble. I believe that the more communication you have with your subordinates, the less likely they are to stray away. I’m the type of NCO that will take a back seat sometimes and just observe. As I said before, I’m the type of person that leads by example. I will not bark out orders and delegate everything. Instead I will work with you to get the job done. I like to see people take initiative. I shouldn’t have to tell someone to take out the trash if the trash bin is over flown, for example. My strengths are my work ethic, maturity level and my ability to solve problems. I’m the type of person that doesn’t mind staying after work hours to finish a job. I’ve always been mature for my age, now I have the age to go along with it. It’s just my demeanor, I don’t play around. Finding solutions to problems is one of my stronger points. It’s something that I enjoy and it’s a good tool to have. My essence is not an open...
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...evolutionary history, it is not clear why we should regard them as having any normative force. Research in the neurosciences should therefore lead us to reconsider the role of intuitions in normative ethics. KEY WORDS: brain imaging, David Hume, ethics, evolutionary psychology, Henry Sidgwick, Immanuel Kant, intuitions, James Rachels, John Rawls, Jonathan Haidt, Joshua D. Greene, neuroscience, trolley problem, utilitarianism 1. INTRODUCTION In one of his many fine essays, Jim Rachels criticized philosophers who ‘‘shoot from the hip.’’ As he put it: The telephone rings, and a reporter rattles off a few ‘‘facts’’ about something somebody is supposed to have done. Ethical issues are involved – something alarming is said to have taken place – and so the ‘‘ethicist’’ is asked for a comment to be included in the next day’s story, which may be the first report the public will have seen about the events in question.1 In these circumstances, Rachels noted, the reporters want a short pithy quote, preferably one that says that the events described are bad. The philosopher makes a snap judgment, and the result is 1 James Rachels, ‘‘When Philosophers Shoot from the Hip,’’ in Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer (eds.), Bioethics: An Anthology (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999), p. 573. The...
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...Professional Studies Assignment Introduction For this essay I will be reflecting on an incident from practice, by drawing on developing knowledge, understanding and the application of professional studies. Reflection offers an opportunity to learn through an experience. This allows us to develop or sustain effective practice (Johns, 2000). I will be using the Gibbs (1988) reflective framework to structure my reflection (see appendix A). I find this framework very easy to follow, and as Clodagn (2003), explains it allows a person to implement alternative actions to an event, if followed. The incident will be described and the influence of key issues relating to ethical theories and decision-making, illness journeys and lay and professional perspectives will be explored. Principles of nursing models will be looked at and their contribution to individual patient care. I will also look at resource management, quality assurance and the role of evidence-based practice. For the purpose of this essay, to maintain confidentiality, the patient will be referred to as Mr Charlie Wood, (NMC code of professional conduct 2002; 5.1). Incident The incident occurred when I was a student on a medical ward. Mr. Wood, age 80 had been admitted to hospital following a stroke. From this he had lost the ability to mobilise and speak effectively. He was a very dependent gentleman and counted on the nurses to undertake all aspects of his care. His wife, whose name has also...
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...Two reflective entries Reflective entry 1: New Beginnings Deciding to attend university as a mature age student was a decision I did not take lightly. I am working towards furthering my education in order to gain the necessary qualifications that will help me in my future business endeavour. I have found that after so long out of the education system it has been a difficult transition juggling study and work. The first units that were chosen for me in study period 2, I thought were difficult to understand having never written an essay before and without the knowledge or know how, I was not able to complete these units. SSK12 has given me a good understanding of what it takes at becoming a university student and in particular the skills on writing essays. As I have mentioned previously up until study period 2, I had never written an essay and did not fully comprehend how important the set out of a university essay was. Choosing an Essay Question was an important part of my learning in week 6 because this has now given me the beginning step in writing a university essay using the correct format. I am feeling a lot more confident when approaching the subject of essays as I now understand and have the knowledge on the procedure in completing an academic essay and what is required. I now know that by firstly choosing a question will then help you to with your thesis and this in turn will give you your main idea and sets the way in which to write your essay. ...
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...Once, when I was a child, my grandmother, father and I were walking in a nature reserve. We had recently had a barbeque and my grandmother was carrying a plastic bag full of hamburger buns. Soon a gaggle of ducks began to follow us. They trailed along, quacking, butting their heads into our legs, click-clacking their little webbed feet down the cement pathway. Finally fed up, my grandmother spun around and faced them. "Leave us alone, you needy ducks!" she shouted. "Go home! Your parents must be worried sick." When the ducks wouldn't leave, my grandmother started hitting them on their heads with the plastic bag of hamburger buns. It was funny. If you'd known my grandmother, how defined by hardship her life was, you would have found this incident even funnier. My father, who knew his mother's struggles all too well, had to lean against a tree because he was laughing so hard. Sweet mercy, there is nothing like humor to ease the soul. If you've got a funny story, poem, or essay of your own, here are some places that might be a good fit. Enjoy! THE ALARMIST is a fresh, new, dark, funny and twisted printed literary magazine published biannually. It’s not about trying to prove how clever or well-read you are, mind – we’re not the Paris Review. We want to buck the modern trend, and tickle and entertain with what we publish. ASININE POETRY is the journal of asinine poetry, a quarterly publication of asinine poetry, poetry that is, shall we say, asinine. To wit: Not necessarily...
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...Eng 131: Short assignment 1.1: Description and Reflective Memo W-462-C, those are the words imprinted on the door outside my dorm room where I currently reside in for my freshman year of college. The door is made of very sturdy wood causing it to be heavy. At waist level of the door there is a keyhole in the doorknob and as I slide my key in I notice the several scratches on it caused by the countless of times when I accidentally miss the keyhole. As I slowly open the door, one first notices the barren cement walls that have been painted white. The carpeted floor has a grey checked design that fills the floor around the entire room. To the right there is a full length mirror carefully stucked to the wall with 3M tape. With that being the main reason why every time I look at it, the uncertainty of it falling to the floor overcomes over me. Below lies a shoe rack containing shoes made for every casual to formal occasion, from orange rubber slippers to the shiniest gold glittered ballet flats that blind you with one look. I turn to my left and I see a spectrum of rainbow colored clothes hanging from uniform black hangers bursting out of the closet. They are arranged so neatly that suffice to say any mum would be proud. Below them are two white and black laundry baskets for the easy sorting of light and dark colored clothes. As I approach the bed across the room, the smell of freshly laundered clothes hits me. I easily identify the source as the two white crisp shirts...
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