...Example 1 Summary: This presentation is designed to introduce your students to a variety of factors that con- tribute to strong, well-organized writing. This presentation is suitable for the beginning of a composition course or the assignment of a writing project in any class. Contributors:Ethan Sproat, Dana Lynn Driscoll, Allen Brizee Last Edited: 2012-04-27 10:46:02 Example 1: “I Have a Dream” Speech A lot of what was covered above may still seem abstract and complicated. To illustrate how diverse kinds of texts have their own rhetorical situations, consider the following examples. First, consider Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Because this speech is famous, it should be very easy to identify the basic elements of its particular rhetorical situation. Text The text in question is a 17-minute speech written and delivered by Dr. King. The basic medium of the text was an oral speech that was broadcast by both loudspeakers at the event and over radio and television. Dr. King drew on years of training as a minister and public speaker to deliver the speech. He also drew on his extensive education and the tumultuous history of racial prejudices and civil rights in the US. Audiences at the time either heard his speech in person or over radio or television broadcasts. Part of the speech near the end was improvised around the repeated phrase “I have a dream.” Author http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/08/ Page 1 of 9 Purdue OWL: The Rhetorical...
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...The first of these papers which were later published together as The American Crisis in 1776 called out to all Americans as well as George Washington and his troops who were fighting the cold in New Jersey. The opening lines of this are still the most quoted lines of Paine. He wrote that all Americans must continue, must hurt, he wrote, for all history is awaiting the result of the battle. “These are the times that try men’s souls…” is his most quoted work. Thomas Paine’s first Crisis was the most dramatic of course. At this time Paine had gone to New Jersey after the signing of the Declaration of independence, which he believed was the fulfillment of his plea in Common Sense for total independence. Thomas Paine went to Fort Lee where Washington’s army sat defeated and tired. He lived with these men, spoke to them and begged them not to give up. An army that was of twenty thousand men at the beginning, now only consisted of a few hundred who were just resigned and tired. That is when Thomas Paine wrote his first American Crisis. Washington was immensely moved by this piece and he instructed that it was to be read out loud to the army. This was sold as a pamphlet and memorized by thousands. Although some of his later Crisis Papers had much less impact, his first one had an astounding effect on the fighters for independence and the revolution came to an end later in...
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...Running Head: CHILDHOOD OBESITY 1 Childhood Obesity in America Zelda Rose ENG 122 Instructor Hanscom July 7, 2011 CHILDHOOD OBESITY 2 Childhood Obesity in America I have chosen the topic on childhood obesity because it is of interest to me. I love children and healthy children are happy children. Growing up in a large family I have seen the difficult times my overweight niece has experienced. This is a subject that is close to my heart and I feel if you chose a subject of interest to you then you will stay focused and not get bored rather than doing research of something that you have no interest in. There are many countries in which children are overweight. I will focus primarily on the children in the USA. By researching the factors involved with overweight children will help me to develop a clear and focused paper. I will also focus on the children from infancy through childhood. The claim in which I plan to argue is that children are influenced by adults primarily parents therefore by setting good examples for proper nutrition and exercise we can provide them with the information they need to live a healthy lifestyle. Patterns in eating may well be established early in life and it is probable that overweight parents unconsciously encourage habits of excessive intake in their children. We must teach our children by doing, which means parents must also follow a nutritional and exercise...
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...started building models and mechanical devices, showing deep interest in mathematics. By the age of twelve, he had learnt Euclidean geometry and studied calculus. After his father’s business failed, Einstein’s family moved to Pavia. During this time, he wrote his first scientific work, "The Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic Fields. Einstein did not even complete his high school and he later applied to ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Einstein met his future wife, Mileva Mari in 1896. She was the only woman studying mathematics at ETH. Within a few years, both of them grew loving each other and finally fell in love. In 1900, Einstein graduated with a degree in physics. During 1909, Einstein wrote another paper, this time explaining the photon...
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...HSER509 Dr. Kantz May 10, 2010 Abstract Research Paper There are so many definition and interpretation of multiculturalism. Rosa Carson states that multiculturalism is “a social and political movement and position that holds differences between individuals as groups to be a potential source of strength and renewal rather than strife” (Carson, R. 1999). This definition presents the foundational belief of pride, freedom, value, ideas that formed America. One of the most unique aspects of the United States is the diversity of its people. On the Statue of Liberty is engraved “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free,” America has upheld through the mixture of people of different races, religions, and creeds. According to James Banks’s Introduction to Multicultural Education (Boston, 1999) shares that multicultural education consist of: equity pedagogy, empowerment, knowledge construction, content integration, and prejudice reduction. Equity pedagogy involves teachers modifying their teaching to facilitate the academic achievement of culturally diverse students (Tummala-Narra, P. 2009). There is an approach to teaching and learning that is based on conscious building, respect, and fostering cultural pluralism within racial societies. So why is the United States and most importantly the teachers in the classroom at odds with the idea of a multi-cultural and classroom? America, is the “melting pot”of the world. It has been stated...
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...RES/341 January 29, 2012 Learning Team C selected Century National Bank data sets to analyze and research an issue or opportunity as indicated in Week 2 of the Team Assignment. The bank has been in existence for more than one hundred (100) years with a combination of great services with convenient banking options and extraordinary customer service. This bank focus is on being the best not necessarily on being the largest like its competitors Citigroup; which is one of the world’s mammoth banks and Bank of America; which is the largest is the United States of America. Team C research provides an explanation using central tendency methods preferably descriptive statistical method. This paper seeks to discuss the definition of the selection using quantifiable measures; discuss the steps of the business research, addressing the problem definition; the research hypothesis; the variables to be tested will be identified as well as the level of measurement and the measurement scale for each variable. According to John B. Taylor in November 2008, which states that, “the empirical research he presents in his paper strongly suggests that specific government actions and interventions should be first on the list of answers to all three questions that he posed, which were; What caused the financial crisis? What prolonged it? Why did it worsen so dramatically more than a year after it began?” Problem Definition Century National...
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...It is the internal timepiece which controls when a person feels tired and when they wake up. Although there is a slight variation for all people, the average cycle is 24.2 hours. The circadian clock does not need light to function, although the sunlight does help to correct timing errors. This is part of the reason that night shift workers never fully adapt to their unnatural schedules. Maxon speaks on a study which looks at the contrast between work and school schedules and that of the body’s internal schedule, saying that, “In a widely cited paper from 2006, European researchers compared this process to the body’s method of loss and recovery when it chronically loses sleep. The problem, the researchers write, is that many people who chronically lose sleep live in societies where their work and school schedules are not aligned with the body’s circadian rhythms. So they never make up for lost sleep from the nights before, and build up a “sleep debt” that is never repaid.” This means that not only does many work and school schedules keep students...
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...The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki The World War II had been going on for over two years and the U.S. was staying in isolationism. But on December 7, 1941 Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. After this The United States declared war on Japan. On August 6, 1945, little boy, the first atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. This resulted in 70,000-80,000 people died immediately and another 70,000 were injured. Hiroshima at the time was very large with roughly 350.000 people living there. It was chosen because it had industrial and military significance. Three days later it was followed by Fatman, the second and last atomic bomb used in war, which was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. This resulted in over 40,000-75,000 immediately dying. Originally Fatman was to be dropped on the city of Kokura, but because of the weather they decided to bomb their secondary target Nagasaki. Nagasaki was important because it was one of the largest seaports in Japan and the large industrial activities including producing military equipment.Many things led up to the bombing of these two great Japanese cities. The first event leading up to the bombing is World War II and Japans involvement in bringing the US out of isolationism. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor the US was already furious with Japan and wanted revenge. Another thing leading up to this event was Manhattan Project. This was started in 1939 when the U.S., feared that the Germans...
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...Jacob Kleintz FYWT Christa DiMarco Research Paper A Culture of Rejection Graphic designer David Carson reflected the grunge culture of the 1990’s through his design of the first issue of the music magazine, Raygun which was published November of 1992. Grunge itself, has its roots in the new music that was emerging as America entered the 90’s. Much of the music shows a disenchantment with society and a sense of entrapment. In 1992, music critic Simon Reynolds said about teenagers in the 90’s, “…there’s a feeling of burnout in the culture at large. Kids are depressed about the future.” By the early 1990's a majority of young adults found the pop music of the time had become too dull and boring. Due to this fact teens turned to a more alternative sound. They found this sound to be produced by college radio and small time record label companies. (Benner). By the start of the 90’s grunge was not only moving to new areas but also began making their own music. Grunge musicians rejected expensive, highly staged performances; most would not use pyrotechnics or other complicated lighting and visual effects during their shows. Grunge ironically arose from a complete rejection of culture (Berman). Carson's style of typography experimentation influenced the development of the deconstructed style of design and a whole new era of designers. The experiments by Carson and other Ray Gun designers were chaotic, abstract and distinctive, but sometimes illegible. The magazine's radical subject...
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...Teachers find that there’s a problem with the texting lingo and grammatical errors when it comes to English writing some teens have major errors incorrect capitalization or punctuation in the use of symbols rather than words are just a few errors instructor stumble upon when creating and observing their students papers. Cyber slang is suspected of damaging teens writing style. Cyber slang is a term that references shortcuts, altercations, abbreviated words and emojis ( small pictures that show the teens thoughts or feelings). Some of the more popular cyber slang terms that can be heard at least once a week and normal conversations are LOL (laugh out loud) WTF (what the f**k) and BFF (best friend forever). "I think it makes sense for these social conversations to be […] But ultimately, in the world of business and in the world they will live in, in terms of their jobs, students will need good, solid reading and writing skills. I’m a little worried about where we are in America with literacy levels dropping.”(Shravan...
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...benefit, research carried out by Dr. Paul Kelley from Oxford University indicated that getting up later is a healthier and simpler...
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...Introduction In these days, people are working in such a fast pace. Therefore, coffee has become one of the most favorite kinds of drinks. Many people drink coffee to be able to work or study more effectively. When they feel so tired, some employees or students will need a five or ten minutes break just to drink a cup of coffee. Moreover, someone even have drinking coffee as one of their hobbies. Therefore, in these days, it is quite easy for consumers to buy a cup of coffee at one coffee shop, a can of coffee from the vending machine, or just get some instant coffee sachets at the supermarket. When people think about coffee, they will think of some popular brands, such as, Nescafe, Starbucks, Gloria Jeans, etc. However, it is the fact that, according to the BBC News in 2012, Vietnam has just surpassed Brazil to be the world’s largest coffee exporter. (BBC , 2012). Furthermore, G7 Coffee– the major product from Trung Nguyen Group – the greatest coffee company in Vietnam – also has high quality like the coffee of those brands. And thus, there are some questions arising from this fact, “Why doesn’t the G7 Coffee from Vietnam become as famous as the coffee from those popular brands, in all over the world?”, “Can it be?” and “How can it?” Background Trung Nguyen Group was established in June 16th, 1996. At that time, it was just a small company in Buon Me Thuot, which is one of the three main highlands for growing coffee in Vietnam. Nowadays, according to Trung Nguyen’s home page...
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...time. What else did you have to do? Fill out the MIT application? Most teenagers, myself included, probably look at movies as entertainment, rather than as art, and most directors will confirm this. The movie industry has capitalized on this "entertainment" view of movies. More than ever, the movies industry is dominated by blockbusters and, to many's dismay, sequels to previous blockbusters. According to the website of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA), from 1999 to 2002, the average theatrical cost of an MPAA film rose over 80%. Over this 3-year period, a whopping 25 out of the top 50 highest grossing movies in the American film history were produced, all of which made over 200 million dollars. Among these blockbusters were "Spider-man," "Finding Nemo," and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." We all know why "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" exploded at the box office. But why did the other two gross over $340 million each? Because they were thought-provoking? Hardly. "Spider-man" has the tired old theme of damsel-in-distress-as-hero-saves-the-day. "Finding Nemo" finds a rebellious fish wandering off into an adventure as his parent desperately searches for him (can you say underwater Home Alone?). What makes these movies such great sellers is their entertainment value. The high use of Computer Generated Images (CGI) allowed for effects never...
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...Can Obtaining Adequate Amounts of Sleep (between 8-9 hours) Reduce Stress Levels? BPS Wellness Paper Individual Self-Study Write-Up Intro My identified issue is lack of sleep and high stress levels. I do not maintain a schedule that would allow for enough quality sleep. I am also experience stress levels that are high, and suspect that lack of sleep may be a source of some of this stress. I have difficulty falling asleep and occasionally staying asleep. As a result I am often fatigued and tend to crave high fat sugary carbohydrates and overeat on them, to maintain mood and energy. Research Question Can obtaining adequate amounts of sleep (between 8-9 hours of sleep) reduce stress levels? My hypothesis is in order to lower my stress levels I would like to obtain 8 hours of sleep with and monitor the effects of this on my reported levels of stress. My rationale is my mind and body are more rested therefore my perception of stress and my ability to handle stress would improve thereby lowering my stress levels(Minkel et al., 2012) Sleep deprivation is associated with higher cortisol levels and with an exaggerated cortisol response to a stressor. I have not been obtaining a regular 8 hrs of sleep per night and have been feeling stressed.(“10 Surprising Effects of Lack of Sleep,” n.d.) My plan is to see if obtaining at least 8 hours of sleep lowers my stress levels. Method: Over the course of 21 days upon rising I will record the number of hours of sleep I receive. I...
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...Personal Impact Paper Donna Ballard, RN University of Phoenix Nur/427 Carolyn Diaz, MSN “Chronic illness is the irreversible presence, accumulation, or latency of disease states or impairment that involve the total human environment for supportive care and self-care, maintenance of function and prevention of further disability” (Curtin and Lubkin, 1995, pp. 6-7). Once a person is diagnosed with a chronic disease their lifestyle changes completely. The purpose of this assignment is to research the personal impact of a patient living with a chronic disease. I will discuss how the life style of this patient changed completely from being an active super model and independent to be dependent on her family. I will discuss the social, financial and personal effects that has incurred with this patient. I will also discuss how the patient learned about her disease, educational experience, and motivators the patient used in learning about her disease. (Towner & Inter-mountain Healthcare,Utah,USA, 2008). Sonya D is middle aged African American woman whom had a career as a super model; until she was diagnosed with Lupus. A married woman and mother of a teenager, she enjoyed walking and spending family time with her spouse and daughter. Patient is not obese, non-smoker and non-alcoholic. She had been extremely tired and in bed a lot. She noticed her extremities going numb and went to the doctor for a physical, not expecting to hear the diagnosis of Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune...
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