stories‚ news articles‚ and especially essays begin with good hooks because a writer is often judged within the first few sentences. Just as the news tries to stimulate our fears by announcing a “danger in our water supply‚” a writer must try to bring the reader from his or her world into the world of the essay. This is done with a few choice words at the beginning of the essay: the infamous hook. It is not easy to think of how to make someone want to read an essay about a novel. It’s not even easy to
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such strategies as scanning‚ skimming‚ main ideas‚ contextual clues and inferences. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this subject‚ student will be able to: 1. write summaries as well as process‚ comparison-contrast and cause-effect essays 2. apply basic grammatical concepts in writing 3. answer questions based on academic texts 4. give oral presentations Textbook: 1. Daise‚ D.‚ Norloff‚ C.‚ and Carne‚ P.‚ (2011). Q: Skills for Success 4 : Reading and Writing Oxford University
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Comparing and contrasting an historical and a contemporary artifact. Christina Smith Leggings have been in use since the 14th century in Europe. Through history‚ leggings have evolved and adapted for various uses. Modern leggings are typically made from a blend of lycra‚ Spandex‚ nylon‚ cotton‚ or polyester blend‚ but they can also be made from wool‚ silk and other materials. Leggings are available in a multitude of colours and decorative designs. Leggings can be worn fully exposed‚ in place
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noteworthy personal essays are written by famous personal essay authors. I think reading a personal essay is like having a deep conversation with someone. I am reminded of the drunken heart to hearts I had in high school with fellow friends out on the ranch. A personal essay is a story filled with feelings‚ sounds‚ comparisons‚ parallel to me‚ parallel to everyone somehow. Sitting down at a computer wondering why a personal essay is so popular‚ thinking about the other essays I have written and
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COMPS412F Tutorial 8 Activities Objective: The objective of this activity is to make use of JPEGImageEncoder and JPEGImageDecoder from com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.* to perform JPEG compression and to study how the compressed image quality is related to the amount of compression. Description: [pic] The image on the left is the original Lenna image. The scrollbar controls the quality factor of JPEGImageEncoder. The image on the right is the compressed image. The compressed image suffers a
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Essays and Essay Planning Guidance This advice sheet contains advice about how to plan and write essays. The advice is drawn from a number of different academic websites. First‚ there is a general guide to writing essays (both in semester time and in exams). This compliments the Department of Politics and Public Administration essay writing guide that can be found at http://www.politics.ul.ie and in the Politics and Public Administration handbook that you will be given at the start of the year.
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JULY‚ 03‚ 2013 Manila‚ Philippines – Divers from the National Museum and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have discovered a ship loaded with artifacts that sank during the Spanish period off Culasi Point in Roxas City. Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente‚ PCG Public Affairs chief‚ said that National Museum research divers Bobby Orillaneda and Ligaya Lacsina and French divers from the Far Eastern Foundation for Nautical Archeology sought the assistance of the PCG in the ongoing search of the
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Artifacts can tell stories. Unlike history recorded or told by human‚ artifacts are capable of revealing the most objective and neutral version of the stories. Behind the sword belonged to Thomas’ Legion‚ there is a history of Native American‚ especially the position of eastern band of Cherokee‚ during the Civil War period. The sword is a Model 1840 Cavalry Saber (M1840) in dark color‚ which used to owned by Colonel Love in Thomas’ Legion. This artifact is 44 inch long with a weight of 2.5 pounds
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Organizational Artifacts The culture of an organization is really its personality or‚ as some would say‚ "how things are done around here". Culture is comprised of the assumptions‚ values‚ norms and tangible signs‚ better known as artifacts‚ of an organizations member and their behaviors. Members of an organization soon come to sense the particular culture of its own organization as it is one of those terms that difficult to express distinctly‚ but everyone knows it when they sense it. A cultural
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What ARTIFACT are you reflecting on? Describe each component of your mask and monologue in detail‚ including the steps we took to complete it. Explain as if you are explaining it to a student from another school. (Write at least four complete sentences.) The artifact am reflecting on is my Ela artifact. In my monologue I wrote about my life experience of moving to some place else to live‚ and how that changed and affected me as a person. In my mask I created a face were half was all about pain
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