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    Cite two instances of when written communication would be more effective than oral communication. Give examples of each. Written communication works best when you would need to clarify information such as instructions‚ work policies‚ educational books‚ study guides‚ etc. Written communication helps explain ideas or concepts and can provide a visual of the message being delivered. Following are two examples of instances when written communication is the best choice over using oral communication

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    5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”

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    Douglas Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation

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    Lord Tennyson’s poem‚ Mariana‚ follows the story of a jilted woman from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.” The epigraph of the poem “Mariana in the moted grange” is taken from a reference of this play‚ and the narrative techniques within the poem combined with the context of the isolation of the character give us an insight into the melancholy that not only the character of Mariana feels‚ but perhaps also Tennyson himself. Arguably the most prominent narrative technique used by Tennyson is the

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    informal planning. While the poem does not have a rhyme scheme‚ it does make use of strict meter‚ in particular iambic pentameter. This strict meter required planning in order to implement. Similarly‚ the two men plan to meet at the wall for repairs. Working at the as same pace and fixing their side of the wall also requires coordination between the narrator and neighbor. However‚ the two men never work together‚ as it is made physically impossible by the wall. In addition‚ the poem suggests that they work

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    Frost "how can we know the dancer from the dance" - William Butler Yeats "Wanting to be someeone else is a waste of who you are." Kurt Cobain "Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” Rich DavisQuotes: "Pain only hurts." - Scott Jurek "The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost "how can we know the dancer from the dance" - William Butler Yeats "Wanting to be someeone else is a waste of who you are." Kurt Cobain "Long distance running is 90% mental and the

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    1.What kinds of applications are described here? What business functions do they support? How do they improve operational efficiency and decision making? - Web browsers‚ calendar‚ address book‚ telephone‚ camera‚ music or video player‚ e-mail and messaging application are some of the applications described here. Camera functions as barcode scanners‚ scanner‚ and photo messaging. Calendar functions as scheduler. Camera application as scanner can be used to scan documents and can be sent without person

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    In the poem "On the Subway" by Sharon Olds‚ she contrasts the worlds of an affluent white person and a poor black person. The two people have many opposing characteristics‚ and the author uses literary techniques such as tone‚ poetic devices‚ and imagery to portray these differences. The narrator is the white woman‚ and she realizes how people get "stuck" in places of society based on their skin color. The word "stuck" is repeated twice to stress this idea. The major difference between the two people

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    What is the Christian’s Relationship to the Old Testament? Introduction. Before the gospels and Pauline epistles‚ early church Christians related to the Old Testament as Scripture and viewed their Christian walk as the fulfillment of the promises made to Israel from the Old Testament‚ which foretold of the coming age of the Messiah. The first New Testament Christians understood the importance of the Old Testament; it was their “Bible” they preached from. Just as in the early church‚ Christians

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    Poetic Reflections on Mortality and Ephemerality Have you ever hypothetically pondered the details of your own fatality? Everyone covets a bit of certainty that not many realities allow‚ but mortality -while a glum concept- is a definite fate we will all ultimately encounter in our respective lifetimes. “Nothing is more predictable than death. Each of us will die without any need to take adventuresome risks.” (Kelly‚ 1986). This is likely the reason prolific poets Emily Dickinson

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