Introduction a. Attention getter: “Faster‚ higher‚ stronger.” Michael Phelps motto b. Introductory info c. Thesis sentence: Michael Phelps is my role model because he is a swift swimmer‚ he has won fourteen Olympic gold medals‚ and he is a pothead. II. Body a. Swift swimmers b. Olympic gold medalists c. Pothead III. Conclusion a. Transition from lat point b. Reword thesis sentence c. Refer back to attention getter Mallory
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I. Attention Getter: Last weekend I was working at a local soccer tournament where I was in charge of selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a round trip for two to Madrid‚ Spain for a four night five day trip. During my long three days working for this raffle booth I noticed that no one really bothered to listen or even consider to buy raffle tickets. As curious as I was to why people weren’t buying I decided to ask one of the parents spectating their son’s game. I asked “how come you wouldn’t
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if he’s play a scale” (Ostwald‚ 1998‚ p. 41). However later in his life‚ Gould started displaying symptoms of Asperger Disease – “a marked fear of certain physical objects‚ disturbances in empathy‚ social withdrawal‚ self-isolation‚ and obsessive attention to ritualized behavior” (Ostwald‚ 1998‚ p. 42). His self-isolation began when he was in grade school. Gould found a friend in the musically
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Attention Getter: Did you know that plastic water bottles take near 450 years to decompose‚ that it takes 1‚000 years for a plastic grocery bag to break down‚ and that an unrecycled aluminum can will be still be an aluminum can in 500 years? Introduction: Hello again. My name is Laura Sybers and I am a strong supporter of recycling. Thesis: While recycling might be considered to be “inconvenient” to some‚ so many common materials can easily be recycled. Although there are plenty of great reasons
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Change Blindness: A Literature Review on Attention When going about our daily lives‚ just how much are we missing of the things around us? Visual attention has fascinated psychologists and now research is being carried out to distinguish to what extent‚ our attention or the absence of it‚ can affect our day-to-day lives. Change blindness is something we all experience at some point‚ some more than others. By definition it refers to the failure a person has to notice a change that would otherwise
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CH 3 Mechanisms of Attention: Monitoring and Noticing Information I. Attention: What Is It? A. Basic Characteristics 1-Limited capacity − Visual attention limits are described with a spotlight metaphor − Auditory attention limits are described with gateway metaphor 2- Flexibility − Easily shift attention based on situational demands 3- Voluntary control − We can control how we direct our attention B. Pre-Attentive vs. Post-Attentive Processing
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)‚ also known as attention deficit disorder (ADD)‚ is a mental disorder that most often occurs in children. Symptoms of ADHD include trouble concentrating‚ paying attention‚ staying organized‚ and remembering details. With the insurmountable number of children that are being diagnosed and a continued increase in numbers‚ teachers need to be able to address this disorder and implement measures to ensure that students’ needs are met academically. The
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Mrs. Kaur GRADE = 78/100 WRC 2013 March 2‚ 2014 Bullying Screaming for Attention On the walls in his room‚ Alex created a word collage that represents him. Entering the room‚ a repetition of the words‚ music and dancing‚ and the ones that created the most reaction‚ show the phrases mounted on his wall screaming “I HATE my life‚” “I HATE everyone‚” and the most frightening‚ “I HATE myself.” This is a real story of a boy in the 8th grade in Hunt‚ Texas‚ as well as a story of other isolated
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined by intense inattention‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsiveness in a child. People with ADHD have many problems in academic settings. Some of these problems are similar to the problems of people with learning disabilities: slow and inefficient reading‚ slow essay-writing‚ and frequent errors in math calculation and the mechanics of writing.” ( Berkeley p. 1) There are other characteristic of Attention-Deficit
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criminals that are caught will be subject to the consequences of our justice system. Along with this justice comes media attention. Media attention would be any coverage or reports on a certain crime. This can range from newspaper articles to the local news channel doing an extensive investigation. However‚ the media is very selective about what crimes they cover. I believe that media attention on particular crimes impacts our society’s criminal law in a big way. The media‚ for the most part‚ intends to portray
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