Arguing in Today’s Culture Through the reading of An Argument Culture by Deborah Tannen‚ I have come to understand what has always been apparent; we live in a vocal society that will challenge what they do not agree with. Tannen states‚ “American tradition has geared toward the promotion of antagonism.” We believe that our opinion matters and most times that it is the right one even without further information to back our point in the argument. American society pushes the act of
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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 artifact
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Cultural Artifact Speech Outline Example Chinese Egg Tarts By Ping Chen I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Who doesn’t love desserts and sweets any time of the day!? Something so simple and small‚ one bite after another is irresistible. Ever since the 1940’s‚ Hong Kong has introduced this pastry-crust filled with egg custard as a snack. If you eat at a Chinese restaurant (also known as dim-sum) in the early morning‚ you will have a taste of this delicious goodness. B. Revealed Object: This is
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The ancient artifact that I’ve chosen for this assignment is very symbolic and had a huge impact on changing the Egyptian society. Long ago‚ the country of Egypt was separated into two states‚ Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. They were finally united during the Predynastic period by King Menes. The rulers of Upper Egypt wore a tall white crown called the Hedjet‚ while the rulers of Lower Egypt wore a red crown called the Deshret. In about 3100 BCE‚ political action by the two powerful leaders of the
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aspects that shape our modern culture. Religions‚ media‚ families‚ society in general are just a hand full of the many things that shape our culture. Religion has a huge affect on culture. Culture is transmitted‚ through language‚ material objects‚ ritual‚ institutions‚ and art‚ from one generation to the next. It is noticeable everywhere you go. Religion is based on these factors to spread their word’. Holy buildings‚ like churches and mosques‚ are the hot spot to shape our culture. Language is used
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life and beliefs of the society. It also absorbs from other cultures and undergoes changes with time‚ sometimes beneficial‚ sometimes regressive. When the word "culture" is mentioned‚ we can think of many things as "cultural"‚ such as language‚ clothings... etc‚ because we classify cultures of different places. However‚ culture is so valuable that it has to be kept for thousands of years‚and passed on by one generation to another. Culture is so important that it is more than its distinct visible
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A Symbol of American Culture Jennifer Price wrote the essay‚ “The Plastic Pink Flamingo” with intentions to get her opinions clearly across. Price paid close attention to her word choice and successfully used diction to portray her tone towards how she feels about American culture. Repetition is a useful form of diction to get the writer’s point across. Price used this by constantly repeating the word “pink.” When reading something over and over again‚ one tends to get bored with the idea. Price
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“All too soon‚ I came to understand what hard work this was (Felsenfeld 626).” Those are the words stated by Daniel Felsenfeld in his narrative essay‚ “Rebel Music‚” where he takes us through a personal journey of becoming a composer. He started off as being an “uninspired” 17-year-old boy taking piano lessons‚ who soon found he had a hidden passion for classical music that promptly turned into an epic career. For me‚ lacrosse was my piano lessons. At the young age of 13-years-old‚ I made the decision
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Obesity In Our World Today Obesity in our world today is getting out of control especially in the United States and people don’t know what to do to fix it. It’s not only in the United States though‚ but it is also in the entire world. It’s surrounding us in everything we do‚ and especially everything we eat. From the Double Quarter Pounder at McDonald’s‚ to the Whopper at Burger King‚ obesity is looming around every corner. So what can be done about obesity in our world today you might ask? There
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Title: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi‚ ca. 1310 By: Zhao Mengfu (Chinese‚ 1254–1322) Type: Handscroll‚ ink on paper Size: 9 5/8 x 46 1/8 in. (24.4 x 117 cm) The artist of this calligraphy scroll‚ Zhao Mengfu‚ was highly praised by the Yuan emperor Renzong as unrivaled traditional Chinese polymath (for a lack of a better word). It is said that the emperor admired him for possessing the following seven outstanding qualities: wide learning‚ Song royal ancestry‚ elegant and charismatic
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