Language features and their effects Use this checklist: • to understand the ways in which writers gain impact in their writing • to use various features in your own writing (creative and transactional‚ as well as for your oral presentations) in order to craft your writing and gain impact • to help you achieve unit standards which require you to explore language and think critically about poetic / transactional / oral texts Language feature Definition or explanation Example General effect
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is one of the most successful operating systems that has been developed to date. Short for Disk Operating System. DOS was developed by Microsoft for IBM‚ and MS-DOS was for IBM compatible personal computers. Disk Operating System - one of the first operating systems for the personal computer. When you turned the computer on all you saw was the command prompt which looked like c:\ >. You had to type all commands at the command prompt which might look like c:\>wp\wp.exe. This is called acommand-line
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Negative Externalities We live and work in a world driven by a fossil fueled economy. Our cars and other dominant forms of transport run primarily on gasoline derived from oil. Our homes and work places stay heated and cooled using electricity generated by utilities heavily dependent on coal. Many air pollution issues such as climate change‚ acid rain and smog are directly related to our energy choices. Solutions to air quality issues range from calls for greater energy efficiency to increased
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“Immigration and Fallacies – Do They Belong Together?” Critical/Analytical Paper Critical Thinking (HU 101) Introduction We didn’t talk about this topic in class‚ nor did I read an article which made me think of writing about this. But I heard the following conversation (simplified) about illegal immigration in the U.S. on campus: Anti: "I believe that illegal immigration is not good for our country." Pro: "Of course you would say that‚ you ’re a racist." Anti:
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Marijuana as a Gateway Drug: The Causal Fallacy The marijuana plant‚ perhaps the most widely-used illicit drug in the world‚ was once demonized by authorities and the media. In the 1936 film Marijuana: Weed with Roots in Hell‚ director Dwain Esper portrayed teens smoking marijuana and then engaging in perceived evils such as nude bathing and unchaperoned partying‚ with one girl becoming pregnant. The film went on to further depict the characters becoming addicted to marijuana and committing serious
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Punishment Washington State was the first in the nation to enact a “3 Strikes Law”‚ which provides for harsher sentencing for repeat offenders. While this sounds logical‚ the system used to determine these harsher sentences is deeply flawed and unconstitutional. 3 Strikes laws demand double the standard prison term for a second felony conviction‚ and mandatory sentences of 25 years to life for a 3rd conviction. For an example of this law in action‚ lets look at a few hypothetical criminals. Our first villain
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13 most important features of a company as per company act 1956 (India) Salient Features of Companies Act‚ 1956 | A company means an association of people to carry on an economic or non-economic activity. A partnership is different from a company as a company is a person in the eyes of law which can sue or be sued; can enter into contracts in its own name etc. It has a distinct personality of its own different from its members. The Companies Act‚ 1956 is the law that governs companies in India
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Instructor: Breezy Houston Week 4 Assignment: Claim Determinations Four claim determinations that can be appealed are: Payment is denied‚ Payment was processed at an incorrect level‚ Services are denied‚ and Claim is denied. When payment is denied it’s usually for reasons that are not clear to the hospital or the hospital has more information to prove that the denial is in error. Services are denied based on the payer’s preexisting condition provisions. Claim is denied usually for reasons relating to
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1. Describe how improvement in technology has had a negative effect on our society. Outline Topic Sentence : Improvement in technology has had a negative effect on our society in many different ways. Major Point 1 : Improvement in technical equipment has given us a way too easy life. Minor Point (a) : We will become lazy. (b) : We will become irresponsible. (c) : We will become very dependent. Major Point 2 : The society
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Gerard Wilson Mrs. Teuton Claim Essay 6/26/2012 Arundhati Roy’s argument makes justifiable points that bash all political parties’ ideals and true intentions regarding their country’s best interests. I tend to agree with Roy’s reasoning concerning our governments true intentions particularly regarding our country’s true reason for going to war. In addition to our ongoing war with Iraq Roy points out that even though we may be in the war to avenge the lives that were lost on that fateful day
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