Kalena Farrington Ms. Chavis 1113/Comp. 1 February 12‚ 2015 I H8 Txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language Analysis “They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped.” This quote from John Humphrys’ essay “I H8 Txt Msgs: How Texting Is Wrecking Our Language” clearly shows where he stands on the subject of how “texters” are ruining our English language by abbreviating a lot of our words. How people‚ more specifically
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In the article “Does Texting Affect Writing?” by Michaela Cullington‚ the author explains both sides of the ‘controversy’ regarding the kids within our current generation “are being raised without communication skills” (362). The reason to blame by many is the use of abbreviations in text messaging used in formal writing (362). To clarify‚ the abbreviations used in text messaging and other forms of communication are referred to as “Textspeak” (361). On the other side of the spectrum‚ supporters
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How Does the sentence structure make us (the reader) feel for Chris when he is talking about his mum’s death? On chapter fifty-three Chris explains what he was thinking straight after his mum died. Chris gives off an abnormal behaviour when his mother passes‚ straight after Chris learning that his mother is no longer alive‚ he doesn’t cry or mourn‚ instead Chris asks what type of heart attack his mum died from. Chris probably asks this because he can’t read or tell emotions very well because
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Comparing the Major Theoretical Perspectives in Social Psychology Motivational Model is centered on the individual (influenced by psychoanalytic theory) and how his or her own needs or motives influence behavior and decision making. In short‚ when an individual is presented with challenges‚ these challenges create or provoke needs that trigger behaviors in the individual to gratify those needs. My Personal Example (Correlate real-life situations): I climb the corporate ladder based purely on
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new law we can solve every bad habit and to stop passing laws that will be enforced for the reason that we have to do something about a problem. Radley Balko argues against a proposal to impose a law banning text messaging while driving in the U.S. Texting while driving should not be banned is the issue addressed in his article. The thesis of Balko’s article is that it’s obviously thoughtless to text while driving but what’s the difference from just glancing at your phone while following your GPS directions
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With text messaging becoming more and more popular among teenagers‚ teachers are starting to notice a decline in proper writing and a lack of critical thinking. In Michaela Cullington’s article‚ “Does Texting Affect Writing?” she discusses the concerns and benefits of textspeak‚ a word she uses to explain the text messaging language. While conducting her research‚ she found a source from the National Center for Education Statistics that claims that “… only 25% of high school seniors are ‘proficient’
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Talking with Clara The Union Talk reporters sit down with renowned field nurse Clara Barton‚ to discuss opportunities‚ hardships and inspirations for her wonderful service to our soldiers. Reporter: Good afternoon Mrs. Barton‚ How was your trip? Barton: Oh‚ Please Clara is fine‚ and it was wonderful‚ I’m quite used to traveling these days. R: That’s lovely. Well‚ if you don’t mind I’d like to get right to the questions‚ I’m sure our readers are dying to hear what you have to say. B: Yes‚
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Information systems (IS) focuses on the system making use of technology and information technology (IT) focuses on technology and how it can help in disseminating information. Usually Information system are build using the information technology. Information system referring to system designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ communicate and disseminate information. Information systems typically include an IT component but are not purely concerned with IT‚ focusing in instead‚ on the end use of
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Texting vs. calling Text messaging has been a big thing all around the world and there are a lot of people who use it as their main source to communicate. You can now send a long message to whoever you like‚ before there was a limit on how many words you can have in a message in order to send. You can save messages from whoever you receive from whether it’s from someone special‚ or just one of your friends. Also‚ you can review what you are saying before you send it. You can also change the
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Slide 1 (Cover Slide) Introduction: (2 minutes) Slide 2 Warm-up Activity: (5 minutes) How’s everyone doing this evening? Great! Okay‚ to get us started thinking about why the Chinese people‚ mostly peasants‚ some landowning peasants‚ and others supported Mao & the Communist’s‚ we’ve got to know what China was like before they est. the PRC in 1949. My name is _______ & my co-instructor’s name is _______. The title of tonight’s lesson is “Chinese Revolution & its Aftermath.” We’ll be covering the
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