couple that give up their greatest belongings in order to buy something special for each other. However‚ they can not make use of their gifts‚ because what they gave up‚ relates to their possessions they gave up. In Sherman Alexie’s “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ the protagonist Victor travels with his childhood friend Thomas to Phoenix to get the remains of his dead father. Thomas tells him the story of Victors dad telling him to “Take care of each other” (156). Through out these two
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competitiveness of technical manpower and by ensuring high quality technical education to all sections of the society. Technical education Academic and vocational preparation of students for jobs involving applied science and modern technology. It emphasizes the understanding and practical application of basic principles of science and mathematics‚ rather than the attainment of proficiency in manual skills that is properly the concern of vocational education. The goal of technical education is to
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What is technical language? Scientists have tried to come up with a definition since the beginning of the 18th century‚ therefore many interpretations have been made. They started to discuss terms and vocabularies in order to define technical language. A couple of years later they emphasized the importance of text and nowadays they are talking about text from a communication aspect. The Anglo-Saxon society regarded a language to be a system‚ therefore they found little interest in technical
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CHAPTER 3: STYLE IN TECHNICAL WRITING (Summary) Technical style is the way you write when dealing with technical subject matter. Technical writing style is distinguished by a calm‚ restrained tone‚ by an absence of any attempt to arouse emotion‚ by the use of specialized terminology‚ and by an accepted convention of the use of abbreviations‚ numbers‚ and symbols. Part I Reader Adaptation Knowing the reader and the purpose of a report permits what is generally called “reader adaptation”‚ that
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Although it seems as though he likes Thomas by the end of the story‚ Victor in fact still harbors certain feelings of dislike and contempt towards Thomas. Almost at the finish of the story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ Sherman Alexie portrays Victor as being kind and friendly to Thomas. Victor feels the urge that he owes something to Thomas and ends up offering to Mr. Builds-the-Fire the precious ash remains of his recently deceased father. As kind as he was to do that‚ Victor
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best effort each time I participate in a team activity paper. Learning Team Goals Complete assignments/projects in a timely and successful manner. Learn effective collaboration methods for online learning. Meet at regularly scheduled times‚ weekly. What are potential barriers to the achievement of these goals? Scheduling issues. Group diversity. Members not completing their assigned tasks in a timely fashion. Organization‚ unforeseen emergencies and miscommunication. Meeting via IM can tend to
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Lorisa Qumawunu June 7‚ 2013 English 102 Essay #1(revision) “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” In the short story‚ “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ I looked at two characters: Thomas and Victor. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is a storyteller on a reservation who everyone ignores because they think he is crazy. Victor on the other hand is a guy who would not dare be seen talking to Thomas. Thomas knows that Victor is in
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