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Rhetorical Techniques To Be Looked For
Allusion -- a reference (sometime direct, sometime indirect) to an historical occurrence, work of art, or a well-known character of person – “I can’t spin that kind of web because I am not Spiderman.”
Amplification -- repeats a word or a phrase for accentuation or emphasis – “Love, real and true love, takes its time.”
Epistrophe-- the repetition of words at the end of successive sentences to achieve a kind of hammering insistence, such as; “Where now? Who now? When now?” (from Samuel Beckett, “The Unnameable”)
Hyperbole -- an exaggeration that isn’t generally taken at literal face value – “I have performed that task a million times.”
Analogy – a comparison between two different items sharing some kind of common attribute—“He’s as flaky as dandruff in a snowstorm.”
Accumulation (from the Latin word for “pile-up”)—heaps on information (usually with similar phrasing) to overwhelm the reader-- “I’m a multi-cultural, post-modern man, uplinked and downloaded, inputted and outsourced for the upside of downsizing and to prevent the downside of upgrading.” (from George Carlin’s comedy act.
Parallelism -- uses words or phrases with a similar structure – “I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza.”
Antanagoge -- places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact – “The car is not pretty but it runs great.”
Ad hominem (Latin for“against the man”)—attacks another commentator personally insread of criticizing his argument or point-of-view: “How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
Anthropomorphism--a literary device in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions to non-human objects—“The raging storm brought with it howling winds and fierce lightning as the residents of the village looked up at the angry skies in alarm.”
Devil’s Advocacy—the deliberate taking-on off an unpopular point of view to provoke discussion—“Perhaps sexists do have a point when they say women are too sentimental to…”
Audience presumption-- when Mark Greif begins a sentence with “We leave the office…,” what kind of readership is he presuming to be addressing?
Insensitive analogy: Why is Gold’s Gym calling itself the “mecca” of bodybuilding potentially rather offensive?
Sloganeering—reducing complex issues to handy catch-phrases-- why is Nike’s “Just Do It” a potentially dangerous motto?
Wordplay --can we imagine a pun between the words “exercise” and “exorcise”? How is physical exercise at the gym a figurative way to exorcise one’s inner demons?
Oxymoron- the use of seemingly clashing or paradoxical tones or statements that appear to contract each other.
Onomatopoeia—in which a word (or words) resemble the thing it (or they) resemble—either a single word like “splash” or “clatter” or a phrase like “some sinister, secret sin.”
Alliteration and Assonance—a cluster of words that begin with the same sound, either consonants (“as deeply di.
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Rhetorical Techniques To Be Looked For
Allusion -- a reference (sometime direct, sometime indirect) to an historical occurrence, work of art, or a well-known character of person – “I can’t spin that kind of web because I am not Spiderman.”
Amplification -- repeats a word or a phrase for accentuation or emphasis – “Love, real and true love, takes its time.”
Epistrophe-- the repetition of words at the end of successive sentences to achieve a kind of hammering insistence, such as; “Where now? Who now? When now?” (from Samuel Beckett, “The Unnameable”)
Hyperbole -- an exaggeration that isn’t generally taken at literal face value – “I have performed that task a million times.”
Analogy – a comparison between two different items sharing some kind of common attribute—“He’s as flaky as dandruff in a snowstorm.”
Accumulation (from the Latin word for “pile-up”)—heaps on information (usually with similar phrasing) to overwhelm the reader-- “I’m a multi-cultural, post-modern man, uplinked and downloaded, inputted and outsourced for the upside of downsizing and to prevent the downside of upgrading.” (from George Carlin’s comedy act.
Parallelism -- uses words or phrases with a similar structure – “I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza.”
Antanagoge -- places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact – “The car is not pretty but it runs great.”
Ad hominem (Latin for“against the man”)—attacks another commentator personally insread of criticizing his argument or point-of-view: “How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
Anthropomorphism--a literary device in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions to non-human objects—“The raging storm brought with it howling winds and fierce lightning as the residents of the village looked up at the angry skies in alarm.”
Devil’s Advocacy—the deliberate taking-on off an unpopular point of view to provoke discussion—“Perhaps sexists do have a point when they say women are too sentimental to…”
Audience presumption-- when Mark Greif begins a sentence with “We leave the office…,” what kind of readership is he presuming to be addressing?
Insensitive analogy: Why is Gold’s Gym calling itself the “mecca” of bodybuilding potentially rather offensive?
Sloganeering—reducing complex issues to handy catch-phrases-- why is Nike’s “Just Do It” a potentially dangerous motto?
Wordplay --can we imagine a pun between the words “exercise” and “exorcise”? How is physical exercise at the gym a figurative way to exorcise one’s inner demons?
Oxymoron- the use of seemingly clashing or paradoxical tones or statements that appear to contract each other.
Onomatopoeia—in which a word (or words) resemble the thing it (or they) resemble—either a single word like “splash” or “clatter” or a phrase like “some sinister, secret sin.”
Alliteration and Assonance—a cluster of words that begin with the same sound, either consonants (“as deeply dir.
The document discusses various style concerns related to using a personal voice in writing. It states that a personal voice does not require using first person pronouns or being informal, but rather means using natural language. The document provides examples of passages with and without a personal voice. It also discusses using quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing and the differences between those techniques.
The document discusses various style and voice concerns in writing, including the appropriate use of first and third person pronouns, formality versus informality, and ensuring one's writing reflects a natural personal voice. It provides examples of passages that effectively or ineffectively demonstrate these qualities. The document also briefly covers topics like quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing information from sources, and using punctuation correctly with quotations.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of evidence that writers can use to develop and explain topics in expository writing, including logical, empirical, anecdotal, and testimonial evidence. It also explains various rhetorical devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, and rhetorical fragments that writers can employ.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices and rhetorical techniques, including metaphor, irony, oxymoron, personification, synecdoche, and understatement. It examines devices such as repetition of sounds or words, juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, addressing absent people or things, and substitution of inoffensive terms.
1. The document discusses three literary devices: alliteration, assonance, and lexical chunks. Alliteration involves repeating consonant sounds within words. Assonance involves repeating vowel sounds within words. Lexical chunks are groups of words that commonly occur together.
2. It provides examples of alliteration, assonance, and common lexical chunks or phrases. It notes research suggesting chunks with alliteration and assonance have a mnemonic effect and are easier to remember.
3. The document then shifts to discussing ten common figures of speech - alliteration, assonance, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, paradox, pun, simile, and understatement - and provides a definition and example for each.
The document outlines the agenda for Class 18 of an EWRT 1A course. It includes an in-class writing assignment on thesis statements, a presentation on rhetorical strategies used in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and a discussion of that famous speech. The document provides information on developing a readable essay plan using transitional words and phrases. It also gives an overview of Aristotle's three crucial motivational appeals of ethos, pathos and logos used in persuasive speaking.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa. It can involve using a part to refer to the whole, a whole thing referring to a part, a general class name denoting a specific instance, or referring to materials something is made of. Some examples given include referring to people by a single characteristic like "the beard" for an older man, calling workers "hands", or saying "the law" to mean police officers.
The summary provides the key definition of synecdoche as a figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa, and gives some brief illustrative examples to highlight this concept in 3 sentences.
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Rhetorical Techniques To Be Looked For
Allusion -- a reference (sometime direct, sometime indirect) to an historical occurrence, work of art, or a well-known character of person – “I can’t spin that kind of web because I am not Spiderman.”
Amplification -- repeats a word or a phrase for accentuation or emphasis – “Love, real and true love, takes its time.”
Epistrophe-- the repetition of words at the end of successive sentences to achieve a kind of hammering insistence, such as; “Where now? Who now? When now?” (from Samuel Beckett, “The Unnameable”)
Hyperbole -- an exaggeration that isn’t generally taken at literal face value – “I have performed that task a million times.”
Analogy – a comparison between two different items sharing some kind of common attribute—“He’s as flaky as dandruff in a snowstorm.”
Accumulation (from the Latin word for “pile-up”)—heaps on information (usually with similar phrasing) to overwhelm the reader-- “I’m a multi-cultural, post-modern man, uplinked and downloaded, inputted and outsourced for the upside of downsizing and to prevent the downside of upgrading.” (from George Carlin’s comedy act.
Parallelism -- uses words or phrases with a similar structure – “I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza.”
Antanagoge -- places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact – “The car is not pretty but it runs great.”
Ad hominem (Latin for“against the man”)—attacks another commentator personally insread of criticizing his argument or point-of-view: “How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
Anthropomorphism--a literary device in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions to non-human objects—“The raging storm brought with it howling winds and fierce lightning as the residents of the village looked up at the angry skies in alarm.”
Devil’s Advocacy—the deliberate taking-on off an unpopular point of view to provoke discussion—“Perhaps sexists do have a point when they say women are too sentimental to…”
Audience presumption-- when Mark Greif begins a sentence with “We leave the office…,” what kind of readership is he presuming to be addressing?
Insensitive analogy: Why is Gold’s Gym calling itself the “mecca” of bodybuilding potentially rather offensive?
Sloganeering—reducing complex issues to handy catch-phrases-- why is Nike’s “Just Do It” a potentially dangerous motto?
Wordplay --can we imagine a pun between the words “exercise” and “exorcise”? How is physical exercise at the gym a figurative way to exorcise one’s inner demons?
Oxymoron- the use of seemingly clashing or paradoxical tones or statements that appear to contract each other.
Onomatopoeia—in which a word (or words) resemble the thing it (or they) resemble—either a single word like “splash” or “clatter” or a phrase like “some sinister, secret sin.”
Alliteration and Assonance—a cluster of words that begin with the same sound, either consonants (“as deeply dir.
The document discusses various style concerns related to using a personal voice in writing. It states that a personal voice does not require using first person pronouns or being informal, but rather means using natural language. The document provides examples of passages with and without a personal voice. It also discusses using quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing and the differences between those techniques.
The document discusses various style and voice concerns in writing, including the appropriate use of first and third person pronouns, formality versus informality, and ensuring one's writing reflects a natural personal voice. It provides examples of passages that effectively or ineffectively demonstrate these qualities. The document also briefly covers topics like quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing information from sources, and using punctuation correctly with quotations.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of evidence that writers can use to develop and explain topics in expository writing, including logical, empirical, anecdotal, and testimonial evidence. It also explains various rhetorical devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, and rhetorical fragments that writers can employ.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices and rhetorical techniques, including metaphor, irony, oxymoron, personification, synecdoche, and understatement. It examines devices such as repetition of sounds or words, juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, addressing absent people or things, and substitution of inoffensive terms.
1. The document discusses three literary devices: alliteration, assonance, and lexical chunks. Alliteration involves repeating consonant sounds within words. Assonance involves repeating vowel sounds within words. Lexical chunks are groups of words that commonly occur together.
2. It provides examples of alliteration, assonance, and common lexical chunks or phrases. It notes research suggesting chunks with alliteration and assonance have a mnemonic effect and are easier to remember.
3. The document then shifts to discussing ten common figures of speech - alliteration, assonance, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, paradox, pun, simile, and understatement - and provides a definition and example for each.
The document outlines the agenda for Class 18 of an EWRT 1A course. It includes an in-class writing assignment on thesis statements, a presentation on rhetorical strategies used in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and a discussion of that famous speech. The document provides information on developing a readable essay plan using transitional words and phrases. It also gives an overview of Aristotle's three crucial motivational appeals of ethos, pathos and logos used in persuasive speaking.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa. It can involve using a part to refer to the whole, a whole thing referring to a part, a general class name denoting a specific instance, or referring to materials something is made of. Some examples given include referring to people by a single characteristic like "the beard" for an older man, calling workers "hands", or saying "the law" to mean police officers.
The summary provides the key definition of synecdoche as a figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa, and gives some brief illustrative examples to highlight this concept in 3 sentences.
The document defines and provides examples of several rhetorical devices:
- Hypophora is when a writer poses and immediately answers a question.
- Repetition is used to make ideas clearer by repeating words or phrases.
- Antithesis contrasts opposite ideas in parallel structures.
- Figurative language conveys meaning through comparison rather than literal meaning.
- Allusion briefly references significant people, ideas, or events without explanation.
Teheran 2Please revise your Reflection Paper #1 according to m.docxjacqueliner9
Teheran 2
Please revise your Reflection Paper #1 according to my comments on your paper (which you should receive by the beginning of the week) and by adding in what you learned in this module as needed.
As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me.
An A paper:
· Responds to all questions posed in the prompt and is turned in on time
· Has a strong, clear argument
· Has specific references and clear evidence to back up their assertions
· Includes evident revision from the draft
· Has few to no grammatical and citation errors (according to the student’s disciplinary conventions)
Comments given to me at the beginning of the week from the instructor; (please answer her questions lined out here):
Elyse,
Great start here. I especially liked the way that you discussed the differences in audience awareness and approach between Cixous' "The Laugh of the Medusa" and Freud's "The Uncanny." Before submitting your final draft, I encourage you to review the different writing styles associated with each discipline as laid out in this week's module. I think discussing how these papers are similar to, or are different from, the guidelines of psychology papers could add another layer of depth to your argument. Additionally, since I know you're just speaking about your work in the future in a general sense because you're not quite sure what you will research yet (which is fine), I recommend integrating how disciplines deal with the presentation of research, and how your research will fall into the requirements laid out in the disciplines of literature, film, and psychology (or, the way it will differ.) Great work. Let me know if you have any questions about my comments or the assignment. I look forward to reading your final draft! - Stephanie
Stephanie Flint , Sep 16 at 5:57pm
Comments from a fellow student to be aware of:
You're dead on when you say that film and literature are intertwined. Film is just an extension of literature which is just an extension of story telling. Why do humans feel the need to create stories - either fantastical or other? What's the motivation behind it? This is the question that seems the most poignant when discussing monsters. Why do human feel like they have to create monsters when there are true monsters that already exist? It come back around to psychology. In the draft, you talk about using the words and phrases that are essential to the argument - which kinds of words and phrases will you be looking for or keying in on? How will this help make your argument more solid? - Shawn Ambrosino
Review of Disciplinary Writing Styles
A Psychology Paper
Citation Style:
· Usually APA
General Description:
· Psychology writing, like writing in the other sciences, is meant to inform the reader about a new idea, theory or experiment. Toward this end, academic psychologists emphasize the importance of clarity and brevity in writing while minimizing descriptive language and complex sentence structure. The best .
The document defines and provides examples of various figurative language devices including alliteration, allusion, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony, litotes, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, and symbol. It explains what each device is and gives a brief example of its use.
This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, euphemism, antithesis, epigram, oxymoron, irony, pun, metonymy, synecdoche, and onomatopoeia. A simile directly compares two things using "like", "as", or other connective. A metaphor compares two unlike things by stating one is the other. Personification attributes human traits to non-humans. Apostrophe addresses imaginary beings. Hyperbole exaggerates for effect. Euphemisms soften taboo topics. Antithesis contrasts opposites. Epigrams are brief, memorable statements. Oxymorons combine contradict
The document provides guidance on effective writing styles. It discusses using a personal voice without being informal, focusing on the reader, using short and varied sentence structures, and avoiding long-winded or meaningless language. It emphasizes conveying a clear central message in a style that is accessible to readers.
This document defines and provides examples of various poetic and literary terms including:
- Allusion - A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
- Metaphor - An implied comparison between two basically different things that is not introduced with "like" or "as".
- Hyperbole - A great exaggeration to emphasize strong feeling.
- Personification - Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
- Plot - A series of events that present and resolve a conflict, telling the story.
- Symbol - Something concrete that stands for something abstract, like an idea.
This document defines and provides examples of various rhetorical devices and terms:
1) Procatalepsis is anticipating and answering an objection to allow an argument to progress logically.
2) Metonymy is substituting a closely associated word for another to symbolize a whole thing or concept.
3) Enumeration is listing items or qualities one by one for emphasis or accounting.
Derrida's Shadow in the Light of Islamic Studies An Analysis of Binary Relat...shafieyan
This document provides an abstract and introduction for an article that analyzes Jacques Derrida's concept of binary relations through an Islamic studies lens. The author aims to reveal problems with overemphasizing binary pairs and offer alternative notions of relations found in the Quran, using 10 examples. While some scholars have noted points of similarity between postmodernism and Islamic thought, the author finds no existing Islamic critiques of Derrida's work. The document reviews literature on debates around Derrida's ideas and previews how the author will analyze Quranic verses mentioning binaries.
Here are a few examples of pathos through language use in King's speech:
- "One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." (simile)
- "We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one." (repetition of "satisfied")
- "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'" (allusion)
This document provides definitions and examples of various figures of speech that can be used in writing to engage readers. It lists similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, metonymy, synecdoche, antonomasia, apostrophe, oxymoron, irony, hyperbole, euphemism, puns, climax, and anaphora. The document warns that while these devices can make writing more lively, overusing them can become tiresome for readers. Moderation is key to effectively employing figurative language.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. Key concepts covered include literal meaning, explicature, implicature, figurative language like metaphor and irony, and how they are interpreted. It also discusses theoretical approaches to metaphor and the relationship between metaphor, simile, and pragmatics.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require pragmatic interpretation beyond literal meaning. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation and theories of metaphor.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require inferring meaning beyond literal definitions. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation in terms of explicature and implicature.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require interpreting meaning beyond the literal sense. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation in terms of explicature and implicature.
This document provides definitions and examples of various lexical stylistic devices including metaphors, metonymy, irony, play on words, antonomasia, epithet, hyperbole, understatement, and oxymoron. It discusses the differences between genuine and trite metaphors, gives examples of metaphors, metonymy, and irony from literary works, and provides detailed explanations of various play on words devices such as paronomasia, zeugma, and semantically false chains. It also describes the uses and types of antonomasia, epithets, hyperbole, understatement, and oxymoron as lexical stylistic devices.
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This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It also summarizes key concepts like implicature, figurative language, irony, metaphor, metonymy and presupposition. The stages of interpretation from literal meaning to explicature to implicature are explained. Different types of figurative language and how their meanings depend on context and inference are outlined.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It also summarizes key concepts like implicature, figurative language, irony, metaphor, metonymy, presupposition and how they involve inferring meaning beyond the literal semantics through contextual clues.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices and rhetorical techniques, including metaphor, oxymoron, parallelism, irony, tone, paradox, onomatopoeia, invective, anaphora, polysyndeton, asyndeton, and chiasmus. It examines the Greek or Latin origins and definitions of these terms and illustrates them with quotes from literature and speeches.
This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech and literary devices. It discusses similes, metaphors, oxymorons, synecdoche, metonymy, personification, hyperbole, irony, and many other forms of figurative language. Examples are given to illustrate how each technique is used.
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b. Replace ‘Date’ with the date of the plan
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3. Open the document header and enter your company name and your name
4. Update the table of contents as you build your business plan.
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2.0Sales Forecast
2.1Sales Forecast
2.2Methods and Assumptions
3.0Capital Expenditure Budget
4.0Investment Analysis
4.1Cash Flows
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1.0 Executive Summary
The first paragraph of this executive summary should give a brief description of the business to which this budget applies. Very briefly describe the products and services of this company, the geography or demographics of the customers it serves, and why people purchase the main product of this business. Much or all of this information will be found in the business profile provided to you. Please use your own words, and please do not simply copy and paste the explanation in the course materials. Make assumptions if necessary.
Also, provide a second paragraph that describes how the budget supports the company’s strategy.
Finally, provide a third paragraph in which you summarize the key points from your budget, including the planning horizon; the amount of up-front investment; the NPV, payback, and IRR of the project; and key figures from your income statement, cash budget, and balance sheet.
Remember, this is not a thesis or introduction of what you will talk about—it contains the major, specific content of each section. The second and third paragraphs should be written after you have completed all other sections of this template.
As you complete sections of this template, please remove all italicized text in all sections of this template and replace it with your own text or you will lose points!
2.0 Sales Forecast
Briefly introduce the sales forecast section.
2.1 Sales Forecast
Here you should include a simple table showing the years and the total sales for each year, along with a brief explanation of why sales are expected to rise, fall, change, or stay the same in certain years. Provide a brief explanation of the sales forecast, indicating why you expect sales to rise or fall during the planning horizon. Your explanation should be consistent with the trends and changes in sales found in your table.
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Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
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2.2 Methods and Assumptions
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- Antithesis contrasts opposite ideas in parallel structures.
- Figurative language conveys meaning through comparison rather than literal meaning.
- Allusion briefly references significant people, ideas, or events without explanation.
Teheran 2Please revise your Reflection Paper #1 according to m.docxjacqueliner9
Teheran 2
Please revise your Reflection Paper #1 according to my comments on your paper (which you should receive by the beginning of the week) and by adding in what you learned in this module as needed.
As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me.
An A paper:
· Responds to all questions posed in the prompt and is turned in on time
· Has a strong, clear argument
· Has specific references and clear evidence to back up their assertions
· Includes evident revision from the draft
· Has few to no grammatical and citation errors (according to the student’s disciplinary conventions)
Comments given to me at the beginning of the week from the instructor; (please answer her questions lined out here):
Elyse,
Great start here. I especially liked the way that you discussed the differences in audience awareness and approach between Cixous' "The Laugh of the Medusa" and Freud's "The Uncanny." Before submitting your final draft, I encourage you to review the different writing styles associated with each discipline as laid out in this week's module. I think discussing how these papers are similar to, or are different from, the guidelines of psychology papers could add another layer of depth to your argument. Additionally, since I know you're just speaking about your work in the future in a general sense because you're not quite sure what you will research yet (which is fine), I recommend integrating how disciplines deal with the presentation of research, and how your research will fall into the requirements laid out in the disciplines of literature, film, and psychology (or, the way it will differ.) Great work. Let me know if you have any questions about my comments or the assignment. I look forward to reading your final draft! - Stephanie
Stephanie Flint , Sep 16 at 5:57pm
Comments from a fellow student to be aware of:
You're dead on when you say that film and literature are intertwined. Film is just an extension of literature which is just an extension of story telling. Why do humans feel the need to create stories - either fantastical or other? What's the motivation behind it? This is the question that seems the most poignant when discussing monsters. Why do human feel like they have to create monsters when there are true monsters that already exist? It come back around to psychology. In the draft, you talk about using the words and phrases that are essential to the argument - which kinds of words and phrases will you be looking for or keying in on? How will this help make your argument more solid? - Shawn Ambrosino
Review of Disciplinary Writing Styles
A Psychology Paper
Citation Style:
· Usually APA
General Description:
· Psychology writing, like writing in the other sciences, is meant to inform the reader about a new idea, theory or experiment. Toward this end, academic psychologists emphasize the importance of clarity and brevity in writing while minimizing descriptive language and complex sentence structure. The best .
The document defines and provides examples of various figurative language devices including alliteration, allusion, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony, litotes, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, and symbol. It explains what each device is and gives a brief example of its use.
This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, euphemism, antithesis, epigram, oxymoron, irony, pun, metonymy, synecdoche, and onomatopoeia. A simile directly compares two things using "like", "as", or other connective. A metaphor compares two unlike things by stating one is the other. Personification attributes human traits to non-humans. Apostrophe addresses imaginary beings. Hyperbole exaggerates for effect. Euphemisms soften taboo topics. Antithesis contrasts opposites. Epigrams are brief, memorable statements. Oxymorons combine contradict
The document provides guidance on effective writing styles. It discusses using a personal voice without being informal, focusing on the reader, using short and varied sentence structures, and avoiding long-winded or meaningless language. It emphasizes conveying a clear central message in a style that is accessible to readers.
This document defines and provides examples of various poetic and literary terms including:
- Allusion - A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
- Metaphor - An implied comparison between two basically different things that is not introduced with "like" or "as".
- Hyperbole - A great exaggeration to emphasize strong feeling.
- Personification - Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
- Plot - A series of events that present and resolve a conflict, telling the story.
- Symbol - Something concrete that stands for something abstract, like an idea.
This document defines and provides examples of various rhetorical devices and terms:
1) Procatalepsis is anticipating and answering an objection to allow an argument to progress logically.
2) Metonymy is substituting a closely associated word for another to symbolize a whole thing or concept.
3) Enumeration is listing items or qualities one by one for emphasis or accounting.
Derrida's Shadow in the Light of Islamic Studies An Analysis of Binary Relat...shafieyan
This document provides an abstract and introduction for an article that analyzes Jacques Derrida's concept of binary relations through an Islamic studies lens. The author aims to reveal problems with overemphasizing binary pairs and offer alternative notions of relations found in the Quran, using 10 examples. While some scholars have noted points of similarity between postmodernism and Islamic thought, the author finds no existing Islamic critiques of Derrida's work. The document reviews literature on debates around Derrida's ideas and previews how the author will analyze Quranic verses mentioning binaries.
Here are a few examples of pathos through language use in King's speech:
- "One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." (simile)
- "We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one." (repetition of "satisfied")
- "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'" (allusion)
This document provides definitions and examples of various figures of speech that can be used in writing to engage readers. It lists similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, metonymy, synecdoche, antonomasia, apostrophe, oxymoron, irony, hyperbole, euphemism, puns, climax, and anaphora. The document warns that while these devices can make writing more lively, overusing them can become tiresome for readers. Moderation is key to effectively employing figurative language.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. Key concepts covered include literal meaning, explicature, implicature, figurative language like metaphor and irony, and how they are interpreted. It also discusses theoretical approaches to metaphor and the relationship between metaphor, simile, and pragmatics.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require pragmatic interpretation beyond literal meaning. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation and theories of metaphor.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require inferring meaning beyond literal definitions. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation in terms of explicature and implicature.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It describes three stages of interpretation - literal meaning, explicature which uses context, and implicature which looks for implied meaning. It also discusses figurative language such as metaphor, metonymy, irony and sarcasm which require interpreting meaning beyond the literal sense. Finally, it summarizes key aspects of figurative interpretation in terms of explicature and implicature.
This document provides definitions and examples of various lexical stylistic devices including metaphors, metonymy, irony, play on words, antonomasia, epithet, hyperbole, understatement, and oxymoron. It discusses the differences between genuine and trite metaphors, gives examples of metaphors, metonymy, and irony from literary works, and provides detailed explanations of various play on words devices such as paronomasia, zeugma, and semantically false chains. It also describes the uses and types of antonomasia, epithets, hyperbole, understatement, and oxymoron as lexical stylistic devices.
Advice To Creative Writing Students Showing Versus Telling Telling How It S...Tracy Morgan
This document provides advice on showing versus telling in creative writing. It discusses three main points: 1) Expressing abstract concepts through concrete examples, actions, and imagery rather than directly stating ideas. 2) Avoiding over-summarization and instead showing stories through descriptive scenes. 3) Being wary of overusing passive or indirect language and voice. The document aims to illustrate these concepts by providing literary examples and analyzing how authors express abstract ideas in concrete ways through imagery, metaphors, and vivid descriptions rather than directly stating concepts.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It also summarizes key concepts like implicature, figurative language, irony, metaphor, metonymy and presupposition. The stages of interpretation from literal meaning to explicature to implicature are explained. Different types of figurative language and how their meanings depend on context and inference are outlined.
This document provides an introduction to semantics and pragmatics in English. It discusses how semantics studies word and sentence meaning separate from context, while pragmatics studies utterance meaning which depends on context. It also summarizes key concepts like implicature, figurative language, irony, metaphor, metonymy, presupposition and how they involve inferring meaning beyond the literal semantics through contextual clues.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices and rhetorical techniques, including metaphor, oxymoron, parallelism, irony, tone, paradox, onomatopoeia, invective, anaphora, polysyndeton, asyndeton, and chiasmus. It examines the Greek or Latin origins and definitions of these terms and illustrates them with quotes from literature and speeches.
This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech and literary devices. It discusses similes, metaphors, oxymorons, synecdoche, metonymy, personification, hyperbole, irony, and many other forms of figurative language. Examples are given to illustrate how each technique is used.
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3. Open the document header and enter your company name and your name
4. Update the table of contents as you build your business plan.
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Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview 6
Executive Summary 6
Objectives 6
Mission 6
Keys to Success 6
Company Summary 6
Company Ownership 6
Start-up 6
What We Sell 7
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Your Company NameYour Company NameBudget Proposalfor[ent.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your Company Name
Your Company Name
Budget Proposal
for
[enter years here]
BUSN278
[Term]
Professor[name]
DeVry University
Table of Contents
Section
Title
Subsection
Title
Page Number1.0Executive Summary
2.0Sales Forecast
2.1Sales Forecast
2.2Methods and Assumptions
3.0Capital Expenditure Budget
4.0Investment Analysis
4.1Cash Flows
4.2NPV Analysis
4.3Rate of Return Calculations
4.4Payback Period Calculations
5.0Pro Forma Financial Statements
5.1Pro Forma Income Statement
5.2Pro Forma Balance Sheet
5.3Pro Forma Cash Budget
6.0Works Cited
7.0Appendices
7.1Appendix 1: [description]
7.2Appendix 2:
[description]
(Please put page numbers in the last column of the table of contents above, because they apply to your finished assignment. Do this after your project is complete. Remove this text and all text that is in italics in this template when finished with your project.)
(Also, please submit your Excel spreadsheet that shows your supporting calculations.)
1.0 Executive Summary
The first paragraph of this executive summary should give a brief description of the business to which this budget applies. Very briefly describe the products and services of this company, the geography or demographics of the customers it serves, and why people purchase the main product of this business. Much or all of this information will be found in the business profile provided to you. Please use your own words, and please do not simply copy and paste the explanation in the course materials. Make assumptions if necessary.
Also, provide a second paragraph that describes how the budget supports the company’s strategy.
Finally, provide a third paragraph in which you summarize the key points from your budget, including the planning horizon; the amount of up-front investment; the NPV, payback, and IRR of the project; and key figures from your income statement, cash budget, and balance sheet.
Remember, this is not a thesis or introduction of what you will talk about—it contains the major, specific content of each section. The second and third paragraphs should be written after you have completed all other sections of this template.
As you complete sections of this template, please remove all italicized text in all sections of this template and replace it with your own text or you will lose points!
2.0 Sales Forecast
Briefly introduce the sales forecast section.
2.1 Sales Forecast
Here you should include a simple table showing the years and the total sales for each year, along with a brief explanation of why sales are expected to rise, fall, change, or stay the same in certain years. Provide a brief explanation of the sales forecast, indicating why you expect sales to rise or fall during the planning horizon. Your explanation should be consistent with the trends and changes in sales found in your table.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Sales
2.2 Methods and Assumptions
Here you should describe how you arrived at your sales forecast in sect.
Your company recently reviewed the results of a penetration test.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company recently reviewed the results of a penetration test on your network. Several vulnerabilities were identified, and the IT security management team has recommended mitigation. The manager has asked you to construct a plan of action and milestones (POA&M) given that the following vulnerabilities and mitigations were identified:
The penetration test showed that not all systems had malware protection software in place. The mitigation was to write a malware defense process to include all employees and retest the system after the process was implemented.
The penetration test indicated that the data server that houses employee payroll records had an admin password of “admin.” The mitigation was to perform extensive hardening of the data server.
The penetration test also identified many laptop computers that employees brought to work and connected to the internal network,some of which were easily compromised. The mitigation was to write a bring your own device (BYOD) policy for all employees and train the employees how to use their devices at work.
Complete
the 1- to 2-page
Plan of Action and Milestones Template
. (Must use this template!)
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Your company wants to explore moving much of their data and info.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company wants to explore moving much of their data and information technology infrastructure to the cloud. The company is a small online retailer and requires a database and a web storefront. Currently, only IT is over budget on database maintenance. The initial analysis points to significant cost savings by moving to a cloud environment.
Research
the differences between Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Discuss
the differences between IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS. Give an example of the appropriate use of each of the cloud models (Iaas, SaaS, and PaaS).
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Your company plans to establish MNE manufacturing operations in Sout.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company plans to establish MNE manufacturing operations in South Korea. You have been asked to conduct a cultural audit focusing on leadership behaviors of South Korea. The results of your report will be used for internal training for plant managers due to be reassigned to work with South Korean managers in a few months. You are aware of a high-collectivism culture with a Confucian code of ethical behavior in South Korea. What kinds of South Korean leadership behaviors would you expect to include in your report? Describe these in terms of interaction between the U.S. and Korean managers as well as interaction between Korean leader-followers.
By
Saturday, June 21, 2014
respond to the discussion question assigned by the faculty. Submit your response to the appropriate
Discussion Area
. Use the same
Discussion Area
to comment on your classmates' submissions and continue the discussion until
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
.
Comment on how your classmates would address differing views.
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Your company just purchased a Dell server MD1420 DAS to use to store.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company just purchased a Dell server MD1420 DAS to use to store databases. the databases will contain all employee records and personal identified information (PII). You know that databases like this are often targets. The Chief Information Officer has asked you draft a diagram for the server and 3 connected workstations. The diagram must use proper UML icons.
- Research:
network topology to protect database server (Google Term and click images)
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Create a diagram using proper UML
icon, the protects the server and the 3 workstations.
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Include where Internet access will be located
, firewall and other details.
- The
body (Min 1 page)
- Provide a summary after the diagram how and why you topology should protect the database.
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your company is moving to a new HRpayroll system that is sponsored .docxhyacinthshackley2629
your company is moving to a new HR/payroll system that is sponsored by a firm called Workday.com. You have been asked to oversee the stakeholder management aspects of this project. Identify some of the key stakeholders at your company and describe how you plan to keep them engaged during your year-long project. Be sure to include the appropriate methods since not all of your stakeholders are located at the HQ office in Herndon, VA.
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Your company is considering the implementation of a technology s.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company is considering the implementation of a technology solution to address a business problem. As a member of the IT team for a manufacturing company, you were asked to select a product to address the identified needs, informing the stakeholders about its fit to the identified needs, and providing implementation details. Several past process changes have been unsuccessful at implementation and user acceptance. You will create two artifacts that communicate product information tailored to meet the needs of each of the following stakeholder groups:
• Audience 1: executive leadership of the organization, such as the CIO, CFO, etc.
• Audience 2: cross-functional team, including members from IT who will be implementing the product
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Your company is a security service contractor that consults with bus.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company is a security service contractor that consults with businesses in the U.S. that require assistance in complying with HIPAA. You advertise a proven track record in providing information program security management, information security governance programs, risk management programs, and regulatory and compliance recommendations. You identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks for clients with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within their organization.
Your client is Health Coverage Associates, a health insurance exchange in California and a healthcare covered entity. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) enables individuals and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. In the past 6 months, they have experienced:
A malware attack (i.e., SQL Injection) on a critical software application that processed and stored client protected health information (PHI) that allowed access to PHI stored within the database
An internal mistake by an employee that allowed PHI to be emailed to the wrong recipient who was not authorized to have access to the PHI
An unauthorized access to client accounts through cracking of weak passwords via the company’s website login
Health Coverage Associates would like you to
develop
a security management plan that would address the required safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data from the attacks listed above and protect their assets from the vulnerabilities that allowed the attacks to occur.
Write
a 1- to 2-page high-level executive summary of the legal and regulatory compliance requirements for Health Coverage Associates executives. The summary should provide
Accurate information on the HIPAA requirements for securing PHI
FISMA and HIPAA requirements for a security plan
Scope of the work you will perform to meet the Health Coverage Associates’ requests
Compile
a 1-to 2-page list of at least 10 of the CIS controls that provide key alignment with the administrative (policies), physical (secured facilities), and technical safeguards required under HIPAA to protect against the attacks listed above. Include corresponding NIST controls mapped to the selected CIS controls.
Write
a 1- to 2-page concise outline of the contents of the security management plan. Include
Policies Health Coverage Associates will need to manage, protect, and provide access to PHI
The recommended risk management framework Health Coverage Associates should adopt
Key elements Health Coverage Associates should include in its plan of actions and milestones
Cite
all sources using APA guidelines.
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Your company has just sent you to a Project Management Conference on.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company has just sent you to a Project Management Conference on the latest trends in project scope management. When you return to work, you will have to provide a report at the staff meeting on what you learned.
In your initial post
, share some of the trends that you heard at the conference. Conduct research and use sources to support your findings. Be sure to acknowledge any sources you use.
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Your company has designed an information system for a library. The .docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company has designed an information system for a library. The project included a new network (wired and wireless), a data entry application, a Web site, database and documentation.
Design a generic test plan that describes the testing for an imaginary system, make sure to address unit, integration and system testing.
Create a one-page questionnaire to distribute to users in a post-implementation evaluation of a recent information system project. Include at least 10 questions that cover the important information you want to obtain.
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Your company has had embedded HR generalists in business units for t.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company has had embedded HR generalists in business units for the past several years. Over that time, it has become more costly and more difficult to maintain standards, and is a frustration for business units to have that budget “hit.” The leadership has decided to move to a more centralized model of delivering HR services and has asked you to evaluate that proposition and begin establishing a project team to initiate the needed changes. The project team is selected, and you must now provide general direction.
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Your company You are a new Supply Chain Analyst with the ACME.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company: You are a new Supply Chain Analyst with the ACME Corporation. We design specialty electronics that are components in larger finished goods such as major appliances, automobiles and industrial equipment. Manufacturing is outsourced to low-cost suppliers due to the significant labor contribution and closeness to electronic component suppliers.
Your product: ACME Corp. designs a leading-edge family of devices branded as “Voice Assistants.” These are add-on boxes that many OEMs are using as plug-and-play devices in a wide variety of Internet-of-Things products. They are also sold directly to consumers as after-market items, but only for IoT devices that were built with our proprietary data-port.
Figure 1: Product line of ACME Corp Voice Assistant IoT Add-on Boxes
Your task: Your Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) is requesting a review of supplier-to-customer processes as related to recent growth in our company and increasing demand for faster responsiveness to customers. One alternative is to decentralize our inventory into regional Distribution Centers; however, our ERP system is currently limited in the data available to make some of these decisions – and the output reports are very antiquated. Starting off the process, the CSCO directed that your Analysis Team use population data to pro-rate our national sales data as a starting point. For this analysis, you are asked to focus only on the flagship product, Voice Assistant IoT Add-on Box, 4GB, SKU #123-456789. The challenge is now yours to complete some computations and interpret the results!
Your data: A detailed report from your ERP system along with secondary data from the U.S. Census Bureau (reference: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html) is provided. (Note: Sales to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are handled by a 3PL provider and therefore are NOT part of this analysis.) The consolidated EXCEL® file has incorporated several tasks already performed by the Analysis Team --- sort, cleanse, inventory optimization, etc. Other tasks remain for your team.
Detailed Requirements: Prepare a formal report summarizing your results and providing recommendations that are supported by facts. The required layout follows:
A. Supply Chain Management:
a. Identify a single key supplier and a single key customer for your product, including a brief description of their product.
b. Identify the proper type of business relationship that your company should have with the supplier and customer from Part A, above, then briefly describe the data that you would share with them.
c. When implementing Supply Chain Management with your #1 key supplier for the first time, create a timeline that lists each of the six SCOR processes in the order that you recommend implementation; include process leader (by job title), primary contact at supplier/customer (by job title), and duration to implement.
d. Briefly describe each of the four enablers of supply chain .
Your company has asked that you create a survey to collect data .docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your company has asked that you create a survey to collect data on customer satisfaction related to their health care experience at your hospital.
Assignment Details (4-5 pages)
Please Add Title to page
Page 1:
A brief summary of the health care issue/topic (wait time, medication errors, etc.)
Number and access of source to sample and population
Limitations of the survey (parameters)
Time line for completion of survey
Page 2: Survey Questions
Survey questions: Limit the questions to 10
Page 3: Compilation of Data
Time line for assessment and evaluation of data
Challenges faced during this process
Page 4: Results and Conclusions
Results of study
Conclusions and potential value of the findings
Reference page
Deliverable Length
4–5 pages
Title and reference pages
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"Your Communications Plan"
Description
A.
What is your challenge or opportunity?
The topic I would like to present is pitching an Project idea for some investor to invest in my Women’s Resources center.(Voices Of Women)
B.
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Why is this professionally important to you?
Goal
A.
What goal or outcome do you want to achieve with this communication?
I.
Is it clear, concise, and actionable?
Audience
A.
Who is you target audience?
What are the professional positions of the audience?
I.
What demographic characteristics will the audience comprise?
II.
What is your relationship to the audience?
III.
What background knowledge and expertise does the audience have?
IV.
What does the audience know, feel about, and expect concerning this communication?
V.
What preconceptions or biases do you possess that might prevent you from building rapport with your audience?
B.
What information is available about your audience?
A.
b.
c.
I.
What research/sources will you use to obtain information about the audience?
II.
What conclusions have you been able to draw about the audience?
C.
What tone will you
"Your Communications Plan"
Description
A.
What is your challenge or opportunity?
The topic I would like to present is pitching an Project idea for some investor to invest in my Women’s Resources center.(Voices Of Women)
B.
.
Why is this professionally important to you?
Goal
A.
What goal or outcome do you want to achieve with this communication?
I.
Is it clear, concise, and actionable?
Audience
A.
Who is you target audience?
What are the professional positions of the audience?
I.
What demographic characteristics will the audience comprise?
II.
What is your relationship to the audience?
III.
What background knowledge and expertise does the audience have?
IV.
What does the audience know, feel about, and expect concerning this communication?
V.
What preconceptions or biases do you possess that might prevent you from building rapport with your audience?
B.
What information is available about your audience?
A.
b.
c.
I.
What research/sources will you use to obtain information about the audience?
II.
What conclusions have you been able to draw about the audience?
C.
What tone will you use to convey your message?
I.
Is the setting casual or formal?
II.
Is the communication personal or impersonal?
Key Message
A.
What is the primary message you must convey to your audience?use to convey your message?
I.
Is the setting casual or formal?
II.
Is the communication personal or impersonal?
Key Message
A.
What is the primary message you must convey to your audience?
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Your community includes people from diverse backgrounds. Answer .docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your community includes people from diverse backgrounds. Answer the following questions related to how culture affects nutrition.
1. How does your culture shape decisions that you make about nutrition? (Culture includes history, values, politics, economics, communication styles, beliefs, and practices.)
2. Describe at least 1 different cultures present at your community. How do these cultures impact food choices?
3. Describe how you interact with someone from another culture related to diet. Provide specific examples.
4. Assume that you are preparing a Thanks Giving dinner for a group of your classmates that represent a variety of cultures. Describe how you will prepare the menu and set the table. Include how you will address food safety at the picnic.
Explore ways to address the problem of food insecurity in your community.
1. What programs are available to meet the nutrition needs of individuals in the area?
2. What types of options exist in the area to purchase food?
3. What role do you believe society should take to ensure that individuals have access to adequate healthy food?
4. What do you see as your role in the community related to proper nutrition?
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Your Communications Plan Please respond to the following.docxhyacinthshackley2629
"Your Communications Plan"
Please respond to the following:
Provide a brief overview of your Strategic Communications Plan. Include a short description for each of the following
in bullet point format
:
- The purpose of the communication
- Your goal
- Audience
- Key Message
- Supporting Points
- Channel Selection
- Action Request
Note:
Remember, feedback is a powerful and essential tool. Thoughtful, useful feedback is specific. It combines suggestions for improvement with the recognition of good ideas. When you offer feedback, you should contribute new ideas and new perspectives to help your peers learn and move forward.
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Your Communication InvestigationFor your mission after reading y.docxhyacinthshackley2629
You are to observe human interaction for 15 minutes in a public setting, noting details of two people's conversation without interrupting. You should describe the communication environment and identify elements of the transactional communication model. Finally, post a brief report on the discussion board, and reply to two classmates' posts with empathetic perspectives on their observations.
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"Your Communications Plan"
First step: Choose a topic. Review the Communication Challenge Topics and choose one that is relevant and interesting to you. Make sure to review the examples and anecdotes that follow each topic in this document. You can also find this information under the Course Info tab.
Second step: Review the Strategic Communication Plan example. Your plan should mirror this example in format and length. You can also find this example under the Course Info tab.
Third step: In this discussion, please respond to the following:
Part 1: What is your topic?
Part 2: Provide a rough draft of your Strategic Communications Plan for peer review and instructor feedback. Your draft should include enough detail that we can provide strong constructive feedback and input.
COM510 ASSIGNMENT COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE TOPICS
In the world of business, we can create opportunities through strategic communication. Throughout our professional careers, there are key events that raise the stakes of our communications approach.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
1) Review the Communication Challenge Topics and their accompanying case study examples.
2) Select 1 topic that is professionally relevant for you.
3) Use for your COM510 assignments (the topic you have selected, not the case study example).
Note: If there is another challenge or current opportunity in your professional life that is more relevant for you, you may choose a topic that is not on this list. Keep in mind that the communication challenge you select must in- clude both written and verbal communication elements to meet the needs of this course. (Your professor must approve your selection before you proceed.)
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Examples of each scenario are provided to demonstrate what thoughtful, professional communication would look like in each of these situations. These are only examples and should not be used for completing the assignment. You can create and establish all necessary assumptions. The scenario is yours to explain.
COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE TOPICS
Choose one of the following topics for your assignments.
• Internal Promotion Opportunity
• New Job Opportunity Interview
• Running a Meeting
• Coaching Your Direct Employees
• Pitching a Project Idea
INTERNAL PROMOTION
Seeking a promotion from within your company is one opportunity in which strategic communication could mean the difference be- tween success and failure. If you choose this scenario, you’ll need to create both a written and a verbal (audio or video) communica- tion. These elements should explain why you are the right person for the internal promotion while addressing potential questions you might need to answer as part of the process.
Things to Consider
• Have you checked the listings on your company’s job board lately?
• Is there a new position you would like to secure?
• Have you taken on more responsibility at work?
• Have your outcomes been positive?
• Do your job title and job description match what you do? .
Your coffee franchise cleared for business in both countries (Mexico.docxhyacinthshackley2629
Your coffee franchise cleared for business in both countries (Mexico, and China). You now have to develop your global franchise team and start construction of your restaurants. . You invite all of the players to the headquarters in the United States for a big meeting to explain the project and get to know one another since they represent the global division of your company.
You are concerned with the following two issues. Substantively address each in a two-part paper, applying Beyond the Book, MUSE, Intellipath and library resources to support your reasoning
Part 1: Effective communication with participants
What are the implications of the cultural variables for your communication with the team representative from each country in the face to face meeting?
Address Hall’s high and low context regarding verbal and non-verbal communication. The United States is a low context culture, while each country is high context.
Tip: Write at least one substantive paragraph for each country
Video on Hall's high and Low Context Communication
Part 2: Effective communication among participants
What are examples of barriers and biases in cross-cultural business communications that may impact the effectiveness of communication among the meeting participants and in potential negotiations?
What are some of the issues you should be concerned about regarding verbal and nonverbal communication for this group to avoid misinterpretations and barriers to communication?
Please submit your assignment.
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How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
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it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
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How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
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12Rhetorical Techniques To Be Looked For Allusion .docx
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Rhetorical Techniques To Be Looked For
Allusion -- a reference (sometime direct, sometime indirect) to
an historical occurrence, work of art, or a well-known character
of person – “I can’t spin that kind of web because I am not
Spiderman.”
Amplification -- repeats a word or a phrase for accentuation or
emphasis – “Love, real and true love, takes its time.”
Epistrophe-- the repetition of words at the end of successive
sentences to achieve a kind of hammering insistence, such as;
“Where now? Who now? When now?” (from Samuel Beckett,
“The Unnameable”)
Hyperbole -- an exaggeration that isn’t generally taken at literal
face value – “I have performed that task a million times.”
Analogy – a comparison between two different items sharing
some kind of common attribute—“He’s as flaky as dandruff in a
snowstorm.”
Accumulation (from the Latin word for “pile-up”)—heaps on
information (usually with similar phrasing) to overwhelm the
reader-- “I’m a multi-cultural, post-modern man, uplinked and
downloaded, inputted and outsourced for the upside of
downsizing and to prevent the downside of upgrading.” (from
George Carlin’s comedy act.
2. Parallelism -- uses words or phrases with a similar structure –
“I went to the store, parked the car and bought a pizza.”
Antanagoge -- places a criticism and compliment together to
lessen the impact – “The car is not pretty but it runs great.”
Ad hominem (Latin for“against the man”)—attacks another
commentator personally insread of criticizing his argument or
point-of-view: “How can you argue your case for vegetarianism
when you are enjoying your steak?”
Anthropomorphism--a literary device in which a writer ascribes
human traits, ambitions, emotions to non-human objects—“The
raging storm brought with it howling winds and fierce lightning
as the residents of the village looked up at the angry skies in
alarm.”
Devil’s Advocacy—the deliberate taking-on off an unpopular
point of view to provoke discussion—“Perhaps sexists do have a
point when they say women are too sentimental to…”
Audience presumption-- when Mark Greif begins a sentence
with “We leave the office…,” what kind of readership is he
presuming to be addressing?
Insensitive analogy: Why is Gold’s Gym calling itself the
“mecca” of bodybuilding potentially rather offensive?
Sloganeering—reducing complex issues to handy catch-phrases-
- why is Nike’s “Just Do It” a potentially dangerous motto?
Wordplay --can we imagine a pun between the words “exercise”
and “exorcise”? How is physical exercise at the gym a
figurative way to exorcise one’s inner demons?
Oxymoron- the use of seemingly clashing or paradoxical tones
3. or statements that appear to contract each other.
Onomatopoeia—in which a word (or words) resemble the thing
it (or they) resemble—either a single word like “splash” or
“clatter” or a phrase like “some sinister, secret sin.”
Alliteration and Assonance—a cluster of words that begin with
the same sound, either consonants (“as deeply dire and dreadful
as a devil’s dandruff”) or vowels (“as ethereal and admirable as
an angel’s evaporation”)
Persona (which basically means “mask” in Greek)—the fictional
role that even historical journalists event for themselves
through how they occupy their point of view. How does Hunter
S. Thompson beginning a piece with “We were somewhere
around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs
began to take hold…” establish a certain kind of persona?
Circumlocution (from the Latin “to talk around”)—using many
words to make a point that could be made in fewer words—Alan
Greenspan’s “the ratio of the number of years that the typical
worker will spend in retirement to the number of years he or she
works will rise in the long term” means “people live longer.”
Rhetorical question – inquiries that might not expect answers,
but do suggest or imply them. What is the implied answer to the
Fats Waller song title “What Did I Do To Be So Black and
Blue?”
Permissible prejudice--“Testosterone poisoning” is a common
phrase by now, aimed at males suffering from excessive
machismo. Why can’t we get away with accusing women of
“estrogen overload” or something of the sort?
Euphemism, Dysphemism (from the Greek “good-sounding” and
“bad-sounding)—using “sanitational engineer” in place of
4. “trashman” (euphemism) or, conversely, “coffin nail” for
“cigarette” (dysphemism).
Begging the question—making an assertion but assuming the
truth of one’s conclusion without proving it, like “the reason
there’s such a big demand is that everyone wants one” or “the
growing use of satellite navigation means we’re losing our map-
reading skills.”
Foreshadowing (or “prefiguring”)—dropping hints early in an
argument that will be more explicitly asserted as the argument
moves ahead, such as Mona Eltahawy’s “I am a Muslim, I am a
feminist,” which foreshadows her assertion that these two
“parts” of her identity are in no way self-contradictory.
Tautology—an assertion that is circular in its logic, like
“Socrates is either mortal, or he isn’t,” or the Beatles’ “There’s
nothing you can do that can’t be done.”
Tone (and/or Diction)—how does the author make certain
vocabulary choices to weave together a persona made out of
words? Clearly “big deal” achieves a different tone than “social
crisis,” just as a “blow-up” is different (in tone) from an
“emotional overexcitement.”
Truisms (also known as platitudes or clichés or bromides)—
“Naturally, women are more nurturing than men” is an
unexamined truism and cannot be asserted without supporting
evidence or logic.
Concession—acknowledging (at least temporarily) the validity
of an opposing perspective, such as “While this venture may be
unsafe and expensive, in the long run…”
Ambiguity—a word or phrase that can potentially can more than
one meaning—in Groucho Marx’s “I shot an elephant in my
5. pajamas,” it isn’t grammatically clear who was wearing
Groucho’s pajamas at the time of the shooting.
“Identifying Rhetorical Techniques”
Sample Passage
This essay will argue that Jonathan Rauch’s article “In Defense
of Prejudice” is actually a manipulative piece of rhetoric trying
to convince its readership that “anti-prejudice” the new
prejudice (in Rauch’s own turn of phrase). This paper will look
at the opening words of Rauch’s paragraphs to show how his
argument moves along and tries to remove opposition to his
point of view.
Rauch’s article opens with the phrase “The war on prejudice…”
as if some sort of official sort were taking place, but of course
many Americans are fighting just as fiercely to maintain their
own prejudices in factory work-floors and barrooms across the
country. Rauch’s belief that the fight against prejudice is
universal and “uncontroversial” may show that his own
exposure to such prejudice is somewhat limited. By claiming
that opposition to bigotry is a universal “war,” Rauch is trying
to enlist we his readership as soldiers in the counter-battle he is
declaring.
Rauch’s second paragraph begins “In universities and on
Capitol Hill,” which are two fairly elite places and which limits
6. the territory of his investigation. As well, a “university” seems
to imply a singular, “universal,” one-way perspective and
“Capitol Hill,” set up high on its perch, is a place that dictates
legislation to the rest of the nation. By focusing on these two
sites of power, Rauch may deliberately be ignoring those other,
less high-profile places where racial and sexual prejudice
flourish most fiercely.
A third paragraph opens with the polite and evasive phrase “I
suppose I should say,” but of course most prejudice is hardly so
polite. Rauch’s phrasing here suggests a man willing to make
exceptions and apologies, which is a rhetorical technique for
gaining the trust of his readership. His next paragraph starts off
with “Indeed, ‘eradicating prejudice’ is so vague a
proposition…,” trying to establish our agreement with an
“Indeed” (which, like “of course,” assumes that we are on board
with his claim) and placing the phrase “eradicating prejudice”
in quotation marks as if to mock the very idea as impossible and
unrealistic. The next paragraph begins with a question (“Who is
right?”), but even this question is a bit of mockery, since part of
Rauch’s own point is that no one is absolutely right in the
debate over prejudice and its free expression.
The next paragraph’s opening phrase, “What they told us in
high school…” assumes that we were all indoctrinated with the
exact same information in our formative years, and therefore all
require the cure or antidote that Rauch’s counter-information
offers. “Many people, I think…” (the beginning of paragraph
seven) softens this claim somewhat (“many” instead of “all,” “I
think” instead of “I know”), but Rauch is still aiming to keep
the vast majority of us on his side with this comment.
7. Close Reading Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros’ piece “My Name” seems to argue that one’s
given moniker is both a blessing and a burden, something to
identify with and yet something that limits one.
Cisneros’ title is plain and undecorated, a simple possessive
word and a simple noun, but the word “My” implies that the
title applies to us all (since we are all “me”’s) and that true
namelessness is a condition that no one living within the bounds
of legal society is allowed to suffer.
Her opening words, “In English,” causes us to presume that the
narrator is addressing an English-speaking audience but herself
derives from some different linguistic culture. She tells us her
name means “hope,” but in Spanish “Esperanza” refers to a
special kind of hope that involves waiting. The word “hope” is
striking in the first sentence of the passage, as it sets an
optimistic tone.
The speaker seems to apologize for the length of her name in
the next sentence, knowing that Spanish words tend to be longer
and more flowing compared to their blunter, more direct
counterparts in English. Instead of using “Esperanza,” with its
five syllables, as her title, Cisneros gives us “My Name”—with
its two short, choppy monosyllables—perhaps to make things
more manageable. The “In English” that opens the passage is
balanced by an “In Spanish” that opens her second phrase, as
she piles on descriptive details.
The “sadness” Cisneros mentions suggests a kind of
incompleteness. By the middle of the second line she has
already used the word “means” four times—perhaps punning on
“mean” as an adjective meaning cruel and insensitive. In fact,
“Esperanza” refers not to hope in general, but to hope that is
born out of conflict and struggle. She also makes a humorous
8. reference equating her name to the number nine, which is
suitable and fitting because her name contains nine letters. Nine
is also the last of our single-digit numerals before the evolution
into double-digit numbers, and so perhaps ties into the idea of a
hope for change.
The sentence fragment “A muddy name” lacks a verb, and
implies several different things. Mud is an in-between
substance, not quite solid and not quite fluid, just as hope is an
in-between emotion at times, not quite knowing and yet not
defeated. Mud was also a substance that early Mexican cultures
used to build and spackle together their traditional pueblo
dwellings, and so is a useful (if not especially “elegant”)
material. Muddiness could also refer to a lack of clarity or a
compromised situation, as in the idiom “in muddy water.”
Perhaps on an artistic level, Cisneros is also risking producing a
“muddy” piece of writing by smearing together too many
descriptive details in too short a passage.
The mention of “records” played by her father reiterates the
sadness theme, and also refers to an older technology. One
might wonder whether these records are only played on Sundays
(as mentioned)—if so, this would be a repetitive ritual that is
also circular. Records spin around in a circle, thus reinforcing
Esperanza’s hope that things will turn her way, but also perhaps
underscoring the frustrating manner in which some hopes seem
to rotate endlessly and never meet their goal. These records
being played on Sunday “mornings” also hints at a preparation
for another kind of ritual like Mass or some similar form of
worship. Shaving involves looking at oneself in a mirror and
purifying oneself while shedding old skin cells, in a kind of
rebirth.
Beginning a new paragraph with the phrase “It was my great-
grandmother’s name and now it is mine” continues to over-use
the neutral, secretive “it,” but also implies a long stretch of
tradition and handing-down. When the speaker refers to a
“Chinese lie” (which she also regards also as a Mexican lie),
she suggests that not every act of tradition is honorable and
9. strengthening, since the male claim that women should not be
strong is traditional and problematic at the same time.
To be a “horse woman” is to be skillful athlete able to direct
one’s chosen vehicle, a talent that would presumable invigorate
one’s hope. Still, to a more pessimistic reading, “horse woman”
can be read as a woman reduced to a domesticated beast of
burden like a mule or a donkey.
Because of a certain overlap between the words for “me” and
“my” in Spanish, saying “My great-grandmother” in a sentence
fragment all by itself could also be implying that Esperanza is
her own ancestor, or at least relates so closely with her that she
shares in her identity.
Rhetorical Techniques in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The
Minister’s Black Veil”
While themes like Concealment and Secrecy are clearly very
important to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Minister’s Black
Veil,” this paper will argue that the motifs of Doubleness and
Split-ness are equally important, as the tale examines a man
whose persona has been cut in half and turned against itself.
The story makes a very definite split between the veil and the
face, and if the veil is the universal tendency that humans have
to withhold shameful secrets from one another, in an ironic way
this fact is not a secret but an obvious, universal characteristic.
The opening scene shows us a congregation walking on their
10. way to Sunday services and yet noticing the prettiness of the
maids among them, as if split in half between their duty to God
and their delight in human pleasures. A sunny, beautiful day
would also potentially hide these people’s secrets behind the
glare of light all around. The symbol of the bell at the end of
the first paragraph also hold a double meaning—bells call
congregations together but also (when used for a funeral
service) signal departure and leaving.
When Elizabeth accuses her fiancée Parson Hooper of the
negative effects his veil is having on everyone, she says “The
world” is horrified by his behavior and not merely “his
congregation.” Perhaps she refers to the entire World because
Hooper’s uniform as a minister would come with universal
expectations, and his odd appearance would cause him to be
treated like an alien split off from the rest of humanity.
Hawthorne is careful to point out that this veil only covers half
of the minister’s face, and yet it has the full-bodied power to
cast its influence like a shadow and transform his whole
character. The veil literally splits his face in half, covering the
top and leaving the lower half exposed. This mask has a double
effect—not only on his visual appearance but on the “tone” of
his voice when delivering sermons, his voice presumably being
issued from a deeper, more intimate part of himself than merely
his face.
Even the emotion that the veil causes Hooper himself is a
double issue. On one end, he is happy that this “material
emblem” can separate him from the majority of humankind, but
on the other end of this emotional spectrum he is saddened at
the alienation the veil inflicts on his connection to his fiancé
Elizabeth. Even while feeling this split in emotions, Hooper
keeps up his holy duties by overseeing weddings and funerals,
or beginnings and ends. It is also ironic that these two rituals
are the most public and popular events in which people put on
veils to show sadness or humility.
The odd appearance of the veil elevates Hooper to an
unapproachable status and makes him as invisible as paternal
11. father behind the clouds. Doubleness also comes into play,
however, when we consider the double standard at work when
society promotes individuality and yet condemns “too much”
eccentricity. The accusation of Hooper losing his mind comes
from a character named “Goodman Gray,” perhaps because the
“merely” good citizens of Milford are in a gray area that the
“black”-wearing Minister is trying to avoid.
Even Parson Hooper’s name is ironic, as a hoop tries to contain
everything within a circle and not leave anything out (just like
the veil does), and yet the veil itself causes a split between the
parson and his congregation.
Argumentative Techniques: Finding a Thesis and Topic
Sentences for Linda Hogan’s “Dwellings”
Thesis: We often think of homes as being solid, stable,
motionless things, but Linda Hogan’s article “Dwellings” show
us that the places we inhabit are always moving and flowing and
changing as well. My essay will analyze Hogan’s piece and
show how it uses images pulled from the never-ending changes
of Nature itself to demonstrate that our homes are never as
simple and as stationary as we sometimes believe.
Topic Sentence: In Hogan’s opening sentence, action verbs like
“cut” and “moving” reinforce her emphasis on homes as
products of action, and her image of bees dwelling in a “broken
wall” implies that even a home that is given up by one species
can be taken up by other creatures.
Topic Sentence: Perhaps Hogan chooses a “delicate” animal like
a bee to show just how important a home is to a fragile,
vulnerable being. While humans might not be as fragile as bees
anatomically, we are prone to larger shifts in emotional
perspective than most animals.
Topic Sentence: In her third paragraph, Hogan focuses on the
underground water flowing beneath one of her homes—water of
course has long served as a symbol for the transformation and
fluidity of nature. In the same way that water takes the shape of
12. the cup it is poured into, inhabitants take on the shape of the
home they dwell in.
Topic Sentence: Hogan also discusses how houses made from
the trees of a single forest were once thought to be more
“harmonious” and peaceful, but as human beings we know that
being from the same place is not a guarantee of agreement.
People change just like their homes do, and these shifts are one
of the prices we pay for living in a universe that is never
completely stable.
Topic Sentence: Hogan uses the image of barn swallows as a
metaphor for human beings returning home with loudness and
commotion that quickly turns to quietness. The author also
refers to “fire” here to show that behind the appearance of
harmony, there is an element of wildness that is hard to manage.
Hogan likewise refers to the way that the elements (like water
and fire and earth) contain one another, in the same way that
our bodies (which dwell inside of houses) are themselves
dwellings for microscopic organisms like germs.
Topic Sentence: Hogan goes on to show that houses that are
neglected and abandoned fall apart quite quickly. This shows
that a house’s so-called “stability” depends on the action inside
of it. This can also imply that people cannot afford to be
neglected or else they will fall apart. Further, there is an
interdependence—just as humans need homes to feel whole,
houses need humans to be healthy.
Topic Sentence: The striking image of a bird’s nest made from
threads of Hogan’s skirt and strands of her daughter’s combed-
out hair shows a sense of recycling from the past. Her human
trash forms the treasured materials that the bird’s “round” nest
is built from. It is also appropriate that Hogan focuses on hair
and clothing, since in a way these things are the roof and walls
of our portable “homes” that we walk around in.
Topic Sentence: Hogan refers to the same hill in both her
opening and closing paragraphs, which makes a circle out of her
13. entire essay. She also focuses on the “sloped” roof of her own
home--we tend to associate a slope with something gradual and
indeed the line between our home and other homes is always
soft and fuzzy and never hard and firm. She mentions several
plants and animals in her last few sentences to show a link and
unity between human reality and the rest of nature. Even when
humans sleep (and temporarily forget where they live), night
creatures come out and stake out their own territory.
Argumentative Techniques: Finding a Thesis and Topic
Sentences for Linda Hogan’s “Dwellings” Take 2
Thesis Statement: Linda Hogan’s essay “Dwellings” uses an
action verb to refer to the places in which people (and other
animals) live, perhaps to emphasize homes as active, dynamic
places that change and grow as opposed to stable, permanent,
unchanging things.
Topic Sentence 1: Hogan chooses bees as a primary symbol in
her opening paragraph, maybe because bees are interactive and
adaptive animals who often change their habitat based on
weather and manufacture honey that needs to be accomplished
as a group.
Topic Sentence 2: Hogan also refers to dead bees, as dwellings
are not only for the living but also the deceased—what was once
a hive is now a tomb. The phrase “architecture of memory” also
expands the definition of what a dwelling can be—we live
inside of emotions as well as inside of physical structures.
Topic Sentence 4: The word “felled” refers to houses made up
of chopped-down trees, which is important for Hogan’s thesis of
transformation since it emphasizes a tree going from an upright
dwelling for birds and squirrels to a board-composed house for
humans.
14. Topic Sentence 5: The words “dwelling” and “swallow” share a
double “ll” but also share the ability to be used as both nouns
and verbs. Our bodies is our portable dwellingx and require that
we “swallow” and eat in order to live. This paragraph also
emphasizes the four elements of fire, earth, air and water, four
forms of matter that have the ability to transform into each
other through processes like evaporation and burning.
Topic Sentence 5: Hogan personifies houses by describing how
they fall apart and grow depressed when they aren’t used.
This puts a negative spin on her topic of change by showing
how some change is for the tragic.
Topic Sentence 6: Hogan then dives into the notion that all life
is interconnected by describing how a bird’s nest is composed
of threads from her skirt and hairs from her daughter’s head.
She describes this nest as “round,” “delicate,” and “woven”—
caught up in the cycle of life and yet also fragile and
vulnerable.
Topic Sentence 7: The final verb of Hogan’s essay is “holding,”
as she claims that the earth itself as it orbits through the night
sky is one big home that cannot be (and should not be) escaped.