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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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)
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Understanding arguments, reasoning and hypothesesMaria Rosala
As researchers working in government, influencing service design, we need to know that our research is methodologically sound, our research findings are grounded in empirical data and our recommendations are logically derived.
'Understanding arguments, reasoning and hypotheses' is the first in a series of 5 short courses, covering introduction courses to various aspects of methodology in research, from the use of grounded theory in discovery research, to hypothesis testing and sampling in more experimental research.
In this course, you'll learn:
About arguments
- what we mean by an argument
- how to identify a valid/invalid argument
- what we mean by premises
- what validity and soundness of arguments mean
About reasoning
- what is deductive reasoning and where do we use it
- what is inductive reasoning and where do we use it
- what is abductive reasoning and where do we use it
About hypotheses
- what is a hypotheses and a null hypothesis
- how do we test them
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.
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 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.
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.
Group Presentation Once during the quarter, each student will.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Presentation
: Once during the quarter, each student will prepare a brief presentation on a specific neighborhood, a racial or cultural group, or a historical event, migration or shift in the urban landscape,
related to the themes for that week
. Students will select preferred weeks in advance and be scheduled by Week 2 as best as your professor can allow. The presentation is open in form and format but should be 20 minutes in duration, consist mostly of your own original words and discussion, but involve some form of visual, quotes, or data, and represent some amount of additional research beyond the readings for that week, and include 5 or more questions for discussion to be presented to the class. Your group grade will reflect an average of 4 grades in content, delivery, relevance and engagement with the class in discussion.
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Group Presentation Outline
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Slide 1: Title slide
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This contains your topic title, your names, and the course.
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Slide 2: Introduction slide
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Remember that you are presenting this information to others. Acknowledge the audience, and mention the purpose of the
presentation.
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This slide should contain at least 50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Outline and discuss the issues/components each separately
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Discuss theories, laws, policies, and other labor relations related topics
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Provide support for your perspective and analysis
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Lessons learned documented, what you have learned
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Conclusion
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50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Final slide(s): Reference slide(s)
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List your references according to the APA sty
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- 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Understanding arguments, reasoning and hypothesesMaria Rosala
As researchers working in government, influencing service design, we need to know that our research is methodologically sound, our research findings are grounded in empirical data and our recommendations are logically derived.
'Understanding arguments, reasoning and hypotheses' is the first in a series of 5 short courses, covering introduction courses to various aspects of methodology in research, from the use of grounded theory in discovery research, to hypothesis testing and sampling in more experimental research.
In this course, you'll learn:
About arguments
- what we mean by an argument
- how to identify a valid/invalid argument
- what we mean by premises
- what validity and soundness of arguments mean
About reasoning
- what is deductive reasoning and where do we use it
- what is inductive reasoning and where do we use it
- what is abductive reasoning and where do we use it
About hypotheses
- what is a hypotheses and a null hypothesis
- how do we test them
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.
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 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.
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.
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Group Presentation Once during the quarter, each student will.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Presentation
: Once during the quarter, each student will prepare a brief presentation on a specific neighborhood, a racial or cultural group, or a historical event, migration or shift in the urban landscape,
related to the themes for that week
. Students will select preferred weeks in advance and be scheduled by Week 2 as best as your professor can allow. The presentation is open in form and format but should be 20 minutes in duration, consist mostly of your own original words and discussion, but involve some form of visual, quotes, or data, and represent some amount of additional research beyond the readings for that week, and include 5 or more questions for discussion to be presented to the class. Your group grade will reflect an average of 4 grades in content, delivery, relevance and engagement with the class in discussion.
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Group Presentation Outline
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Slide 1: Title slide
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This contains your topic title, your names, and the course.
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Slide 2: Introduction slide
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Remember that you are presenting this information to others. Acknowledge the audience, and mention the purpose of the
presentation.
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This slide should contain at least 50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Slides 3–10 (or more): Content slides
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Describe the topic and structure
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Outline and discuss the issues/components each separately
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Discuss theories, laws, policies, and other labor relations related topics
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Provide support for your perspective and analysis
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Lessons learned documented, what you have learned
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Conclusion
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The slides should each contain at least
50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Final slide(s): Reference slide(s)
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List your references according to the APA sty
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Group PortionAs a group, discuss and develop a paper of 10 p.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Portion
As a group, discuss and develop a paper of 10 pages that addresses the following questions. Work together to determine who will complete each section:
Who will comprise your planning committee? Explain.
Identify public- and private-sector partner agencies and elected officials (if any) that should serve on the planning committee.
What are the component parts of the plan (be specific and detailed)? Explain.
What participating agencies may be more or less involved in which parts of the plan development? Explain.
Are there subject matter experts (SMEs) or other entities that should be involved in any one specific area of the plan development? Explain.
Based upon the emergency management concept of incident management that includes the phases of preparedness and mitigation, response, and recovery, identify the actions that will need to be taken in each phase as they relate to the hazard you have selected.
Identify the major challenges that the community and responders will encounter when responding to the hazard.
What solutions exist (e.g., mutual aid, contract services) to overcome those challenges? Explain in detail.
What should be the short- and long-term recovery goals of the community following this event’s occurrence?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Please add your file.
Individual Portion
Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 6–7 slides that provides details about your plan.
Include speaker notes of 200–300 words that will be used when presenting the plan to your superiors.
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Group Behavior in OrganizationsAt an organizational level,.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Behavior in Organizations
At an organizational level, group behavior is necessary for continued functioning of the
organization. Within an organization, there are established rules, procedures, and processes
developed that define how an organization operates. In addition, there are systems in place
to reward behaviors of those who effectively participate in the organization's operations.
Besides, there are also systems that define consequences that can take place in case
individuals behave outside the accepted practices of the organization. What develops out of
this is an employee's attachment to the organization based on common beliefs, values, and
traditions. The shared attachment and even the commitment to common beliefs, values, and
traditions make up an organization's culture (Helms & Stern, 2001; Lok & Crawford, 2001).
What Is Organization Culture?
Sheard and Kakabadse (2002) explained organizational culture in terms of solidarity and
sociability. Solidarity, in this case, referred to a group's willingness to pursue and maintain
conformity in shared objectives, processes, and systems. Sociability referred to a group's
sense of belongingness by its members and level of camaraderie.
They also mentioned there might be differences between hierarchies or levels within an
organization's culture. Based on the solidarity and sociability of each, upper management
might differ from the decisions made by middle management and line staff. These differences
might also occur between functional departments and, in larger organizations, between
geographically distinct sections of the organization.
What Sheard and Kakabadse wanted to emphasize through this discussion was there might
be distinct subcultures within an organization's culture.
According to De Long and Fahey (2000), "Subcultures consist of distinct sets of values,
norms, and practices exhibited by specific groups or units in an organization." Subcultures
may be readily observed in larger, more bureaucratic organizations or organizations having
well-established departments with employees that have highly specialized or possessing
unique skills.
De Long, D., & Fahey, L. (2000). Diagnosing cultural barriers to knowledge management. The
Academy of Management Executive, 14(4), 113–127.
Helms, M., & Stern, R. (2001). Exploring the factors that influence employees 'perceptions of
their organization's culture. Journal of Management in Medicine, 15(6), 415–429.
Lok, P., & Crawford, J. (2001). Antecedents of organizational commitment and the mediating
role of job satisfaction. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(8), 594–613.
Sheard, A., & Kakabadse, A. (2002). Key roles of the leadership landscape. Journal of
Managerial Psychology, 17(1/2), 129–144.
3-17 Kenneth Brown is the principal owner of Brown Oil, Inc. After quitting his university teaching job,
Ken has been able to increase his annual salary by a factor of over 100. At the present time, Ken is
f.
Group assignment Only responsible for writing 275 words on the foll.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group assignment: Only responsible for writing 275 words on the following
Explain immigration and how that is connected.
Identify current and future issues in serving diverse clients and legally protected classes.
GroupgrAssignment content:
Access
the
Prison Rape Elimination Act
website.
Write
a 1,000- to 1,400-word report for an audience of potential new employees in human services in a correctional setting in which you:
Summarize current and future civil rights issues that affect the criminal justice system.
Identify why PREA affects the future of corrections.
Explain immigration and how that is connected.
Identify current and future issues in serving diverse clients and legally protected classes.
Explain options for advocacy.
Identify
boundaries in advocacy for human service workers.
Format
your resources consistent with APA guidelines.
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Group 2 WG is a 41-year-old female brought herself into the ER la.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 2: WG is a 41-year-old female brought herself into the ER last night asking to "detox from vodka." She tells you she has a long-standing history of alcohol dependence with multiple relapses. She also reports that she has experienced alcohol withdrawal seizures before. Current CIWA-Ar is 17. She denies any past medical history but lab work indicates hepatic insufficiency (LFTs x3 ULN). All other lab work is normal. She denies taking any medications.
How will you manage this patient’s withdrawal syndrome?
Responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA7 formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references are required (other than your text). Plagiarism and grammatical errors free.
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Group 2 Discuss the limitations of treatment for borderline and.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 2: Discuss the limitations of treatment for borderline and histrionic PD and what can be done from a psychopharmacological perspective.
Post must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2
scholarly
references are required
(other than your text
).
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Group 3 Discuss the limitations of treatment for antisocial and.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 3: Discuss the limitations of treatment for antisocial and narcissistic PD and what can be done from a psychopharmacological perspective.
Post your initial response by Wednesday at midnight. Respond to at least one student
with a different assigned DB question
by Sunday at midnight. Both responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2
scholarly
references are required
(other than your text
). attached lecture for the theme.
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Group 1 Describe the differences between Naloxone, Naltrexone, .docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 1: Describe the differences between Naloxone, Naltrexone, and Buprenorphine/Naloxone. Include the properties of each, their classification, mechanism of actions, onset, half-life, and formulations (routes of delivery). Please discuss the implications of differences in the clinical setting (including pre-hospital)
Responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA7 formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references is required (other than your text). Plagiarism and grammatical errors free.
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Grotius, HobbesDevelopment of INR – Week 3HobbesRelati.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grotius, Hobbes
Development of INR – Week 3
Hobbes
Relationship between Natural Law and Law of Nations?
Mediated by the idea of the state of nature as the predicament of insecurity:
Natural right: self-preservation.
Natural law: the observation of promises and contracts.
For states: minimum observation of natural law in the form of consenting to agreements.
Written agreement: treaty-making
Unwritten agreements: customary law
Hobbes
State of Nature: the condition in which individuals find themselves in a perpetual condition of war.
Natural right to self-preservation:
We each have the right to judge what is in our interest for self-preservation.
Conflict occurs because of:
Competition
Diffidence
Glory
Different meanings for words in the State of Nature; no ability in the State of Nature to determine whose judgment is valid (Wolin).
Life in the state of nature: “Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”
Commonwealth
Commonwealth by institution:
Social contract: it is the collective agreement among all individuals in the state of nature to establish:
Sovereign power
Able to speak and act for a multiplicity of people (which becomes a unified group).
State
The unity of sovereign power and the unified people.
Sovereign is the man or assembly that carries the person of the State.
State is the Leviathan: the mortal God on earth.
Sovereigns come and go but the State remains.
Consequences
The implication: fear is displaced from the condition of the state of nature to the relation between individual and state.
What continues to bind the state is fear of a return to the State of Nature:
the relation between individual and state is one of protection in exchange for obedience.
Private vs. public conscious: does one need to truly believe (i.e. like a Christian) or does the appearance of belief suffice?
“belief and unbelief never follow men’s commands.”
Loyalty only to those that are in power?
Historical context: The Norman Yoke and the English Civil Wars
Stability should not sacrificed as a result of ‘injustice’.
The rise of the ‘mechanical’ centralized administrative state.
Grotius
Dutch legal theorist 16th century;
Along with Vitoria and Gentili laid the foundation for the Law of Nations (Public European Law) on Natural Law.
Moves away from a theological conceptualization of Natural Law to a secular one.
Develops the notion of Natural Rights which becomes key for understanding human morality and law.
Notion of natural right emerged out of the massacre of St. Bartholomew (25 August 1572).
Attempted to establish limitation on the Sovereign’s power:
notion of individual right that the state cannot transgress.
Grotius: “a RIGHT is a moral quality annexed to the person, justly entitling him to possess some privilege, or to perform some particular act”
Four Fundamental Rights
1) the right for others not to take my possessions.
2) the right of restoration of property in case of injury.
3) honoring promises.
4) punish wrongdoing.
Natural.
GROUP 1 Case 967-- A Teenage Female with an Ovarian MassCLI.docxgilbertkpeters11344
GROUP 1: Case 967-- A Teenage Female with an Ovarian Mass
CLINICAL HISTORY
A teenage female presented with secondary amenorrhea (https://www.healthline.com/health/secondary-amenorrhea#causes). The patient had 1 menstrual cycle 3 years ago and has had no menses since. Laboratory work-up was negative for pregnancy test, mildly increased calcium level (11.7 mg/dL, normal range: 8.5-10.2 mg/dL) and CA 125 (43 Units/ml, normal range: 0-20 Units/ml). Prolactin, TSH, AFP, Inhibin A, Inhibin B and CEA were normal. Imaging revealed a 13 x 11.8 x 8.6 cm, predominately cystic left pelvis mass, with multiple internal septations. Her past medical history was not contributory. Patient underwent left salpingo-oophorectomy (https://www.healthline.com/health/salpingo-oophorectomy), omentectomy (https://moffitt.org/cancers/ovarian-cancer/omentectomy/) and tumor debulking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debulking) with intraoperative frozen section consultation.
GROSS EXAMINATION
The 930.9 g tubo-ovarian complex consisted of a 20.0 x 16.0 x 8.0 cm large mass, with no recognizable normal ovarian parenchyma grossly and an unremarkable fallopian tube. The cut surface was gray, "fish-flesh", soft with foci of hemorrhage and necrosis.
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION
Microscopically, the majority of main tumor was growing in large nests, sheets and cords with focal follicle-like structures and geographic areas of necrosis. It was predominantly composed of small cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, round to oval nucleus with irregular nuclear contour, inconspicuous to occasional conspicuous nucleoli and minimal cytoplasm. This component was variably admixed with a population of larger cells, which as the name implies composed of cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, with central or eccentric round to oval nuclei, pale chromatin and prominent nuclei. Both, the small and large cell components demonstrated brisk mitotic activity. All staging biopsies and omentectomy were composed of large cell component.
An extensive panel of immunohistochemical stains was performed. Overall, the staining pattern was strong and diffuse in small cell component compared to patchy weak staining pattern in the large cell component.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS
Small cell carcinoma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-cell_carcinoma) of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939673/)
DISCUSSION
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is an aggressive and highly malignant tumor affecting the women under 40. It was first described as a distinct entity by Dickersin et al in 1982 (1). Fewer than 500 cases have been described in the literature and it accounts for less than 1% of all ovarian cancer diagnoses. Due to the initial consideration of epithelial origin, the term of SCCOHT has been used to distinguish this entity from its mimicker, the neuroendocrine or pulmonary type (2). In fact epithelial origin of SCCOHT was recently challenged as new imm.
Greek Drama Further Readings and Short Report GuidelinesOur s.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Greek Drama: Further Readings and Short Report Guidelines
Our study of Greek drama will begin with an overview of Greek theater in general and focus on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (Norton rental text, Vol. A). You will be completing a quiz/worksheet on Agamemnon (open book) and that play will be the focus of our class from March 26 through April 2. After that, each of you will have the opportunity to focus more intensively on one of three other Greek plays, Sophocles’ Philoctetes, Euripides’ Medea, or Aristophanes’ Lysistrata.
I will be asking you to submit a short report that focuses primarily on the play you chose to study in more depth. Your first task, though, is to choose which of the three plays you want to work on. Here are brief overviews of the three plays.
Sophocles’ Philoctetes(available in the Sophocles II purchase text). Philoctetes, an outstanding Greek warrior, was abandoned by Odysseus, Agamemnon and Menelaos on the way to fight in Troy because they could not bear the agonies of his suffering from a poisonous snake bite. The hero, an exceptional archer who wields the bow of Heracles, has been living in isolation on the wild island of Lemnos for nine years. Now the Greek forces have received a prophecy that they cannot conquer Troy without Philoctetes’ help. Odysseus, whom Philoctetes hates, and Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, are sent to lure Philoctetes back to the war, by persuasion, treachery or force.
Euripides’ Medea (available in Norton rental text, Vol. A. Medea, the sorceress who helped the hero Jason find the Golden Fleece and also helped save his life, is living with Jason in exile from her homeland with their two children. She has learned that, in order to advance his fortune and social standing, Jason wants to jilt Medea and marry a younger woman. Out of despair and rage, Medea contrives to take revenge against Jason in the most horrific way she can.
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (available in Norton rental text, Vol. A). Fed up with the emotional and economic hardships caused by the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), the Athenian and Spartan women, under the leadership of Lysistrata, unite to undertake two group actions: first, to refuse to have sex with their men until the men agree to stop fighting and, second, to cut off funding for the war by occupying the Athenian treasury. Aristophanes’ comedy still raises questions today about who should wield political power and why, as well as about how much humans really value peace.
NOTE: While I am requiring you to focus on only one of the three plays, I strongly encourage you to read all three. I will be saying something about each of the three plays before the short report is due, after we spend some time with Aeschylus’ Agamemnon.
Guidelines for Short Report on Greek Drama
For the short report on Greek drama, please write complete, incisiveresponses to each of the following five topics or questions concerning the play—Philoctetes,Medea or Lysistrata—that you h.
Graph 4 (You must select a different graph than one that you hav.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Graph 4 (You must select a different graph than one that you have previously discussed)
Select a data presentation from chapter 6 of the text (Grey Section).
Answer the following:
What is the visual that you selected?
What is the purpose of the visual?
What kind of data should be compiled in the selected visual?
What kinds of data should not be compiled in the selected visual?
How can you avoid making the visual misleading?
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Graphs (Help! Really challenging assignment. Would appreciate any bi.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Graphs (Help! Really challenging assignment. Would appreciate any bit of help!)
Family tree's and genealogy software has become more and more prevalent in recent years. From the name you might expect that a family tree would be easily represented by a tree structure, but that is not the case! A more appropriate data structure to represent a family tree would be a type of graph. Using the description of the family that accompanies this assignment, you must represent this family using a graph structure. The graph needs to be a weighted graph. The weights will constitute the types of relationships, I recommend using some kind mapping between numbers and strings to represent the relationships. When adding family members to the graph, this can be done programmatically for the provided family members within the description file. Additionally, I also want there to be an interface in which a user can create a new family member and add them to the tree. This can be a simple CLI where the user provides a name, gender, and age to create a person. Then another simple CLI where they select which member of the family they want the original relationship to be with and what kind of relationship it should be. Finally, they can edit the family member using another CLI and selecting the family member they wish to edit, the operation they wish to perform (edit name, edit age, edit relationship), and then add new relationship between family members which can call a function that you create in order to add the original relationship. Remember the DRY philosophy, where code can be modularized or made into a function, it should be if you plan on using the logic again.
Finally, I want you to make data assertions within the
FamilyTree
class that enforce certain "rules" that exist in a typical human family. An example would be a person should not have any kind of relationship to itself (a person can not marry themselves, a person can not be their own brother, sister, father, mother, etc.). There should be at least 3 data assertions. These should exists as part of the family tree, not as part of the graph.
As a hint, for a successful design: I would recommend using layers of abstraction. Your graph class is the backing structure to the family tree class. Your family tree should implement methods that interface with the graph class, i.e. add_family_member() should call the constructor to create a node and then call a function within the graph class to add a node to the graph. Then using the relationships function parameter, you can add edges to the graph between the new nodes and the existing nodes. The family tree should be what enforces what relationships can exist through the data assertions, the graph does not care about what relationships are made between family members. Your functions that the user would interface with would be greatly reduced compared to the total number of methods within the classes themselves. The user should be able to add, remove, and modi.
Grandparenting can be highly rewarding. Many grandparents, though, u.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grandparenting can be highly rewarding. Many grandparents, though, unexpectedly become guardians and raise small children. How might this responsibility affect their normal course of adult development? What components might require transitions? How would a professional counselor encourage these older guardians in their new roles? Just need 135 words (ASAP)!
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Great Marketing Moves The evolving art of getting noticed Ov.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Great Marketing Moves The evolving art of getting noticed
Over three decades,
Inc.
has seen entrepreneurs, often with little cash but lots of creativity)', produce clever marketing campaigns time and again. Here are 3U classic examples from the archives. —
Kelly Fairdoth
Make a article summary from 2-3 paragraphs.
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“GREAT MIGRATION”
Dr. G. J. Giddings
Characteristics
Human
Propelled – push-pull (E. Lee, 1966)
Impactful – consequential … cause/effect
Dynamic – leaderless …democratic …
Demographics
Demographics
1.2 million, 1915-’30
6.4 million, 1980
(Caribbean:
140,000,1899-1937)
Precursors
Post-Reconstruction, 1877-1914
Rural - Urban
Westward – “Black Exodus”
Henry Adams (LA)
89,000 migrants/interest
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton (TN)
“Advantage of Living in a Free State”
Thousands migrated
Emigration
Bishop Henry M. Turner,
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Precursors …
U.S. Empire
Berlin Conf.,1884
Philippines, 1898
Puerto Rico, Guam
Hawaii,
(Cuba)
Haiti, (1915-’34)
U.S. Virgin Isl.,1916
Guyana, 1941
Atkinson Airstrip
6
Great Migration
Caribbean
140,000,1899-1937
M. M. Garvey
C. Powel
DJ Kool Herc
S. Chisholm
G. J. Giddings
Great Migration
“PUSH”
-Boll weevil, 1915/6
-Mississippi flood, 1927
-Racist Terroism
-Racist laws: Jim Crow
Great Migration
“PULL”
E. World War I, 1914-1919
(367,000 AAs served)
European immigration desisted
Chicago Defender
“To die from the bite of frost is more glorious than by the hands of a lynch mob”
“Every Black man for the sake of his wife and daughter should lave even at a financial sacrifice every spot in the south where his worth is not appreciated enough to give him the standing of a man and a citizen in the community.”
Great Migration
IMPACT
Detroit, MI
611 % increase
Urban League, 1911
National League of Urban Conditions among Negroes, NY
Rep. Oscar DePriest (R)
Chicago Alderman, 1915; U.S. Rep, 1929-’35
1970s: Chicago had more Blacks than Mississippi!
Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1932
L. Hughes, “Negro Artist …”
Some pastors followed migrants.
Return Migration/RE-PATRIATION
Post-Industrial
“Reverse migration”
1980-present
Service economy
“Sun Belt” industrial service areas
Destinations
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Behavioral Sciences at Ashford University. Today, I will be sharing with you the story of Bob.
Presenting problem
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after a while.”
Treatment
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denied having any significant medical problems. Additionally, he denied using any illicit substances and
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1. 4
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.