The excerpt “Arkansas Boys” from Paul Clemens book Made in Detroit is a clear example of a discourse community. The main reasons that the Arkansas boys are a discourse community is because of their profession‚ where they spend time‚ and how they interact with one another. One thing that relates to all of the Arkansas boys and makes them a discourse community is their profession. All of them are salvagers working at an automotive plant in Detroit. This fits into Swales concepts of a discourse community
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sides of the argument. That is that I will list people/things that are both for and against reverse discrimination. I am going to give an example based on my personal experience through my summer job. I work construction in the summer‚ and it is pretty easy for a women or a minority to get a job there as long as they are hiring. I am going to also give an example how it is pretty easy for some individuals who are not a minority to get a minority card.
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universal elements and they are based off of frightening societies. An example of this type of story is “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this story‚ the different districts often went through hard times causing them to lose humanity. Living in homes with no heat‚ rough conditions‚ and a scarcity of food‚ water‚ and basic necessities forced the citizens of these 12 districts to fight for their lives everyday. And just this example of a dystopian story alone you will find heroic scenarios‚ parables
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Charlie Sneed was trying to help families out who didn’t have food to eat during the winter but Ep Bridges still arrests him. Another conflict displayed in the book is person vs. self. Person vs. self is when a character struggles on the inside. An example from the book is when Clay-Boy Spencer was trying to decide whether to pursue his writing or take the same career path as his father. Clay-boy realizes he is not like his father
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unfair. I feel that the story chose her because nobody likes a sore loser when the drawing was that of a chance for everyone to be picked. 4. What are some examples of irony in this story? For example‚ why might the title‚ "The Lottery‚" or the opening description in paragraph one‚ be considered ironic? Ans: I don’t think there were any examples of
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be well written‚ and should include clear explanations‚ examples‚ and support from the textbook where relevant. Application: Use chapters 11-15 from your textbook‚ identify‚ define‚ and provide an example from the scenario of the communication concepts in action for this situation. Concept 1: Identify the general goal Definition: The general goal of a speech is the overall intent of a speech. (Source: COMM 2 pg. 149) Example: When Gloria says‚ “It makes the point I want to make—if
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extent to which larger social and historical forces can or has shaped one’s life (Roberts pg. 3) In other words‚ having the ability to notice that one’s “personal” problems are sometimes not actually one’s fault but the fault of a public issue. An example of how personal troubles represent public issues can be unemployment. This can lead to having signs of depression or frustration for not being able to find a job. Many people that I have known‚ including myself have had trouble in the past‚ with
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matter which one you chose their will be consequences that you will have to face. I believe that you should stand up for your beliefs and chose personal integrity over survival because “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees”. An example of Personal integrity vs survival is found in “The Crucible” when John Proctor stood up for what he believed even though the consequence was death. John stood up to the courts and called out Abigail for lying. He also admitted to his affair with Abigail
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Thesis Statement Example 1 In this example of thesis statement‚ the emphasis of the study is to find a correlation‚ either positive or negative‚ between Mozart’s music and short term memory. This is an example of a research paper with data observation and analysis. The observations were recorded by running ANOVA and Post Hoc tests to compute values for the variables. The goal was to find a positive correlation between the two variables. For that a hypothesis was tested that was proven to be negative
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Genovese’s apartment‚ and spanned for about 30 minutes. During this time‚ Genovese attempted to yell and shriek for help‚ but despite her desperate cries‚ none of the dozen people or so in the apartment decided to call the police. This is one of countless examples of the bystander effect. Consequently‚ this effect can lead to negative occurrences‚ but could be prevented by behavioral processes. By now you’re probably wondering “What is the bystander effect?” The bystander effect is “a phenomenon in which
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