In my most recent essay I wrote of the violence attributed to video games in light of various shootings and other tragedies that occurred in the past year or so. In this essay I argued that despite their violent content‚ video games are not completely to blame for acts of violence committed by children. Throughout this essay I tried to convince the reader by‚ first‚ establishing my own credibility with video games‚ then sharing my own experiences with violent games‚ and providing both empirical
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The hook should relate to the topic of your essay‚ but it can take many forms. It can be an anecdote (very short story)‚ a fact‚ a quote‚ or a rhetorical question (a question to which you don’t expect an answer). Here are three ideas for hooks that could work for this topic. Choose one of the ideas below‚ or use your own idea and write a hook on the lines provided (13 sentences). ANECDOTE: Describe a story about intelligence or some other topic related to this essay. For example
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Supplemental Reading Worksheet #1 The ENIAC Story – By Martin H. Weik‚ 1961 (web article) Steve Wozniak - Gnomedex Presentation (.mp3 audio) The ‘ENIAC Story’ is a historical account of the creation of the world’s first electronic digital computer. The intent of this reading is to provide some historical context to understanding today’s information systems. There are so many interesting stories and events that we could read about – but where it all began is probably as good as any place to get started
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Explain how Robert Frost uses inverted word order in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." What effect does Frost’s word order have on the poem? Does it contribute to your understanding and/or enjoyment of the poem? Robert Frost’s inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ gives me‚ as a reader‚ a childlike dream like feeling. He uses his repetition and imagery to make you feel as if you are in the woods with him in his head. The way he describes the bells on the horse jingling
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didn’t it?” “Yep” “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing that you want.” And again‚ their answers were given to the judge and read my Ms. Myra. The second component of the quiz bee was the Anecdote‚ they were given 3 minutes to think and answer in this part. They were given 2 examples of anecdotes and they should answer one sentence this way; “________ and yet _______.” After that‚ the third component was the Situation part. They were
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professors‚ the provenance is strong. It explains in depth the negative effects of high stakes testing. The report states that over 70% of the teachers have had to reduce teaching time in another subject to prepare for standardised testing. A clever anecdote personalises it by detailing the dismay of a teacher whose science experiment had to be stopped for the sake of test preparation. Therefore‚ the report is highly effective in making a non expert understand their plight. A similar stance is expressed
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this personal experience‚ Carr not only brings up his argument that the Internet weakens people’s capacity for deep reading and concentration‚ but also he makes his audience reflect on their own related experience to understand his argument. The anecdotes help Carr set up a sitting for its audience to follow his logic better. After leading the audience to the setting and states his arguments‚ he introduces a research study conducted by scholars from UCL. The research shows that people exhibit “a form
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On October 27‚ 1964 Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that is considered to be timeless‚ and even thought to have set Reagan’s political career in motion. The speech was given during a very tense time in American history‚ when the United States was not only in the middle of the Cold War‚ but also at war in Vietnam. Reagan addresses this in the first minute of his speech but that is not what makes the “A Time for Choosing” speech compelling. The speech was so compelling because of Reagan’s use of rhetoric
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brings back the use of personal pronouns in the last seven paragraphs of the piece; reestablishing that table-side feeling with the reader. It is with this bookended structure that Carr is able to pull in his reader‚ making them interested in his anecdotes and quirks before the hard facts‚ and then gently letting them go towards the end. Some might argue that the lack of personal pronouns in the middle of Carr’s article is the result of his frequent use of quotation; however the stark contrast is simply
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Cross Cultural Leadership – 15.996 Lecture Notes Class Two – Cultural Styles • • • • • Universalism vs. Particularism Individualism vs. Collectivism Neutral vs. Emotional Achievement vs. Ascription Dialogue: making a joint hiring decision including compensation Read: • Trompenaars‚ Fons and Hampden-Turner‚ Charles. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business (2nd edition). New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 1998‚ pages: 1-10‚ 29-36‚ 49-53‚ 68-75‚ 80-81‚ 105-111
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