Literary Studies II Narrative texts: tell a story‚ succession of events in a certain time sequence (distinguishes narrative from lyrical text Text types: classified through • Narrativity (narrative/non narrative) • Medium (oral (radio news brodcast/written) • Form (prose/ verse (epic)) • Factivity (factual/ fictional) Narrative text types: novel‚ epic‚ short story‚ tales‚ songs... Non narrative text types: argumentative essay‚ scientific paper... Discourse types:
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Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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CHAPTER 3 THE REPORTING ENTITY AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q3-1 The basic idea underlying the preparation of consolidated financial statements is the notion that the consolidated financial statements present the financial position and the results of operations of a parent and its subsidiaries as if the related companies actually were a single company. Q3-2 Without consolidated statements it is often very difficult for an investor to gain an understanding
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Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun in the text or paragraph
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ACCOUNTING NOTES FOR MY PERSONAL USE 4/12/2013 ELISHA VERIWA | Introduction to Accounting Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users (stakeholders) such as shareholders and managers (Elliot‚ Barry & Elliot‚ Jamie: Financial accounting and reporting). Accounting has been defined as: * the art of recording‚ classifying‚ and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money‚ transactions and events which are‚ in part at least
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Text focus Questions – Unit 1 His 101 1. Describe Ziggurats (Ch. 1) 2. Identify the “black lands” of Egypt (Ch. 1) 3. How is the modern era different from other previous eras according to the author (Are We Human) 4. Identify the new human species highlighted in this article and how it became extinct? (Are We Human) 5. Why does Babylonian society limit the freedom of women in the Code of Hammurabi (Ch.2) 6. Describe and define the Axial Age. (Ch. 2) 7. How does the author challenge current theory
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P A R T 1. A N A L Y Z I N G F I C T I O N MODULE 1 1.1. The fictional world of a literary work Literature is writing that can be read in many ways. We can read it as a form of history‚ biography‚ or autobiography. We can read it as an example of linguistic structures or rhetorical conventions manipulated for special effect. We can view it as a material product of the culture that produced it. We can see it as an expression of beliefs and values of a particular class. We can also see a work of literature
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1. Create an in-text citation using the information from the following book. Mention the author in the text and use a direct quotation. Book with one author Quotation: A student in distance learning courses needs to ensure that he or she has a designated space for learning that supports his or her unique learning style. This personal learning space should be equipped with the necessary equipment that the student will need for school and be a comfortable working space. Author: James C. Brooks
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Case Study 1-1 Starbucks 1) Identify the controllable and uncontrollable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global markets. As Starbucks enters the international market will have to deal with the experience the going pains and tensions of entering an unknown territory where the public atmosphere is going to be different. First‚ some of the controllable elements that Starbucks deals with are the 4p’s (Price‚ Place‚ Promotion‚ and Product). Starbucks ultimately has control
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2010 is 127.75 ($/cwt)1. Assume other conditions remain unchanged‚ after doing the breakeven analysis‚ we can find the breakeven point is 42 (appendix 1c); or if all conditions are same‚ they will have $2325 profit. Breakeven point is the point at which revenues equal total costs and profit is zero. By doing this analysis‚ we can know how many calves we need to sell in this year in order to be profitable or at least not in a business loss position. According to Ex.1‚ and Appendix 1(a)‚ we know that in
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