Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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vignette “The House on Mango Street” shows a serious issue; it discusses poverty and even though it was set in the 1960s‚ the issue‚ as shown by articles‚ is still relevant today. “The House on Mango Street” was written by Sandra Cisneros and is told from Esperanza‚ a girl struggling with poverty and is told through a series of vignettes. The two articles that will be referenced is “How Does Poverty Affect a Teen’s Lifestyle?” by Ayra Moore‚ and “Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Help Reduce Poverty”
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An article written to persuade its readers can only be effective if it does just that; persuade. There are countless ways to successfully portray an opinion or topic but the topic should be considered beforehand to ensure the use of the most effective techniques. The components of a persuasive article include giving information and background knowledge to the reader so they can better understand the topic at hand. Powerful words are often times used to appeal to the reader’s senses when making important
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Academic Source Search 1. A scholarly article about women’s participation in the French Revolution. I chose the article‚ “All of His Power Lies in the Distaff: Robespierre‚ Women and the French Revolution”‚ by Noah Shusterman. For a person doing research on this topic this article explains why and how women supported Maximilien de Robespierre during the French Revolution which led to his success (Shusterman‚ 2014). Since women did not have the legal right to vote they would support their ideas
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In Yap’s article “Resistance to Vaccination: A Review of the Literature”‚ the purpose is to inform the reader on the overall safety of vaccinations as well as answering the question about how to increase the rates at which vaccines are being given as well as subtly persuading the readers to not be afraid of vaccines‚ all while agreeing that it’s‚ “unlikely that any single approach will be sufficient to resolve them” (3). I believe his view and argument is for vaccines. Yap gives many reasons as
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One implication to the university students as a whole are that students are ineffectively taught‚ leading them to have unrealistic views of their writing skills. The article mentions this briefly‚ in that students are rushed through the education system without learning proper writing skills (Simkin‚ Crews‚ & Groves‚ 2012). Because teachers in high schools do not take the time to critically evaluate the writing skills
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Understanding What Causes Dementia By Paul Lindquist | Submitted On January 29‚ 2012 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Paul Lindquist When your senior parent is diagnosed with dementia‚ you
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Jack Lloyd Due Date: June 28‚ 2015 Article Title: Secrets of the Brain Article Number: 6 Briefly state the Main idea of this Article: The main idea of this article is primarily focused on how the brain works and function‚ understand memory and how your brain reacts to different situations. Also‚ other aspects of how researchers are finding new ways and various methods to find solutions to understand the brain better. The brain is a difficult organ to understand‚ researchers are doing experiments
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In the journal article‚ “Catalonia and Spain at the crossroads: financial and economic aspects” (2014)‚ author Antoni Castells states the negative economic consequences Catalonia would face if they were to secede. He does this by giving the numerous statistics on Catalonia’s role in Spain and how secession would end up in hurting the economy of both states such as how Catalonia makes up 18.9% of Spain’s GDP (282)‚ which is the equivalent to 200 billion Euros (2012)‚ and secession would not only be
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Angela Hawkins Article Critique Tennessee State University Introduction The following paper is a critique of the research article entitled “A Qualitative Exploration of Fear and Safety with Child Victims of Sexual Abuse.” Throughout this paper‚ this writer will discuss and critique the different elements of qualitative research and how the authors used those elements to complete their research study. This writer will critique the way the authors conducted their research‚ and how they
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