In chapter six of Strategic Writing Deborah Dean honestly admits the difficulty of teaching students the importance of revision. Dean concedes that‚ “most [students] resist revision” (148). It’s difficult for to students to view their writing from another perspective (Dean‚ 148). Revision often isn’t viewed as an opportunity to improve‚ but as a mindless writing chore you have to go through at school (Dean‚ 148). Peer review has failed many students when it comes to improving their writing (Dean
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The movie Denial tells the story about the academic teacher‚ Deborah Lipstadt‚ whom‚ while we’re promoting her new book defending the existence of the Holocaust‚ got sued for her blasphemy words written on her book. The man suing her is the historian David Irving‚ who claims to have his well-regarded military historian’s career ruined by her statements. Lipstadt stand up for the idea that the Holocaust happened and millions of Jews died in gas chambers. On the other side‚ Irving ‚ an man fascinated
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A Move towards Better Communication Deborah Tannen graduated from The University of California‚ Berkely‚ M.A. in 1979 with her PHD in Linguistics. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Tannen has written many books where she applies her theory of Linguistics to everyday situations. Some of her books are: That’s Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationship (1986)‚ Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational
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The Things They Carried Response In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien‚ there is an apparent main character‚ Lieutenant Cross. Throughout the duration of the novel‚ we the readers learn of Cross’ love for a woman named Martha. Martha is a friend of Lt. Cross from back home‚ although he wishes that she could be more than just a friend. He once took her on a date‚ but it did not escalate to anything more before he left for war. For a majority of the book‚ Lt. Cross carries
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She began to write fiction. She envisioned a reader to who would read her stories and decided to write with her mother in mind. She knew she had succeeded when her mother finished reading her book and gave her verdict as "So easy to read." Response "Mother Tongue" I found Amy Tan’s article very interesting. I have often wondered how the English language is for those who come from other countries and cultures. I have heard that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. Reading
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OT22100-Week One-Character of Abraham Response Abraham is God’s sovereign choice and yet as God’s chosen patriarch is not bullet proof from committing sin against the God who has favored him. Abraham is not exempt from exercising his free will to make decisions‚ and with his free will‚ he chooses to trust himself rather than trusting in God. The Bible tells us “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man‚ but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Pro 16:25 KJV). Abraham’s decision confirms the
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Donor fatigue Response Paper: Dead Aid Africa is the poorest continent in the world. This could be explained by a lot of different things. One of the main reasons is that the country has always (since the Africa’s colonization by the European) been dependant of the donations and help of Western countries. To illustrate this point‚ we can just watch the number and see that during the last 50 years Africa received $400 billion of Aids‚ with no significant results. The fact that a lot of money
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Possibility of Evil Response Small towns are very susceptible to questionably informed gossip because everyone knows each other and “everybody’s business” (Sulzberger). In the article In smalltown Us‚ gossip moves to the web‚ and turn vicious a social media Web called Topix starts a “cesspool of character assassination” (Sulzberger). Outings‚ such as grocery shopping‚ brought people to glance at each other in disproval. Similarly in The Posibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson‚ going to the grocery
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Young’s response to Fish expresses his concern about the racist and ancient thoughts Fish presented throughout his article. Young states: “Fish himself acquiesces to this linguistic prejudice when he comes to saying that people make themselves targets for racism if and when they don’t write and speak like he does” (Young 110). Young explains that Fish’s ideas ingrain and continue the racist cycle that our society is still fighting today. Different cultures teach and use various styles of language
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to devise women to be seen but‚ not to be heard‚ to acknowledge their beauty and delicacy but‚ to discredit their intelligence and potential. In the light of emotionlessness behavior that women exert‚ psychologist Deborah Tolman had a lot to say about why women act this way. In Deborah Tolman’s publication Dilemmas of Desire‚ she includes themes that discuss women in society as passive individuals. Women are seen as passive in regards to their sexual desires‚ body image‚ and family relations.
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