Text Messaging and its Effects on Teens ’ Grammar Background Information "IYO TXTng = Gd 4 or NME of GMR?" If you cannot understand the previous statement‚ then you most likely have not been exposed to the language of text messaging. Who are the creators of this language? The answer is today ’s teenagers. The translation for the opening sentence is‚ "In your opinion‚ is texting good for or the enemy of grammar?" Text messaging has surely given our society a quick means through which to communicate
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Taking Notes for Someone Else These are some practical suggestions for taking notes for someone else‚ as well as strategies to help you improve your own notetaking abilities. General Info: • Be sure of your purpose and the speaker’s purpose. • Attend all lectures. • Sit up front so you can see and hear better. Format: • Record the date‚ place‚ topic/title and presenter. • Number your pages. • Use
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Kelly Smith ENG 1520 Dr. Meiers 6 February 2012 Text of Death Picture this; you have a 16 year old daughter who just got her license‚ scary‚ right? Well‚ she has always been a good kid‚ has never had bad grades‚ and has always excelled in everything she has done. So‚ why would you not trust her behind the wheel? Now imagine getting a phone call saying she has just been in an accident. Your first thought is‚ someone else caused the accident. But‚ you are wrong. Your daughter had
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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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Methods of Taking Notes While in college‚ one can agree in order to be successful he or she must be able to take effective notes. Learning how to take notes can be confusing. When a professor is lecturing‚ it is natural to want to copy down everything that the professor says. Taking lecture notes is all about short-handing notes or in other words‚ summarize what is being taught. There are three effective ways to take notes; the Cornell‚ Outlining‚ and Mapping method. Each method presents a strong
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An Unfashionable term I chose to focus on the issue of virtues of design when I was reading - once again - the Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino. As is known‚ he finished only five out of a plan of six memos before he died. In this remarkable small volume he speaks about the values he would like to see maintained and brought into the next millennium as far as literature is concerned. These shared values he calls virtues. Taking his approach as starting point I want to talk about
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Movie Review The Blind Side-October 13‚2010 “The Blind Side” On November 20‚ 2009‚ a great movie was brought forth for the world to see! “The Blind Side” is a 2009 drama-sports film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. However‚ it is based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. With the movie starring Sandra Bullock‚ Tim McGraw‚ and Quinton Aaron‚ this movie became an instant hit in the box office. This two-hour and nine minute tear-jerker is a great
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essential. Text A is an essay written by an African girl embedded in an African culture published in 2014‚ while text B is an article published by the Encyclopedia Britannica during the 21st century. Both texts deals share the theme of Hausa culture‚ however‚ text A does it in a more reflective and personal way by explaining her own understanding of identity‚ while text C is more straightforward and informative about the different aspects of this culture. As mentioned before‚ text A is an essay
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The Blind Side 1. The blind side 2. Michael Lewis 3. 2009‚ 2006 by Michael Lewis 4. 339 There are always stories of random acts of kindness and how one of the people is benefitted in the situation. Love‚ risk and Friendship can go a very long way in changing some bodies’ life so drastically that the whole world knows and saves some bodies life. This is a story of how the love and kindness of one family leads to one of the most memorable and heartwarming sport stories I have ever heard. The story
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fact that I can get through it‚ plus the support of others was very helpful‚ and knowing someone on earth would be having a worse day. When I was a young child I had many scaring and frightening moments. I have seen a lot of habits my mum got into‚ taking drugs and being a big disappointment to my family. Then I soon later found out I had 12 brothers and sisters. My mother would tell me to shut my eyes when I was scared or anything she didn’t want me to see‚ after that she would then tell me to count
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