CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW) Student Handbook Fall 2010 ______________________________ ______________________________ The most up‐to‐date CATW information may be found at www.cuny.edu/academics/testing/cuny‐assessment‐tests. Copyright © 2010 The City University of New York Office of Assessment Office of Academic Affairs The City University of New York CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW) Student Handbook Contents What is the CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW)
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generation of authors‚ who wanted to express themselves “directly”‚ relying on the language capabilities of personal nature and dreaming to approve their own vision on creativity appointment. However‚ they meant not the nature in general‚ not the external image of nature towards the writer‚ which he reproduces by the normative style‚ conceptualizes or describes‚ but
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Matrix. It never really appealed to me. I’ve heard about it‚ but when my friends tried to explain the movie to me‚ I became really confused. In chapter three of Henry Jenkins’s book‚ Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics in defining
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5 Key Questions to Gauge the Culture in Your Startup By: Martin Zwilling http://www.businessinsider.com/5-key-questions-to-gauge-the-culture-in-your-startup-2012-10 Every company should and most likely does care about their company culture. Yes‚ I know what your thinking‚ this article is about starting up a business and how to start it out with a positive‚ successful culture. Yes and no. After reading this article‚ I feel like Martin Zwilling wrote an article on “Howard’s Gift: Uncommon
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The lyrics for Brahms’ “Wie Melodien” Op. 105‚ No. 1 are from a poem written by Klaus Groth. It is a poem that never clearly states its true meaning. Instead‚ it arouses an emotional feeling of one dreaming about something from the past. And‚ these emotional feelings are expressed in Groth’s poem through a variety of images. The poem begins with using “melodies” as an image. In the first phrase‚ “Like melodies draw it to me softly through the mind‚” the word “melodies” seems to be symbolic
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In the blog “Change the Culture”‚ Change the world by Favianna Rodriquez‚ she talks about how the world is influenced by culture and art. Rodriquez talks about how culture change reflects political change. Culture has always been a big part in today’s society‚ we are influenced by the differences that we all have as far as being from different cultures and living in the world together. Rodriquez states “culture is a space where we introduce ideas‚ attach emotions to concrete change and win enthusiasm
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Rise of Totalitarianism At the end of World War I‚ totalitarianism began to rise. To keep the countries at peace they created The League Of Nations. It did not execute its duties well‚ and failed to enforce treaties‚ and prevent invasions. At the end of the war France designed the Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany‚ and it caused many problems in Germany. The rise of totalitarianism could have been stopped if‚ the Treaty of Versailles was not as severe‚ the League of Nations was more effective
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Texture in Text: A Discourse Analysis of a News Article Using Halliday and Hasan’s Model of Cohesion Paul A. CRANE 1. Introduction The study and analysis of actual language in use is the goal of text and discourse analysis. Michael Halliday‚ one of the linguists credited with the development of systemic linguistics and functional grammar‚ defines text as any authentic stretch of written or spoken language. According to Halliday (1994: xiv) the historical study of linguistics first involved
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Rise of Hitler The impact of WW1 was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power After WWI‚ Adolf Hitler‚ politician and leader of the Nazi party‚ was able to steadily gain political support‚ leading to his ultimate reign as chancellor of Germany and casting the world into the turmoil of WWII. Some argue that it was mostly WWI that was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power. However‚ Hitler’s rise to power cannot be contributed to one event‚ but rather a number of factors‚ including events happening outside
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The Rise of Starbucks The Starbucks Corporation has enjoyed phenomenal growth since its early days in 1971 as a quaint coffee shop in Seattle‚ Washington. The rise of Starbucks can be directly attributed to the following factors; the emphasis placed on product quality‚ high employee standards‚ and creating the perfect cup of coffee. How a small idea became a huge business. Growing up in Brooklyn Howard Schultz had no aspirations. His only goal was to escape the struggles his working-class parents
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