| | | | | | | | | | Good and poor examples of executive summariesThis is a GOOD example from an Accounting & Finance assignment. Footnote Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability‚ liquidity and financial stability of Outdoor Equipment Ltd. Methods of analysis include trend‚ horizontal and vertical analyses as well as ratios such as Debt‚ Current and Quick ratios. Other calculations include rates of return
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Response Essay Dystopian works force us to look at social problems because they exaggerate issues to get the viewer’s attention. By seeing where social problems can or will lead to in the future‚ people pay more attention to what is going on and they feel the need to do something about it. The song‚ “The Sound of Silence‚” by Paul Simon is about being revealed to the light. Seeing what one was never realized before. It relates well to the allegory of the cave by Plato and the book Fahrenheit 451
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G. Laracas Professor DePasquale English - 1A 07 October 2008 Personal Response Essay “The Loons” I’ve chosen to do my personal response essay on the short story “The Loons‚” because in a way I can sort of relate to the main character Piquette Tonnerre. I felt that Margaret Laurence did an exceptional job by choosing the appropriate tone for the story because I can honestly say that I could feel the alienation that Piquette must of felt‚ during her time of living‚ in a cruel society. She
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Summary/Response In Glenn Harlan Reynolds broadside response‚ The Higher Education Bubble‚ he writes that the costs of college is rising year after year. Many families are putting themselves into unnecessary debt in order to send their students to college. This pattern has repeated many times throughout the years and Reynolds refers to this as a higher education bubble. Students feel that because everyone else is going into debt it must be okay. In many cases‚ colleges are not helping the matter
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Assignment 1.1: Summary and Personal Response “Spanish-challenged and pura Latina”(p. 61) is the final‚ but most important statement written at the conclusion of “Se Habla Espanol‚” written by Tanya Barrientos (2011). This is a powerful memoir in which she shares her childhood experiences of self-hatred and the consequences of failing to identify with her own culture. Mrs. Barrientos is of Guatemalan descent‚ but she is unable to speak her native tongue‚ Spanish. Her inability is a result of
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A Summary of "National Security Justifies Censorship" by Roger S. Thomas Introduction The article "National Security Justifies Censorship" by Elmo R. Zumwalt and James G. Zumwalt‚ appears in Censorship‚ a book in the Opposing Viewpoints Series. The article asserts that information that is secret and vital to the security of the nation should not be released to the press. The arguments made by Zumwalt Senior and Junior are summarized below. Summary Although many journalists
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My IN-Depth Summaries of Warriors Don’t Cry Chapter 1 Summary In this chapter‚ we learn some basic things about the main character‚ Melba‚ and we know that she is born on December 7th‚ 1941. Melba’s birth was a complicated one‚ but she eventually made a full recovery and on top of all of that‚ Melba also had to go through the harsh reality of segregation when she was five years old. Chapter 2 Summary In this chapter‚ the local newspapers talk about the Brown Vs. Board Of Education
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Writing a Critical Response Essay A critique/critical response is an analysis of and a commentary on another piece of writing. A critical response essay (or review) has two missions: to summarize a source’s main idea and to respond to the source’s main ideas with reactions based on one’s own opinion/beliefs. 1. Summarizing The first step to writing is to read actively and thoughtfully‚ seeking answers to the following questions: a. What are the main points‚ ideas‚ or arguments of
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Student Essay #1 Response In her essay about rollercoasters‚ Kendall Anderson explains how rollercoasters came to be so popular‚ are constantly improving in style and technology‚ and are always leaving us wanting more thrills. I actually enjoyed reading this essay‚ it was very informal and included interested facts‚ like about the person who rode on a rollercoaster for a ridiculous amount of hours‚ and about how there are very few deaths on rollercoasters that are usually just from the medical
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Summary & Response #3: Edward Koch‚ "Death and Justice" I agree with Edward Koch ’s essay‚ "Death and Justice"‚ it is very effective at proving how the death penalty ensures to protect the lives of innocent people and justifying the actions made by murderers. In Koch ’s essay‚ he describes how the American population does not support capital punishment. There are many people who do not believe that the death penalty is a consequence beneficial for the justice of murders. Many believe that capital
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