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    Headphones vs. Speakers

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    with headphones rather than some ill-fated speakers. Speakers and headphones’ main use is to transmit sound produced by a certain source. They both have the same fundamental purpose but man’s erroneous actions lead us to believe one is better‚ or often more preferred‚ than the other. Headphones are better than speakers because they are cheaper‚ portable‚ undisruptive‚ and personal. For the same overall performance‚ headphones are much cheaper than speakers. One thing you can rarely battle against

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    Speaker Observation Paper On Monday April 18th the Dublin Library‚ in celebration of Earth Day‚ hosted environmental educator‚ activist‚ and author Dr. Linda Riebel. In her presentation she introduced the new edition of her book; The Earth Friendly Food Chain under the new title; The Green Foodprint. Her topic was on food choices for healthy people and a healthy planet. The purpose of her speech was to show how anyone-of any lifestyle-can become an earth friendly eater. The presentation was held

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    Robert Frost Poem Analysis

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    Guiding Question: What do the speakers of Frost’s poems reveal about themselves through the stories they tell? About Repeated items (theme‚ diction) Tone (through diction) Words (genre‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ imagery‚ etc.) Alliteration (sound created) Rhyme (end rhyme- group ideas‚ internal rhyme- strengthen idea + emphasizes‚ masculine rhyme- rhyming syllables are stressed and feminine rhyme- rhyming syllables are unstressed) Rhythm Structure Prosody- technical aspects of a poem i.e. rhyme

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    Alone: Emotion and Speaker

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    Alone From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved‚ I loved alone. Then- in my childhood‚ in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent‚ or the fountain‚ From the red cliff of the mountain‚ From

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    Verbal and non-verbal communications‚ in the criminal justice settings‚ are both very important communication skills that shape our interactions in our everyday life. Throughout our day we experience verbal communications in many ways. Some examples are morning meetings that we have at our business with our coworkers‚ morning news‚ and even texting another person ‘hello’. Most people do not realize that verbal communication does not have to be a form of sound it is basically a group of organized

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    Nonverbal vs Verbal

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    (1872) in which he argued that all mammals show emotions reliably in their faces. Since recently studies of non verbal communication came more prominent as teachers of acting and pantomime analyzed how facial and body movement convey emotions. American anthropologist Edward T. Hall developed proxemics. Proxemics enables people to send and receive message without the use of words. He studied how people in different culture uses gesture‚ posture ‚ speaking ‚ distance and non verbal signs to

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    Robert Frost grew up in a state of turmoil. From his tumultuous childhood right up until his death‚ Frost was a character who could speak at Harvard and live on a farm in New Hampshire. He could dazzle the brightest students with poetic ingenious‚ but boil life down to‚ “It’s hard to get into this world and hard to get out of it. And what’s in between doesn’t make much sense. If that sounds pessimistic‚ let it stand” (Updike 535). Robert Frost’s poems “Mending Wall” and “The Road Not Taken” both exemplify

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    The Crucible and Irony

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    IRONY in The Crucible | |Occurs when someone states one thing and means another; often recognized as sarcasm | |Verbal irony |i.e. narrator refers to honesty as an “incumbrance” or “burden” | | |A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen | |Situational

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    Verbal and Nonverbal Communication When we are attempting to transfer our meaning to another person‚ we use three different modes‚ methods‚ or channels to carry our intentions. We use these modes to tell people who we are‚ how we experience the world‚ and the meaning we attach to our experience. We communicate verbally and nonverbally‚ and often with mixed signals or noise. When two persons‚ A and B‚ are attempting to communicate with each other‚ their communication is distorted by their personalities

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    "Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge." When reading a story‚ the events that have already presented themselves‚ lead a person to perceive what is going to happen‚ but when that person encounter an unexpected event‚ as commonly experienced through irony‚ it changes what the person perceives is going to happen. The Scarlet Letter exemplifies this use of irony to challenge truth. Hawthorne provides details about a specific character‚ but then creates an event which stands in contrast to

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