and Contrast Essay: Reading vs. Listening to Music Reading and listening to music are both entertaining and good hobbies to fill up your free time‚ but there are also problems presented when choosing a book to read or a song to listen to. “Reading is more educational compared to listening to music” says Science Daily. “Reading can increase your vocabulary and comprehension ability while music doesn’t” says CNN. Reading can be more of a conversation factor than music. People can share their
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In an opinion piece titled “Reading You Loud and Clear” to the Aronlea Scutineer on the 2nd of Febuary 2015‚ J. Rodd worryingly addresses the issue of falling literacy rates around the country‚ urging people to recognise the issues it may cause and the merits of strong literacy skills. Rodd’s central argument is that literacy rates are too low and are continuing to drop. She presents the current situation with statistics and accompanying imagery. It clearly explains the key information in a way
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Question 3 what reading have you enjoyed most in the past year and why? The reading I have enjoyed the most in the past year is ‘To kill a mocking bird’ by Harper Lee. The story’s main theme is about racial discrimination and gender inequality. It used a child’s point of view to tell the story so I can throw myself into the main character Scout. Thanks to her naivety‚ the injustice and the hypocrisy of Maycomb folks are enhanced. The most exciting part of the story is the fight in the court. Scout’s
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Vincent Nguyen 8/15/11 Pg. 1 Chapter 1 Entry “…rhetoric offers a grander‚ metaphysical payoff: it jolts you into a fresh new perspective on the human condition. After it awakens you to the argument all around‚ the world will never seem the same.” (6) In chapter one‚ “Open Your Eyes‚” Heinrichs states that argument is an important social element that surrounds everyday life. People who uses rhetoric‚ the art of argument‚ tends to succeed in persuading others to do their bidding. Many
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Why Reading Makes You a Better Writer When a football player reviews video tape of practice or a game he is not only looking for what he did that was good‚ but also what he did badly. He is looking for mistakes that can be avoided or corrected‚ thus making him a better player. This same concept proves true when a writer reads material whether it be good or bad. In Stephen King’s memoir On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft he explains the importance and relevancy of reading all types of material to
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When reading the Interview “Everything You Thought You Knew About Orphans in Africa is Probably Wrong” I found it to hit me kind of hard because I have an unconditional love for kids and the heart ache they have endured‚ from having parents so poor they can’t afford to send their kids to school but an orphan gets more opportunities for education then those who have parents. When the children ask “Mommy‚ Daddy‚ why can’t I go to school?” The parents would respond‚ “Because you’re not an orphan.” African
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Notes for reading : Deface your books. Have fun writing in them. Indulge yourself as you never could with your grade school books. The purpose of making marks in a text is to call out important concepts or information that you will need to review later. Be aware‚ though‚ that underlining a text with a pen can make underlined sections—the important parts—harder to read. As an alternative‚ many students underline in pencil or use colored highlighters to flag key words and sentences. Using a highlighter
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Part 1 You are going to read three extracts which are all concerned in some way with travel and tourism. For questions 1--6‚ choose the answer (A‚ B‚ C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. EXTRACT FROM A NOVEL ’Oh‚ Lyn‚ you can’t be serious.’ Bridget Cooper flicked her auburn hair back in a careless gesture that distracted every man within a two-table radius‚ and glanced at me reprovingly. ’You look like death warmed up‚ you know. The last thing you should do is take another
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Name : Rica Rahmania Class : Ek NIM : 1320091 Reading is a skill or activity of getting information from books. In the reading skill‚ there is an aspect known as a critical reading. Critical reading is a way to read quickly with certain amount time. Mostly‚ we use critical reading to read newspapers‚ text books‚ magazines etc. Sometimes‚ we should read again several times to fully understand the contents of text. Aside of that‚ in my reading class textbook is different because it has many materials
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Listening to Music While Studying is Academically Beneficial Based on Scientific Fact. Joseph S. Caruso Murray High School I propose‚ as a student‚ that listening to music while studying is academically beneficial based on scientific fact. Have you ever listened to music while studying? Maybe you hummed a song? Well‚ it has been tested and shown that while listening to music students have a slower thought process‚ which inevitably has led to a slower‚ and a much higher understanding of each
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