A REPORT ON WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE STUDENTS Prepared by: Ang Kar Yong Updated on: 3rd March 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my supervisor‚ Ms. Sylvia‚ for the valuable advice and support she has given me in the writing of this report. I would also like to thank her for her encouragement and guidance. ABSTRACT This study was to investigate which aspects of written communication should take priority‚ and to provide the appropriate recommendations
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‘Lash’ Against TV In the article‚ “In Defense of the Written Word‚” the authors talk about the significance of written words and the negative effects that TV and pictures have on the world. In today’s society‚ the amount of time people spend on reading has declined which is clearly seen through “the 1.9% decline of newspaper circulation of 815 of the nation’s largest in 2005." Although the creation of the television itself was a huge phenomenon to the world‚ it created a huge dent on the critical
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Written task – SL Language and Literature Weighting: 20% 1. A written task demonstrates the student’s ability to choose an imaginative way of exploring an aspect of the material studied in the course. It must show a critical engagement with an aspect of a text or a topic. 2. Students complete at least three written tasks‚ one of which is submitted for external assessment. The written task is assessed according to the assessment criteria published in this guide. 3. The maximum mark for
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Written Communication For the first exercise I will choose a research paper myself and a team member had written for previous class. The Topic of the research paper was “Lotus rental car” the research topic was chosen from a list of topics assigned to us. The sources we used for the research were simple‚ credible‚ reliable‚ and found/gathered throughout use of research on the Internet. We found good information to back up our thesis and referenced it accordingly. The basis of
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Jonathan Edwards: A student of Aristotle In order to spread religious revitalization in Enfield‚ Connecticut a colonial American preacher‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ gives a sermon entitled Sinners in the hands of an angry God. This would become Edward’s most recognizable sermon and draw its reverence from the reaction it produces in the congregation at Enfield. Edwards provokes cries for salvation and repentance with his words using Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion ethos‚ land pathos. Jonathan Edwards
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Written Assignment 4 Answer all of the following questions. Title your assignment "Written Assignment 4‚" unless your mentor directs otherwise. This assignment covers text chapters 18 through 23. 1. Explain the relationship among savings‚ investment‚ and net capital outflow. Savings are equal to domestic investment + net capital outflow. In an open economy‚ both net capital outflow ( which is the purchase of foreign assets by domestic investors minus the purchase of domestic investments by
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Jonathan Edwards incorporates simile‚ personification‚ and metaphor as his rhetorical techniques within his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards incorporates rhetorical devices as a means to terrorize and persuade Puritans and to repent their sins. Throughout his sermon‚ Edward utilizes details and God himself to construct a frightening corollary for sinners in the after life. Edward emphasizes how dreadful and cruel the wrath of God truly is. For instance‚ Edward compares the "destruction"
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Th ink sw ap Do cu me nt Question: In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of King Richard III and Looking For Richard? Question 2: To what extent have the connections you have made between the two texts shown how particular concerns‚ although timeless‚ impact differently on individuals in different contexts.
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Barney Grajeda Written Assignment 2 2. List five input devices and three output devices that might be attached to a personal computer. Describe a typical use for each? Input devices include: keyboard used for typed user input mouse used for point-and-click user input microphone used for voice and audio input scanner used for image input (scanning images) modem used for file transfer input (downloading files) Output devices include: speakers used for audio output monitor used to display
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On 1741 in Enfield‚ Connecticut‚ puritan minister Jonathan Edwards‚ gave a harsh sermon to a congregation to disclose how angry God is at those who sin and that only by His grace they can be saved. In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God the minster uses an emotional appeal to convey what would happen to the people who were considered as God’s enemies because they have not been born again. For example‚ the author admonishes‚ “...the devil is waiting for them‚ hell is gaping for them‚ the flames
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