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    that’s a crime?” (Considine). Although metal is dark‚ heavy‚ and often times inappropriate‚ it does not have a negative effect on an otherwise normal and productive listener‚ especially teenagers‚ because metal is just a different genre of music‚ meaning that its lyrics do not have a negative affect on an otherwise normal listener. To begin‚ artists are too often misinterpreted and bashed with claims that are

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    potentially overwhelm or alienate listeners. In contrast‚ speaking too softly can make it difficult for others to listen‚ and can even indicate a lack of confidence in some situations. Rate * When speaking to others‚ rate of speech is crucial to maintaining audience attention. Speaking too quickly can cause listeners to tune out‚ as the message is being delivered more rapidly than can be easily understood. Conversely‚ a slow rate of speech can bore listeners. Practiced breathing can improve rate

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    “gangsta’ rap” song‚ with the rapper rapping over a soft and mellow 3 by 4 piano ballad. The lyrics alone will have meaning‚ and the music alone will have its meaning too‚ but mixing them together will cause a terrible confusion and resulting in the listener to think “Does the artist want me to listen to a story of one of his amazing gang fights and feel the intensity of the situation‚ or he wants me to stand up and perform a slow couple dance with my beau?”. Music is a lot like chemistry; you create

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    sense. Thus‚ he was free to offer himself humbly‚ as in the closing portion of his speech where he confesses that he “may have committed many errors”. This perhaps was intended more to endear his humanity to the listener‚ rather than to truly admit his errors‚ and thereby bring the listener closer to understanding his humanity. Perhaps this humble closing is to provide counterbalance to the otherwise fatherly slant contained in various portions of his speech. In many

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    expresses the definition of home as a country that is united‚ diverse‚ and a place to appreciate. This artist uses various literary items in her song to allow listeners to appreciate the piece and leave the song for their own interpretation. The use of her connotation in diction‚ imagery‚ metaphors‚ personification and structure help the listeners interpret the meaning of her piece and what home means to the writer. This song resonates to everyone’s hometown‚ no matter what the place she is really singing

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    Miscommunications Deborah Tannen’s “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” is a brief look at how men and women communicate with one another and the cross-culture differences between their individual styles and needs for conversation. Women often say that men do not listen or do not want to talk. Tannen gives reasons why women tend to believe that men are not listening‚ and shows that just because men have a different approach to communicating does not mean they are not listening to what women are saying

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    Logistically speaking some may wonder why Lecrae chose for this one to be last. What it appears is happening is that Lecrae wanted to cover one of the two perspectives that people are most likely in already first. By doing so he already softened up the listeners take in the last bit wholeheartedly‚ thus either realizing the problem he describes in the third verse or realizing the problems in one of the other first two. The final verse begins “Uh‚ I wish I lived in America / Wanna raise my kids in America

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    INTRODUCTION “Communication is the exchange of thoughts‚ messages‚ information‚ as by speech‚ signals‚ writing‚ or behavior.” Verbal communication is known as oral communication‚ which one person sends a message to another person or group using speech. Verbal communication also can employ visual aids and non-verbal elements to support the conveyance of meaning. Therefore‚ verbal communication is one way for people to communicate face-to-face and some of the keys component of verbal communication

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    plane for pure entertainment. For example‚ "turning one the radio while doing something else and absentmindedly bathes in the sound" (1074). Copland continues talking about the "sound stuff" (1075) and how composers manipulate it differently. Good listener should realize that lovely sounding music is not necessarily great music. I believe putting the "sensuous plane" before the other two is a good technique‚ since this is the plane most people often relates to. Second plane is the expressive one.

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    opinions across through lyrics in a song. How do singers and songwriters get listeners to trust them? Their names within the community speak for themselves. Music name signifiers appears trustworthy to someone who identifies with the words in a song. Pink is a name within the music world that many young listeners trust. Within the song Dear Mr. President‚ Pink and Billy Mann use specific lines to lead a listener to believe in their credibility. The lines “Come take a walk with me. Let’s pretend

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