7 ANALYZING THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND TECHNIQUE T he writer’s overall purpose determines the techniques he or she uses. The writer’s reason for writing a particular article or book may be manipulative‚ as in propaganda or advertising‚ or may be more straightforward‚ as in informative writing. In either case‚ understanding the writer’s underlying purpose will help you interpret the context of the writing. It will also help you see why writers make the decisions they do—from the largest
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learned so far in the microbiology laboratory class for the identification of unknown bacteria. The identification process can be completed with a series of deferential stains and biochemical tests. Creating a dichotomous key helps to limit the amount of biochemical tests done on an unknown organism and by observation and recording of data the unknown organism can be found. Materials and Methods The procedure for all tests performed was taken from Leboffe and Pierce’s Microbiology: Laboratory Theory
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Skyes and Matza’s theory on the techniques of neutralization was originally channeled towards juvenile delinquency but is also very effective for understanding how police officers excuse‚ justify‚ and rationalize unethical behaviors. Techniques of neutralization are used to maintain a positive self-image: denial of responsibility‚ denial of injury‚ denial of the victim‚ condemnation of condemners‚ and appeals to higher loyalties. Denial of responsibility provides police with a justification for
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Selling techniques Selling technique is the body of methods used in the profession of sales‚ also often called personal selling. Techniques used in selling interviews vary from the highly customer centric consultative selling to the heavily pressured "hard close". All techniques borrow a bit from experience and mix in a bit of guesswork on the psychology of what motivates others to buy something offered to them. Mastery in the techniques of selling can offer very high incomes‚ while failure in
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Investigation Techniques Investigation Techniques for Homicide When investigating crimes‚ each type of crime has different types of investigation techniques that investigators will use to solve the crime at hand. One of the major crimes that investigators take part in is homicide investigation. There are several types of homicide ranging from justifiable‚ excusable‚ and criminal homicides‚ to murder and manslaughter. Though sometimes mistaken‚ suicide is technically not a form of homicide
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MAUREEN L. M. INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS SAMPLING TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION A sample is a unit or subset of selection from a larger population that is used in studying to draw conclusions regarding the whole population. A sample is usually selected from the population because it is not easy to study the entire population at once and the cost of doing so may be very high. The sample should be the best representation of the whole population to enable accurate outcomes and accurate
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OBSERVATION‚ DESCRIPTION‚ AND IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explain the meaning of observation‚ and describe the techniques used in observation and description. Explain the importance of accurately evaluating the data provided by witnesses. Describe the techniques that should be used for a lineup. In security job observation means perception of details pertaining to persons‚ objects‚ plans‚ and events through the use of the five senses. An investigator makes descriptions to convey
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The Delphi method (pron.: /ˈdɛlfaɪ/ del-fy) is a structured communication technique‚ originally developed as a systematic‚ interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.[1] In the standard version‚ the experts answer questionnaires in two or more rounds. After each round‚ a facilitator provides an anonymous summary of the experts’ forecasts from the previous round as well as the reasons they provided for their judgments. Thus‚ experts are encouraged to revise their earlier answers
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Alex Moreno Theater 208 Comedy: Techniques behind the Laughter Comedy is the genre of film that makes even the saddest times bearable and gained a lot of popularity in a time when people needed a boost. Comedy is a unique form of film in its wide range of methods‚ and in all of these methods there is at least some of a select group of approaches. The true magic that comedy has arises from these select few techniques‚ that‚ when used properly‚ will never fail to generate a laugh. Comedy
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Introduction Ebola virus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ was first recognized in 1976 in Zaire‚ now Democratic Republic of Congo‚ and Sudan. It is named after the river Ebola in Zaire. The virus has five known subtypes named after the location where they were first identified and caused disease: Ebola Sudan‚ Ebola-Bundibugyo‚ Ebola-Zaire‚ Ebola-Ivory Coast and Ebola-Reston. (CDC.gov) Ebola-Reston is the newest subtype and was identified in research macaques imported from Philippines
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