To my understanding‚ a good listener is better at observing a person’s expressions and weigh his/her words carefully and know how to respond. Unfortunately‚ I always mess up with the responses‚ and sometimes I cannot catch the main point from the speaker. There was a time‚ one of my friends called me to complain about his boss. He told me that his boss always gave him a hard time. He said he wants to quit the job‚ and he sounded very depressed. I totally understood what he was saying
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real reason he came was because he had a crush on my sister. false appearance or intention Powerful Words 1. Compare how the speaker in this poem feels about his father to the way Jerry feels about his father in “President Cleveland‚ Where Are You?” How are the fathers different? How are they similar? Use textual evidence to support your answer. Both Jerry and the speaker in this poem admire and respect their fathers a great deal. From Jerry’s descriptions of his father‚ the man seems more boisterous
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Heads of important Government Offices‚ Institutions / Other organizations 1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India: K. G. Balakrishnan 2. Chairman of Sangeet Natak Academy: Ram Niwas Mirdha 3. President of Sahitya Academy: Sunil Gangopadhyay 4. Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharti of India: Baljeet Singh Lalli 5. Chairman of the Planning Commission of India : Dr. Manmohan Singh 6. Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India: Montek Singh Ahluwalia 7. President of Confederation
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The speaker has lost many encounters in her life such as her mother. She described losses as things that are meant to happen in one’s life‚ losing things isn’t such a big deal for her in the beginning of the poem‚ learn to accept that we lose things in our everyday life whether it comes to significant things or insignificant things we always have to be ready for what life brings us. In the first stanzas Bishop mentions to loss of keys‚ places‚ and names aren’t so relevant‚ there are more important
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composed of four short lines. No line exceeds three words. This is a unique modern poem which shows that poems can be written about anything and everything. This poem talks about a subject which is very ordinary event of daily and family life. The speaker is confessing to his mother‚ or may be his wife‚ that he couldn’t help eating plums kept in the kitchen. He means to confess the guilt and apologize for eating plums. In the first sentence‚ the narrator writes that he has eaten plums that were in
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2a. The computing innovation that is represented by my computational artifact is that of voice recognition. Voice recognition is commonly used to operate a device‚ perform commands‚ or write without having to use a keyboard‚ mouse or press any buttons. The user is able to talk to a computer with automatic speech recognition (ASR) programs and tell it what to do.(5) The computing innovation was created with the intention of being user-friendly and helping people with a variety of disabilities. My
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Death comes unexpectedly‚ yet there is always comfort in familiar places‚ and in death it’s self. The speaker’s response to the death of the toad is revealed using the formal elements of structure‚ diction and imagery. The structure of the poem helps to show the speaker’s response to the death. The poems structure is laid out in steps; first with the cutting of the toad’s leg‚ “A toad the power mower caught‚ chewed and clipped of a leg.” Secondly‚ with the laying under the cineraria leaves‚ “With
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effective eye contact 0 2 3 4 Uses appropriate rate and volume. 0 2 3 4 Shows awareness of gestures; gestures do not distract from the speaker’s message. 0 2 3 4 Uses vocal variety: tone‚ emphasis‚ and pauses. 0 2 3 4 Avoids vocalized pauses. 0 2 3 4 Speaker seemed poised and confident 0 1 2 3 Points Earned: ___________ Comments (if applicable):
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“Fishhawk” Anonymous Zhou Dynasty General Idea: The narrator spies a maiden at the stream picking watercress. While he longs for her as he observes her and tries to gain her attention. The speaker is longing for the “ideal” woman‚ not only beauty‚ but in the manners expected of her at that time: “Gentle maiden‚ pure and fair.” Yet in his longing‚ he keeps his distance as propriety demands. Structurally‚ this poem has both the assonance and alliteration of a lyric poem. For example‚ “Watercress
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Taking Notes for Someone Else These are some practical suggestions for taking notes for someone else‚ as well as strategies to help you improve your own notetaking abilities. General Info: • Be sure of your purpose and the speaker’s purpose. • Attend all lectures. • Sit up front so you can see and hear better. Format: • Record the date‚ place‚ topic/title and presenter. • Number your pages. • Use
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