QUALITY TEAMWORK What is a Team? A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task‚ job‚ or project. IMPORTANCE OF TEAMS Teams promote equality among individuals‚ encouraging a positive attitude and trust. The diversity inherent in teams often provides unique perspectives on work‚ spontaneous thought‚ and creativity. Teams develop a greater sense of responsibility for achieving goals and performing tasks. Teams can provide the capacity for rapid
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Juvenalian and Horatian Satire "Satire is a sort of glass‚ wherein beholders do generally discover everybody ’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world‚ and that so very few are offended with it." Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)‚ Anglo-Irish satirist. The Battle of the Books‚ Preface (written 1697; published 1704). Satire is known as the literary style which makes light of a subject‚ diminishing its importance by placing it in an amusing
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Satire is defined as the use of humor‚ exaggeration‚ or irony to describe someone. In “The Canterbury Tales” written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ satire is used often. CHaucer uses satire to describe a Prioress (nun)‚ a Cook‚ and a Friar. Compared to these people today‚ the features Chaucer gives them do not match up. To begin with‚ Chaucer uses satire to describe a nun. “Her way of smiling very simple and coy” (Chaucer 123). By saying this‚ he is saying that the nun is flirtatious. A nun is a woman who
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Satire has the power to induce change by exaggerating issues within a historical context. If people see the satirical representation as being close enough to the reality of the situation‚ then this effect can be prove to be a catalyst for social and political change‚ at least in the ideologies of the readers of a satirical text. “Satire is a “mixed dish” that reflects any number of different balances of rhetorical argumentation and narrative storytelling” (Holbert et. al. 2013). By combining this
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Satire in Swift’s A Modest Proposal Jonathon Swift’s A Modest Proposal is one of the greatest works of satire in literature today. Wayne Booth‚ author of “Essays‚ Satire‚ Parody‚” calls this work “the finest of all ironic satires.” Though this essay was first published in 1729‚ it is very popular in modern literature books today. In this essay‚ I will explore the use of satire in this work. Swift’s essay was printed in the form of a pamphlet arguing that the problem of poverty in Ireland can best
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Written about 1678 and published in 1682 Mac Flecknoe (full title: Mac Flecknoe; or‚ A satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet‚ T.S.[1]) is a verse mock-heroic satire written by John Dryden. It is a direct attack on Thomas Shadwell‚ another prominent poet of the time. As an English poet‚ John Dryden is classified as classic writer. When compared to romantic verses‚ Dryden’s poems‚ found lacking that love of nature. His verses are commonly simple. He loved to apply intellectual approach. Brower
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How does Orwell use 1984 to criticize and satirise societies and religions Orwell uses ‘1984’ in many ways; it is more than just a novel. He satirises society and religion through his use of imagery and also by the actions and feelings of the characters in the novel. Big Brother can serve as a metaphorical representation of many things‚ God‚ totalitarianism‚ Stalin and other historical figures‚ or simply as a form of control. This illustrates Orwell’s ability to critique organisations through
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Peter then has to go to jail‚ translated orally as ‘prison’. The parody of the joke about his shower experience transfers well to French‚ as the ‘do not drop your soap in the prison shower’ gag is known in both cultures. Back home‚ Stewie offers his mom some grenades‚ quoting Forrest Gump’s ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!’. Unfortunately‚ the French adaptors did not take the exact quote from the movie: instead of saying ‘on ne sait jamais sur quoi on va tomber’
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Period 2 2/21/13 There’s nothing like walking through the park in the summertime‚ and seeing all the beautiful garbage scattered in the grass. It’s even better when you see the little bunnies chewing on that plastic wrapper someone left on the ground. Also‚ it’s just wonderful when you’re driving and you see someone throwing a cigarette butt out their window. Don’t you think so? Knowing that littering destroys wildlife is just one of the perks. When birds are carrying back plastic bags to make
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For many years‚ scientists have been experimenting in the field of cloning. Cloning uses an egg cell and a somatic cell to make a duplicate copy of the organism. It is currently a highly controversial topic in the scientific world. Many people can benefit from cloning. From farmers to patients‚ not only does cloning help scientists discover more about genetics‚ it will also help a lot of people. However‚ there are also ethical issues with cloning‚ such as the use of embryonic stem cells and cross-species
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