Master Index of AP Lang Exam Questions by Type & Years Original August 23‚ 2003‚ reprint: 5/30/12 COMPARE AND CONTRAST -- Two Selections First Satellite in Space (85) Momaday & Brown (86) Galapagos Islands Marriage proposals* (93) Coca Cola letters (satire) (98) **Okefenokee swamps (99) Audubon & Dillard on birds (03) Richard Rodriguez‚ “Days of Obligation‚” contrasts Mexico & CA (04) Wilson satirizes unproductive nature of environmental discussions (satire) (09) PASSAGE ANALYSIS Memoir or Passage
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Initial Thread In lesson 3‚ the presenter discussed Neil Postman’s article‚ "The Disappearance of Childhood". I agree that electronic media‚ such as television fails to show children in their place. Children are exhibiting various behaviors that do not represent God and what he wants for his people. The presentation states‚ according to Postman‚ "When literature disappears‚ education disappears. When education disappears‚ shame disappears." Children are no longer shameful of their actions
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entry-level computing professionals. Although a writing major‚ I also have a working knowledge of computer programming‚ and will write instructions for my company’s internal software. My fate illustrates the American culture’s devotion to what Neil Postman‚ chairman of the Department of Culture and Communications at New York University‚ calls the “god of Technology” in his essay “Virtual Students‚ Digital Classroom” (140). The explosive growth of computer technology and the Internet over the past
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Item A According to some sociologists‚ children in today’s supposedly child-centred society leas lives that are segregated and controlled‚ but childhood was not always like this. For example‚ Aries describes a medieval world in which‚ children were not actually the equals of adults‚ they nevertheless mixed freely with adults in both work and leisure. Little distinction was drawn between adults and children. According to this view‚ however‚ industrialisation brought major changes to the position
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Social media was originally a form of communication which presented your life to friends and family. However‚ people soon started to show their life publicly to strangers. People were being judged by others through a rating system – a system where viewers judge content based on likeability and interests. Science fiction is a genre that displays the use of innovations in a good or bad manner by showing possible futures with certain technological advancements. “Nosedive‚” an episode from the Netflix
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References: Brain Marshall‚ (1998).) The Importance Of Questions‚ Emphasis On Teaching‚ BYG Publishing Inc‚ Raleigh. Pressley Michael‚ Peter Afflerbach (1995).)‚ Verbal Protocols of Reading‚ Lawrence Erlbaum associates‚ New Jersey. Postman Neil‚ (1979).)‚ Teaching as a Conserving Activity‚ Delacorte Pr‚ Santa Barbra. Redfield Doris‚ Rousseau Elaine Waldman‚ (1981). ‘A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research on Teacher Questioning Behaviour‚’ Review Of Educational Research‚ Vol. REVIEW
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things they loved to do as kids. The difference is they have television and many other technologies growing up that have shaped their minds into being entertained. If they are not they will ignore‚ throw fits or simply not learn from the experience. Neil Postman warns in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death that education presented as entertainment undermines tradition. Traditions like learning from your teacher instead of an online application. Traditions like learning from the outside world around you
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Cited: Orth‚ Mindi. "Technology & How We Communicate." Small Business. Demand Media‚ n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2013. "Emily Post." Communication and Technology. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2013. Postman‚ Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. New York: Penguin Books‚ 1985.
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When comparing two outstanding literary pieces 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ and Brave New World‚ written by Aldous Huxley‚ media critic Neil Postman expresses his favoritism towards Huxley’s point of view for what the future would turn out to be in a point of view from the 1930s. While both novels have very little in common‚ both authors expressed their outcome of tragedy that they believed the future beheld. Where Orwell believed society would be destroyed by everything we hated‚ Huxley opposed
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view in the novel 1984‚ people are controlled by their fears. Some fears may be caused by wars‚ earthquakes‚ and many other fearful objects. I strongly stand with Orwell and his opinion rather than Aldous Huxley‚ author of Brave New World‚ and Neil Postman‚ author of Amusing ourselves to Death‚ and their beliefs that people are controlled by their pleasures. I believe people are controlled by their fears. Nowadays‚ something that causes fears is war. War has been a dominant force in human nature
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