III. Thesis Statement A. Drivers are affected when texting and driving because it’s distracting‚ causes injuries and can kill you or someone else. B. In today’s lifestyle‚ text messaging is a main form of communication. Most people who own a cell phone revel in the wonders of text messaging: it’s fast and it’s easy. We impulsively respond to that buzz of our phones and often tune out our surroundings. Unfortunately‚ an overwhelming amount of drivers don’t hesitate to both read
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English 100-03 16 Feb. 2011 Disadvantages of Texting Texting on the phone while driving can be a very dangerous thing to do. As someone looks at the phone and concentrates on the text messages‚ they will become distracted from driving. Distracted drivers can cause car accidents and injuries or death to themselves or others. Texting causes delayed reactions‚ which increase the chance of getting into an accident. According to Cary Aspinwall‚ when texting while driving‚ drivers take their eyes off
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On the article “Who does the talking here?” Tannen opens her article saying women and man talk equally5 (Tannen 346). Is been said many times that women talk more than man. But is it really true? Is it possible that only women are nosy and love to talk or does it depend on the type of conversation? Tannen’s opinion on this work is that this studies are done in different types of conversations (346). For example‚ when in a meeting is most likely for man to talk more than women. Another example that
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HOW DOES TEXTING AFFECT LANGUAGE Language change is a universal fact that occurs very regularly. If we go back‚ in all the existing languages‚ they are not the same as they were when they were first developed. If we think about it nobody talks the same as they use to 20 or 50 years ago. Language is the way people communicate with each other‚ express their feelings and emotions so since the world itself changes‚ it is inevitable for language to remain the same‚ for people’s way of communication
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In Cullington’s essay he talks about how texting is a bad influence on students who use its text speech in their writing‚ but does not really effect students focus nor grade because they do not mean to do it purpose. I disagree with his statement‚ and in my essay I used some of his points to bring out how it does affect students writing and focus causing them to get that bad grade. The influence technology has on students today is huge. Therefore‚ it is more important for teachers to enforce how
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Page 331 Ilu‚ the Talking Drum For too long‚ people have neglected to remember where their culture stems from. The culture that lies in our past is connected to our present and ultimately‚ our future. Despite the possibilities that learning about our past can offer‚ there is no limit to how much despair can be found during the search. However‚ it is because of those faults that allow us to move forward in life. This point of view is the main focus in the poem “Ilu‚ the Talking Drum‚” a tale revolving
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Talking Energy Meter The purpose of this project is to build a KWH (Kilo Watt Hour) meter that can alert the users with voice messages. An Energy meter or KWH meter is a device that measures the amount of electrical energy supplied to or produced by a residence‚ business or machine. Electricity is a clean‚ convenient way to deliver energy. The electricity meter is how electricity providers measure billable services. The most common type of meter measures kilowatt-hours. When used in electricity
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Professor Greg Loyd Refutation Paper ENC 1102 23 September 2014 Texting While Driving “Despite the dangers of texting while driving‚ many behind the wheel just can’t seem to stop. One idea from Apple could put up more of a roadblock. Published on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office‚ an Apple patent called “driver handheld computing lock out” proposes a couple of different ways to cut off texting and other cell phone features while a person is driving. In one scenario‚ Apple’s
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Texting and Driving Adrianna Contreras Kaplan University CM220 Professor Thompson May 1‚ 2012 In the middle of the night‚ a police comes to the Johnsons door to tell them that an accident has occurred and that their teenage daughter is deceased and another teen is in critical care. The accident was caused by texting and driving. Now the Johnsons have to go the morgue and identify their daughter‚ this is an accident that could have been prevented. In the Treasure Valley‚ there have been
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Chantay Lowe English 1301 Persuasive Essay People should be cited for texting while driving because not only are drivers putting themselves in danger but also everyone else around them. Statistics have indicated that over 6‚000 deaths and well over half a million injuries have occurred due to drivers using cell phones in 2011 alone. Drivers sending or receiving test messages take their eyes off of the road for at least five seconds which is enough time to cover an entire football field
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