Comment and Response to Texting and Writing by Michaela Cullington After reading Texting and Writing‚ by Michaela Cullington‚ I do not agree with many of her viewpoints. Cullington argues that texting does not affect a students writing. Textspeak‚ the abbreviation and shortening of words like used when writing a text message‚ does affect the way a student writes because they use the abbreviations‚ and their writings tend to lack punctuation. When a writer uses excessive abbreviations on a regular
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Michelle King J. Beattie English 101 31‚ March 2011 Say No to texting and driving Have you ever considered reading a book while driving? If not then why would you text and drive? Driving is something that requires your full attention. When you open up your cell phone to send a text or receive a text then you might as well get out a book and start reading. Suppose you are driving down the road and your phone alerts you that you have a
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Heather Navaroli Norte Dame College Stop texting while driving Introduction: Today I am here to talk to you about a national epidemic‚ and one of our country ’s top killers. My plan is to bring awareness to you about the dangers of texting while driving. I will provide you with startling statistics‚ a short video‚ helpful interventions‚ and a personal pledge to never text and drive again. I. Statistics don ’t lie. Texting while driving is a serious and growing threat to road safety. A. 1‚600
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Inside the argument of texting‚ one view is that texting has a negative affect on teens and their writing. alternatively‚ within the essay “Does Texting affect Writing” by Michaela Cullington she sees what students‚instructors ‚and professors have to say concerning the issues of texting. Then she involves her own conclusion after she conducts a number experiments concerning this issue. As well as studying other experiments conducted by college professors. First‚ Cullington notes common arguments
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Texting and Driving Christian was a victim of a bad car accident. On February 12 Christian had just gotten his driver’s license and decided to go driving one late night. As he was texting his friends about a late party. While he looked down at a message a semi-truck collided into the side of the truck. Christian was then rushed to a hospital with very serious injuries. Although he survived he sometimes felt like he hadn’t. He had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair from being paralyzed
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In the article “Does Texting Affect Writing?”‚ author Michaela Cullington tells of her research to explore the topic of texting and writing and discover whether texting effects students’ writing or not. Michaela begins her argument by stating some of the positive and negative claims relating to texting and writing. She also tells the reader about things that have evolved and come to exist from texting‚ and how it relates back to how students are now writing. The author not only did research on this
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accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by Traverse City West Senior High School junior Kelly Brown: …… A beep
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accident is the ultimate consequence of texting while driving. It has not only started to take over our country over the past couple of years‚ but also has become the most common leading factor for car accidents around the world. In fact‚ over three thousand people are killed every single day due to texting while driving‚ leaving many injured. It seems as if this problem is only getting worse as the years pass by. The majority of the people think that texting while driving is a really simple task to
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Technology isn’t always useful as we think it is. When it comes to something like texting‚ emailing‚ or communicating through the phone‚ we lose that special interaction that we get from face-to-face conversations. There’s times where texting or talking on the phone are appropriate in our lives‚ but sometimes they can be unprofessional. Also‚ the general use of technology can be dangerous in some instances‚ like texting and driving‚ being addicted to the use of technology‚ or the use of it making us
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September 24‚ 2013 National Issue Speech Outline General Purpose: Agenda Setting Specific Purpose: Inform readers about the consequences of texting while driving and influence them to not do it. Thesis: Texting while driving has become so common in today’s society‚ that the danger of it is overlooked. I. Introduction A. Gain Audience’s Attention – Death‚ text message ignored B. Motivate Audience to Listen – Survey 90% C. Thesis – So common‚ danger is overlooked D. Preview – Exam
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