org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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Cognitive Styles and Learning Styles Cognitive styles describe how the individual acquires knowledge (cognition) and processes information (conceptualization). Cognitive styles are related to mental behaviors which individuals apply habitually when they are solving problems. In general‚ they affect the way in which information is obtained‚ sorted‚ and utilized. Cognitive style is usually described as a stable and persistent personality dimension which influences attitudes‚ values‚ and social
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reality‚ brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life‚ and displayed compassionate humanism in his writing. Narayan’s short story writing style has been compared to that of Guy de Maupassant‚ as they both have an ability to compress the narrative without losing out on elements of the story. Narayan has also come in for criticism for being too simple in his prose and diction. In a writing career that spanned over sixty years‚ Narayan received many awards and honours. These include the AC Benson
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the theme of the talk today – words are not enough. Ladies and gentlemen‚ through merely a picture‚ such adequate amount of data can be collected already. Now‚ try to describe this situation‚ without a picture‚ and only with words. I bet you’re going to use up 2 pages just to describe me standing here. The thing that I’m trying to say here is that‚ sometimes‚ words are just not enough. Ladies and gentleman‚ word is defined as a unit of language. Words can be used for a plethora of reasons. And
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Concussion conundrum Read and write a review of the following article. http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=140857 ADELAIDE admits it doesn’t know what it would do in a Grand Final if it was down to 17 fit players and a player with suspected concussion wanted to go back onto the ground. Crows football operations manager Phil Harper told SEN radio on Monday morning Adelaide’s coaching staff had briefly considered that very dilemma during Saturday night’s Showdown when forward
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It is often said that the curriculum in primary school should include one or many foreign languages. Although some may agree with this argument‚ others refute this saying this have adverse effects on young students. I tend to the support the latter and would elaborate on this in the following paragraphs. Firstly‚ the main reason for learning a language that is alien for students is that they would grasp anything that is thrown at them. It is a known fact that young kids have the trait of absorbing
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A lot of things have changed me; some for the better‚ others for the worse. My father was an alcoholic before I was born and still is. Because of that I ended up becoming the second adult and parent to my brother two months before my third birthday when he was born. My mom was working back then and I ended up raising myself as well seeing as my father would drink until he passed out and if my brother and I were hungry he would give us a piece of gum and ignore us. He also has a horrid temper that’s
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each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common ways that people learn. Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some people may find that they have a dominant style of learning‚ with far less use of the other styles. Others may find that they use different styles in different circumstances. There is no right mix. Nor are your styles fixed. You can develop ability in less dominant styles‚ as well as further develop styles that you already use well. Many people
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A mistake often made is the lack of knowledge for the reason of writing. The writer’s purpose is to always appeal to an audience‚ whether you are informing‚ persuading‚ or writing to amuse. Your goal is to have some type of influence on the reader. The effectiveness of your influence starts by first gaining full awareness of exactly who your audience may be. In this chapter‚ the author mentions different examples of writing. For example‚ if a person were to write something for children‚ it should
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A Abominable—thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable Abscond—leave hurriedly and secretly‚ typically to avoid detection or arrest. Affable— 1. easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable. 2. gentle and gracious. Alexithymia— inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner animadversion— strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark annihilate— 1. to destroy completely; to reduce to nonexistence; to defeat decisively; vanquish. 2. to nullify or render void; abolish. apposite (AP-ah-zit)
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