...com/researchroom/sources regarding when and how to quote, summarize, and paraphrase sources. Practice note-taking techniques by quoting a source you plan to use for your research paper, summarizing a second source, and paraphrasing a third source. Follow APA style guidelines at the Center for Writing Excellence to cite your sources: http://www.apollolibrary.com/cwe/pdfs/AXIASampleAPAReferences.pdf Use Appendix E to complete this activity. Answer the following questions: How do you decide what information is noteworthy and what is not? How do you determine whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize a source? Post Appendix E as an attachment ------------------------------------------------------------ ENG 102 Assignment: Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Assignment: Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation Resources: American Rhetoric Web site and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum] Listen to the speech at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechcitizenkane2.html by clicking the Windows Media Video link or the Audio mp3 link, or read the transcript of the speech. Answer the following questions in a minimum of 500 words: Identify examples of bias, fallacies, and specific rhetorical...
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...DESCRIPTION is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions. Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Description as a fiction-writing mode Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes and conventions. Agent and author Evan Marshall (agent) identifies five fiction-writing modes: action, summary, dialogue, feelings/thoughts, and background (Marshall 1988, pp. 143–165). Author and writing-instructor Jessica Page Morrell lists six delivery modes for fiction-writing: action, exposition, description, dialogue, summary, and transition (Morrell 2006, p. 127). Author Peter Selgin refers to methods, including action, dialogue, thoughts, summary, scene, and description (Selgin 2007, p. 38). Currently, there is no consensus within the writing community regarding the number and composition of fiction-writing modes and their uses. Description is the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Together with dialogue, narration, exposition, and summarization, description is one of the most widely recognized of the fiction-writing modes. As stated in Writing from A to Z, edited by Kirk...
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...Agent Technology in the design of Peer-to-Peer Applications Steven Willmott, Josep M. Pujol and Ulises Cort´s e Universitat Polit`cnica de Catalunya e a Llenguatges i Sistemes Inform`tics Campus Nord, M´dul C5-C6, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona (08034), Spain o {steve, jmpujol, ia}@lsi.upc.es Abstract. Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures exhibit attractive properties for a wide range of real world systems. As a result they are increasingly being applied in the design of applications ranging from highcapacity file sharing and global scale distributed computing to business team-ware. The objective of this paper is to outline a number of areas in which Agent techniques for the management of social problems such as decision making or fair trading amongst autonomous agents could be used to help structure P2P actions. In particular we focus on approaches from mechanism design, argumentation theory and norms / rules and electronic institutions. 1 Introduction Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures exhibit attractive properties for a wide range of real world systems. As a result they are increasingly being applied in the design of applications ranging from high-capacity file sharing and global scale distributed computing to business team-ware. In addition their benefits however, P2P systems also fundamentally change the networking paradigm used in an application often causing tensions with other application goals such as security, predictability, performance guarantees, billing and so forth...
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...Abstract The paper proposes a comprehensive framework for representing and using non-functional requirements (luring the development process. The framework consists of five basic components which provide for the representation of non-functional requirements in terms of interrelated goals. Such goals can be refined through refinement methods and can be evaluated in order to determine the degree to which a set of non-functional requirements is supported by a particular design. Evidence for the power of the framework is provided through the study of accuracy and performance requirements for information systems. 1 Introduction The complexity of an information system is determined partly by its functionality — i.e., what the system does — and partly by global requirements on its development or operational costs, performance, reliability, maintainability, portability, robustness and the like. These non-functional requirements' plays a crucial role during system development, serving as selection criteria for choosing among myriads of decisions. Errors of omission or commission in laying down and taking properly into account such requirements are generally acknowledged to be among the most expensive and difficult to correct once the information system has been completed. Surprisingly, non-functional requirements have received little attention by researchers and are definitely less well understood than other, less critical factors in software development. As far as software engineering...
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...Tests Smarter” is an ineffective article written to provide insight on how to improve testing from kindergarten to high school. Logical fallacies are not the easiest of things to avoid while writing a paper. The opinion of Laura and Brian falls victim to the use of contrary premises. Their first contention in the paper is about the time tests take and how they take away from other educational opportunities. This contention is quickly contradicted in the same paragraph when they say, “A short test that emphasizes low-level skills can do more harm to student learning...
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...Efficiency and Collaboration Proposal BIS/220 October 19, 2011 Efficiency and Collaboration Proposal Party Plates has grown significantly within the last two years and the current Excel system, excel, cannot keep up with all data. In order to improve the efficiency of the current information systems used in Party Plates, the antiquated system needs to be upgraded to a much more efficient system such as Microsoft Access. The upgrade will benefit the company in terms of better data tracking and the ability of producingto produce useful reports in relation to customer sales. Microsoft Access is a database software that allows a user to manipulate large amounts of data. Unlike Excel, Access can hold more than 65 thousand records, which can be converted and viewed in various forms depending on what is needed. Microsoft Access offers two main benefits, its user friendly friendliness and its ability to hold large amounts of data without sacrificing performance. Microsoft Access functions in different ways that tie together …what? . Tables are used to store data from which queries can pull information from and perform calculations against the data. Forms can be used to enter information into tables. Reports will allow the information to be displayed in a printer-ready format. The reports can also be exported to other Microsoft Office programs, such as Excel or Word. Finally, macros allow for the automation of database tasks. Modules are an area for advanced...
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...memo writing [pic] TASK ONE: WRITING A POLICY MEMORANDUM GUIDELINES & EVALUATION CRITERIA CONTENTS |Getting Started |2 | | | | |Writing Guidelines |4 | | | | |Evaluation Criteria for Task One |8 | I. Getting Started Steps to complete task one 1. Choose a scenario from the list provided separately 2. Choose a national mission to address 3. Write your policy memorandum 4. Make sure that your policy memorandum is consistent with the submission guidelines below 5. Submit your memo Step 1: Choose a scenario Students should write amemorandum on one of the government national missions on climate change. (Provided in the separate document) Step 2: Choose a national mission to address The national missions are listed in the separate document sent along with this. Choose any of the national missions which are a part of the government of India’s “National Action Plan on Climate Change” Your memorandum should be addressed to the government responding to the action plan your decide to choose from the document attached along. We encourage you to discuss specific features of the...
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... |Course Syllabus | | |College of Humanities | | |COM/220 Version 7 | | |Research Writing | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description Students focus on gathering research, evaluating and documenting sources, and developing a major research paper. Selected readings prompt discussion regarding bias, rhetorical devices, arguments, and counter arguments. Grammar exercises address commonly confused sets of words, modifiers, parallel structure, sentence variety, and sentence clarity. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which...
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...Running Head: Can We All Just Get Along? Setting the Tone with Dialogue and Discourse: Can we all just get along? Dawn Trickett Azusa Pacific University TESL 537 Professor Michael Chamberlain In 1992, following the acquittal of officers tried for the beating of Rodney King, parts of Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Atlanta erupted in riots. On the third day of the melee, Rodney King appeared in public before the television cameras to appeal for peace and voiced his now famous line, “Can we all just get along?” Little did he know this would become one of the 25 most memorable quotations (usatoday, 2010). Since that time this quotation has been referenced by the Young Turks calling for an end to the arguments about genocide, Asian communities calling for peace in their neighborhoods, and 1,260,000 other occasions noted on the web. I propose “Can we all just get along?” as the overarching question offered by Wong (2009) when she states, “I posit that a reconstructed identity from a ‘missionary who is teaching to gain access’ to a ‘global Christian professional language teacher’ has the potential to redress the concern raised while enhancing many of the benefits that can occur when teachers align their spiritual and professional identities” (p. 91, emphasis mine). I don’t think Mr. King will mind if we borrow his phrase one more time for application to this discussion of how Christian English language teachers integrate their spiritual...
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...Abstract This paper explores the nature of science as studied by G. Lederman (2007). Particular attention is paid to the epistemological questions and the ontological status of the nature of science. Epistemologically, the article seeks a definition of science, its nature and how it is acquired and accepted .The key ontological concerns are the form of existence of Nature of science. The paper intends to critically study the issues that arise. Key words: Nature Of Science. Epistemology. Ontology Introduction Extensive research efforts for over 100 years or so have focused on the goal of enhancing learners’ scientific literacy (Lederman, 2007, Akpan 2013, Mc Ilelland, Zinyeka, 2013, http://www.saarmste.org). Embedded in scientific literacy is scientific practice which relies on scientific language (Akpan , 2013, Kourany, 1998 and Lederman , 2007). Argumentation in the language is what is pictured as underpinning the nature of science views and that the converse is true. Lederman (2007), considers science as constituting body of knowledge, method and the value of beliefs inherent to scientific knowledge and development. Zinyeka (2013) defines epistemology as the justification of claimed knowledge within a specific discipline and ontology as the form of existence of something. The Epistemological Question There is no consensus about what the nature of science is or is not among scholars. (Lederman, 2007, p 835) explains that “ nature of science refers to the epistemological...
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...rerer e ererer rereThe Expository Essay Summary: This resource begins with a general description of essay writing and moves to a discussion of common essay genres students may encounter across the curriculum. Note: The Modes of Discourse: Description, Narration, Exposition, Argumentation (EDNA) The four genres of essays (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes. Although these genres, also known as the modes of discourse, have been criticized by some composition scholars, the Purdue OWL recognizes the wide spread use of these genres and students’ need to understand and produce these types of essays. We hope these resources will help. Contributors:Jack Baker, Allen Brizee Last Edited: 2010-04-17 05:33:24 What is an Expository Essay? The expository essay is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner. This can be accomplished through comparison and contrast, definition, example, the analysis of cause and effect, etc. Please note: This genre is commonly assigned as a tool for classroom evaluation and is often found in various exam formats. The structure of the expository essay is held together by the following: A clear, concise, and defined thesis statement that occurs in the first paragraph of the essay. It is essential that...
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...The academic paper Format ■ Introduction ■ Exposition ■ Conclusion The introduction ■ motivate your research question – the problem that you want to look further into ■ present topic and research question. Attract reader’s attention ■ present “problem formulation” ■ Present problem and see to it that it really is a problem (ie the distance between the present situation and a future intended situation) ■ define parameters of analysis “roadmap”: summarise the line of argument Exposition and conclusion ■ an exposition/body should • present all data and analysis • put paragraphs in logical progression – one item per paragraph (use sub headlines to assist reader) • arrange information into paragraphs with ■ Discussion ■ Elaboration ■ Examples ■ Exceptions ■ a conclusion should • pull the bits together • answer your own question clearly ■ Perspectives: • Allowing you to introduce hypotheses that are unsubstantiated so far Structure From general to specific and back to general again Language and style Descriptive vs argumentative language: Examples: ■ Description of eg affirmative action in the US – must be used to argue for/against eg constitutionality ■ Argumentation: claim – support – warrant (Toulmin) • eg: affirmative action is unconstitutional (claim) ...
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...men and belong to no definite science. Aristotle, On Rhetoric Aristotle was the first to take an initiative and design the communication model.Let us first go through a simple situation.In a political meeting, the prospective leader delivers speech to the audience urging for more votes from the constituency. He tries to convince the crowd in the best possible way he can so that he emerges as a winner. What is he actually doing ?He is delivering his speech in a manner that the listeners would get convinced and cast their votes only in his favour, or in other words respond in the same manner the speaker wanted to. Here the leader or the speaker or the sender is the centre of attraction and the crowd simply the passive listeners. | The example actually explains the Aristotle model of communication. The Aristotle model of communication is the widely accepted and the most common model of communication where the sender sends the information or a message to the receivers to influence them and make them respond and act accordingly. Aristotle model of communication is the golden rule to excel in public speaking, seminars, lectures where the sender makes his point clear by designing an impressive content, passing on the message to the second part and they simply respond accordingly. The Art of Rhetoric: Learning How to Use the Three Main Rhetorical Styles According to Aristotle, rhetoric is "the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion." He described...
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... Sciences Po Paris Semester: Fall 2011/2012 Student: Sönke-Timo Kisker Student – ID: 100033186 Course: Thinking and Acting the Environment Course-ID: 23811 Course Coordinaton: Florence Faucher-King; Thomas Léon Assignment: Mid-term paper Word-count: 2746 Date: 18.10.2011 | Agenda I. Introduction 2 II. Specifying a framework 2 a. Defining ‘global public good’ 2 b. Defining the “Tragedy,”within Game theory 3 III. Revisiting Hardin's main assumptions and argumentations 4 c. Variables influencing rational choices of Individuals 4 d. The concept value and ethics in decisionmaking 5 IV. Practical examples of dealing with the commons 6 e. Mc Evoy's findings of assigning responsibility 6 f. Co-Management 6 g. Ostrom contradicting the call to redefine property rights ...
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...gathering research, evaluating and documenting sources, and developing a major research paper. Selected readings prompt discussion regarding bias, rhetorical devices, arguments, and counter arguments. Grammar exercises address commonly confused sets of words, modifiers, parallel structure, sentence variety, and sentence clarity. Course Dates Aug 18, 2014 - Oct 19, 2014 Faculty Information Name : Email Address : Alternate Email Address Phone Number : BERNICE PARROTT (PRIMARY) baparrott@email.phoenix.edu (770) 886-9389 Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents (both located on your student website): • Academic Policies • Instructor Policies University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Get Ready for Class • Familiarize yourself with the textbooks used in this course. Course Materials All electronic materials are available on your student website. Week1 Identifying Components of Argumentation Tasks • Course Preparation Aug, 18 - Aug, 24 Objectives/Competencies 1.1 Identify examples of bias, rhetorical devices, argumentation, and effective counterarguments. 1.2 Complete a research plan based on a chosen topic...
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