...1. What do you speculate she accomplishes with readers by setting up her piece with descriptive mode first to then shift to definition? • In the next paragraph, she enters a new mode- Classification. By beginning with descriptive mode to then shift to definition, Tannen allows her audience to see the relationships between how “women” look vs. how they are defined as. Through this the reader is able to acknowledge how women automatically lower themselves in order to fit the standards of being a woman “full of dignity.” 2. “Gender markers pick up extra meanings that reflect common associations with the female gender: not quite serious, often sexual.” (Tannen) Do you agree with it? Can you think of examples from your own observations? • i do agree with her argument since “gender markers” consistently redefines and imposes the image and identity of what women are supposed to be, which is very similar to the role of beauty. Based on my observations beauty creates and defines the ideal image a woman should have, which is mostly seen in social media where it imposes the socially accepted body image a woman should have depending on the country. 3....
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...THE RULES OF THE GAME: NOUVELLE EDITION FRANCAISE/THE KOBAL COLLECTION DEEP FOCUS CANON FODDER As the sun finally sets on the century of cinema, by what criteria do we determine its masterworks? BY PAU L SC H RA D E R Top guns (and dogs): the #1 The Rules of the Game September-October 2006 FILM COMMENT 33 Sunrise PREFACE THE BOOK I DIDN’T WRITE I n march 2003 i was having dinner in london with Faber and Faber’s editor of film books, Walter Donohue, and several others when the conversation turned to the current state of film criticism and lack of knowledge of film history in general. I remarked on a former assistant who, when told to look up Montgomery Clift, returned some minutes later asking, “Where is that?” I replied that I thought it was in the Hollywood Hills, and he returned to his search engine. Yes, we agreed, there are too many films, too much history, for today’s student to master. “Someone should write a film version of Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon,” a writer from The Independent suggested, and “the person who should write it,” he said, looking at me, “is you.” I looked to Walter, who replied, “If you write it, I’ll publish it.” And the die was cast. Faber offered a contract, and I set to work. Following the Bloom model I decided it should be an elitist canon, not populist, raising the bar so high that only a handful of films would pass over. I proceeded to compile a list of essential films, attempting, as best I could, to...
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... Worldview Essay My worldview is my set of assumptions and beliefs, which helps me determine right from wrong, and helps me define how the world works. I understand a very few things in this world, yet here are two facts that I have come to accept after hard-earned personal experience: I was heavily influenced as a child by my family’s worldview and my experiences in the world forced me to develop my own worldview. My worldview has been dramatically impacted by the sum of my experiences and has shaped all my beliefs. I have many and varied life experiences, including multiple jobs, I have interacted with thousands of people in my travels and have shared stories, experiences, and dialogue with them. I spent one complete career already in my life in the United States military and I entered the service at a very young, impressionable age where initial training serves one purpose; to break a person’s will, to make one doubt one’s self, and to question personal beliefs. Then the training moulded me and all the other individuals into different people with a whole new set of beliefs and ideas, thus reinforcing my point that my experience from basic training impacted my worldview. My travels in the military forced me to accept other cultures exist, they espouse different beliefs, and some of those beliefs conflict with my worldview. What I believe is almost as complex as how I developed why I believe in these ideas and philosophies. I believe in truth, justice, beauty, and power...
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...Introduction In this essay, I am going to explain one definition of theology together with a definition from a few great theologians. Everyone has their own thoughts on what theology means. We all do theology; we don’t learn it or find it in a book or on television or at Church on a Sunday. Theology is something we all can do. What is Theology? Some people would define theology as the study of God but they are wrong. God is a spiritual being who knows all about us, what we are doing and what we are thinking. In my opinion, it is very difficult to study something that you can’t see. The wind blows but you can’t see it but you can see the trees swaying and the sea crashing against the rocks. This is the action of the wind even though it is invisible. God is like this. Even though God cannot be seen, God is portrayed in the beauty of God’s creation. Theology means to talk about God. It comes from the Greek Theos meaning God and Logos meaning word or talk. It doesn’t just mean theologians talking about God or ministers and priests talking about God or God talking about God; it means that every individual can talk about God. Indirectly, everyone has their own experience of God. Everyone has an understanding about theology and their different experiences of God and may have something to offer within their communities. Doing one’s own theology is far better than learning it. Many questions are asked when talking about...
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...existence preceding essence is the backbone for most existential thought and that is why it is discussed and understood thoroughly from the beginning of this paper. This leads to the existential thought, absurdity of life. Life being absurd is a component of the existential human condition and this is discussed using The Myth of Sisyphus as a beacon of how absurdity applies to life and happiness. This was written and discussed by Camus in his work The Myth of Sisyphus. Lastly this paper will discuss how others impact the individual or human relationships, discussed by Sartre. His thesis regarding others interactions are that it is Hell. This is the central theme in his play No Exit, and unpacking this existential thought this paper will use his work Being and Nothingness. Human Condition Existence comes before essence; this is a main theme found in existential philosophy. Sartre (1946) states in his lecture “Existentialism is Humanism”, the theme existence precedes essence, is an ideal that all existential philosophers hold true. To understand the existential claim that existence precedes essence it is beneficial to define the opposite, “essence...
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...Contemporary art- art that is relative to our current society. Art of the present. Artist is usually alive and making art right now. Being a flux: constantly changing. There is no unified, crystallized interpretation or theory of it. Diverse nature of issues, styles, and forms. Part of our culture and visual culture. * see a lot of mediums and diverse. * no dominate style or medium * what is considered painting is becoming blurred * New art forms appear besides traditionally recognized art forms. ex: installation art, process art, video art, digital and experimental forms *diverse and eclectic. No single medium or ideology dominates *Medium categories are broadening, boundaries are getting blurred and redefined. *referencing and sampling from contemporary popular/consumer culture. * Art becomes interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary (artist as scientists, cultural anthropologists, journalists, reports, etc.) continuation *Technologies -> new way of producing and conceptualizing art (digital culture, Internet, virtual reality) *New media potentials: video, robotics, transgenic art, etc. * new technologies create new paradigms *up until the late 1800s, what was the way to send a picture? <- painting. *what changed that? <- photography Art world goes global ( global production, reproduction, art market: global economy, dissemination) - Paris and NY ** *”About-ness” artist as social and cultural observer, critic *Artwork functions...
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...Passionate: An Analytical Juxtaposition of White and Red What are colors? Why do we see them? How is it possible for our brain to make a connection with colors by having emotions? Color is part of the visible light spectrum and the reason colors appear is due to the pigment that is not absorbed by an object. The description of the reflection allows the eye to see the color and have the brain cells interpret the meaning behind that specific color. The effect of seeing and interpreting colors allows the human brain to cause an emotional response. Knowing that color is the base of how the human race judges and determines what to do next will help humans survive. A great example is when a tomato is bright red, our brain classifies it as ripe and ready for picking. But when the vegetable is green your brain convinces itself that the veggie is not ripe for picking to consume. When a teacher tells his/hers students to write an essay they are given a blank word document. The white page represents the new beginning of the student’s thoughts. Other times a blank page is represented as a thought that has yet to be composed, waiting for a start. Colors have various meanings in different cultures around the world. The most common representation of Red is evil or a sin. While White is commonly recognized as goodness and purity. Learning how dissidences of colors affect one’s emotion can help you show how you feel toward a loved one or help identify the meanings of color correctly. ...
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...Rhetorical situations are constantly occurring in our lives. But how do we recognize them? A rhetorical situation can happen in anything from an argument with a friend to something on a much larger scale like a presidential campaign speech. We see small rhetorical situations in commercials and even magazine and billboard adds. Rhetorical situations can be complicated so it is important for us to know how to properly analyze an argument but first we need to know what they are. Keith Grant-Davie defines a rhetorical situation as “a situation where a speaker or writer sees a need to change reality and sees that the change may be effected through rhetorical discourse.” (105). This definition is a little tricky but he later goes on to explain that within a rhetorical situation he finds four constituents: exigence, rhetors, audiences, and constraints (106). The Winter Park Florida advertisement book written by the WP Chamber of Commerce, is a great example to see how the four constituents can be used in an advertisement to create a well-made argument that attracts an audience. The first constituent, exigence, isn’t too difficult to determine in this piece. In the essay, “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents, Keith Grant-Davie defined exigence as “some kind of need or problem that can be addressed and solved through rhetorical discourse” (105). In otherwords it is the issue or challenge in an argument. The goal. In this brochure the exigence is quite clear, to get people...
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...dog cat meow or bak, we know what they want. Even though they are not speaking in what we would consider a language. It has been agreed upon by many that language is one of the hardest areas to study by both linguists and cognitive scientists. Language is a vital part of communication. Words carry with them heavy meaning and if not carefully monitored can cause much damage. Language is often viewed as a window in to the mind of the one who is communicating. Much can be told about a person by the way they communicate. In this essay I will attempt to define both language and lexicon along with the many stages of language and how it relates to cognition. What is language? How is language related to cognition? Do we think with words or do we use words to express ideas. These are questions that have been studied for ages. If we were to go by the standard dictionary definition, language is communication of thoughts and feelings. However language is so much more than that. In order for us to have meaningful dialog with one another we must first understand the language . It is the way that language is used and it's context that gives the concept of language its meaning. Everything has language of its own. From people to animals and even machines , they all have their own ways of communicating. Language is the conveying of one's thoughts , feeling and ideas. If we were to go by the standard meaning...
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...Instructor’s Manual to Accompany The Longman Writer Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook Fifth Edition and The Longman Writer Rhetoric and Reader Fifth Edition Brief Edition Judith Nadell Linda McMeniman Rowan University John Langan Atlantic Cape Community College Prepared by: Eliza A. Comodromos Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New York San Francisco Boston London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore Madrid Mexico City Munich Paris Cape Town Hong Kong Montreal NOTE REGARDING WEBSITES AND PASSWORDS: If you need a password to access instructor supplements on a Longman book-specific website, please use the following information: Username: Password: awlbook adopt Senior Acquisitions Editor: Joseph Opiela Senior Supplements Editor: Donna Campion Electronic Page Makeup: Big Color Systems, Inc. Instructor’s Manual to accompany The Longman Writer: Rhetoric, Reader, Handbook, 5e and The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader, Brief Edition, 5e, by Nadell/McMeniman/Langan and Comodromos Copyright ©2003 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Instructors may reproduce portions of this book for classroom use only. All other reproductions are strictly prohibited without prior permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Please visit our website at: http://www.ablongman.com ISBN: 0-321-13157-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - D O H - 05 04 03 02 CONTENTS ...
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...structure of several different sectors of the hospitality industry. Moreover, it will also provide the detail analysis of current trends, issues and recent developments within the industry. There are different sectors in the hospitality industry like hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars, contract catering, casinos etc. The particular sector that I am going to focus is the accommodation sector i.e. hotel and I am presenting the ideas that i have generated while doing the research. INDEX PAGE Executive Summary…………………………………………2 Definition of hospitality industry……………………………4 Scale, scope and diversity…………………………………...5 Organisational Structure……………………………………..6 Contemporary issues…………………………………………7 Changes in last 20 years……………………………………...8 Current trends…………………………………………………9 Conclusion…………………………………………………….9 Bibliography………………………………………………….10 Definition of hospitality industry Hospitality industry is a very broad industry. It is not always easy to define the hospitality industry. There are different criteria of defining it. One of the ways of defining hospitality industry is by using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) which was founded in United Kingdom in 1948.”It defined the hospitality industry under the 1968 classification, as Establishments (whether or not licensed for the sale of...
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...World Mythology Final Exam 2. The term myth is one that is not easily defined and my definition of the term has changed over the length of the semester. In our first essay I defined myth as “a story or narrative that attempts to explain something in a certain culture.” Looking back now I can see that I had a pretty good base for the definition but after learning so much about myths around the world I find it even harder to define myth now than before. It seems that the more I learn about myths, the more complicated they get. I believe that to define myth you must first understand what myth is. Myths are used for a variety of reasons such as explaining natural phenomena, explaining human creation, giving reasons for the appearance of plants and animals, as well as special events in a culture. A lot of myths in different cultures try to explain the inexplicable, such as why the sun appears to move across the sky every day or what causes lightning. I would define myth as a story, either written or narrated, passed down from those of previous generations to explain natural events, supernatural events, or special events in their culture to help them feel more comfortable about the world in which they live in and gives them a sense of belonging. We have seen this time and time again in our readings and movies from class in everything from The Whale Rider, to Gilgamesh, to Ender’s Game. I believe that my perception of myth has slowly evolved throughout the semester because...
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...structured questions (15 marks) Short essay type responses (15 marks) 2 Section D How you should prepare Define terms you have learnt in this unit and think about examples of these concepts. Review the slides and refer to the respective pages in the textbook. The summary of each chapter is also a very useful reference. Practice the exercises in the textbook and handouts / slides to reinforce your learning Practice writing essays 3 Lesson 1a & 1b Critical Thinking What is What are critical the barriers thinking? to critical Why is it thinking? important? How to develop critical thinking skills? What is an argument? How to differentiate arguments from nonarguments? 4 Lesson 1a What is Critical Thinking? Complex process of deliberation involving a range of skills and attitudes Identifying arguments Reading between the lines Drawing conclusions Evaluating Evidence Recognising techniques Presenting viewpoints Weighing arguments Reflecting on issues Critical thinking focuses on: Arguments Evaluate messages conveyed through speech, writing, performance or other media Identify the obvious and hidden messages more accurately Understand the process by which an argument is constructed Consider our own reasoning or other people’s reasoning - Reasoning involves analysing evidence & drawing conclusions from it. - E.g. “It is a cold day” At college and university you will be: Presented with many different...
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...non-profit organisations who claim to be making use of social entrepreneurial approaches. Towards a Better Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship Some Important Distinctions Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg Contents: • Introduction • Four Key Distinctions 1. The differences between “entrepreneurship” and “social entrepreneurship” 2. The differences between “sustainability” and “self-sufficiency” 3. The differences between “earned income strategies” and “social purpose business ventures” 4. The differences between “innovators”, “entrepreneurs” and “professional managers” • Some Final Thoughts • Social Enterprise Definition • Further Information Introduction “Social entrepreneurship” is one of the most misunderstood phrases in the non-profit sector today. Everybody, it seems, has a different definition of what it means. This is our attempt to bring some clarity to the discussion. Our perspective has been shaped by 50 years of experience in the field, one as head of a national consulting firm and the other as the chief executive officer of a US$ 15 million social enterprise. Twenty years ago the idea of non-profits acting in an entrepreneurial manner was anathema to most people in the sector: The idea of merging mission and money filled them with distaste. But the phrase “social entrepreneur” is bandied about freely these days. British Prime Minister Tony Blair praises the emerging tide of “social entrepreneurs” that is changing the face...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking in Society Short Essays PHL/458 December 1, 201X XXX Introduction Critical and creative thinking are an important part of everyday life. First, this paper will describe a situation of public interest in which these could have been used for a better outcome. Next, it will define free will, truth, knowledge and opinion, how they are used to form thoughts and the role they play in critically assessing situations. It will also identify three hindrances to the critical thinking process with an experience. Lastly, it will identify a message in advertising, how it was perceived, and the reality of the advertisement and distinguish between perception and the reality of the message. Situation of Public Interest The current situation of public interest that will be discussed is the selling of swastika ridden wrapping paper by Walgreens. Walgreens was carrying the wrapping paper in celebration of Hanukkah when customers started to notice the swastikas. This is clearly offensive to the Jewish community who would be purchasing the wrapping paper. As a result the product has been pulled from the shelves (Huffington Post, 2014). This situation could have been avoided if a quality assurance individual or product reviewer was consulted. It is those individuals job to review the product and gage how consumers will perceive the product. The review process should include a checklist with critical thinking questions one it. One example would be...
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