...big cities means a happy life, with no worries and just pure happiness. But what is happiness? And what makes us think that urban life is pure happiness? In the essay “Living With Strangers” by Siri Hustvedt, we hear about a woman's move from the countryside of Minnesota, to the Big Apple in New York City. Her move is described with many comparisons with her previous life and experiences, and a lot of humor, which underlines her situation and her attitude to urban life. In the following essay I am going to analyze and comment on Siri Hustvedt’s essay “Living With Strangers”. Part of my essay will focus on the genre, the attitude to urban living and the contrasts between Siri’s life in Minnesota and her new life in New York City. As said, the essay is based on Siri Hustvedt’s own life and experiences. Siri Hustvedt grew up in Minnesota, where everybody knows and greets each other. Now she lives in New York City where nobody seems to care about each other, and where greeting strangers would be “impractical and unsound”. This is a big change for her, and she uses an overwhelming amount of detailed descriptions to describe her situation in the Big Apple. She uses many personal experiences and examples, which characterizes the essay genre. Furthermore, she is very reflective, descriptive, subjective and very personal in her way of writing the essay. “It didn’t take long for me to absorb the unwritten code of survival in this town (..). This simple law, one nearly every New Yorker...
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...in New York City. So is this the definition of the so-called living with strangers? Siri Hustvedt is an American author who in 2002 wrote the personal essay ‘Living With Strangers’. She simply raises the pros and cons of living together in the big city of New York – in a very non-simplistic way. With personal experiences and thoughts throughout the whole essay, she holds on to the reader’s attention from the very first line. I will mainly focus on the choice of genre, together with the linguistic instruments that Siri Hustvedt uses in her essay. There are a lot of basics that feature the characteristics of a personal essay. The personal essay is often focused on a belief or an insight about life. It combines elements as the narrative’s former experiences or relationships and raises questions about open answers. Only this genre permits Siri to be subjective on a topic where the essay still has a professional level of seriousness, while the intimate connection between sender and receiver creates a certain sense of ethos that helps Siri convincing her audience. This genre also gives Hustvedt the space to express her experiences in a way to convince us of her impression of “Living With Strangers”. Although, there is not a precise view being shared as the personal essay’s main argument: Instead it is more a meticulous reflection of the lives of New Yorkers. Siri Hustvedt is not advertising for moving from the small towns to New York, nor the other way around. This is an essay explaining...
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...True False 2. A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest. True False 3. To infer something about a population, we usually take a sample from the population. True False 4. The techniques used to find out something about a population, such as their average weight, based on a sample are referred to as descriptive statistics. True False 5. There are four levels of measurement-qualitative, quantitative, discrete, and continuous. True False 6. The ordinal level of measurement is considered the "lowest" level of measurement. True False 7. A store asks shoppers for their zip code to identify market areas. Zip codes are an example of ratio data. True False 8. An ordinal level of measurement implies some sort of ranking. True False 9. Data that can only be classified into categories is measured with a nominal scale. True False 10. The terms descriptive statistics and inferential statistics can be used interchangeably. True False 11. A marketing research agency was hired to test a new DVD player. Consumers rated it outstanding, very good, fair or poor. The level of measurement for this experiment is ordinal. True False 12. The Union of Electrical Workers of America with 9,128 members polled 362 members about a new wage package that will be submitted to management. The population is the 362 members. True False 13. The CIA World...
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...Tyler Ryan Professor Wheeler English 101 April 22, 2015 Catcher in the Rye Jerome David (J.D.) Salinger was born on New Year’s Day in the year 1919, in New York City, “the second and last child of Sol and Marie (Miriam) Jillich Salinger” (Alexander 1). As a young boy, Salinger was interested in theatre and dramatics. Growing up, he attended a public school on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. He was always a very quiet and polite young man. His parents, Sol and Marie, thought he would fit in perfectly in a private school – seeing how well-mannered that young Salinger was – they “enrolled him in McBurney School in Manhattan in 1932” (Alexander 2), but, just as one of his most famous characters, Holden Caufield, he did not fit in very well in the private school, struggling to keep his grades satisfactory. Concerned, Salinger’s parents sent him to Valley Forge Military Academy when he was just 15 years old. “There he was active in drama and singing clubs. He sometimes wrote fiction by flashlight under his blankets at night and contributed to the school’s magazine” (Alexander 3). Salinger graduated in June of 1936 from Valley Forge, and then went on to pursue a brief, but significant college career. He began his education at New York University, but quickly dropped out “to try performing as an entertainer on a Caribbean cruise ship” (Alexander 4). When he was 20 years old, he worked toward his college career once again. He enrolled in a class at Columbia University to learn...
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...Once Upon a Shop The essay “Once Upon a Shop” is written by the British writer Jeanette Winterson, and was first published in The Observer on June 13 2010. The text is about Jeanette Winterson’s vegetable shop, Verde, located in Spitalfields in the East End of London. In this essay Winterson tells the story of how she got to open the shop, Verde, what thoughts and ambition lay behind her decision not to sell out to a cooperative brand, but instead open her own small shop. In an ever-changing world, where time seems to fly by, and more people seem to be attracted to money and power, Winterson persuades the reader to rethink their set of values and to prioritise what, at the end of the day, will really have meant something. These are some of the issues that appear in Jeanette Winterson’s essay. The world is fuelled by power and money. Government control the taxes; control who gets to pay less and who gets to pay more. In a world where you have to decide between quality or quantity, ecological or cheap, fast expedition or personal expedition, it is hard for small businesses to stay a-float. “I started the shop because I believe working from the bottom up is a good idea. Verde can’t tackle Tesco round the corner, nor can it change the fixed supply chains and discounting that make it so hard for small shops to compete with big business.” Winterson believes in the value of good workmanship, but claims that the government is fault for the prevailing belief, that time is money, and...
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...population of interest. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Goal: 2 3. To infer something about a population, we usually take a sample from the population. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Goal: 2 4. The techniques used to find out something about a population, such as their average weight, based on a sample are referred to as descriptive statistics. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Goal: 2 AACSB: MD 5. There are four levels of measurement-qualitative, quantitative, discrete, and continuous. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Goal: 5 6. Ordinal level of measurement is considered the "lowest" level of measurement. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Goal: 5 7. A store asks shoppers for their zip code to identify market areas. Zip codes are an example of ratio data. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Goal: 5 AACSB: REF 8. Ordinal level of measurement implies some sort of ranking. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Goal: 5 9. Data that can only be classified into categories is nominal data. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Goal: 5 10. The words descriptive statistics and inferential statistics can be used interchangeably. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Goal: 2 11. A marketing research agency was hired to test a new DVD player. Consumers rated it outstanding, very good, fair or poor. The level of measurement for...
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...2016 Synthesis Essay In these three book, The Sun Also Rises, On The Road and In The Life Of Denisovich, all of the features reflect many of the aspects of the characters subcultures. The beat generation and lost generation talks about how guys go on a journey on the road while the members all of the siberian labor camp tells the reader, people's rough life trying to survive. The beat generation and lost generation goes at a much faster pace than the members of the Siberian labor camp. The Beat Generation and the Lost Generation has what's going on on a daily while the members of the Siberia says what's going on in one day. Also the tone of these three books are similar. The beat generation and the Lost Generation, the authors as a positive attitude towards these books. The author's tone is exciting because those book tells you they go out a lot and party and drunk and have fun and also get at girls. The members of the Siberian labor camp tone is more bitter. They are just trying to survive the camp so they can get back to their family. In the three books, the author uses tone, sentences structure and pace to represent these subculture. The book On The Road is a beat generation of which are more of a outgoing group. Two guys go on the road to have fun with each other and discover new things. In the book On The Road the author uses sentence structure. The paragraphs are really long because they are always on the road. “And he balled that clear to Iowa city…. and all I had to...
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...a fight with his roommate, Holden leaves early to explore New York City alone. Holden battles with the reality of adulthood that has turn a different turn on his life. We get to this stage where we fear to grow up and see what will be coming for us next in the future. Salinger’s novel clearly displays the experience of being isolated from multiple activities which can lead to the theme of alienation, the creation of the character (Holden) and also the symbolism which can be unnoticed. Salinger tries to convey a message with his writing to also displaying human connection is a must. The theme of “The Catcher in the Rye” is alienation which connects to Holden (the protagonist)...
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...“Conflict of Convictions” E. Marshall October 16, 2012 English Composition 1102 Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction page 3 Section 2: Historical Context page 4 Section 3: Common Theme in other literature page 5 Section 4: Analysis page 7 Section 5: Conclusion page 9 Section 6: Works Cited page page 10 Introduction The literary piece “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, highlights the apprehensions of a colonial officer's obligation to shoot a rogue elephant. The author does not want to shoot the elephant, but feels pressured by a crowd of indigenous residents, before whom he does not wish to appear indecisive or cowardly. “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell, utilizes characterization, point of view, and plot to illustrate the moral conflict between one’s beliefs and duties. George Orwell worked as a sub-divisional police officer in Moulmein, Burma, back in the days of the British Empire. Burma was just one of many unsatisfied colonies. Orwell, and his famous social conscience, is a target for the hatred of the natives, who sneer at him and insult him, whenever they can. Although, in principle, he sides with the natives, his position and their anger weakens his compassion, to some degree. One day, George Orwell is told that an elephant is destroying the bazaar and he is asked to take care of this potential threat. Although basically tame, an elephant may still rampage occasionally due to...
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...Dance Like Nobody's Watching Have you ever seen a beautiful painting that you wish would come to life? Dance is a painting that comes to life in many different styles. Hey y’all its Emmy Kay and I am a 7th grader at Dawson Middle school. I am also a dancer at Eminence Dance Complex in Roanoke, Texas. When I dance I feel so at peace and can forget all the stresses of the day. I love to dance, and I have been dancing since I was two years old. Whenever I am asked which style is my favorite, I always say they all are. This is why I chose to research about dance styles, how they are unique and how each dance style is influenced. There are many different styles of dance and each are exceptional in their own way. “Different styles of dance are...
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...CHAP TER Rhetorical Modes 1. NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose...
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...Rivier College Writing & Resource Center Using APA: Creating a Reference Page (Updated October 2012—APA 6th Edition) General Guidelines for Formatting a Reference Page Your reference list provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the essay. Each source you cite in the essay must appear in your reference list (except for personal communications); each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. Start the reference list on a new page. Type the word References in upper and lowercase letters, centered, at the top of the page on the first line below the page header; do not underline, and do not put it in quotation marks. Your reference list must be in alphabetical order according to author’s last name; if no author is given for a particular source, alphabetize by the title of the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical citations. If you have more than one work by a particular author, order them by publication date, oldest to newest. Provide first initial (and not first name) and middle initial (if provided) for all authors of a particular work. Capitalize only the first word of a title or subtitle of a work unless it is a proper noun. Italicize titles of books and journals—note that the italics extend to include the volume number of a periodical as well as the period at the end of a book title. Use “&” instead of “and” when listing multiple authors of a single work. The first line of each entry...
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...New Terrorism? Predicting the Future of Terrorism Introduction/ Purpose Terrorism is an often controversial subject. “One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.” This is a well known quote that is often used to allude to the complexity of terrorism. Terrorism, the word itself is a word that has possessed over a hundred definitions and a concept that has changed as the societies of the world have progressed. The use of the terms terrorism and terrorist are politically weighted, and are often used for a polarizing effect, where 'terrorism' becomes simply a relativist term for the violence committed by an enemy, from the point of view of the attacked. Because of the political nature of some struggles, 'terrorism' can become identified as simply any violence committed against established institutions. A terrorist is, strictly speaking, one who is personally involved in an act of terrorism. The term "terrorism" comes from the French 18th century word terrorisme (under their government's Reign of Terror), based on the Latin language verbs terrere (to tremble) and deterrere (to frighten from). The use of the term "terrorist" has had broader applications however, ranging in application from disgruntled citizens to common political dissidents. It is important to understand terrorism in our modern arena and under stand its effects on society. ‘Terrorism’, as a unified political and ideological motif did not arise spontaneously in response to particular instances...
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...section Vi essay forms Many people use the term “essay” to mean any paper written for a class. In actuality, there are many different types of essays, each of which has a unique purpose, form, and style. We call these different types of essays “modes of discourse,” and they include expository, persuasive, and comparecontrast essays to name just a few. This section of the Guide has a dual purpose. First, various types of essays are described and suggestions are included about how to approach each particular type of writing. Second, the sample essays are good tools for you to see how these different essays look in their final form. These are not templates (no essay can be a carbon copy of another even in form), but they will give you a good idea of what a final piece of writing for each mode of discourse looks like. It would be advantageous to critically analyze the form and content of each sample against the instruction for how to write each type of essay. chapter 21 expository essays Jennifer propp An expository essay explains something using facts rather than opinions. The purpose of this type of essay is to inform an audience about a subject. It is not intended to persuade or present an argument of any kind. Writing this type of essay is a good way to learn about all the different perspectives on a topic. Many students use the expository essay to explore a variety of topics, and do so in a wide range of formats, including “process” and “definition”...
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...frequently, the classes flow well, and all involved feel like the course was a success. On the other hand, most of the instructors also had quite the opposite experience, where it is a regular struggle to get students to ask questions and participate in discussions. Student engagement, a broader, more encompassing term, which consists of four factors (skills, participation/interaction, emotional, and performance), is becoming increasingly important in higher education (Handelsman, Briggs, Sullivan, &Towler, 2005). Though all areas of engagement are important and theNational Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) has increased as universities try to use student engagement as a significant part of higher education assessment (Kuh, 2001), here the focus is on the participation/interaction factor of engagement. The traditional lecture-only format is losing its prevalence in the classroom, as it is replaced with mixed delivery methods which utilize group discussion, dyadic work, and peer review, to name a few, all of which minimize lecturing. In-class participation has become increasingly important with millennial generation students who demand more interaction from their classroom experience (Allred & Swenson, 2006; Howe & Strauss, 2000). In particular, Tony VN. Figuera of Mindanao Times (2006) stated that the inability of students to argue in class and their phobia for oral exams are only two of the discrepant behaviors that educators observe in school. This attitude of...
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