...Sample Narrative Essay: Group Ice Bucket Challenge Thesis: event + meaning Part 1: Receive challenge; learn more about ALS; buy supplies – Allison, Breanne, and I were eating lunch in the cafeteria when Simon walked up with his phone. Hey!” Simon said, pulling out his smart phone. It was obvious he wanted to show us something. We said hi back, waiting for him to pull up what he wanted us to see. “You’ve been challenged on Facebook! Are you going to do it?” Breanne looked puzzled. “Do what?” she asked. “The ice bucket challenge!” Simon replied. People sitting at tables surrounding us all looked up and at us. One shouted, “Do it!” Allison said, “Well, we’ve been challenged, so we might as well.” She and I shrugged. Simon raised his arms in victory and walked away. Part 2: Drive home; conversation – We all struggled to pay attention during class that day. All we could think about was the ice bucket challenge. How cold would the water be? Would it hurt? Who would record us taking the challenge? Whom would we nominate to take the challenge after us? We talked about all this after school, driving in Breanne’s car to Allison’s house, a cozy ranch house off Keebler Street. Along the way, Breanne surprised us by suddenly swerving into the parking lot of our local Food Lion. Allison said, “Why are we st…” but trailed off, figuring out mid-question that Breanne was buying the ice we needed. We only bought ice. “Ice bucket challenge?” the cashier said, ringing us up. We all nodded. “We...
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...BEFORE YOU START – save this document into your H drive. Choose Your Own Adventure – Draft Write your narrative in the boxes below. Note: You can change the options around so they are different each time and the reader is left guessing. Madman’s Idiotic MissionBy Yeti (Yechan choi) | Do you like rain? When you go out to have a great time but a storm comes to the beach where charlotte, Ryan and, Brian were. So it started like this, our parents dropped us off, (that time it was bright and sunny) after about 20 minutes it started to rain heavily but our parents said to walk home. So we had an issue which path to take home, Choose very, very, very wisely. | “Why does it have too rain?” My annoying friend asked me“I think we should start heading home before the rain becomes heavier” Charlotte said wisely“I agree but which direction should we go?” I said“I want to go through the normal path, it should be safe that way” Charlotte stated“No, I want to go through the forest if we go charlottes way we’ll waste too much time going around all the buildings but if we go my way we can go home much faster” Ryan argued“Ok settle down, you babies you can’t agree to anyone can you, what about we go my way it’s a shortcut but we’ll have to stop a lot in traffic” I exclaimedSo they argue for a long time but they can’t still choose their way, can you?Choose one (pick wisely) A) Charlottes slow but safe way B) Or Brian’s way which includes going past Mrs. Browns house! C) Ryan’s risky...
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...1952, is acclaimed for her lyrically written tales of sensibility and conflicts in Chinese-American mother-daughter relationship, in which generational and cultural divergence is highlighted. Themes of loss and reconciliation, hope and failure, friendship and familial conflict, added with mystic oriental flavor and healing power, have made Tan’s writing emblematic and well-received. Following the publication of The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), Amy Tan’s third novel The Hundred Secret Senses (1995) again enjoys a high popularity and evokes strong responses from both readers and critics. Despite the fact that The Hundred Secret Senses still exhibits Tan’s trademarks of “a strong sense of place, a many-layered narrative, family secrets, generational conflict, Chinese lore and history”, unlike the previous two that are generally praised, this novel gets mixed opinions. Most reviewers receive the characterization of Kwan as “the most original and best one” among Tan’s works (Huntley 113). Some other critics, Michiko Katukani et al, criticize Kwan’s over-imaginary, sensational and superstitious beliefs in ghosts, reincarnation and fantasies (qtd. in Chen 120). Frank Chin asserts that Tan has made both Kwan and Changmian appear inferior for the purpose of "perpetuating and...
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...Bahasa Inggeris Modul Tambah Nilai PMR 2012 JABATAN PELAJARAN TERENGGANU MODUL TAMBAH NILAI PENILAIAN MENENGAH RENDAH 2012 BAHASA INGGERIS ______________________________________________________________________ Disediakan Oleh: AKRAM NEGERI TERENGGANU Dibiayai oleh: KERAJAAN NEGERI TERENGGANU jeyshida@smksm TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages PAPER 1 PART A ~ RATIONAL CLOZE PART B ~ CLOSEST IN MEANING 1-4 5 - 15 PAPER 2 PART C ~ GUIDED COMPOSITION PART D ~ LITERATURE COMPONENT PART E ~ SUMMARY WRITING 16 - 28 29 - 31 32 - 38 jeyshida@smksm jeyshida@smksm jeyshida@smksm ~ RATIONAL CLOZE ~ Note: Verb-to-be Verb-to-have Verb-to-do Prepositions PRACTICE 1 I can’t remember what I have ___1___! This is a regular complaint of students. Have you ever ___2____ why you remember certain stories and not others? Certain facts but not all? Simple! That is because we do ___3___ things which are of interest to us and those which are not, we simply forget them. So what is the secret of ___4___? Make revising your lesson a part of your regular daily routine. You should revise your lesson whenever and where ever you have the chance. Asking questions, writing down notes and reflecting on the topic that you are ___5___ are examples of active learning. This is an example of a good while-reading strategy. A house with no noise is a suitable learning environment. Noise is a distracter. While you are ___6___, you also need to free your mind from unpleasant thoughts and confusing...
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...Community Assessment and Analysis - Rio Grande Michele Foster, Chelsea Simpson, Cinimol Teju, Ann Brennan, Jessica Ramaley Grand Canyon University Community Assessment and Analysis - Rio Grande The lower Rio Grande Valley is located along the United States and Mexican border. The lower Rio Grande Valley consists of four counties along the southernmost tip of Texas (Migrant Health Promotion, 2012). These counties include metropolitan areas such as Rio Grande City, McAllen, Harlingen, and Brownsville (Migrant Health Promotion, 2012). The Rio Grande Valley is nestled right along the Rio Grande River which is why the area is so abundant in agriculture. In phenomenological communities, place is emphasized more by the sense of belonging among the members (Maurer & Smith, 2009). The lower Rio Grande Valley has over one million people in which 90 percent of the population is Hispanic (Migrant Health Promotion, 2012). The Valley is known to be home to one of the largest concentrations of farm workers in the United States (Migrant Health Promotion, 2012). A considerable amount of farm workers travel from Mexico to work in agriculture in the United States and because of this, the members of this community can relate. Four counties in the southern tip of Texas along the Mexican border make up the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Over 1 million people make up this population with 85 to 98% being Hispanic. It is made up of over 2,000 colonias and most of residents. Colonia is a...
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...PHOTOGRAPHY AS LITERATURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY USING TY BELLO’S WORKS Introduction “Art is about collecting experiences and expressing them. For me music and photography are similar art forms. I collect experiences, stir them in myself and express it in my own language. Just like my photography, music is my language.” Ty Bello Today people live in a visually intensive society and a world of spectacular and exciting images. They are bombarded with an orderly and continuously stream of visual stimulation from all manner of media every day. They see mediated images more often than they read words. Images sell everything. This paper offers an analytical framework for understanding how still photography is Literature in the 21st Century, using TY Bello’s still pictures. According to Aristotle, “There can be no words without images”. The world is surrounded with mediated images in such a way that has never been witnessed in the history of mass communication. Every era has expressed itself in its own way since the beginning. Antiquity was the time of legends, epics and mythical narratives. During the sovereignty of this era, meaning was constructed with ‘the word’ and its peculiar rules. Though the permanency of ‘writing’ as opposed to the fleeting character of the word has grown to be the symbol of authority and power, literary narrative which was developed together with the Enlightenment and the invention of printing process have brought out the freedom of ‘written language’. Whereas...
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...ACT ONE The Ordinary World: The hero’s life is established in his ordinary world. This story beat is also known as: * The Known * The Set-Up * The Status Quo * Limited Awareness Call to Adventure: Something changes in the hero’s life to cause him to take action. This story beat is also known as: * TheInciting Incident * The Call to Action * The Catalyst Refusal of the Call: The hero refuses to take action hoping his life with go back to normal. Which it will not. Also known as: * Threshold Guardians * Defining Moment * Separation * Reluctance * New Situation * The Debate * Meeting Mentor Crossing the First Threshold: The hero is pushed to a point of no return where he must answer the call and begin his journey. Also known as: * Energetic Marker 1: End of the Beginning * The Point of No Return * Committing to the Goal * Act One Climax * Plot Point One * Break into Two * Turning Point One * The Threshold * Awakening ACT TWO Tests, Allies, and Enemies: The journey through the special world is full of tests and obstacles that challenge the hero emotionally and/or physically. Also known as: * The Fun and Games * Resistance and Struggle * Rising Action and Obstacles * Belly of the Whale * Push to Breaking Point * The Special World * Road of Trials Mid-Point: The energy of the story shifts dramatically. New information is discovered (for positive or negative)...
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...critical theory today critical theory today A Us e r - F r i e n d l y G u i d e S E C O N D E D I T I O N L O I S T Y S O N New York London Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2 Park Square Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RN © 2006 by Lois Tyson Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business Printed in the United States of America on acid‑free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 International Standard Book Number‑10: 0‑415‑97410‑0 (Softcover) 0‑415‑97409‑7 (Hardcover) International Standard Book Number‑13: 978‑0‑415‑97410‑3 (Softcover) 978‑0‑415‑97409‑7 (Hardcover) No part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Tyson, Lois, 1950‑ Critical theory today : a user‑friendly guide / Lois Tyson.‑‑ 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0‑415‑97409‑7 (hb) ‑‑ ISBN 0‑415‑97410‑0 (pb) 1. Criticism...
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...1. 2. 3. Which strategies aim at improving internal weaknesses by taking advantage of external opportunities? a. b. c. d. e. SO WO SW ST WT 4. How many cells are in a SWOT Matrix? a. b. c. d. e. Two Four Six Eight Nine 5. What are two external dimensions of the SPACE Matrix? a. b. c. d. e. Environmental stability and industry strength Environmental stability and competitive advantage Industry strength and competitive advantage Competitive advantage and financial strength Financial strength and industry strength 6. In the SPACE analysis, what does a (+6, +3) strategy profile portray? a. b. c. d. e. A strong industry An unstable environment A stable environment A weak industry A weak financial position 7. Selling all of a company’s assets in parts for their tangible worth is called a. Joint venture. b. Divestiture. c. Concentric diversification. d. Liquidation. e. Unrelated integration 8. Which stage of the strategy-formulation framework involves the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix? a. b. Stage 1 Stage 2 c. d. e. Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 9. 10. Which strategy should be implemented when a division is responsible for an organization’s overall poor performance? a. Backward integration b. c. b. c. Divestiture Forward integration Cost leadership Related diversification 11. What analytical tool has four quadrants based on two dimensions: competitive position and market growth? a. b. c. d. e. Competitive Profile Matrix...
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...7 ANALYZING THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND TECHNIQUE he writer’s overall purpose determines the techniques he or she uses. The writer’s reason for writing a particular article or book may be manipulative, as in propaganda or advertising, or may be more straightforward, as in informative writing. In either case, understanding the writer’s underlying purpose will help you interpret the context of the writing. It will also help you see why writers make the decisions they do—from the largest decisions about what information to present to the smallest details of what words to use. The chapter concludes with instructions on how to write an analysis of purpose and technique. This kind of rhetorical analysis will provide the perspective required to keep you from being pushed by words in directions you don’t want to go. T 103 104 Part 1 Writing About Reading The Writer's Purpose Insofar as people know what they are doing, they plan their actions to achieve their purposes. Someone who selects the purpose of being rich will design and carry out a set of actions, legal or illegal, to gain the desired wealth. A person who wants to gain great wisdom will design an entirely different life course. Writers, whether they want most to be wealthy or wise, have specific purposes they hope to achieve by any piece of work. If they are skilled writers—that is, in control of what they write—they design each aspect of what they are writing to achieve their purpose. Being aware of the writer's...
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...The role of self concept in understanding brand experience, brand attachment and brand loyalty in the consumption of premium clothing brands Londiwe Mkhize Student Number: 28531907 A research project submitted to the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. 10 November 2010 © University of Pretoria ABSTRACT The foremost argument of this research is that self concept is of fundamental influence in the choices consumers make when purchasing luxury clothing brands. The objective of this research was to determine the relationships between self concept and the experience, attachment and loyalty that consumers have towards brands. The research further sought to confirm the role that identity theory plays in brand consumption. Sixty-nine respondents were surveyed via an electronic tool to understand how they view the role that self concept plays in the experiences they encounter with clothing brands. Experts were also interviewed to gain deeper insights into brands and the importance that communication and branding strategies play in developing brands for consumption. Ttests and bivariate regression was performed in order to determine relationships amongst the constructs. The findings show that consumers place a relatively high importance on the brand experience and self concept constructs. Marketing and advertising companies have an enormous responsibility...
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...Globalization and Culture - John Tomlinson University of Chicago Press: Published 1999 ISBN: 0-226-80768-1 Chapter 1: Globalization and Culture Globalization lies at the heart of modern culture; cultural practices lie at the heart of globalization. This is the reciprocal relationship I shall try to establish in this chapter and explore in the chapters which follow. This is not a reckless claim: it is not to say that globalization is the single determinant of modern cultural experience, nor that culture alone is the conceptual key that unlocks globalization's inner dynamic. It is not, therefore, to claim that the politics and economics of globalization yield to a cultural account which takes conceptual precedence. But it is to maintain that the huge transformative processes of our time that globalization describes cannot be properly understood until they are grasped through the conceptual vocabulary of culture; likewise that these transformations change the very fabric of cultural experience and, indeed, affect our sense of what culture actually is in the modern world. Both globalization and culture are concepts of the highest order of generality and notoriously contested in their meanings. This book certainly does not aim at an exhaustive analysis of either: more modestly it tries to grasp the main elements of globalization in what might be called a cultural register. In this first chapter I offer an orientating understanding of the concept of globalization within this register...
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...SPM ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1119 SMART MODULE 2 2011 [pic] SPM ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1119 SMART MODULE 2 2011 Patron En. Mansor bin Lat Director of Kedah Education Department Advisor Tn. Hj. Asmee bin Haji Tajuddin Head of the Academic Sector Coordinator Pn. Hjh. Zaliha bt Ahmad The Principal Assistant Director (English Language) Committee Members Pn. Wan Aisyah bt Haris (Assistant District Language Officer for Language, Kota Setar) Pn. Hjh. Fadzillah bt Selamat (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kubang Pasu) En. Yong Kooi Hin (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Baling Sik) En. Nordin bin Mohd. Noor (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Padang Terap) En. Azmi bin Othman (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kuala Muda Yan) En. Nagaiah Velu (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Langkawi) En. Md. Zahir bin Husin (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kulim Bandar Baharu) Pn. Nadia Normala Vimala bt Abdullah (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Pendang) Cik Farha bt Sobry (Assistant District Language Officer for English (Secondary), Kuala Muda Yan En. Oslan bin Yum (Assistant District Language Officer for English (Secondary), Kubang Pasu Panel of Smart Module 2 2011 (SPM 1119) 1. Pn. Farah Ikhmar bt Jafri (SMK Sik) 2. En. Lim Swee Teong (SMK Simpang Kuala) ...
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...“Effects of Violent Video Games and Media on Aggressive Behavior” Gabin ,Pauline Palma, Keirsha Jhoanne J. Perona, Jerril A. Ramirez, Ma. Bernadette Riverside College Inc. Computer 2: Internet Research January 9, 2015 RESEARCH PAPER APPROVAL In partial fulfilment of the requirements for Computer 2 - Internet Research, this research paper entitled “Effects of Violent Video Games and Media on Aggressive Behavior” with the following subtitles: 1. What are the elements that provoke the child to take interest in violent media and games? 2. Does playing and watching anything remotely violent really affect a child’s behavior? 3. What is the behavioral result if the child is exposed to violent entertainment? 4. In what aspects can a child be able to stop his aggressive behavior? 5. What measures does the media industry have to do in order to put a stop to this? Has been prepared and submitted by Perona, Jerril A. Palma, Keirsha J. Gabin, Pauline C. Ramirez, Bernadette G. APPROVED BY: Mrs. Maritess Pomada January 9, 2015Coordinator, Psychology Department | Introduction “Effects of Violent Video Games and Media on Aggressive Behavior” It’s not a new issue – in the 1950s, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham wrote a book called “Seduction of the Innocent”, which claimed that comic books were unnecessarily exposing children to violence and causing them to become delinquent. Although Wertham’s methods...
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...Reconnecting to a Forgotten River An Ecological Solution Design Thesis | Aaron Hanson Reconnecting to a Forgotten River A Design Thesis Submitted to the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of North Dakota State University By Aaron Hanson In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelors of Landscape Architecture Primary Thesis Advisor Thesis Committee Chair May, 2012 Fargo, North Dakota Ma, 0 2 y2 1 table of contents abstract problem statement statement of intent narrative user/client description major project elements site information project emphasis plan for proceeding previous studio experience theoretical premise research case studies climate data historical context project goals site analysis an ecological solution personal identification reference list 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12 13 14 15 16 - 34 35 - 58 59 - 65 66 - 71 72 73 - 88 89 - 108 109 110 - 111 abstract Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our environment. Rivers provide a variety of amenities and services to communities across the world such as drinking water, food, travel, recreation, wildlife habitat, connection to place, aesthetic appeal, economic development, etc. This thesis project examines the importance of the Mississippi River to its urban community and how riverfront design can function as a unifying element for the city center and its ecosystem. Over half of the world’s future population will be living in urban environments...
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