...ENC 1101 13 October 2014 Becoming the Seminole Athlete Coming to FSU as a student athlete is a life changing experience as you shift from being under your parents into being on your own and managing yourself. You get to start early as a baseball player so that you can become acclimated with class and morning workouts. You are taken on a weeklong athlete orientation called Summer Bridge a week before summer classes begin. You along with other freshman athletes get to become familiar with the campus and what is expected out of an athlete here at Florida State. During the week, you are grouped with people from other sports so that you can get to know other people besides your teammates. In your group you do small bonding exercises and team work activities. One activity was a campus scavenger hunt where you have to take pictures in front of certain buildings and this allows you to get familiar with your new school. Summer is an easier adjustment from high school to college compared to fall. During summer you are required to take only two classes and have only early morning workouts. Having the afternoon to yourself is a good feeling because there is not much free time in the fall being a student athlete. Being a baseball player, you live in Whitehall Apartments which is right off campus. Living in the apartments with three other teammates and right next door to four others, you get to bond easily with each other. Transitioning from having your laundry done for you and having...
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...Once Upon a TIme there lived a family of three a mother father and their beautiful daughter Cinderella they were a very happy family. One day after Cinderella was put to bed her mother passed out. The next day a doctor came out to see if she was sick when he came out of her room he looked down and shook his head. Cinderella’s father knew what that look meant so he walked the doctor out and talked to him as he came back in his wife had called him into the room. Then Cinderella’s mother asked her to come into the room she took her by the hand and told her that she had a secret that would lead her through all of the trials life has to offer. She told her “To have courage and be kind.” Then they had one last family hug before Cinderella’s mother passed away. Cinderella and her father had many wonderful years together. One day Cinderella’s father asked her if he could have one more chance at having love. Cinderella told her father that if it would lead to his happiness. Her father married another woman a widow with two daughters Drizella and Anastasia. At first the girls were nice to Cinderella until one day when her father had to leave and he wouldn’t be back for a few months. After he father left for his journey Cinderella’s step mother started treating her differently she slowly considered her as a maid. Later that week Cinderella’s stepmother Lady Tremaine sent her to the attic and told her to clean it and stay up there until she called for her. In the attic Cinderella found...
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...Americans Infected with Ebola to U.S. Against the wishes of many terrified Americans, two American aid workers infected with the Ebola Virus while in Western Africa, have been transported to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly are the first two Ebola patients ever brought to the U.S. for Liberia. Dr. Brantly, arrived at Emory University hospital on Saturday and was immediately brought to the hospital’s specialized isolation unit. Yesterday Writebol arrived. There is no known vaccination or cure for the deadly disease, the two victims were both given an experimental, U.S. manufactured drug while in Liberia before being transported back to the United States. The drug was recently developed and is still so new that it has never before been tested on humans. Both patients are showing significant improvement, but are still being closely monitored by doctors. This situation has left many Americans feeling uneasy and fearful of the risk of the disease spreading throughout the US. The CDC has received numerous angry emails and calls in opposition of bringing these two back onto American soil. Businessman Donald Trump even launched a twitter campaign "Our country has enough problems. Send the doctors to Liberia. Send the doctors to West Africa to take care of our people. It's one thing. But don't let them in," said Trump, in an interview with Fox News earlier this week. Nonetheless, many others see these two as heroes and...
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...Gough Whitlam Gough Whitlam Did Gough Whitlam impact Australians lives when he implemented policies? Did he contribute to the post war development? At the time he was prime minister, writes Richard Holt. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam came to power at the end of 1972. He’s main objective I believe was to make Australia well known. Whitlam had already reformed the Labor Party's policy platform prior to coming to power. While he was prime minister he introduced many policies to do with problems Australia was facing. He introduced free university education and ended conscription. Edward Gough Whitlam was born in Melbourne in 1916. After graduating from Sydney University he served as a navigator in the Air Force during the Second World War. Whitlam entered federal parliament in 1952 by winning the seat. He kept this seat for 23 years, through several elections. He finally became a Leader of the Opposition in 1967. Whitlam was Campaigning the slogan “It’s time” and successfully became Prime minister in December 1972. The Whitlam was serious about passing legislation and in 1973 203 bills became laws. Some of these include the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), which established the means to review the decisions of government ministers and officials; The Trade Practices Act 1974), which made sure consumers were protected against faulty products and misleading and deciptive conduct by sellers or manufacturers. It also made restrictive trade practices illegal and...
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...Key features of a newspaper article Headline – usually only four or five words. It tries to attract the interest of the reader by telling them what the story is about, in a short and interesting way. • What is the headline for your article? • How many words are in the headline? By-line – who wrote the article • Who wrote your article? Introduction – It will set the scene and summarise the main points of the article: who, what, when, where. • Can you identify these important points in your article? - Who is the article about? - What happened? - When did it happen? - Where did it happen? Body – provides more detail about the event, in particular it answers the questions how and why. • What else do you know now? Quotes – sometimes articles will include what a person (like an eye-witness or an expert) has said. These will be in speech marks. • Does you article have quotes? If so, - What was said? - Who said it? - How are they related to the event? Photograph and caption – sometimes articles have a photograph, and a sentence explaining the photograph • Does your article have a photograph? What does it show – describe exactly what you see? • What does the caption say? Headline – usually only four or five words. It tries to attract the interest of the reader by telling...
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...the media specifically from Magazines. Boles (2012) believes that each magazine uses linguistic techniques these language features are creatively used in magazines by the writers to attract and entertain the target audience as they only have a small space and time to get the attention of the potential buyer of the product. Bell (2010) emphasizes the importance of the processes which produce media language, as stories are molded and modified by various hands. He stresses it is indeed stories that journalists and editors produce, not articles. These stories have viewpoint, values and structure that can be analyzed. He is concerned, too, with the role of the audience in influencing media language styles, and in understanding, forgetting or misconceiving the news presented to it. A feature story is a special human interest story article that is not closely tied to a recent news event. It focuses on particular people, places, and events, and it goes into great detail regarding concepts and ideas of specific market interest. The study primarily aims to provide a contrastive analysis between the use of the variety of english in love songs. The study specifically aims to (1) determine the commonality and differences between American and Philippine English magazine feature articles, and (2) determine the moves present in the sample feature articles. 1.2. Research Questions * What are the commonality and difference of the use of the variety of...
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...Elk Creek, Alberta – Any mention of teenagers and police officers in the same setting generally conjures up images of wild house parties getting busted—which is precisely the image Sgt. Karin Occino wants to change. Starting September 1, the Alberta Police Station is organizing daily office hours, officially known as “Officer Hours,” that place a designated sergeant at the high school for an hour each day in an effort to improve relations between teens and the police in town. “There wasn’t always such a strained relationship with the kids in this town,” said Occino. “A few years ago, the majority of teens and youths knew most of the officers by name and viewed them as a source of protection. Now it seems like we’re distrusted—seen only as the bad guy that comes out and ruins their fun. That’s not how it’s supposed to be.” Senior class president Carly Roy fully endorses the idea: “Having access to an officer who can answer our questions and just maintain a presence in the school will be a really great step toward keeping things friendly between us and the cops. They won’t just be these stiff, mean people who are out to get us. It won’t be an ‘us vs. them’ thing anymore.” Officers Roger Filmore, Cecilia Moore, and Guy Perrier have already volunteered to spend time in the high school’s guidance office from 3 to 4 pm and talk to students on a first-come, first-served basis. “I remember being a kid,” said Sgt. Filmore, “and if you don’t know an...
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...LITERATURE THE ENGLISH PHILOLGY CHAIR COURSE PAPER THE MODES OF USING THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN ENGLISH BASED UPON SHORT STORIES BY AGATHA CHRISTIE. Written by: Popusoi Veronica Student of Group №304 en./sp. Scientific advisor: Vasilache A. Senior – lecturer of English CHISINAU 2014 CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………p. 3 CHAPTER ONE. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CATEGORY OF ARTICLE in English.…………………………………………………..p. 5 1.1 Article. General notion. ……………………………...…...………….p. 5 1.2 The Functions of the Definite Article in English……………...…………...p. 7 1.3The Usage of the Definite Article with Class Nouns in English…p.9 CHAPTER TWO. DEFINITE ARTICLE IN USE………………………..p.24 2.1 Practical aspects of Using Definite Article in English..……...p.24 2.2 The Use of Definite Articles in Stories by Agatha Christie..p..32 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………p.37 BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………………............p. 38 APPENDIX …………………………………………………………………..p. 44 Introduction Though the article is the part of speech that contains only two words it presents a great difficulty for a student of English. A foreigner can always be told by his wrong use of article. Mistakes in the use of articles are considered to be the most difficult to be corrected. Numerous works devoted to this part of speech have certainly contributed to its better understanding...
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...33 CHAPTER Newswriting basics Ready to write a simple news story? This chapter introduces you to the concepts and formulas all reporters have learned to rely upon. IN THIS CHAPTER: 34 Just the facts Be aware of what’s factual — and what’s opinion. 36 The five W’s The essentials: who, what, when, where, why. 38 The inverted pyramid How to write stories so the key facts come first. 40 Writing basic news leads Putting your opening paragraphs to work in the most informative, appealing way. 42 Beyond the basic news lead Not every story needs to start with a summary of basic facts; you have other options. 44 Leads that succeed A roundup of the most popular and dependable categories of leads. 46 After the lead . . . what next? A look at nut grafs, briefs, brites — and ways to outline and organize stories efficiently. 48 Story structure How to give an overall shape to your story, from beginning to middle to end. 50 Rewriting First you write. Then you rethink, revise, revamp and refine until you run out of time. 52 Editing Reporters have a love-hate relationship with editors. But here’s why you need them. 54 Newswriting style Every newsroom adapts its own rules when it comes to punctuation, capitalization, etc. 56 Making deadline When you’re a reporter, you live by the clock. How well will you handle the pressure? 58 66 newswriting tips A collection of rules, guidelines and helpful advice to make your stories more professional. ...
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...Film i Engelsk Bilag 1a FILM ANALYSIS – an introduction (Source: http://www.filmeducation.org) – bearbejdet af Mi og LK, Favrskov Gymnasium Reading a film is just like reading a book, except that instead of looking at a written page we are looking at the cinema screen. Reading a film works in exactly the same way as a written text, or a picture, except that the tools that are used to create meaning are different. We call these tools film language. The opening sequence From the moment we first start watching a film, we begin to get involved. The first few minutes of a film (the opening sequence) are very important to us as they give us lots of clues about the film: 1) what will the film be about (conflicts/themes); 2) who are the most important characters (hero, villain, love interest); 3); what is the setting of the film (time and place); 4) the genre; and finally, 5) what sort of film language characterizes the film? We look at all these elements and begin to put them into context. Based on their environment, how they look, what they say and what we see them do, we make assumptions about the characters, their roles in the film and their relationship to each other. We also recognize so-called genre markers (things we associate with one particular genre) which tell us if we are watching a Western or a Sc-Fi film and, thus, form specific expectations about what is going to happen during the rest of the film. At the same time, we listen to the sounds and the music...
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...themes so that the core readers can recognize these specific themes. These themes are communicated through three basic categories that make up a newspaper's front page; the layout, the stories, and the aim of the advertising of those stories. The front pages that I have chosen to analyze show three different aims for their region of emphasis; the New York Post, Hartford Courant, and Boston Globe. The first aspect of each front page that I noticed was the layout, and it is obvious that the Post takes a drastically different course than the other two. Their arrangement has one story with a very large color picture and even larger white lettering than the picture. There are no links to any other stories elsewhere in the paper except the feature story however on the first page in there is a more traditional front page layout. But there is also a reason that this front page should be visible on the outside and it relates to the aim of the paper. It is obvious that the Post wishes to grab its readers' attention with this type of layout. The Courant and the Globe have a similar layout with a large color picture in the upper center and a smaller graphic or picture in the lower right. The Globe has a column on the left side that provides links to about ten stories elsewhere in the paper and both have a horizontal column on the very top that also serves this function, but with fewer links. It is obvious that these two papers do value the content of their stories and many of their readers...
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...used; however this refers to a list of related source material that is not necessarily cited in the document. Remember: • A list of references should appear on a separate sheet of paper at the end of an assignment and is generally titled References. • This list contains bibliographic details of every work cited in your assignment. • The list must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ surnames. If there is more than one work by the same author, then arrange chronologically i.e. earlier publication dates before later dates. • All reference sources (e.g. books, journal articles, websites etc.) are listed together in one continuous reference list. • Correct punctuation is important. • Note minimal capitalisation of book titles and maximal capitalisation of journal titles. Example: Reference List Website If a book, or a journal article or a document on a website has no author, bring the title of the book, article or document to the front. ABC 2010, The Drum, analysis and views on the issues of the day, viewed 13 January 2010, Becher, T 1990, ‘The counter culture of specialisation’, European Journal of Education, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 330-6. Bourassa, SD 1999, ‘Effects of child care on young children’, Proceedings of the third annual meeting of the International Society for Child Psychology, International Society for Child Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 44-6. Conner, ML 2004, Ageless learners: andragogy and pedagogy, viewed 19 October, 2007, Dawson, P 2004, Creative writing...
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...Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) and http://www.apastyle.org/. Instructions Alphabetize each entry in a works cited list by the first letter, ignoring the articles A, An, and The. Indent subsequent lines of entries one-half inch. Names: Use initials for first and middle names. Titles: For articles, chapters and books, capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle and proper nouns. Fully capitalize periodical titles. Dates: Publication dates use the order year, month day. The access date uses the order month day year. If no publication date is available, use "n.d." in place of date. The following examples are citations from EBSCO databases. If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. Different styles may apply when citing print and other sources. Journal Article Pattern: [Author last name], [First initial]. [Middle initial]. ([Publication year]). [Title of article]. [Title of journal], [Volume number]([Issue number]), [Page number starts]-[ends]. [Document Object Identifier] Example: Silva, L. (2007). Epistemological and theoretical challenges for studying power and politics in information systems. Information Systems Journal, 17(2), 165-183. [Document Object Identifier] Journal Article w/ No Author Pattern: [Title of article]. ([Publication year]). [Title of journal], [Volume number]([Issue number]), [Page number starts]-[ends]. [Document Object Identifier] Example: Epistemological and theoretical challenges...
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...A Guide on How to write a research paper 1. Establish Your Topic * Genuinely interests you. * Read and think about what you'd like to do. * Narrow it down to something more manageable (e.g.: Too general: Ancient Egypt. Revised: The building of the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. * Brainstorming to get ideas. 2. Identify the goal of the paper * An argumentative research paper: argues for one point of view. The issue should be debatable with a logical counter argument. * An analytical research paper: offers a fresh look at an important issue to persuade audience that it is important. 3. Look for Sources of Information * Books, magazine articles, and internet articles. * A research paper should use at least four sources. * The academic credibility of a source could be considered. * Make note of page numbers, URLs, and quotable passages for citation. 4. Read Your Sources and Take Notes * Use index cards to relate ideas from different sources. * Keep source information on the other side of the cards. * Use quotation marks for “copy/paste” to avoid PLAGIARISM. * Organize your note cards by subtopic to make an outline. 5. Write a First Draft * Table of contents. * Introduction (let the reader know what the topic is, inform the reader about your point of view, arouse the reader's curiosity to read more). * Body (Limit each paragraph to one main idea, prove your points continually by using specific...
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...Thank you for allowing me to read your essay. I feel that I know you after reading it, in fact I felt that we had sat down over a coffee and had a chat. I felt throughout reading it that you were exploring your personal experiences and what you had learnt about yourself through the years. I enjoyed your anecdotes that give strength to your reasons on why you feel this area of your work is a strength. I enjoyed how you discussed your previous work career and all its perks and how this all lead from personal experience into a new career path for you. This showed how much passion really is important to you and something that should be valued in the care community. I would like to note that I did not feel that I knew your personal strength until half way through the essay. I felt that you needed to identify this in your introduction . Maybe add it to your first statement: Making my career switch recently…that I possess strengths such as my passion for my work. Not sure how you would like to word it, just that it is needed in the introduction. I feel you may also benefit from splitting your introduction around the area that you state : However, I never truly felt I had strength or ability in any of it. I feel that this could be your first paragraph, see how you feel I just think it will make it a stronger essay. It would need to be slightly re worded such as : Working in corporate management I never felt like I had any strengths (i would leave out abilities). I found...
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