...setting. Students are exposed to various topics related to interpersonal and group communication within the context of applications in an office or virtual office setting. Students will develop skills in the forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Communication ethics and cross-cultural communications are also explored. Upon completing the course, students will have an awareness of their personal communication style and be able to identify areas for further exploration of communication as a business skill. 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...
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...Right now, the piece of technology you are using to read this essay has probably helped you tremendously in more ways than one. You use it to look things up, write papers, research, maybe even look at social media. But it may not be the best thing for you in the long run. In an article called Is Google Making Us Stupid by Nicholas Carr, published in The Atlantic online magazine, talks about the ways google and other forms of technology have hurt the way people think. It tells of historical events, current worldwide companies, and the authors own views to show those negative aspects of technology. Technology has been sold to the world as a tool that is brilliant and amazing, and something that can helps so many people. While that may be true, it doesn’t tell the whole story on what technology can do to a person. Reliance on new technology, such as computers and the internet, have been, and are, adversely affecting the way people think, write, and read which ultimately influences how humans are living. As technology is advancing and changing, so is the way that people are reading. People are no longer going to libraries, but instead using the internet to “read”. Nicholas Carr says...
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...not as much .When you write in cursive it connects both the sides of your brain that makes path ways which will in enhances your learning. Three years ago I was in third grade that is when I learned cursive and I loved it. Literacy is 50% of writing and if we do not write in cursive how are we supposed to make that up. Writing in cursive helps with motor skills, to connect the brain and lastly reading legal documents. In my opinion cursive still should be in schools but some people may say that cursive takes time but it really does not. First of all cursive helps with fine motor skills. They also help with writing longer sentences also helps with the size of the letters. Kids that learn cursive will be able to work with older people. When you learn cursive you will know something that most people do not know. This form of writing should have been gone a long time ago but it is still hear. Cursive helps with dyslexia which is part of fine motor skills....
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...opportunities to read other people’s papers and compare them to mine. I found out that everyone is different; their views on the subject of literacy varied a lot from one person to the next. I experienced the difficulties that one encounters when you try to define such an ambiguous term. How do people set the standards for this? And how do we know which definition is the correct one if everyone will debate the term because of their different views on it. The readings helped a lot because they served as a base for my argument. Brandt is more interested in the way people view the different aspects of literacy rather than arguing the standards she would set for the term. Young and Kendall also impacted my arguments because they see literacy in a rhetoric way speaking about the importance it carries and the ambiguity it possesses as well. As hard and complex as it was for me to begin this paper, I decided to speak of literacy as a process in everyone’s life. Starting from reading and writing and ending with our employers who are most likely the ones who will be setting the standards for our literacy level. As I read, I saw that the paper wasn’t flowing smoothly and I tried focusing on transitions from one idea to another as I went on to my final draft. As I see literacy as a process that is constantly evolving and flowing through out education and our lives, I thought that my paper should also be a flowing process that allows one idea to follow another in a smooth, yet very detailed way. To conclude...
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...room. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer three questions: one question from Section A, one question from Section B, and one question from Section C. At least one of these must be a passage-based question (marked *). At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 9 printed pages and 3 blank pages. SP (SM) T52720/4 © UCLES 2008 [Turn over 2 SECTION A: DRAMA ALAN AYCKBOURN: A Small Family Business Either *1 Re-read in Act 2 from ‘Samantha enters the bathroom and surveys the scene in amazement ’ (p. 274 Faber) to ‘Jack: Leave him just as he is, I’ll deal with that. Sammy, draw the curtains round him, there’s a girl.’ (p. 278) What makes the characters’ actions and attitudes here shocking and at the same time very funny? Support your ideas with details from the passage. Or 2 How do you feel Ayckbourn manages to make the marriage of Harriet and Desmond both very amusing and rather sad? Support your ideas with details from the writing. Or 3 You are Poppy. You have seen the contents of Anita’s wardrobe and bedroom and been offered some of her spare dresses. Now you are on...
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...WRITING AS MEDIUM Why do I write? First, I write because I have feelings that are sometimes well said when written. You see, I used to be that someone who is really not outspoken. I keep almost all my thoughts to myself that sometimes, when I get the chance to say it, It gets tangled up making it harder to express. I used to consider writing as my way of letting it all out. As if writing is my refuge. When I was in high school, every time I feel down, I write my emotions to my notebooks. Sometimes when I feel intensely sad, I grab any notebook near me and write on it. I even cry while I write. Nowadays, I no longer feel the same way and as I read through my “diaries”, I never would’ve realized how emotional I was during those days. I also use writing as a way to record my life because I love travelling down memory lane. I love taking time reading through my “diaries” and see myself during that exact time. Like when mom and I had a fight, I wrote with such strength that my pen ran through the paper like a knife. There are also times when I feel too happy that I write with the most beautiful hand writing I could ever produce. Such times tell me that I could be extreme. I would like to call those days as my transition period. The time when I hit rough waters just to get to whom I am now. From the past me who was too introverted to the present me who am a little less introverted and a little more outspoken. Writing really makes a big contribution to my growth. But, I seldom...
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...------------------------------------------------- Course Description This course is an introductory overview of the organization and jurisdictions of local, state, and federal law enforcement, judicial and corrections agencies, and processes involved in the criminal justice systems. It examines the historical aspects of the police, the courts, and the correctional system, as well as the philosophy. Additionally, career opportunities and qualifying requirements, terminology, and constitutional limitations of the system will also be covered. ------------------------------------------------- Course Topics and Objectives Week One: The Criminal Justice System 1 * Define crime and its relationship to law. * Describe the two most common models of how society determines which acts are criminal. * Identify choice theories of crime and their underlying assumptions. * Identify instruments for measuring crime. Week Two: The Criminal Justice System * Describe...
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...__objectivity____. 3. Why is objectivity difficult in summary? ___Objectivity is difficult in a summary because, in a summary you have to select certain content that you think is an important part of the passage. _ 4. What factor affects the nature and quality of your interpretation? _prior knowledge of a subject.__ 5. What else may affect your interpretation in writing a summary? _your personal or professional frame of reference. _____ 6. Why does summary have a bad reputation? _Summary has a bad reputation because many student have summarized books that they were supposed to review critically. ______ 7. What types of writing involve summary (4)? Academic Writing: • Critique Papers, Synthesis Papers, Analysis Papers, Research Papers, Literature Papers, Argument Papers, Essay Exams. Workplace Writing: • Policy Briefs, Business Plans, Memos, letters, and reports, Medical Charts, and Legal briefs. 8. In what 3 ways are summaries useful (4-5)? First, a summary is a form of academic study. Writing a summary can help you understand what you read, because you have to write the summary in your own words. Summaries also help improve your writing habits. Second, summaries are useful to readers because it gives the reader a view of the main idea of the story or passage, before they even read the actual context. Third, summaries can help you demonstrate your understanding of certain material. 9. Briefly summarize the 8 critical reading elements that...
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...THE GLENCOE LITERATURE LIBRARY Study Guide for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens i Meet Charles Dickens In addition to writing short stories and novels, Dickens wrote essays and journalistic pieces, and edited a weekly periodical filled with fiction, poetry, and essays. First titled Household Words, the magazine was later retitled All the Year Round. Dickens contributed to this publication several serialized novels, including Great Expectations, and writings on political and social issues. Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He was the second child and eldest son of eight children. Dickens’s father, who worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, was a spendthrift who often mismanaged the family money. In 1822 the family moved to London and soon found itself in financial crisis. The family was forced to live in poverty, and Dickens was no longer able to go to school. One of the most traumatic periods of his life began in February 1824, when his father was sent to debtors prison. Young Dickens, only twelve years old, was forced to go to work for several months pasting labels on bottles. This experience was painful and socially humiliating to him, and images of the factory haunted him for the rest of his life. These images provided a backdrop to much of his fiction, which often focused on class issues; the plight of the poor and oppressed; and lost, suffering children. As an adult, he championed social and political causes designed...
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...1 Stylistic Techniques from Read, Reason, Write by Dorothy Seyler WORD CHOICE In addition to responding to a writer's choice of connotative language, observe the kinds of words that are chosen, the level of diction used. Are the writer's words primarily typical of conversational language (that is, colloquial) or of a more formal style? Does the writer use slang words or technical words? Is the word choice concrete and vivid or abstract and intellectual? These differences help to shape tone and affect our response to what we read. For example, [. . .] Lincoln's word choice in "The Gettysburg Address" is formal and abstract. Lincoln writes: "on this continent" rather than "in this land," "we take increased devotion" rather than "we become more committed." The technical style is inherent to disciplines and fields of study. For example, nonscientists might not understand words related to experimentation. Or in English, we discuss metacognition, biases, marginalized communities, etc. Oftentimes, words are used to separate members of a community from non-members. Consider: What kind of effect can word choice have on your audience? What are some other examples of “words…used to separate members of a community from non-members”? One way to produce an informal style is to choose simple words: "use" instead of "exercise." To create greater informality (a colloquial style), a writer can use contractions: "can't" for "cannot," "we're" for "we are." [. . .] There are no...
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...Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems Assignment Test Object Thing(ness) 1. Read this (this thing 1 cm. below) P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, reviews in this issue a new book about Starbucks. He told us, in an e-mail exchange, how he brews his own reviews: “I read something I’m reviewing the same way I read other things except more so. That is, I already keep a commonplace book (a file folder, really) for quotations, ideas, information, etc. If I’m going to write a review I mark the work for myself, but besides underlining what interests me I also underline what — as far as I can tell — interested the author. By the time I’m done I have an outline for the review. All I have to do is figure out a smart-aleck lead sentence and a wiseacre ending.”[1] 2. Then read the “How to write a Book Review” article on the very next page. Yes, it is a bit long but the information is really quite good. 3. Over the week go to www.salon.com or to http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books read at least five reviews and then divide them into good and bad reviews. Think about the specific qualities that define the better ones. The article from step two of this process will be helpful at this point. At the end of the day a good book review sees an interesting pattern or spins your understanding of the book in a new and delightful way…and importantly is enjoyable to read (as a writer you need to have fun savaging the book, exploring it, dwelling on it, falling in love with...
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...involved a family member or a neighbor while growing up in Jamaica, the richness and fullness of her joviality embraces whoever happens to be in her company. Goodison confessed that in Jamaica having a sense of humor helps many people cope with life’s difficulties. This past September, Goodison visited the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, NY, where she read from her latest book, By Love Possessed: Stories (Amistad/HarperCollins). The heartrending and oftentimes risible tales Goodison presents in By Love Possessed, including the Pushcart Prize-winning short story for which the book gets its title, explore the wide range of complex feelings that are kindled by love—its heartaches, its obsessions, and its passions. Many of the fables in the collection were inspired by people and instances in Jamaica, she said. Goodison is a detailed and thoughtful writer in every sense; and in these short stories she wields a cast of memorable characters, animated descriptions, and Caribbean patois to convey a truthfulness and a universality through her storytelling. Before she decided that writing was indeed her calling, Goodison’s creative spirit had been drawn to painting, and she studied at the Jamaica School of Art and the school at the Art Student’s League in New York. (In fact, her artwork graces the covers of some of her books.) She also worked for a brief time in advertising. In the end, she surrendered to her literary voice. Goodison published her first collection...
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...Dad Helps Daughter Write an Essay Getty Images Whether you have a learning disability in writing or just want to improve your writing grades, learning how to follow this basic essay writing method will improve your writing. The Three Point Five Paragraph Essay: 1.Tells readers what about the topic you intend to show or prove; 2.Explains three main supporting ideas that prove your argument or support your position; and 3.Summarizes the main point, supporting ideas, and reinforces your conclusions about the topic. Try these worksheets to help: •Thought Organizer •Essay Planner Time Required: Improve Your Essay Writing Skills in about One Hour Here's How: 1. Improving Your Essay Writing Skills - Understanding Your Assignment What is a Three Point Five Paragraph Paper? A three point five paragraph paper, also called a 3.5 paper, is a type of essay that includes five paragraphs and three main ideas, or points: 1.The first paragraph is an introduction. 2.The second, third, and fourth paragraphs each include one main point or idea. 3.The final paragraph is a conclusion. 2. Why Write a Three Point Five Paragraph Essay? •A 3.5 paper is a type of essay that organizes and presents your topic in a clear, well-supported, and complete way. •You can use this form of writing for many types of assignments such as: •Classroom homework assignments; •Essay tests and examinations; •Articles for the school or local newspaper; •Presentations...
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...Communications Business Writing in the Mortgage Industry Business Communications Underwriting Training Manual ( 3L’s Training Services 12345 Main Street • Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone 404.555.0167 • Fax 404.555.0168 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Training-at-a-Glance 1 The Writing Process 2 Planning Business Messages 3-9 Defining Your Purpose 3-4 Understanding Your Audience 4-5 Gathering Information 6-7 Establishing a Good Relationship 8-9 Writing Business Messages 10-16 Organizing Your Message 10-13 Understanding the Need for Organization 14 Composing and Shaping Your Message 15-16 Answer Key 17-20 Lesson 2a 17 Lesson 2b 18 Lesson 2c 18-19 Lesson 3a 19-20 Introduction W elcome to the Underwriting Training Course. This course will help you to determine the relevance of effective business communications in your Underwriting job. Good communication skills are important in any business because these skills help the organization succeed. “Only through effective communication can you anticipate problems, make decisions, coordinate work flow, supervise others, develop relationships, and promote products and services” ( Thill and Bovee 4). While only a portion of the Underwriter’s responsibility is to write correspondence to various...
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...to writing an effective press release There are some clear rules when it comes to writing press releases — covering everything from news angles to structure. Debbie Leven of The PR Coach offers a complete guide to writing press releases that get results Before you write and issue a press release, ask “Is there news value in this story? And, “Does it warrant a release?” Too often organisations feel obliged to write press releases using material that is not newsworthy. Fact: if the journalist does not consider it newsworthy, it won’t get coverage. Your aim is to get coverage and raise awareness among your target audiences. There are key elements that a journalist looks for in a story — and the human interest angle is key. Do you have a human interest angle, and can you show that your news has an impact on people? Once you have decided that you have a story to tell, you need to draft your release abiding by very clear rules. These rules are designed to make it as easy as possible for journalists to use your material. What should go into a press release? Answer the following questions about your news: • Who? Who are the key players — your company, anyone else involved with the product? Who does your news affect/who does it benefit? • What? What is new? • Why? Why is this important news — what does it provide that is different? • Where? Where is this happening/is there a geographical angle/is the location of business relevant? • When? What is the timing of this? Does this...
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