...strategy of cause and effect shows reasons and consequences. Two more strategies are process analysis which uses steps or sequence and classification and division which uses categories. The last two strategies presented are definition which explains or limits meaning and persuasion which justifies or validates as issue (Tassell). In the course of the last seven weeks, each of the rhetorical contexts and many strategies have been illustrated and taught in this...
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...ESSAY 3: The author of the memorandum infers that during the last five years, the number of city residents watching television programs about visual arts has increased by 15 percent and also those going to the arts also risen at a similar rate. Then he is making the assumption that this is link to the fact that the corporate funding is supporting the public television channel where the visual arts program are appearing. The author strongly think that if we cut this budget, the number of people watching arts TV programs will decrease, and say that it will affect the number of persons visiting arts museum too. First of all, I would like to point the fact that there is a mistake in the comparison, indeed television and museums are too different thing, even if both got program about arts. I think that the people who are interested in arts, will continue to watch television or either going to museum. If the city residents like arts, even if there is less program on TV about arts, will still go to arts museum, maybe it wiil even increase. So first point, there is a wrong link between television and museum. Also there is data missing, as we don’t know if people been to museum after having seen arts program on the tv or if it they do it on the other ways. On a second hand, the last phrase of the text is telling us that they should relocate some of the fund of the city arts museum to public television in order to counter-balance the cut in public television fund, and this...
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...Analysis of an argument 1. The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods. “Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.” Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion. Citing facts drawn from the color-film processing industry that indicate a downward trend in the costs of film processing over a 24-year period, the author argues that Olympic Foods will likewise be able to minimize costs and thus maximize profits in the future. In support of this conclusion...
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...Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion Patrick F. Nagle Delaware Technical Community College Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion In the article The Robot Invasion by Charles Gillis, it talks about in the not too distant future how robotics will be a part of everyday society, how it will be used in manufacturing and labor industry instead of people for jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and difficult. The author argues that the world will be swarming with the robotics in the future which will change the job industry and even how basic chores are done around the house. The world is changing as the technology of robots are slowly taking over jobs, is not a too farfetched argument. “For many years the work of engineers and sci-fi writers have forecast a time when autonomous machines would become enough like living creatures to share our homes and work spaces.” The statement in this article is a good capture to draw the attention of the readers, drawing them into what they have seen on TV and in the media. Robots for many years have been the focus in movies and sci-fi, this is what we are expecting in the future of our world. This has brought the fears to the people to think that robots will take over the world and do harm on to them, which was a great way to understand that society will have a hard time adjusting or accepting that robots will be used in everyday life. As of right now there already is a little robot called the Roomba helping out in many households with the...
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...cohesion and coherence .............................................................3 2.2 The role of lexical cohesion in the segmentation and centrality of discourse units......................................................................................................................5 2.2.1 Introduction.............................................................................................5 2.2.2 Discourse segmentation ..........................................................................6 2.2.3 Central discourse units............................................................................8 2.2.4 Conclusion ..............................................................................................8 3 Lexical cohesion analysis....................................................................................9 3.1 The patterns of lexical cohesion: chains and networks .................................9 3.2 Classification of lexical cohesive relations .................................................12 3.3 Elements forming lexical...
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...and analysis: a model for written assignments Sharon L Edwards W hat is critical analysis? In the author’s personal experience this question has been answered by the following statement: ‘It is being critical of the literature.’ However, this does not answer the question. A literature search also failed to provide any information on critical analysis. The justification for developing a model for critical analysis, however, was not solely the lack of available literature. Other reasons included: to provide a definition of the terms; and to help both educationalists and students interpret the concepts involved. Nurse educationalists and nursing students lack a clear understanding of the critical processes and this could severely diminish the profession’s ability to articulate issues that are imperative to the advancement of nursing practice in the future. This article recommends a model of critical analysis that can be used by students and educationalists. It suggests that critical thinking and analysis are interrelated and complementary, but not synonymous. It gives examples of the model’s components in order to clarify their meaning. The model will hopefully give students a premise on which to base their assignments, and nurse educationalists will be able to incorporate it into their teaching practice. It will also provide an element of reality to critical analysis which will prevent it from becoming so abstract and idealistic as to render it impracticable. ANALYSIS OF...
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...structure of problem, decision, and evaluation essays is described in chapters 10 through 12, respectively. The chapters also include cases and sample essays about them. The essays are based on the writing of MBA students. To convince a reader that a conclusion about a case is valid, the writer must offer credible evidence linked directly to the conclusion. This fact helps explain the characteristics case-based essays have in common: 1. Answers two questions—What? Why?—and often a third—How? 2. Makes a position statement (What?) OT C CHAR ACTERISTICS OF A PERSUA SIVE C A SE ESSAY OP riting about a case is very different from talking about it.You collaborate with others in a discussion, bringing to bear everyone’s background and case preparation along with the instructor’s knowledge and facilitation skills. But you usually work on your own when writing about a case.You have to perform the entire analysis yourself as well as organize and express your thinking for a reader. However, the difference between talking and writing about a case runs deeper still.Audiences have much more exacting expectations of a text than they do of spoken comments. Logical gaps and the back-and-fill tolerable in a discussion are a major problem in an essay, confusing readers and undermining the writer’s credibility. Audiences don’t want a transcript of the writer’s thinking as it evolved.They want to know the end product of the writer’s thinking, expressed logically and economically. YO W RP ...
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...the environment, and the economy. Something that this article says that I have never thought of before is that we cause air pollution directly and indirectly. Solid facts are given as to how much pollution is emitted annually by families and by individuals as well. This source gives an in depth analysis on the types and sources of pollutants and the effects of these pollutants on human health, the environment, and the economy. This source provides a solid base for my paper and my other sources by providing background information to the multiple aspects of air pollution that I need to know. It provides information as to how the main cause of air pollution is actually caused indirectly by us through the goods and services we buy. “Most of this air pollution we cause results from the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles” (Air Pollution). This source provides a pie chart to help readers visualize the sources of air pollution that we emit daily. It very clearly describes the pollutants such as: ozone, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, lead, and mercury. It goes on to provide the sources of these pollutants and the effects they have on human health and the environment. This article will be very useful in my paper by giving me sound facts and background information to support my argument that we should be concerned and aware with air pollution...
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...Primavera Analysis Beatriz Picaz Section D4 Charles Stapleton February 29th 2012 Botticelli’s Primavera is an interesting piece of art. Like many works of art from the Renaissance, it has many scholars still arguing about what the painter was thinking when he painted this, in order to give some meaning to the figures and objects of the painting. The excerpts that were given to us helped to explain the painting from the perspective of two different scholars, who used various sources to help decipher the painting. Both were very interesting interpretations, however I found Zollner’s argument, as opposed to Zirpolo’s, to be more convincing based on his attention to every character in the painting. In the first excerpt, taken from Frank Zollner’s Botticelli: Images of Love and Spring, he takes each character from the Primavera and gives them a background and a story, based on sources from different text fragments. According to Zollner, the figure on the very left is Mercury, the messenger of the gods who divides clouds and drives away wind with his wand, which is discussed in Virgi’s Aenid He characterizes the little flying boy as Amor (Eros in Greek mythology), the son of Mars and Venus. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty is the woman at the very center of the painting. She is accompanied by the Three Graces. He explains how these characters are often found together in other literary works, like in one...
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...Notes Muhurta (Electional Astrology) B. V. RAMAN [pic] Contents • Chapter I. The Importance of Muhurtha • Chapter II. General Hints • Chapter III. The Birth Star and the Birth Moon • Chapter IV. Influence of Constellations • Chapter V. Special Adverse Yogas and their Neutralisation • Chapter VI. On Certain Special Yogas • Chapter VII. Pre-Natal Ceremonies • Chapter VIII. Post-Natal Ceremonies • Chapter XI. Marriage • Chapter X. Elections Concerning General Matters • Chapter XI. Elections Pertaining to Education • Chapter XII. House Building • Chapter XIII. Agriculture and Farming • Chapter XIV. Travel • Chapter XV. Medical Elections • Chapter XVI. Public Matters • Chapter XVII. Miscellaneous Elections • Chapter XVIII. Summary [pic] Chapter I The Importance of Muhurtha The value of Time is inestimable. All objects in nature are produced in Time, developed in Time and destroyed in Time. The truth of these statements requires no further proof. It stands unchallenged. Here we have a grand problem for solution. If the creative, protective and destructive forces are embedded in the all-Powerful Time recognised as the great KALAPURUSHA in the astrological literature, then will it not be reasonable to study the influences of the various energies issued from the solar globe and from the other globes dependent upon the Sun for their supply of all vital energies and reflected by...
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...torical Analysis “Can Life Exist on Other Planets” Professor Danny Faulkner is the speaker in his article “Can Life Exist on Other Planets” and it summarizes the evolution of life on Earth and how we would need liquid water the gold standard to live and thrive on another planet. Faulkner’s purpose is to propose the idea of life on other planets by providing information of the evolution on Earth, searching for life on Mars, the need for liquid water, and the planets in our solar system's attributes. He acknowledges an informative tone to provide information of life existing on other planets for the audience. Faulkner begins to explain the broad definition of abiogenesis, the spontaneous appearance of life from a nonliving matter. He implies “if life did arise on Earth by itself, it would be inconceivable that this is the only planet upon which there is life”(Faulkner 7-8). He describes life on Earth as abiogenesis. If Earth were the only place that held life it would be a very “special” place; the definitive response from Faulkner suggests the evolution of life on Earth would support life on other planets. According to Lloyd Bitzer, exigence used for this article is that if life was found on other planets than ours. We would have a portion of people wanting to destroy...
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...Analysis of Newspaper Research Report Results Paper Diana Hernandez HCS/438 6/8/2015 Dr. Silvio Di Gregorio Introduction In this article, Wang (2014) has written about several studies which allow us to explore the possibility of risk factors that are associated with the link to autism before birth, and to look at what scientific evidence is showing as opposed to what the media coverage speculates about autism. This challenges us to approach the risks of autism different from what recent press attention has written about it and to explore other clues into autistic brains. The Statistical Procedures Mentioned in the Study New studies show that abnormalities may appear in autistic brains prior to birth. The purpose of this article is to open people’s eyes to true risk factors associated with autism and not false beliefs. The measure of risk ratio was used to compare odds of different circumstances in the life and environment of autistic children. The big question Wang asks is “How large is the increase risk for autism?” According to the CDC (2015), the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network estimates one out of every 68 children is identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the last few years, the focus has shifted from environmental factors and the diagnosis at the age of two or three, and the new focus is on the importance of inheritance factors. The risk factors are divided into two sections. One side shows the amount of time...
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...between what is or is not real. The mind boggling adventure of this movie makes us wonder; did the director draw this idea from thin air? The answer is no. In fact, the animated film Paprika (2007), directed by Satoshi Kon directly resembles the ideas and concepts of Inception. This is because Paprika served as a basis for Christopher Nolan in his movie Inception. Movies, concepts, and ideas are always being interpreted or rephrased in different forms. Aside from these two movies, there are other works that are very similar by concept. Two pieces of work that will be discussed further in detail are, the philosophical work, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and Lana Wachowski’s movie, The Matrix. Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave walks the readers through a dialogue between a character named Glaucon and Plato’s former teacher, Socrates. They discuss the predisposed beliefs of humans and how those beliefs cause them to create a false reality in which they live. Plato claims that our perceptions are not true, they only reflect what really is. He also claims that if we were to see the Truth, it would be extremely difficult for us to believe it...
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...MATH 120 Statistics Joshua Hernandez Homework #1 Section 1.2 1. What is a voluntary response sample? A sample in which the subjects decide whether to be included in the study. 2. Why is a voluntary response sample generally not suitable for statistical study? This sample may have a bias resulting from subjects that have a special interest in the subject being studied. 3. What is the difference between statistical significance and practical significance? Statistical significance is when methods used to reach a conclusion that some findings are effective but common sense may find that findings do not make enough difference to justify a use or to be practical. 6. In the study of the Weight Watchers weight loss program from Exercise #5, subjects were found using the method described as follows: “We recruited study candidates from the Greater Boston area using newspaper advertisement and television publicity.” Is the sample a voluntary response sample? Why or why not? Yes the test subjects are a voluntary response sample because they volunteered to be part of the case study. 15. Refer to the table of nicotine amounts. Is each x value matched with a corresponding y value, as in Table 1-1 on page 5? That is, is each x value associated with the corresponding y value in some meaningful way? If the x and y values are not matched, does it make sense to use the difference between each x value and the y value that is in the same column? The x and y values...
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...most Australian Government publications. Snooks & Co. 2002, Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Qld. Which style does my faculty or school use? Some Schools require a different style from the one outlined here. Use the citation style required by your Faculty or School. Why reference your sources? It is important to reference the sources you use for essays and reports, so that the reader can follow your arguments and check your sources. It is essential to correctly acknowledge the author when quoting or using other people’s ideas in your work. How do I use Harvard? 1. In-text citations are made like this Paraphrasing and in-text citations Example: The point made by an analytic philosopher (O'Connor 1969, p. 32) is that values cannot be justified in this way. However Kneller (1963b, p. 102) insists that the theorist will inevitably be involved in value claims. Note: Page, chapter or section numbers may be included in the in-text citation if the cited work is long and information helps the reader locate the relevant information. When the authors name is mentioned in-text (e.g. Kneller in the example above) add year and page numbers only to the in-text reference. Entries that have the same author and year are noted by adding a, b, c etc. to the year, both in-text e.g. Kneller (1963b, p. 102) and in the Reference List (See entries in Reference List below). rev. Nov. 2009 1 Direct quotes and in-text citations Examples:...
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