...Thank you Ptlm Oliver! I’m excited to hear if you receive the grant. Please let me know if there is anything that the Woonsocket Health Equity Zone (HEZ) collaborative can do to support any pedestrian safety initiative or funding opportunity that the WPD is doing. Come either in Sept/Oct the collaborative will be launching the Healthy Environments workgroup in Woonsocket, which has a primary focus on pedestrian safety and walkability. I would love to schedule a time with you, Patrick and if possible the Captain to discuss what the HEZ initiative is and how a partnership with the WPD will be key as we move forward in building and supporting a safe Woonsocket. The Farmers Market is located on Clinton St in the grassy area on the corner of Clinton...
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...makes it obvious that boys are looking at girls in an inappropriate way. Another issue is that girls should be confident in what they’re wearing, because when you tell a girl that she can’t wear something that she feels confident in wearing, it lowers her self-esteem. Also when you have a strict dress code it make girls just want to break the rules. We haven’t necessarily seen girls at our school rebel against the dress code, but schools across the country (with a similar dress code) have had girls hold up signs and protest to wear what they want. Girls might be affected by this in the future, because it affects our society today. Our last issue is that we’ve noticed that boys get away with breaking dress code much more so than girls. One example is that we both have gotten in trouble for breaking dress code last year. Also last year a lot of boys started to wear the cut off t-shirts and we didn’t see any of them get in to trouble. Another incident last year is that my friend got in trouble for having her shorts come to mid-thigh, on the last full day of school! The last thing that we’ve noticed is that in the student hand book in the dress code section that there are many rules directed towards girls and very few directed towards boys. With our research, we have found out that many other schools are having the same issue with dress code. In conclusion, the dress code is unfair to girls at Harper Creek Middle School. In...
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...January 24, 2013 Effective Persuasion In the letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” written by Martin Luther King, Jr., was written while king was in jail for being a part of the Birmingham Campaign, which was a non-violent protest to end segregation in the U.S. In the letter, King explain that he is disappointed in the clergy for attacking the members of the African American non-violent civil rights movement and that direct action is the only thing left for them to do. He goes on to say that he hopes “the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away.” In this letter, King has a very effective argument by using several different persuasive appeals. One persuasive appeal that King uses is called ethos. Ethos refers to the credibility and trustworthiness of the writer or speaker and can often be supported through style of the message and tone. Throughout the whole letter, King has a very even tone. At the beginning of the letter, he calmly explains why he is in jail and is not angry or mad and goes on to explain the four steps to his direct action. Having a calm approach like King shows in this letter makes the reader more inclined to listen rather than having a threatening or aggressive tone. Although he calmly explains himself at the beginning of the letter, King also has the right amount of firmness towards the middle of letter to make the reader believe that what he is saying to true. Towards the end of the letter King apologizes for anything that, “overstates the...
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...characteristics you can analyze. The end or conclusion either summarizes by restating important points or concludes by emphasizing the most important point, whatever it is that the author wants you to accept, remember, believe or agree. A Bare Bones Guide to Persuasive Writing The audience of this article is interested in the art of persuasive writing as told by the author Rod Baird. The Author’s purpose is to show how the art of persuasion is more like the art of debate. The reasoning for this is because one can begin by stating their opinion and then show evidence to support it. The author goes as far to point out eight helpful techniques that will help you come up with an effective argument in your persuasive writing. Personal appeal, tone, precision, concession, rebuttal, logic, authority and rhetorical question are the eight techniques. The article gives an example of a persuasive writing that came in the form of a letter to a school principal. The persuasive letter is intended to convince the Principal that the school needs up to date software. The audience is obviously the principal. The purpose is to convince the principal to buy new software for the schools computers and systems. The person gives examples of certain software and explains how and where to get it. The writer also utilizes someone else’s argument to...
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...Word in order to create a business letter. Students will need to use persuasive language in order to convince the local council why the theme park should be built here. Your letter needs to cover the following points - An introduction to who you are and your park building company ( you can make up fake awards that you have won. - Outline what the park is going to be and some of the potential attractions you would like to build - Outline the advantages of building your park in this area - Outline the potential problems and how you intend to overcome them You need to make sure that your letter follows the correct outline of a business letter How long will you need? This will be due at the end of week 9 What you need to do |Tasks |Due dates | |Collect teacher notes | | |Create Brainstorm the potential advantages and disadvantages to the park |Week 8 | |Create a persuasive business letter |Week 9 | CAT 3 Marking grid |Business letter template ...
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...you have felt rapport as well as a writer with whom you have felt little or no rapport. What made the difference? Provide suggestions for building rapport between the writer and readers of written communication. COM 140 Week 3 DQ 1 Post your response to the following: In what ways are purpose, audience, tone, and content different for interpersonal and business communication? Provide specific examples to support your answer. · Consider your own experience as you answer this question. If you have not worked in a business environment, you may ask a friend, parent, or other adult about his or her experiences. COM 140 Week 3 DQ 2 Post your response to the following: What qualities make any form of written communication effective? Which qualities do you already include in your writing? How can you incorporate additional effective elements into your written communication? COM 140 Week 5 DQ 1 Post your response to the following: Recall a situation in which someone was trying to persuade you. How effective was the argument? What could have made the argument more persuasive? COM 140 Week 5 DQ 2...
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...BUSN Chapter 2 Three step writing process Planning, Writing, and Completing your message The stage during which you step back to see whether you have expressed your idea? Completing The primary Audience for your message is made up of? The key decision makers The chief advantage of oral communication is? opportunity for immediate feedback In part media richness refers to? A medium's ability to facilitate feedback The richest communication medium Face to face conversation For persuasive messages, the best approach is to? Emphasize how your audience will benefit A euphemism is a word or phrase that is? A milder term for one with a negotive connotations The most common tone for a business message is? conversational Words such as nevertheless, however, and therefore? Are useful for making transitions The main task in completing a business message consist of? revising, proofreading, and producing When reviewing your document for content, you should be concerned with? The accuracy and relevance of the information For general business messages, your writing should be geared toward readers at the? 8th to 11th grage level Using space in a document? provides contrast Justified type is type that? Set flush on the left and flush on the right When making a routine request, you begin with? A clear statement of the main idea or request When making a request, you should? Assume the reader will...
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...people or groups. It is important for - For record purpose - Legal issues - For reference purpose - Purpose of clarity (pictures, authority, etc) - To be formal 4. What are the good practices that increase the effectiveness of communication? (4 marks) Ways to improve effective communication - Continually practice writing in the language - write with a clear purpose that meets the needs of the reader - decide what you want to say and put this in a logical and suitable sequence - Use words, sentences, paragraphs and layout to convey your meaning concisely, courteously and confidently - Edit your own work critically. - written work must undergo three important stages • planning, • Writing, and • editing. 5. Difference between email and letter (4 marks) E-mail is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. - No set format in email - Used...
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...Khalid, Abate #1_Style Analysis Virginia M. Rometty, president and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM), writes a letter to shareholders containing an annual report (2001) of the company. In this letter Rometty, aims to convince her readers of how well the company is doing even in a recession. She did that by means of presenting facts (plain) and also reaching to them in a softer more informal tone (persuasive). Rometty begins her letter by adopting a very positive and optimistic tone. “I am pleased to report that IBM had another strong year in 2011” by doing this she is able to capture the readers interest, making them eager to read more about this great news. In her very next sentence she lets her shareholders know of their importance by saying “your company...” rather than just saying the company. This shows her understanding of who her audiences are; by choosing her words carefully she is able to instill confidence into the shareholders, letting them know that the company was able to achieve this great success because of them. Using the pronoun “your” she is also letting them know, this is their company and the actions they take impacts its performance. Shortly after capturing the readers interest in her persuasive style introductory, Rometty shifts her writing style to plain by introducing small paragraphs stating facts about the company’s revenue and income, margins, earning per share, cash flow etc. what’s interesting is that she’s not only presenting facts...
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...constructed letter in order to restore Melusina Fay Pierce’s confidence and to show her position on developing writers. Throughout the letter, Lewes uses different rhetorical devices such as personal experience, to help the reader understand her message and point of view. Through differing tone, methods of appeal, and rhetorical strategies, Lewes develops a very persuasive letter. A main aspect that adds uniqueness to Lewes’s letter is her incredibly convincing, scholarly and reassuring tone. When she used the words “husk, fancy, and melancholy”, in the beginning of her letter. This conveys a very prestige tone that may intimidate Pierce because it expresses Lewes’s status as a writer. Although throughout most of the first and second paragraphs, Lewes is very frightening, she is very softhearted in part of the first paragraph when she tells Pierce that she had to respond due to the beautiful words she sent. She transitions toward an opinionated tone in lines 22-34 when she discusses emerging writers. The reader can tell that she...
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...ADMN 233 Assignment 3 Part 1 Routine E-Mail Messages and Memos 25 marks (Questions 1 and 2) Refer as needed to material in Chapter 8. Read the instructions for each activity. Answer all questions clearly and concisely. Include examples to support your answers. Activity A – Routine memo Read the following scenario and respond to the question that follows. Scenario 1: Performance Assessment Judith Halls, Manager of Human Resources at The Maritime Fish Packing Cooperative, wrote the following first draft of a reply memo. | The Maritime Fish Packing Cooperative | |Interoffice Memo | | | |Date: December 4, 2009 | | | |To: Michael Foreman, President ...
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...Dr. King uses a great writing technique such as using a logical and emotional appeal and adding it to his writings to get people more interested. In this letter that he wrote, he did a much better job crafting an emotional appeal than a logical one. There are a few reasons behind my thinking, but overall he used both very well to grab the reader's attention using words. Word’s influence people so much and Dr. King did a great job using them to get people to see his point of view. Overall this letter is a very persuasive letter that has lots of emotion in his writing to get people to feel a certain way about the topic, in this case it is segregation and racism. The use of an emotional appeal is so ideal in Dr. King’s writing because he is...
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...The essays on the Declaration of Independence and the Letter from Birmingham jail, are very good persuasive essays, and that if I was alive during those times that I would have agreed with all of the authors. I also believe that these essay still stand today. First let’s start with the Declaration of Independence. In this essay Jefferson uses deductive argument’s that includes the examples on how Great Britain’s doings were wrong. It also gave me a chance to see how exactly why the United Sates broke away from Great Britain. One of the arguments is “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men” (Jefferson, pg. 365). That means any legitimate government is created to protect the peoples’ rights such as, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (Jefferson, pg. 365). Throughout the essay Jefferson shows how Great Britain is not protecting our rights, but how they are interfering with them. For example, he states how the king keeps sending over soldiers and expect the people to house and to feed them. The soldiers were also allowed to break the laws in the colonies and they were not to be punished. Another strong that he made was “deriving their just power from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson, pg. 365). That means any power or authority that a government has is given to them by the consent of the people, but this right like many was abused to. Jefferson also wrote that they have “petitioned for redress” repeatedly, meaning that...
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...|The organization is persuasive and calls for action.| c.|The receiver gets the details and explanation right away.| d.|The good news in the first sentence puts receivers in a good frame of mind.| ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 86 MSC: Remember 2. What should the organization of business messages be based on? a.|the direct pattern| b.|the indirect pattern| c.|the writer’s mood and personality| d.|a prediction of the receiver’s reaction to the main idea| ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 90 MSC: Remember 3. Which statement about strategies for structuring effective good- and neutral-news messages is true? a.|The strategies should be consistent throughout your writing.| b.|The strategies vary dramatically from one company to another.| c.|The strategies can generally be applied to cultures around the world.| d.|The strategies are generally consistent among North American audiences.| ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 90 MSC: Remember 4. You are writing to ABClothes.com to request an exchange for an ordered shirt that was recently sent to you in the incorrect size. What type of message will it be? a.|a routine claim| b.|a goodwill message| c.|a persuasive request| d.|a negative news message| ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 90 MSC: Higher Order 5. How does the tone of a letter differ from that of other communication channels? a.|Emails are more formal than letters.| b.|Memos are more formal than letters.| c.|Letters are less formal than memos.| d.|Letters are more formal than...
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...Curriculum Map Subjects 2nd Grade English Language Arts State Learning Objectives Reading-Students will be able to use relationships between letters, sounds and spelling patterns. They will understand how to distinguish features of a sentence. Example: Capitalization and punctuation. Students will be able to make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure of plays, dramas. Writing-Students will be able to use elements in the writing process. Such as planning, drafting, revising and editing. Students will learn how to express their ideas and feelings about imagined things. Students will write persuasive statements about issues that are important to an appropriate audience. Concepts/Skills/Ideas Explain the details and facts about stories and support their information with evidence from text. Identify clues while making adjustments and corrections. Incorporate their ideas with brainstorming. Describe similarities and differences about characters or text. Distinguish between persuasive and influence of actions using academic language. Also practice use of language in writing and while speaking. Assessment Students will choose a book weekly and draw predictions, facts and details about the story. Students will be given assignments where they identify the plot, setting and description of main characters. Identify fiction or non fiction. Vocabulary words will be reviewed every week using different constance, vowel ...
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