...Fiction Essay The short story has been an intricate part of literature going back as far as it’s actual “writing down” was invented. Perhaps two of the most intriguing and somewhat tragic short stories is that of D.H. Lawrence’s, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”. With the classic theme of “luck” and what that means in each story, we see two very different meanings as these two stories unfold. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, we see the protagonist, Paul, who endlessly searches and somewhat attains luck in his search for his mother’s monetary desire. Within the lines of “The Lottery”, however, we see a quaint satirical setting of towns’ folk who gather together and draw papers from a black box to ultimately decide who is to be terminated as a sacrifice for all. Although from two very different authors it is very evident to see some similarities and differences that coincide within the two stories. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are similar in plot and theme through their use of the scape goat synopsis as each story ends with sacrifice, but differ in characterization with the use of serious characters versus satirical ones. Plot and theme play a very important role in the similarities of “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”. The scape goats, or ones who suffer for the good of all, in the stories are that of the characters of Paul (“The Rocking-Horse Winner) and Mrs. Hutchinson (“The Lottery”). In “The Lottery”, Mrs...
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...Education - ADHD, Learning, Philosophy of Education, Privatization, Public Schools, School Violence, School Vouchers, Teaching, Technology and Education, Test and Testing, Writing English Composition Essays - Analitical, Autobiographical, Argument, Cause/Effect, Classification, Compare/Contrast, Comparison, Conversation, Creative+Writing, Critical, Deductive, Definition, Descriptive, Description, Dialog, Division, Exploratory, Expository, Informative, Interview, Inquiry, Journalistic, Narration, Observation. Personal Narrative, Place, Profile, Process, Proposal English Literature and Literary Analysis - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A & P, Antigone, Apocalypse Now, Araby, The Awakening, Barn Burning, Beowulf, Beloved, Bible, Birthmark, Blade Runner, The Bluest Eye, Candide, Canterbury Tales, Catcher in the Rye, Cathedral, Chrysanthemums, A Clockwork Orange, The Color Purple, Comparing Literary Works, Crime and Punishment, Death of a Salesman, Death in Venice, Desiree's Baby, A Doll's House, Dr. Faustus, Epic of Gilgamesh, Everyday Use, A Farewell to Arms, Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Great Gatsby, Great Expectations, Glass Menagerie, Gulliver's Travels, The Handmaid's Tale, Heart of Darkness, The Iliad, Invisible Man, Jane Eyre, The Joy Luck Club, The Lottery, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Metamorphosis, My Antonia, My Papa's Waltz, Neuromancer, The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, On the Road, Oresteia, Paradise Lost, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Portrait of...
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...Laura Webster English 101 Literacy Narrative 9/5/2013 Real Life vs. Fantasy..... Looking back, I remember when I was in fourth or fifth grade and my teacher told us we were reading a book and doing a book report on it. I was always up for anything, but when she started reading the book each day I found myself not even listening to what she was saying. I would be thinking about all of the other things I’d rather be doing. Then, we were to write a book report on it. “What?” “...a book report?” No way was I going to write a paper on something that couldn’t keep my attention. I believe at that time I had probably read the first and last chapter and vaguely put together bits and pieces I heard the teacher read throughout the entire book. From that point on I knew I was going to have trouble reading books. Every time I heard a teacher say, “book report” I’d cringe! Needless to say, I probably didn’t get a very good grade on my book report. In middle school, one of the books we were assigned to read was Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I was unable to connect with the book just from reading the title and to make matters worse it takes place during the Great Depression. I’ve always visualized that being a very depressing, difficult time and because of that I don’t particularly like that time period. Day after day, we’d read this book and I specifically remember not looking forward going to class because it was ‘reading day’ and I hated it. We finally finished...
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...Market Research Study for Pre-School venture in Lower Manhattan Introduction The price of private education in Manhattan is exponentially increasing. Over the past 10 years, the median price of first grade in the city has gone up 48%, adjusted for inflation, compared with a 35% increase nationally (NYTimes.com, 1/29/2012). Clearly there is a supply and demand crisis, with more students than seats available. Therefore, our team decided to research the possibility of launching a new pre-school in lower Manhattan. We believe there is a desirable opportunity to open a customized pre-school that serves both our own interests and parents’ current unmet needs. To give some color, below are three recent excerpts concerning the topic: “I think the nursery school admissions process is a war zone. It’s parent against parent, it’s toddler versus toddler… Parents are crazy competitive…It’s about getting in, fitting in, it’s about belonging. That’s why people sweat it.” (Parent from “Nursery University” documentary, 2007) “In an entrepreneurial city where even volatile commodities like real estate eventually find their equilibrium, the desire for private school seats has outpaced supply for many years, in some cases by an order of magnitude. “ (nytimes.com, 2010). “When the public school Pre-K selections were announced, we were denied acceptance to ALL 10 schools…out of 12 friends with kids hoping to enter Pre-K in the Fall of 2011, not ONE of them got in. You see, simply...
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...English is one of them. Here we bring a book that will give a basic structure to all the aspirants to attempt descriptive English properly. We give a complete framework covering each and every topic of descriptive English paper. The book comprises techniques to attempt précis and essays, contains types of letters, sample letters & even model tests for your practice. This will provide the aspirants with basic knowledge of general rules of attempting English language descriptive paper, guiding them in learning English to an extent to which they attempt confident use of English. The book is aimed to provide you the content, sufficient enough, to attempt the descriptive English paper efficiently and may lead you to success in your examination. For this purpose all the current topics are being covered here. This book also intends to provide the competitors a conceptual base through the explanations of the questions asked. Any modification or error shall be entertained and we will try to incorporate it in our next issue. DESCRIPTIVE ENGLISH DESCRIPTIVE ENGLISH 4 Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. www.mahendrapublication.org TOPICS CONTENTS Pg. No. 6 8 16 21 31 31 32 33 34 35 35 37 39 41 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 50 51 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 62 64 65 67 67 69 69 71 71 72 What is Descriptive English Precis Writing Letter Writing Essay Writing & Sample Essays ECONOMY Brain Drain CSR Rise in Oil Prices Union...
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...2011. Print. ISBN: 978-1-111-34737-6 Students will also need a notebook for note taking, college-ruled, loose-leaf paper for assignments and quizzes, and black or blue pens. It is also strongly recommended that students purchase a folder or binder to store their course materials in. Required and suggested materials can be purchased at the Macomb Community College Bookstore. Course Description Prerequisite: ENGL-1180 or ENGL-1210 No credit after ENGL-1190. The focus of this course is the writing of critical essays based upon readings in literature, and the further development of writing skills learned in ENGL-1180 or ENGL-1210. The course places extensive emphasis upon research. Students who have completed ENGL-1190 successfully should not take ENGL-1220. Students will not receive credit for both. (3 credit hours) Course Outcomes Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course the student will be able to discuss the significance of imaginative writing in essays that employ concepts and terminology appropriate to literature and its conventional genres. Objectives: * Provide at least a rudimentary explanation of the nature of imaginative literature as a vital, creative human activity. * Define a given genre and distinguish it from the other(s). * Identify and explain the...
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...online learning materials which can be found on your MyUnits page. Unit coordinator Dr Amy Huang (A.Huang@murdoch.edu.au) © Published by Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 2016 This publication is copyright. Except as permitted by the Copyright Act no part of it may in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or any other means be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be broadcast or transmitted without the prior written permission of the publisher. BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning Murdo 2 ch University Contents Unit information Information about the unit 3 Contact details 5 How to study this unit 8 Resources for the unit 10 Study schedule 11 Assessment 13 Appendix 1 Essay marking guide 17 Appendix 2 Presentation marking guide 18 Murdoch University BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning 3 Information about the unit Welcome to: BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning Unit description The management of information and knowledge and its role in organisations are widely recognised as important elements contributing to international competitiveness in the digital (knowledge based) economy. This unit examines how the concepts of information and knowledge assist in the understanding of organisational processes, organisational learning and strategy. Topics examined include: The origins and future of knowledge creation, dissemination and management; knowledge and organisational strategy; (hard)...
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...Chapter 4 Managing Marketing Information GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Despite the data glut that marketing managers receive, they frequently complain that they lack _____. a. enough information of the right kind b. quality information c. timely information d. accurate and reliable information e. valid information (Answer: a; p. 97; Easy) 2. An MIS consists of people, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, _____, evaluate, and distribute information to marketing decision makers. a. test b. test market c. analyze d. critique e. assess (Answer: c; p. 97; Easy) 3. Your firm has just developed its first successful MIS. It interacts with information users to assess information needs, develop needed information, _____ the marketing information, and help managers use it in their decision making. a. distribute b. collect c. retrieve d. store e. validate (Answer: a; p. 97; Challenging) 4. The marketing information system is not limited to use by the company it serves. It may also provide information to _____. a. the government b. external partners c. various publics d. competitors e. none of the above (Answer: b; p. 97; Moderate) 5. Marketers must weigh carefully the costs of additional information against the _____ resulting from it. a. uses b. benefits c. knowledge d. rewards e. cost (Answer: b; p. 98; Easy) 6. Four common sources of internal data include the accounting department, operations, the sales force...
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...1 EFFICIENT MARKETS HYPOTHESIS Andrew W. Lo To appear in L. Blume and S. Durlauf, The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2007. New York: Palgrave McMillan. The efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) maintains that market prices fully reflect all available information. Developed independently by Paul A. Samuelson and Eugene F. Fama in the 1960s, this idea has been applied extensively to theoretical models and empirical studies of financial securities prices, generating considerable controversy as well as fundamental insights into the price-discovery process. The most enduring critique comes from psychologists and behavioural economists who argue that the EMH is based on counterfactual assumptions regarding human behaviour, that is, rationality. Recent advances in evolutionary psychology and the cognitive neurosciences may be able to reconcile the EMH with behavioural anomalies. There is an old joke, widely told among economists, about an economist strolling down the street with a companion. They come upon a $100 bill lying on the ground, and as the companion reaches down to pick it up, the economist says, ‘Don’t bother – if it were a genuine $100 bill, someone would have already picked it up’. This humorous example of economic logic gone awry is a fairly accurate rendition of the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH), one of the most hotly contested propositions in all the social sciences. It is disarmingly simple to state, has far-reaching consequences...
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...[pic] JPPSS ELA COURSE GUIDE 2011-2012 ENGLISH I The JPPSS Instructional Sequence Guides are aligned with the LA Comprehensive Curriculum. JPPSS Implementation of Activities in the Classroom Incorporation of activities into lesson plans is critical to the successful implementation of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum. The Comprehensive Curriculum indicates one way to align instruction with Louisiana standards, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations. The curriculum is aligned with state content standards, as defined by grade-level expectations (GLEs), and organized into coherent, time-bound units with sample activities and classroom assessments to guide teaching and learning. The units in the curriculum have been arranged so that the content to be assessed will be taught before the state testing dates. While teachers may substitute equivalent activities and assessments based on the instructional needs, learning styles, and interests of their students, the Comprehensive Curriculum should be a primary resource when planning instruction. Grade level expectations—not the textbook—should determine the content to be taught. Textbooks and other instructional materials should be used as resource in teaching the grade level expectations...
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...Chapter 4 Managing Marketing Information GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Computers now generate mounds of data. However, given all this data, marketing managers still complain that they lack ________. a. enough information of the right kind b. quality information c. timely information d. accurate and reliable information e. valid information (Answer: a; p. 96; Easy; LO1) 2. An MIS consists of people, equipment, and procedures to ________, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute information to marketing decision makers. a. test b. test market c. gather d. critique e. assess (Answer: c; p. 97; Easy; LO2) {AACSB: Technology} 3. Your firm has just developed its first successful MIS. It interacts with information users to ________ information needs, develop needed information, distribute the marketing information, and help managers use it in their decision making. a. assess b. collect c. retrieve d. store e. validate (Answer: a; p. 97; Challenging; LO2) {AACSB: Technology} 4. The marketing information system is not limited to use by the company it serves. It may also provide information to ________. a. the government b. external partners c. various publics d. competitors e. none of the above (Answer: b; p. 97; Moderate; LO2) 5. Marketers must weigh carefully the benefits resulting from additional information against the ________ of the additional information. a. uses b. costs c. knowledge ...
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...Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers∗ Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University † June 10, 2013 1 General Tips about Writing Style When I read your term papers, I look for your ability to motivate your question using economic logic, your ability to critically analyze the past literature, and your ability to recognize empirical problems as they arise. In particular, it is important that your term paper demonstrates that you are more knowledgeable, analytic, and sophisticated about the economics of health or development economics than we would expect, say, a clever editorial writer for The New York Times to be. You should present evidence, cite literature, explain economic trade-os, and generally approach the issue from an analytic perspective. Sometimes, a student is tempted to stray into opinion-page, journalistic writing in his or her term paper. Do not do this. Teaching good economics writing is one of the goals of the departmental writing requirement and is a valuable lesson for potential thesis writers. You will get a lower grade if your writing is • ungrammatical, • unclear, • journalistic. If you have trouble writing grammatically, please leave yourself some extra time and go to a writing 1 tutor . Clarity is the rst priority in economics writing. Do not worry about being snappy if you are being clear. Journalistic writing is characterized by the lack of an analytical tone. Below, you will nd some notes about the...
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...Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers∗ Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University † June 10, 2013 1 General Tips about Writing Style When I read your term papers, I look for your ability to motivate your question using economic logic, your ability to critically analyze the past literature, and your ability to recognize empirical problems as they arise. In particular, it is important that your term paper demonstrates that you are more knowledgeable, analytic, and sophisticated about the economics of health or development economics than we would expect, say, a clever editorial writer for The New York Times to be. You should present evidence, cite literature, explain economic trade-os, and generally approach the issue from an analytic perspective. Sometimes, a student is tempted to stray into opinion-page, journalistic writing in his or her term paper. Do not do this. Teaching good economics writing is one of the goals of the departmental writing requirement and is a valuable lesson for potential thesis writers. You will get a lower grade if your writing is • ungrammatical, • unclear, • journalistic. If you have trouble writing grammatically, please leave yourself some extra time and go to a writing 1 tutor . Clarity is the rst priority in economics writing. Do not worry about being snappy if you are being clear. Journalistic writing is characterized by the lack of an analytical tone. Below, you will nd some notes about the...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER ONE 3 1. INTRODUCTION 3 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 3 1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 4 1.3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 5 1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES 5 1.3.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 5 1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 6 1.5. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY 6 1.5.1. DATA SOURCE 6 1.5.2. METHOD OF ANALYSIS 7 1.6. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 7 CHAPTER TWO 8 2. REVIEW OF LITRATURE 8 2.1.MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 8 2.2. OBJECTIVES OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9 2.3. PRICE DETERMINATION 10 2.4. INFLATION 13 2.5. HOUSING THE POOR 13 2.6. Integrated Housing development program 17 2.7. Hawassa city housing development project office 19 2.8. Different type of houses and price of transferring 20 CHAPTER THREE 21 3. DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 21 3.1. Beneficiary (dwellers) characteristics (sample population) 21 3.2.1. TYPE OF HOUSES ASSIGNED FOR BENEFICIARY IN THE SAMPLE…. 25 3.2.2. DWELLERS WILLINGNESS TO BUY HOUSES 26 3.2.3. PRICE OF HOUSES AND THE FACTORS THAT AFFECTS THE PRICE OF HOUSES ………………………………………………………………………………...26 3.2.4.CONSTRUCTION MATERRIALS AND THE MARKET PRIC………………..27 3.2.5.GENERAL OPINION OF DWELLERS 28 3.2.6. PRICE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BENEFICIARY OPINION.29 CHAPTER FOUR 33 4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 33 4.1. CONCLUSION 33 4.2 RECOMMENDATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------...
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...GEOG 1 Essays (15 marks) Exam date | Rivers | Coasts | Population | Health | Specimen | Describe and explain the development of meanders. | With reference to one or more case study of coastal management, discuss whether the benefits outweigh the costs. | With reference to a named country, evaluate attempts to manage population change.Name of country: | Discuss how the United Kingdom’s changing population structure is likely to affect employment in the health and care services over the next 25 years or so. | June 09 | Describe and explain the formation of landforms resulting from rejuvenation. | With specific reference to a case study of coastal erosion, assess the relative importance of its physical and socio-economic consequences. | Outline and comment on the economic and political consequences of populationchange | Describe and suggest reasons for regional variations in morbidity in the UK. | Jan 10 | Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of hard engineering as a floodmanagement strategy | Explain the causes of sea level change and the formation of resultant coastal landforms. | For any two of the following types of area, summarise the contrasts between themand explain the implications of these contrasts for social welfare: * inner city * suburban * rural–urban fringe * rural settlement.Chosen areas: | Discuss the impact of obesity on people’s health and the strategies adopted to care for people with obesity | June 10 | Compare and comment on the economic...
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