Summary of Session One of “On Writing Well” Session one presents us a brief introduction of writing styles and writing principles through the following ways: lecture slides‚ class discussions‚ the textbook On Writing Well and extra resources. In the first place‚ the lecture slides describe the definitions‚ characteristics and writing skills of these three writing styles: summaries‚ which should be clear‚ concise and well-organized with main ideas together in a logical order; directions‚
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debilitating illnesses. They meet each other at a Support Group –where neither wants to be- and there begins the wild‚ mad ride that is: “Hazel and Augustus.” As Green explains in his Author’s Note‚ and again in the Afterward‚ this is a book of fiction – a book of realistic circumstances and realistic characters‚ but wholly imagined. Even the drugs and treatments mentioned are created by the author; all this to say – this is not a story about cancer or the treatment of cancer: it is a story about
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Detective Archetype Essay Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor share qualities such as higher intelligence‚ isolation from society‚ and hyperactivity that shape them into the only ones capable of providing justice for the threatened. The two fit the detective archetype quite well and whether explicit or not‚ the archetype is prevalent in their stories as well as others. Qualities of the detective archetype are represented through each “detective’s” habits‚ actions‚ words‚ thoughts‚ and choices
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The Financial Detective‚ 2005 Financial characteristics of companies vary both from industry to industry and within a single industry for a variety of reasons. The challenge for any company in planning its strategy is the consideration of the industry’s economics in conjunction with their own strategy to help the company’s financial statements remain strong and competitive across both lines. In this case‚ we are asked to use this consideration of strategies to determine which company description
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INTRODUCTION The Financial Detective‚ 1996 is a case study that tests one’s financial analytical ability. Given the company’s description of its strategic and operating profile in a particular industry‚ the analysts should examine and match a particular set of common size financial data and ratios to a company’s description. In short‚ the financial practitioner must exercise due care in examining the details and fine prints of the company’s strategic and operating description‚ employing the lesson
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Three Kinds of Books to Read I’m an avid reader and I have found the most interesting books fall within three categories. The categories are fiction‚ nonfiction‚ and poetry. I have read books in all of these categories and although I’m not an expert‚ I will explain the differences of these categories. Nonfiction is probably my favorite category‚ because while reading these books the reader is reliving something that happened to someone or an event that happened somewhere. These books are based
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Project 1.2.3: Bone Detectives Introduction When we think of bones‚ we most often think of the way in which these hard structures support the body‚ how they work with muscles to produce movement and how they protect our internal organs. But the 206 bones of the human skeleton can also tell a story. The specific structure of your bones reveals information about your gender‚ your height‚ your age and even your ethnicity. These biological clues are often the first pieces of evidence scientists
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speak louder than words. Who is to say that actions and words do not have equal value? In many detective stories‚ spanning from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes‚ to Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone‚ the detective weighs each witness’s actions and words equally and compare these two sets of information to see if the witness’s actions align with their account of events. Of course‚ the detective must possess keen observational skills in order to discern any differences between the witness’s
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Kyuem book report The book I choose was a story entitled‚ ‘Star Trap’ by Simon Brett. IT was published in 1982. I choose this book because I like detective novels. The storyline is very mysterious. The plot thickens when many incidents happened in the story such as a rehearsal pianist was shot in the hand by an airgun pellet and a actor tumbled down some stairs and broke his leg. As I keep on reading the story‚ more and more questions keep on rehearsing my mind as I try to solve the case as well
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Rules for Writing Detective Stories"(1928)." Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories (1928) by S.S. Van Dine. N.p.‚ Sept. 1928. Web. 12 May 2013. . Based off the practice of other writers‚ Van Dine‚ an art critic and detective novelist‚ lists a statement of beliefs that guide novelist to what a detective novel should consist of. Originally published in American Magazine in 1928‚ the online webpage challenges the conventions of the genre through a credo of rules that each detective novelist must consider
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