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    The Ways We Lie

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    ” are types of lies because it involves most of the truth minus one or two facts. An example of deflecting is just an effective way of hiding. “Stereotype‚ clichés‚” and “groupthink‚” qualify as lies because you can take a single lie and turn it into a whole bunch of lies. For examples quoted in the “Stereotypes and cliché” section‚ they state “they take a single tree and make it a landscape.” “Groupthinking” is qualified as lie-ing because it requires a combination of other forms of lying—ignoring

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    A. Use more close-up words. B. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation. C. Add personal anecdotes. *D. Use questions and answers together. 3. Which one of the following sentences or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliché? A. How dead is a dead doornail? B. Are you a man or a moose? C. When in doubt‚ pout. *D. Look before you leap. 4. To put abstract ideas into close-up words‚ use _______ descriptions. A. impersonal *B. concrete C. faraway

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    In Sports, Teamwork Works

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    sports are in today’s society. Athletes were able to provide a connection and continuity with past achievements‚ glories‚ and heroes in national culture -- a culture that historically links sports with warfare and with the highest forms of national expression. Sports is not something radical that will lead to further tension among divided sides but is something that brings harmony among people. Furthermore‚ once the global community realizes varying people from varying cultures can coexist‚ things

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    "Society Is Dead‚ We Have Retreated into the iWorld" he gives the reader the most cliche message‚ that technology is destroying our society. Sullivan explains that people are becoming less socially interactive because people are listening to music on their iPod. Because people are listening to music‚ they are ignoring their surroundings‚ they are isolated to anything around them‚ and they all have a blank expression on their face. Music was once used

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    THE PROBLEMS FACING THE NIGERIA JUDICIARY SYSTEM THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN NIGERIA Nigeria operates a federal political structure under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ 1999. The Federation consists of 36 (thirty six) States and a Federal Capital Territory. This constitution vests the legislative‚ executive and judicial powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the National Assembly‚ the Executive and the courts established there under respectively. The powers of the States are

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    Writing Skills Part 2

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    1. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to add variety to your sentences? A. Use questions and answers together. B. Add personal anecdotes. C. Use more close-up words. D. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation. 2. Nelson’s hobby is tinkering with small appliances. Tinkering with implies that Nelson is unskilled at his hobby. You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is‚ in fact‚ quite skilled at his hobby. Which of the following should you

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    However‚ it is still quite playful with language‚ through the central metaphor of the Wild West. Fenton mostly undermines romantic imagery in ‘In Paris With You’. For example‚ the title of the poem leads us to expect that it will be full of romantic cliches‚ since Paris is a classic destination for lovers. Whilst he does refer to the well-known tourist attractions‚ he swiftly rejects them‚ and along with them the hackneyed associations they carry: "Do you mind if we do not go to the Louvre‚/If we say

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    expressed differently in various cultures or governed by certain display rules. Although biological factors affect facial expression‚ the cultural display factors are a competing influence. In Ekman’s (cited in Parkinson‚ 2007) neuro-cultural theory of emotion he suggests that certain emotions are pre-programmed at birth and also recognises a cultural influence. Emotional expression‚ gestures and signs can vary in various cultures. Many researchers have attempted to explore emotional differences

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    The play In the Blood is an adaptation by Suzan-Lori Parks of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. In this play is about a single black woman‚ Hester‚ who is a mother to five fatherless children trying to survive living in poverty and dealing with her reputation as a slut. The name and plotline seemed very intriguing from the start‚ and being a fan of Hawthorne’s work‚ I was looking forward seeing to play. The overall acting in this play was very good and flowed together really nicely. Most

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    work is questionable. I try and make my work somewhat unique and humorous‚ for example in a recent piece about facial expression I created a photographic collage that was structured in its overall appearance yet the actual images of myself were peculiar. The piece consisted of about thirty photographs (approximately four centimeters square) with me pulling very different expressions which I

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