book “They Say/I Say with readings” (2nd edition; 3rd edition) by Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst‚ in the “Higher Education” and “Are We In A Race Against The Machine?” sections‚ (pp. 177-273; pp. 297-415) has many discussions and debates on the different aspects of how technology has and will continue to change the ways we live our day to day lives. The articles therein discuss topics from how you conduct research now compared to only a few years ago‚ to texting‚ emailing or instant
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Jeff Simmons Professor Martin ENC 1101-0010 27 April 2010 How To Save A Life At age 16‚ Brittany Johnson was a typical teenage girl; she had a loving family‚ a high school boyfriend‚ and her own car. However‚ Brittany will never get married‚ never have children‚ and never have her own house. Why? Brittany died September 7‚ 2009. The culprit — texting while driving. While captaining her Chevrolet Lumina‚ Brittany decided to text her mother‚ distracting her from the road ahead. Instead of
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purpose is to text other people‚ yet texting can have negative impacts on a person’s life. Texting can be dreadful for a person in his or her day to day life due to countless reasons. Some of the reasons are: the slangs and acronyms‚ incorrect use of grammar‚ and no sense of proper information being sent in the text message. A person should not use these texting criteria in his or her formal writing. Initially‚ slangs and acronyms are very commonly used while texting. It is important to use the slangs
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“Listen” to Our Silent Languages A 2009 study of 480 companies found that employers ranked communication abilities first among the desirable personal qualities of future employees. In addition‚ in a survey of recruiters from companies with more than 50‚000 employees‚ communication skills was cited as the single more important decisive factor in choosing managers. Likewise‚ it has been estimated that 75% of a person ’s day is spent communicating in some ways. These show that communication
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“You’re Soaking in it” “How Advertising Informs to our Benefit” The two articles “You’re soaking in it” by Pozner‚ and “How Advertising Informs to our Benefit” by Calfee‚ offer two very different takes on the effects of advertising. Pozner claims that movies and TV shows have become a new medium for companies to present their ads. She goes on saying how these companies exploit their audiences by portraying a fictional society. Although she is very critical‚ I agree with her‚ that ads such as
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relationships‚ efficiency and a better career. Nowadays‚ it seems that our social skills may be dwindling because of this new technology. Many individuals text from their cell phones in social settings. Cell phone texting is becoming a hindrance to social skills; Texting is a huge social problem! Texting is the cause of many communication problems. Such as my boyfriend and I‚ we always have a fight when we have a long conversation by texting. The problem is misunderstanding‚ and lack of appreciation.
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FOREIGN LANQUAGES IN OUR LIFE Language is human speech‚ either spoken or written. Language is the most common system of communication. It allows people to talk to each other and to write their thoughts and ideas. The word «language» may be loosely used to mean any system of communication‚ such as traffic light or Indian smoke signals. But the origin of the world shows its basic use. It comes from the Latin word «lingua»‚ meaning «tongue». And a language still is often called a tongue.
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English Assessment I was texting my daughter to ask when she would be home for dinner on a late afternoon. She texted back‚ I will be there soon. She never made it. I killed my own daughter because of a lousy text message. Good afternoon‚ my name is Rebecca Wilson and today I will be speaking about why texting and driving should be banned. Over 10‚000 people are killed and over 50‚000 are injured from text messaging and knowing that my little girl was one of the 10‚000 people that have been killed
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Analysis Article The writer of the article “Overprotective parents stifle growth”‚ Jane Brown a retired school principal‚ claims that parents are too protective of their children whilst the writer of “Reality Check”‚ Jack Lee‚ indicates that parents aren’t taking enough precaution with their children. The writers use different persuasive techniques to persuade their readers such as emotive writing. The tone that the writers use is pleading and the style of both pieces are simple. There is a picture
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The effect of Literacy Due to Texting Nowadays‚ texting is the main source of communication‚ especially for college students. They tend to not have the time to have conversations with others on the phone because of all the studying and work they may be doing‚ so they will send a quick text to keep in contact with friends‚ family‚ or fellow classmates. The way the words are sent in these text messages are usually abbreviated to quicken the process of texting or spell check tends to fix every word
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