There have been different ideas as to how to stop people from texting and driving. ... The fines would range from $200 to $500 dollars per text. ... Amendment 28 would be the "No Texting Amendment." ... No more excuses as to why it is important to text and drive; no more excuses as to why it is imperative to answer that text right away. ... The end is now for this troubling issue of texting and driving. ...

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Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine, (New York: Fawcett Crest, 1989). Mukherjee was born in Calcutta, India in 1940 to upper-caste (Brahmin) parents. She emigrated first to the United States in 1961, and then to Canada in 1968. She is a naturalized citizen of both countries. She married an Am...

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This is because they are constantly exposed to social media, strangers, anonymous text messages and emails. ... According to www.meganmeierfoundation.org, among many adolescents, 61% have received mean or embarrassing posts online and 59% have received mean texts, e-mails or instant messages. ...

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Explore how your chosen short story uses the elements of narrative to [engage] you as the reader: Narrative elements are importantly employed and developed throughout a text to further engage and develop the ideas and issues behind a text to the reader. ... One such technique employed was the setting of this text. ... The diction used in this text plays a significant role to the emphasis of the central issue and setting of this text. ... The narrative elements are crucial in any text as they further emphasis the meaning of the text as well as developing those "underlying meanings". ... Thro...

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Distracted driving is an umbrella covering texting and driving, as well as using GPS, computers, the radio, reading and writing texts or emails, and even simply reaching for any of the above. ... If you are stopped at a red light or stop sign, you may text away. ... Due to this being a new crisis there is not much data to prove that any texting bans have actually saved lives. According to the Palm Beach Post, "In Iowa, in 2012, a year after a secondary texting ban went into effect, only 119 convictions for text messaging were recorded, AAA reports. ... This is a step in the right direction a...

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"President Obama proposed that American school children extend their time in class, either by lengthening the school day, or spending less time on summer vacation" (Text A). ... Failing to do our best to educate all of America's children is a mistake that will hurt this country for years to come" (Text B). ... "Some parents noted that students in school longer would have to stay up later to complete their homework" (Text C). ... "American children spend the least amount of time in the classroom when compared to other countries"(Text A). ... " (Text ...

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http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_A.pdf A Three-Part Model for Measuring Text Complexity (the Standards' model of text complexity consists of three equally important parts) To grade the presentation, as an assignment I would use an analytic rubric; a numerical scale that follows the criterion set out by the Standards' model for text complexity thus clarifying what needs to be improved: (1) Qualitative dimensions of text complexity. ... (2) Quantitative dimensions of text complexity. The terms quantitative dimensions and quantitative factors refer to those aspects of t...

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As I've learned from the first class of this department that for the first 250 years of America's history, there was oppression and class warfare on varying scales that are traditionally ignored by traditional history texts, yet Zinn's text masterfully shows the reader are major and influential parts of American history. In my opinion, Zinn's text was convincing. ... His text shows us how Howard Zinn really encourages the readers to see or understand the real history from all angles. ...

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Singer's text uses a strong mixture of logos and pathos appeals to help support the main point of the article. ... Singer's text also uses an appeal on pathos to support his main claim. ... This situation is stated in the text to pull on the readers emotions and sympathy. ... Singer says later on in the text, "If you still think that it was very wrong of Bob not to throw the switch that would have saved the child's life, then it is hard to see how you could deny that it is also very wrong not to send money. ...

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As this society began interacting with the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean regions they collected texts from Greece and Africa. They brought these texts back to the Dar al-Hikma, or House of Knowledge, and started to incorporate these newfound sciences into their own practices. This is wonderful example of how the texts of Greece and the African regions must be understood in order to fully comprehend the developed sciences and ideals of the Abbasid Caliphate during their cosmopolitan era. ...

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The Caribbean and Polynesia Reading the compendium with colonial texts (Jamaica Kincaid and Haunani Trask) did two things to me: It gave me knowledge of something I didn't know anything about before, and it made me feel uneasy. Jamaica Kincaid's text A small place takes the reader on a trip to her native country. ... Another text that has made a deep impression on me is Haunani-Kay Trask's historical overview of Hawaii. ...

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Throughout the past month and a half, the papers and tabloids have been full of text related to President Bush's request for 87 billion dollars. ... The text was his thoughts and feelings on the 87 billion dollar budget, whereas "Tough Sell at Home" by Terence Samuel was more of an overview of what Congress was discussing and had no personal inserts. ...

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Question cards should pose at least two original questions each week with specific citations to the text and readings. Questions that aim to stimulate intelligent class discussion about business, economic, historical, ideological, or decision aspects of the texts, or that seek explanation of difficult passages that you don't immediately understand, will receive the highest marks. ...

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According to this adapted quote by Logan Pearsall Smith, the underlying message that the author is trying to convey, besides the text, is significant. ... He interwned this message in his text by utilizing theme. ...

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The leading text, and the only one introduced in Congress, is two sentences: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. ... But he said nothing in the text is meant to prevent state legislatures from establishing civil unions, as Vermont's did in 2000, or from conferring a range of domestic benefits on same-sex partners, as California lawmakers did this year. ... As a result, Daniels said, his alliance is working on another version that would make "minor changes in the text to make it explicit and undeniably clear that we are not seeking to inva...

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And because these secret agencies able to listen to every phone call and read every e-mail/text, it takes away the privacy and freedom. ... They have created many so many programs that are capable of collecting every piece of electronic data, anything from emails/texts to phone calls and any online expense made. ... Another program, named XKeyscore can get access to full text of any email worldwide. ... It's just my emails and texts, no big deal....

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Facts: People often wonder how personal communications can be monitored if they are 'private' such as a phone call, text message, email, and messaged exchanged on social media sites. ... Moreover, a plan of action can be devised during a phone call, text message, email, or other such forms of communication. ...

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Some people find it sometimes difficult to differentiate graphic designers and architects. People normally don't know who designs what. Graphic designers and architects have different skills. Why is that is with graphic designers they work on computers using software mostly and with architects they ...

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Most business professionals need excellent writing skills to properly convey ideas and concepts; moreover, they communicate all day via text, email, online posts, and other methods. ... Expressing your written thoughts and ideas clearly whether via text, email, online posts, or other methods will help you become successful in the business field....

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Jennefer Hernandez There are many critics out their, that have a lot to convey about the style of text that Rodriguez uses, especially Hispanic critics. ... She states that "Rodriguez claims his writing is political and educational to all the Latinos/Latinas out there but yet, I feel as if he does not know what he is talking about" Another critic named Laurette Elsberry also detests the way of Richard Rodriguez's form of text. ... That he can feel just what he is talking about , that Moreno knows how to relate with the text of Rodriguez. ... To my knowledge the approach that Richar...

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Facebook and texting allows people to communicate with friends all across the world or even just across the room without even speaking. ... Most people, especially in America, couldn't go a day without their cell phone, they have to check Facebook and update their status, text or Snapchat their friends, or tweet everything they do throughout the day. ... On vacation cell phones can be used to take pictures, tell relatives how it's going, and texting friends is ok when it's time to sleep. ... That doesn't mean texting friends and talking about "going ham on some Call of...

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The Joy Luck Club has a great deal of thesis, more then most books because of it's multi-perspective form and because of the fragmented and discontinuous text and possibilities of connection across segments. ... The Joy Luck Club was written from different perspectives and the text would often discontinue itself and leaves several possible connections with later segments of text. ...

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Technology is going to continue to advance throughout this digital age and is going to gain popularity within education, but there are questions arising of how effective technology is over the use of written text in the classroom. ... Reading digital print isn't as productive for readers as printed text, and there is limited access to resources needed for tablets to be effective when used by students. ... With laptops, textbook publishers and teachers would be able to edit and update the information more easily on electronic copies of text. ...

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'It primarily studies the way social power abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced and resisted by text and talk' (van Dijk, 2001, p.352). ... The fundamental suggestion of the model is that the discourse is seen as text (written or spoken), as discourse practice, and as social practice. They explain that the text is the central written or spoken material that is analysed from the point of view of language. ... The intertextuality3, which connects a text to its context, needs be considered when studying vocabulary, grammar and text structure. ... CDA, thus, examines ...

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In the text of the speech, we can see many times throughout that Obama relies and imposes his ethos to create his arguments, but the cornerstone of his response lies in his past, which can be observed right after he begins giving details of his life as an American, starting with the phrase: "I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas" (239). ... Both of these phrases stand out in the text because Obama used a rhetorical device known as antithesis, which means that within each phrase they contain ideas that are opposite to each other, seen in black man and wh...

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