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What is a Narrative Essay?

Narrative essays are, by definition, personal to you.

Mention Four Types of Essays

• Narrative
• Descriptive
• Persuasive
• Expository

Which are the Elements of a Story?

Setting, characters, and rising actions.

What is Spelling?

It is the process of naming letters of the word.

What is Proofreading?

It means carefully checking your work for errors.

Structure of a Narrative Essay

• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Narrative Plot Structure

• Introduction
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution

What is a Plot?

The sequence of events that take place in a story.

What is a Rising Action?

Events in the rising action that draw you in as the reader.

Define Falling Action

The continuing action after the conflict has been resolved.

Study Vocabulary (From the Homework)

Personification: Its when you Give to a thing or object human characteristics.

Alliteration: Its a stylistic Device in which a number of words with the same first consonant are in the same  phrase.

Allusion: Its a reference of Something well know a casual reference to a place, thing or idea.

Analogy: Its a comparision of Two things to show their similarities with the explanation or clarification.

Euphemism: The use of a Word or Phrase that is less expresive or direct tan other.

Seeting: When and where the story is happening.

Characters: Protagonist, flat: Unchanged character, dynamic: change throw the story, narrator: tells the Story.

Plot: Its like the story, Everething that is happening, the most important thing that happend in the Story.

Conflict:... Continue reading "Human actuality" »

English-Spanish Vocabulary

Nouns

• Breakthrough: Avance
• Device: Dispositivo
• Laptop: Portátil
• Location: Ubicación
• Search engine: Motor de búsqueda
• Weight: Peso

Verbs

• Clean up: Limpiar
• Crash: Romper
• Deal with: Tratar con
• Occur: Suceder
• Remind: Recordar
• Shut down: Cerrar
• Spread: Tender
• Start up: Empezar

Adjectives

• Accurate: Preciso
• Common: Común
• Complicated: Complicado
• Convenient: Conveniente
• Efficient: Efectivo
• Foolproof: Infalible
• Innovative: Última
• Latest: Larga durada
• Long-lasting: Anticuado
• Multi-purpose: Multi usos
• Out of date: Anticuado
• Practical: Práctico
• Reliable: Fiable
• Up to date: Actualizado
• User-friendly: Fácil de utilizar

Expressions

• Come up with an idea: Venir con una idea
• Conduct an experiment: Realizar un experimento
• Download music: Descargar música
• Environmentally-

A. Choose and Circle the Correct Alternative

1. He says the booking was confirmed ____a____.
   1. yesterday
   2. tomorrow
   3. the following day
2. It's best __a_____ late.
   1. not to arrive
   2. to not arrive
   3. don't arrive
3. The Finance Director ___a____ that I should chair the meeting.
   1. suggested
   2. told
   3. wanted
4. I'd go to the meeting if I __a____ you.
   1. were
   2. would be
   3. am
5. Who is going to take __a_____? Could you do it, Ursula?
   1. the minutes
   2. the agenda
   3. the diary
6. Would you mind ___b___ that again?
   1. explain
   2. to explain
   3. explaining
7. ___b___ we started a little late, I suggest we cut the coffee break.
   1. Since
   2. As
   3. So
8. ___c___, I must apologize for being late.
   1. Firstly
   2. Let me start
   3. First of all
9. That ____c__ to my next point.
   1. brings
   2. takes
   3. brings me
10. Is there __c____ you need?
    1. any
    2. else
    3. anything else

B. Look at Questions 1-2.

In each question,

Database Recovery Methods

Database recovery is achieved by performing a combination of methods.

Checkpointing Process:

One of the following is not a step in the checkpointing process.

None of the above

RDU Algorithm:

In the algorithm RDU (Recovery using Deferred Update), only REDO is needed.

Database Privileges

One of the following privileges is an example of a privilege granted at the account level.

CREATE TABLE

One of the following privileges is attribute specific.

UPDATE

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Role-based access control (RBAC) is used by the majority of enterprises with more than 500 employees.

Redoing and Undoing Transactions

Redoing and Undoing transactions are required in RIU

Disadvantages of Distributed Data

Disadvantage of Distributed data... Continue reading "Database Recovery, Distribution, and Access Control" »

Understanding Cultural Differences in International Business

Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)

The Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) measures the tolerance of uncertainty and ambiguity among members of a society.

• High UAI Cultures: These cultures demonstrate a high intolerance of ambiguity, experience anxiety and stress, and accord a high level of authority to rules as a means of avoiding risk.
• Low UAI Cultures: These cultures are associated with a low level of anxiety and stress, a tolerance of deviance and dissent, and a willingness to take risks.

Differences in Authority and Decision Making

• In high-Power Distance Index (PDI) countries, subordinates are not likely to contradict bosses, but in low-PDI countries, they often do.

Differences in Management

- From: Ainhoa Centelles Sánchez

- To: AliExpress

- Dear Sir or Madam,

- I’m writing to inform you about the products I ordered from your company that have not been received properly, there was an error. Also, the order has arrived damaged and in poor conditions.

- I placed the order on 13 February, I bought from your website two pairs of sneakers. However, one pair has a different color that I ordered and the other pair came two sizes bigger and it didn't bring laces as it said in the photo of your website.

- Furthermore, according to your website, orders are transported in good conditions and are insured. As a result of your error, the packaging arrived destroyed and the contents of the package could be seen.

- I am very dissatisfied with the... Continue reading "Issue with Order: Incorrect Color and Size, Damaged Packaging" »

Political Parties and Voter Identification

Which of these can be about political parties since 1960?

B) People feel a stronger sense of identification with their political party.

Consumer-Like Voter Behavior

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a voter thinking like a consumer?

A voter will not change his or her mind once they have chosen their candidate.

History of Political Polling in the US

We know that political polling in the US has been around since at least:

1824

Early Political Polling

Political polling in US began as:

Ballots printed in magazines.

Media and Polling

The "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline in the Chicago Daily Tribune is an example of what?

Media trusting in inaccurate polling data.

Effects of Polls on Electorate

When voters... Continue reading "American Political Communication and Polling: Key Concepts" »

Speech

• Transient
• Additive or 'rhapsodic'
• Aggregative
• Redundant or 'copious'
• Loosely structured grammatically
• People-centered
• Context dependent

Writing

• Permanent
• Hierarchically ordered within the clause structure
• Medium for logical reasoning
• Tends to avoid redundancy
• Structured grammatically, compact
• Topic-centered
• Context-reduced

Similarities

• Both depend on their culture
• Both change in different situations

Differences

• Speech is transient, writing is permanent
• Speech is loosely grammatically, writing is lexically and grammatically compact

Relationship between Language and Culture in Language Study

• Native speakers
• Cross-cultural

Key Linguistic Concepts

Footing

A term coined by sociologist Erving Goffman to denote the stance we take up to the others present in the way we... Continue reading "Speech vs. Writing: Key Differences and Similarities" »

In this essay, I am going to analyze performance to prove that the 'attacking mentality' of Abercrombie (Clarke Peters) changes the 'defensive mentality' of Dixon (Sam Rockwell). By being confident and decisive, Abercrombie will change Dixon's behavior from confrontational to submissive as he realizes his mistake and regrets his behavior. To demonstrate this, I will analyze the rhetorical strategies of film performance in both characters.