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    Charles Smith Thesis

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    secondary principals’ predictors that revealed their support on inclusion and how they can suggest 2. Did the abstract accurately (in full, part, or not all) reflect the research and conclusions contained within the dissertation? Identify three examples…

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    through her essay, “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale”, with a purpose to educate people based on her experiences at the abortion clinic. In the essay, she addresses abortion from the helplessness of her patients and from the process itself. For example, she shows the desperation in her clients through her anecdotes. Specifically, she writes, “I talk to a sixteen-year old uneducated girl who was raped. She has gonorrhea” (Tisdale 2). This shows that not everyone receives an abortion because…

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    Discussion Forum Unit 2 What do you think "good" is? List some examples of goodness? Before embarking on this controversial descriptive word “good”, let me first of all look the meaning from dictionaries with respect to morality and ethics. the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute. Meridian Wester Dictionary: “virtuous, right, commendable”- ex. A good person Oxford Dictionary: “Possessing or displaying…

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    1. Two ways to establish the reliability of a test are test-retest and parallel-forms. Test-retest establishes reliability by having participants retake the same test at different points of time (Salkind, 2012). For example, a 3rd grade English class takes a Fry Words test at the beginning of the school year and retakes the same test at the end of the school year. Test-retest yields the best results when a researcher considers both the length of time between each test and how they intend to use…

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    cares about on planet Venues. The theme for this story is that jealousy is causing people making wrong dedications, and this is shown when they lock her in the closet, tell her the sun is not going to show up, and leaving her alone. One of the good example for jealousy makes people making wrong choices, is when William and other children tells her the sun is not showing up. The original quote from the story is: ‘ "Nothing !" he cried. "It was all a joke, wasn’t it?" He turned to the other…

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    create a image of the tiger at his best, and the power and fear the tiger creates. Yann Martel’s similes are better than the other two texts for the reason that there are more than the other two texts have and also because he used very descriptive words. For example, “Each of his claws was as sharp as a knife.” (pg. 108), “...The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and chinese...The yellow canine thus coyly revealed was as long as my…

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    concentrate mainly on hypotheses testing procedures. Publication by McGuire of 1983 indicates that creative hypothesis-generating aspects of research on both strategic and tactical levels can be taught. McGuire’s article of 1973 – “Yin and Yang”, gave some examples of hypothesis-generating techniques that can be described and taught. McGuire groups hypothesis-generating techniques into five categories, each with subcategory. Category I includes nine observational heuristics that require…

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    of poetic devices in addition to a rhyme pattern, multiple emotions are conveyed throughout ‘Was it Really Worth it?’ A descriptive yet simplified vocabulary specifically aims to produce an emotive response from readers and enhances the effects caused as a result of the many poetic devices included. ‘Like shooting a blank gun at a wall filled with audible screams,’ is one example of a simile utilised to descriptively compare shooting an enemy with the agony it causes and conditions which were…

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    Autoethnography Analysis

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    I felt that your critical incident was authentic, I was able to visualise what you saw and feel what you felt and overall felt that it was a great example of auto ethnographic writing. I liked how you had included a blue print of the three dinner halls; it worked well with your critical incident. However, I would suggest looking at restructuring the picture to come after introducing the critical incident…

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    Aesthetic Meaning

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    This is a very powerful conversation in modern discussions of what art is and can be. Bells saw descriptive paintings as something that should not be considered a work of art. He took the approach that art that does not speak to our aesthetic emotion should not be considered art. If the purpose of the art is to present information or give a direction…

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