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“Coal” by Audrey Lorde expounds on the power held by the spoken word and the labels put upon people. The narrator begins by referring to herself as the “total black”, the label that has been put upon herself, and elaborates on how those words and the others used to describe her leave a lasting effect. The narrator goes on to explain that while these words are used to put her down, the words only add to her power. Using vivid imagery and powerful metaphor the narrator states how her blackness is…

The media has years of experience in shaping their reader’s mentality without any one of them realizing what is being done. Not just media but just about every author falls guilty when it comes to the spreading of information. Newman P. Birk and Genevieve B. Birk worked together in writing a book called Understanding and Using English. In it, the topic of charged and slanted language is defined and discussed in great detail alongside examples. It is important to be aware of slanted and charged…

The first Macintosh computer was released by Apple, Inc. in 1984 (“Apple”), following the first personal computer, or PC, released by IBM in 1981 (Sahoo). Since then, computers and laptops have evolved a lot, and have come a long way from what they once were. Now, in this modern era, there is an ongoing debate between the Mac and the PC. The question is: which is better? The obvious answer is the Mac because they are not susceptible to viruses like PCs, are rated highest in customer satisfaction…

The Giver uses very formal words that might be strange in our life. The words are words that is not what maybe an American or someone else would use a whole lot of times. We put a lot of slang into our words. They have a lot of different words, but they are all still words. So let’s start off with some of the strange words that they might use in the community. One of the first words in The Giver birthmother. Most people use the word birth mother still to this day, but most of us people use…

The constant theme throughout my journey in this program was struggle: a hard, unforgiving, sleepless nights type of struggle. This painful sensation made me believe that, from my initial core classes of undergraduate work to the beginning of this program, I had been greatly sheltered. Friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances would ask me, with such a gleeful expression, how my classes were going and I found it hard hiding my true feelings. Overtime, I could feel the pressure lighten and…

Throughout the year, as a class we have been given many different challenges in either the form of an essay, speech, or group presentation. The final assignment given to us was a group project presentation. From growing up in an age filled with technology, I have come to love projects that revolve around making some form of a PowerPoint presentation. This PowerPoint though, was both difficult and interesting for the reasons of being assigned group members not of my own choosing, learning to…

Reflection Paper II Throughout my college experience here in the Carroll School of Management, group work and the ability to work well with others has been emphasized greatly. This makes sense, because in a professional environment, the ability to communicate, listen and contribute within a group leads to success and the achievement of goals. However, none have gone on as long as this project, making it a more realistic example of working on a team. Junior year of college is definitely a…

Presentations have never been my strong suit, whether it is talking about myself in front of a group of people to presenting a complex situation to a class. By taking this course I am hoping that I’ll be able to boost my confidence when it comes to public speaking. I have had to complete many presentation in the past but I have yet to master the ability to present well in front of large groups. The first project that we were assigned in my communication class was to get to know our classmate…

It is a sin to write and read the following. It shows the ways in which the character, Equality 72521 from the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, and how he was not in by any means wrong in writing what he had written. The following will go through the community, himself, and finally his independence from the community and his “brothers” of his old life. The community is the words you hear most often when talking about an environment. It’s one of those words we are all taught when we were younger about…

In the subsequent paragraphs I will discuss the adjustments I implemented in the above four essays from the duration of this course. I decided to revise the following Written Assignments 2, 4, 5, and 8 using the feedback from my mentor and what I have learned throughout this course. The first essay I corrected was Written Assignment 2. This was probably my favorite assignment. It was so easy to write about my hometown and exciting to tell someone about everything I love back home. I received…