Seeing Voices

Active voice in writing is most commonly preferred in many of the world’s languages. It means to use active verbs, as opposed to passive verbs. For example, in the Apple Style Guide, of the international style section, it is stated that “Apple sold 3.7 million iMac computers in 2 years.” This sentence is an example of active voice, as the subject in the sentence is performing the action. The subject is “Apple”, while…

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder. People with this disorder tend to hear voices that other people don’t hear. Those with the disorder believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or planning on harming them. Their own thoughts terrify them and that’s what make them withdrawn and very agitated (‘Schizophrenia’, 2015). People with this specific disorder may not make sense they they conversate with others. It is normal for them to sit for…

Introduction Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) or IP telephony is the name for a multimedia application that involves streaming audio between users through IP networks. Audio is digitized and sent across IP networks and then converted again to a playable format. It is rapidly growing in popularity due to its cost-saving nature. While there are a variety challenges that need to be overcome in order to make use of this technology widespread, VoIP has the potential to replace traditional phone…

together and accomplishing a goal as a team is much better than doing things alone. In the poem, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, it illustrates how the black community joins together through the struggles to escape the harsh times of slavery. The poem was a commemoration to Abraham Lincoln who helped them escape from slavery.…

1990’s Technology When you were a kid, could you ever have imagined being able to pull out a small computer out of your pocket and being able to find the answer to nearly anything that you needed to know? The 90’s is an era that is well talked about due to the effect it had on music, fashion, sports, and many more. Sixty-one percent of adults in America own a cell phone. Thirty percent of adults own a mobile phone and only nine percent of adults do not own a phone at all and the number of…

him prompt. Looking at the physical traits of both characters it is apparent Stan Smith is masculine while Peter Griffin is overweight and short. Peter is Irish American and has a distinctive facial feature of a double chin. He has pale skin. His voice is kind of quirky and not deep. Stan is extremely fit with massive arms. He has a huge jaw bone structure and has long feet. He is always wearing a suit looking professional while Peter has a white collar shirt and green pants with a black belt…

To become the president of Springfield it takes allot of responsibility, and integrity. The people of our country are counting on the Future president to take a step up and make Spring Field the best and safest environment. They are expecting that he or she will speak up upon them to help make changes for the best. This is why i present to you, Lisa Simpson - one of the most well know and trust worthy. At her young age she has proven to be brilliant and one of the most passionate about the…

A cartoon holds a deeper perspective, than the simplicity, and imagination perceived upon it. For an example, the cartoon of Spongebob Squarepants can be analyzed, and found to be more intellectual. By analyzing the two main characters, Spongebob, and Patrick, they contain deeper personalities than displayed. * While Spongebob, and Patrick hold similarities of being kind hearted, young at heart, and musically talented; their personalities also contain major differences. With the differences…

Have you ever watched The Martin Show ? According to tv.com, "Martin is a sassy sitcom centering on a radio-and-television personality named Martin Payne". The Martin Show is one of the best sitcom because the humor was amazing and you could learn something. The Martin Show was on TV for five seasons. Some people can that The Martin Show is one of the best comedy shows of all-time. One of the many episodes that was on TV and that was good happen to be “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. This was a good…

To begin, McMahon argument that The Simpsons can “educate on what it teaches” (215) in this episode of The Simpsons “Lisa on Ice” occurs with stereotypes on the show. For, example when the school bullies asked Bart “Nice PJs, Simpson. Did your mommy buy 'em for ya?” (Scully, 1994) and Bart’s response was “Of course she did. Who else would have?” (Scully, 1994) This conforms to the stereotype that mothers do most of the shopping in the house. That consist of buying clothes, food etc. According…