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something we do every day. Writing a text message to your Mom is very different from responding to an email from your boss. Both require a different tone and a different level of formality or informality. Identifying when it is appropriate to use a certain tone of communication is vital when trying to get your point across effectively. When I am in my family and friends discourse group the setting is very informal and casual. It is not uncommon for one of us to end a text messages with an…

When you think of multitasking what does it means to you. The definition for Multitasking is, handling more than one task at the same time by a single person. Think when you said that you are multitasking, are you really doing just that? Or are you doing multiple tasks with putting your attention on a little bit of everything at once? I really want you to think about Multitasking and what it consists of? Ask yourself when you are concentrating on multiple tasks do you give all or partial of them…

Text and driving kills thousands of teens and adults every year. B. (Reason to listen): I have been a licensed driver for two years now and I have seen many drivers texting while driving. Throughout my four years at high school I have heard countless presentations over this topic. C. (Thesis statement with preview of main points): Texting while driving kills and injures so many every year and it is unsafe for the driver, everyone in the car and other drivers on the road. Transition: What…

Every day, technological advancements are made. While there are countless benefits to these advancements, there are also numerous drawbacks. Yes, it is nice to have mankind’s knowledge at your fingertips- produced by the average smartphone- but it is also problematic in terms of dependency. Speaking from personal observations, the vast majority of millennials do not leave home without their phone. Once again, this makes the tasks of communication, wasting time, and accessing information…

Usage and Driving: A Wreck Waiting to Happen 1.6 million car crashes are reported each year due to cell phone usage while driving. One out of every four car accidents is caused by texting and driving. It takes only five seconds to view a simple simple text message. If that message is viewed while driving at a speed of 55 miles per hour, you will have driven the length of a football field without looking at the road. Texting while driving is six times more likely to cause an accident than…

Many people display their emotion throughout text with small sideways smiley faces and some people think that isn’t a proper way to display emotion because when it comes to trying to express your emotion in writing with proper usage of grammar and format, it is not looked upon to use symbolism as such a smiley face. Another thing that comes up very often is neglect of formal language. Many people who text often have gotten used to not having to text or write formally over the phone to their…

“It Was That Moment” 4 hours in the cramped, crummy, car that smells of leather, popcorn, and…Cheez-It's, definitely Cheez-Its. We had been driving a bunch during the trip, but this was the longest road, the road home. Car sickness and headaches had been one of my enemies on the long car rides, so I was giving my brain a break from the artificial radiation of the tv and computer screen and from looking to the side to play cards with my brother which was usually the cause of my discomfort. I…

created devices for the purpose of detaching people from their smartphones. For example, the Apple Watch was originally created to decrease the distractions from smartphone notifications. Another device known as the Punkt MP01 can only make calls and texts. The Light Phone is even more extreme since it can only store nine numbers and make calls; it was created to free people from their…

Have you ever sent a text message and said “omw” instead of saying “on my way”? or do you have a hard time separating how you text and talk versus how you write. these are just some of the many things that people have been arguing about and these are the two essays that I choose to compare. “Does Texting Affect Writing” by Cullington, and “How they really talk’ by Amicucci. In my essay, I will be giving a summary of both essays, along with comparing and contrasting both of these essays since…

1. The nature of the conversation changes, when a phone is placed between two people, since the phone is a distraction to the conversation. With the phone between the two people, it acts a barrier to the conversation, where both of them feel that a phone is more entertaining than a conversation. And, to pass the time they would rather sit on their phones, instead of having a meaningful conversation. As Sherry Turkle mentions, we want to be "alone together" meaning people want a way to customize…