Text corpus

Greater Humor Through Differentiation Have you ever started reading a book, or a text, or an article, or any piece, and feel like you cannot put it away to undertake regular chores? Well, a text that elicits humor can significantly catch people’s attention and create great interests. The following two essays, “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” by Suzanne Britt and “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” by Dave Barry, in fact, stimulate immense humor. They can leave readers with prolonged giggling.…

Texts clearly in opposition of a single group because of the actions of some of its parts are commonplace throughout history. Often, in times where a single group finds itself attacked or oppressed it can be easy to pin the blame on the entirety of a single group pinned as “the cause,” this is seen especially so in many cases where a minority group is struggling to achieve equality, like the speech Chicano Nationalism: Fighting for La Raza by Rhodolfo “Corky” Gonzales. However the blame for…

have addictive in their phone and usually not aware around them, which mean they usually do not have friends or talk a lot and usually they being shy when sitting with another person even though they know each other. For example, someone prefers to text on the phone and has a better skill then speak with others. Actually, when he/she sits with parent or friend, they usually don’t have something to speak about it. However, there is someone was always texting and using the Internet and it kinds of…

felt? Did you ask through text, over the phone, or in person? The Initial Ask calls for a checklist of criteria, all of which are covered in the second chapter of Modern Romance: By Aziz Ansari. Whether you’re calling or texting or even meeting in person, asking out your love interest can be tricky. Our tech based society is filled with communication possibilities. The most prevalent means of communicating is through text. However, knowing when it’s better to call or text has gotten lost over…

Through the survey method, this study examined if and how texting behavior affects students’ relationship satisfaction. Various questions were used in order to investigate what kind of words students use in their text conversations, who texts first, how often and what is a usual length of the messages. As well, different questions combined from Relationship Assessment Scale, the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale and the Couples Satisfaction Index assisted to examine students’ satisfaction in…

this time now. These writing experiences have both taught me and helped me understand why what kind of text or writing type I have and use that I can become more experienced with. The artifacts that I will be using will be are my emails that I receive from my twin brother, and my journal entries from when I served on my mission. I decided to choose these artifacts for the fact that my texts from my emails to my twin brother are different then my journal entries. These artifacts…

they were either looking at a text message or they were sending a text message. With all of the awareness that is in today’s world, you would think that people would know all of the risks and not do it. There is technology that goes into your phone that makes it so you can’t receive any text messages or phone calls when you are driving. There is a lot of statistics out there, there is also a lot of videos out there too show you what can happen. Parents tell us “don’t text and drive” but they…

Day after day people see news reports talking about accidents caused by texting while driving, yet none of it seems to get to anyone. Texting and driving is not only illegal, but also dangerous. Every day there are people around the globe that are killed in a car accident only because they were on their cell phone. There are multiple people who cause the accident because of texting and driving, while the ones that weren’t on their cell phones are the ones to die. That’s not right is it? Well no,…

Today in our modernized society having technology around us is a necessity. It allows us to connect to loved ones on the other side of the world and let us know events that are happening. So, how is this technology making us feel more alone? Technological devices such as laptops, mobile phones, cameras, iPads, televisions and much more were created to help us stay connected. But, is this really happening? people are continuously reducing the importance of talking to others because they would…

Imagine this: you are walking on the street, texting your best friend, and then an older lady is trying to get your attention. You are too involved on your phone, so you completely ignored her. People who are engaged with their phones on a daily basis are slowly failing to communicate with one another. In the TED talk by John McWhorter, “Txtng is killing language. JK!!!”, McWhorter discuses that texting signifies an evolution in how language is being written down in a different form. Language is…