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  • Journal

    Is there a difference between an entertainer and an artist?

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  • Short Story prezis

    https://prezi.com/ozid-2qyjs8k/elements-of-a-short-story/
    &

    https://prezi.com/4otjx-8xs-oq/short-story-unit/

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  • Social Science Fiction

    Social science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually soft science fiction, concerned less with technology/space opera and more with speculation about human society. In other words, it "absorbs and discusses anthropology", and speculates about human behavior and interactions. Exploration of fictional societies is a significant aspect of science fiction. It can often be precautionary as …

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  • DNA Connections

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyaEQEmt5ls&feature=player_embedded

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  • Palidromic poem

    Worst Day Ever?by Chanie GorkinToday was the absolute worst day everAnd don't try to convince me thatThere's something good in every dayBecause, when you take a closer look,This world is a pretty evil place.Even ifSome goodness does shine through once in a whileSatisfaction and happiness don't last.And it's not true thatIt's all in the mind and heartBecauseTrue happiness can be attainedOnly if …

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  • Business Writing Grammar Links

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDoZZQlCjA4&feature=email.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV_omvsAnVg
    http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html
    http://media.pearsoncmg.com/intl/pec/mylab/mbcl/PerilsofPauline/Episode1Index.html
    http://bowvalleycollege.ca/Documents/Learning%20Resource%20Services/Library%20Learning%20Commons/E-Resources/Study%20guides/writing%20d …

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  • #TrendThink

    #TrendThink is our own class hashtag this semester for use in our discussion board and on Twitter to promote social commentary and class-inspired observations regarding social justice and potential paradigm shifts #paradigmshift

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  • Scientific innacuracies

    Titanic, Twister, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Superman IV, Star Trek, Armageddon, Dante's Peak, Volcano, Independence Day, Deep Impact, and now, San Andreas, all have scientific inaccuracies; is this OK? (See link: "Scientific inaccuracies").

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  • Why Colonel is pronounced "kernel"

    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/hank-short-henry/

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  • Examples of oxy morons

    http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-oxymorons.html

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  • General steps to following through on a project

    1. READ THE WHOLE ASSIGNMENT OUT LOUD FROM START TO FINISH :)

    2. Brainstorm ideas

    3. Create Outline

    4. Conduct Research

    5. Revise Outline

    6. Conduct more Research

    7. Reference Research (citationmachine.net)

    8. Write Rough Draft- turn your outline points into sentences

    9. Proofread & Edit

    10. Write Final Draft

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  • Edgar A. Guest

    “He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn’t be done, and he did it”.

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  • Dystopia quote

    “Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, …

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  • I too am American

    http://genius.com/1310734/Langston-hughes-i-too-sing-america/I-too-sing-america

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  • Golding quote

    "Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us"
    William Golding (Lord of the Flies)

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  • FAQ vol. 10

    Q: Can you ask a question in an essay?
    A: You can in your introduction. However, in the body of the essay, a question mark must be followed by the answer to the question, otherwise it is considered rhetorical and thus informal.

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  • cannot v. can not

    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/cannot-or-can-not

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  • Poem: "Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters"

    http://www.doorway-to-self-esteem.com/autobiography-in-five-short-chapters.html
    (Might this be the best poem ever about life?)

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  • Did you know?

    People who write about their problems gain a host of benefits including feeling happier, sleeping better, and even getting better grades.

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  • Old quote could apply to e-mails and texts now.

    ''The Moving* Fing*er writes and having* writ,
    Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit
    Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
    Nor all your tears blot out a word of it."
    From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

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