[pic] Linguistic Concepts - Linguistic Awareness (EN 3007) Peter Sundkvist Propaganda in John McCain’s political speech An analysis of the political language used in John McCain’s speech, Dated 27 October, 2008 Autumn, 2008 Md Arifuzzaman 830908T233 h08mdari@du.se Table of Contents Abstract........................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Aim........................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Theoretical Background.......................................................................................... 3 3. Method……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 4. Data analysis ...……………………………………………………………………… 4 4.1 The purpose of the propaganda campaign……………………………………………….. 4 4.2 The context of propaganda…………………………………………………………………… 6 4.3 The target audience…………………………………………………………………… 6 4.4 Techniques to maximize effect………………………………………………………… 7 4.4.1 Language use……………………………………………………………………………7 5.
How does David Crystal win over so much logic and emotion from his audience? Do the rhetorical tools that Crystal uses aid in his overall success of the argument? Crystal is the author of many books on language such as “The Gr8 Db8” which discusses text language and its impact on society. The author’s undermined approach is shown through historical context, statistics and pathos to effectively reveal the mass spread of English, and the potential impact it will have on the world. Crystal connects with the audience to make them realize that something as simple as the language we speak, could have more of an impact on the world than ever imaginable.
Ratio Analysis Memo ACC 291 Ratio Analysis Memo This assignment required the members of Team D to choose a virtual organization to prepare a memo to the CEO of said company discussing the finding of our ratio calculations and to submit a horizontal and vertical analysis for both the balance sheet and income statement. Team D chose Berry's Bug Blasters as our virtual company. We chose use the financial statements from the year 2005 through 2008 for this comparison. The ratio calculations we will show are liquidity, profitability, and solvency. LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current Liabilities) 2008 $1,836,770.12/$306,805.71 = 5.986 Ratio = 5.99:1 2007 $1,308,685.20/$366,786.29 = 3.567 Ratio = 3.57:1 2006 $313,556.46/$180,107.60 = 1.7409 Ratio = 1.74:1 Acid Test (Quick Ratio) (Cash + Short Term Receivables + Receivables (Net)/Current Liabilities) 2008 $818,440.68+$812,395.13/$306,805.71 = 5.315 Ratio = 5.32:1 2007 $291,703.44+$811,047.45/$366,786.29 = 3.006 Ratio = 3.01:1 2006 $32,901.07+$198,281.67/$180,107.60 = 1.283 Ratio = 1.28:1 Receivable Turnover (Net Credit Sales/Average Net Receivables) 2008 $3,249,580.53/ ($812,395.13+$811,047.45/2) $3,249,580.53/$811,721.29 = 4.003 = 4.0% 2007 $3,893,027.78/ ($811,047.45+$198,281.67/2) $3,893,027.78/$504,664.56 = 7.714 = 7.7% 2006 $1,903,504.00/ ($198,281.67+$36,595.21/2) $1,903,504.00/$117,438.44 = 16.208 = 16.2% Inventory Turnover (Cost of Goods Sold/Average Inventory) 2008 $3,249,580.53/ ($205,934.30+$205,934.30/2) $3,249,580.53/$205,934.30 = 15.779 = 15.8% 2007 $3,893,027.78/ ($205,934.30+$82,373.72/2) $3,893,027.78/$144,154.01 = 27.006 = 27.0% 2006 $1,903,504.00/ ($82,373.72+$20,593.43/2) $1,903,504.00/$51,483.58 = 36.973 = 37.0% PROFITABILITY RATIOS Profit Margins (Net Income/Net Sales)
Every episode reminds us that we live in such an amazing country that allows us to exercise our right of freedom of speech in any way possible.The show also targets celebrities and politicians to shows that they are just like everyone else. South Park has the unique ability to update its audience with current events going on in our country or worldwide that most would overlook. South Park takes hard news, adds satire with raunchy humor; which then creates interest from the public. It also helps that South Park has a bigger audience base than CNN as well. South Park provides us with in your face politics with no apologies.
GE217 Composition II | Week 11 Major Writing Assignment | Essay: "Stem Cell Research" | | DJ Pridemore | 11/30/2012 | After reading the lesson presentation and the assigned readings, write an essay defending or arguing against stem cell research. In your argument, address some of the issues raised by the authors you read this week, as well as the position assumed by President Bush in his August 2001 speech (as printed in your Goshgarian textbook). Document your decision and what evidence helped you reach your conclusion. Besides the articles we studied in this lesson, use at least two outside sources for your essay. For help in locating these sources, see the list of Web Destinations on the companion website for the course
John F. Kennedy in his inaugural speech addresses to America, USSR, and to the nation. He sets the tone for his presidency by being stern, inspiring, and engaging. He states that if we all come together we can end tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself. Kennedy establishes his vision for the United States. He begins his inaugural speech by using parallelism to emphasize the importance of his victory in the presidential race.
History: Choose one of the Roman Emperors discussed in our history textbook to research further on your own. After researching the emperor you have chosen, write a 1-2 page essay outlining his life, accomplishments and political career. As a conclusion to the biographical essay, state your opinion as to whether your emperor was "good" or "bad". Support your opinion with examples, and include a bibliography of the sources you used in research. Essay MUST be typed, printed and turned in to Mrs. Slater no later than Sept. 30.
The New York Time posted a conversation between two columnists, David Brooks and Gail Collins. Brooks and Collins discuss about the performance of Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at a debate in Florida, and predict who will win the upcoming presidential election based on evaluation of their past and current achievement. In this conversation, both of Brooks and Collins talk about their interpretation and opinions about the debate between Romney and Gingrich on Jan 23, 2012, which has happened before. According to Everything’s an Argument (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, 2011), forensic arguments is defined as “Debates about what has happened in the past” (P. 16) and aim to support the author’s point of argument. For example, to support the opinion
Employing these tools to the speeches showed that when writing their political speeches, politicians, including Mubarak, tend to utilize various linguistic tools, in order to convince their audience with their views, opinions and ideologies. However applying a CDA to these speeches is enough to reveal their hidden purposes in addition to their speaker's ideologies. Introduction CDA is a field of study which has paved the ways for the linguists to find out the hidden ideologies behind seemingly simple and plain words. Our words are never neutral; they carry the power that reflects language is no longer seen as merely reflecting out reality but also as central to creating reality (Fisk, 1994, Taiwo, 2007) Politics is a struggle for power, where every political action is prepared, manipulated in this regard language plays a crucial role. CDA is an essential device in investigating such language of politics, clarifying how politicians deconstruct texts to come up
Crowding Out Intrinsic Motivation? The Role of Performance-Related Pay Edmund C. Stazyk Assistant Professor American University, School of Public Affairs Department of Public Administration & Policy 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Phone: 202-885-6362 Fax: 202-885-2347 E-Mail: stazyk@american.edu * The author would like to acknowledge and thank Christina Chiappetta at the International Public Management Association for Human Resources for her help in making available results from the 2007 Total Compensation Benchmarking Survey. ABSRACT This article attempts to expand upon the current debate involving the relationship between performance-related pay and public service motivation. Two models are used to examine how variable pay influences public service motivation and job satisfaction among a sample of city managers, assistant city managers, and department heads. Findings support the argument that variable pay systems can crowd out public service motivation.