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- <!-StartFragment-> <span style=”font-size:26.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive Compact"; color:purple”>PERSUASIVE LETT...
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- This is an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech, popularly known as “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top”. Delivered on 3 April 1968 in the Mason...
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- 10 Ways to Avoid Writing Insecurity Face it. There are few things as intimidating as the blinding white of a blank page.It makes no difference if it’s an empty sheet lying ...
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The Art of Storytelling
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- The Art of Storytelling Many professions such as historians, lawyers, physicians, economists and psychologists take advantage of the power of stories to illustrate and fra...
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- A central role of a ‘communicative approach’ (CA) language programs is to help language learners develop skills required to communicate and function using target language. When ...
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- Communicative Language Teaching is an approach to the teaching of second and foreign languages that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a ...
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- Ask The Experts A Closer Look at Personal Pronouns What is a Pronoun?A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like “he,” “wh...
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- Ten Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques Want to convince your readers to do something or agree with your point of view? Okay, that was a silly question. Of course you d...
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The Four “P” Approach
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- The Four “P” Approach:A Persuasive Writing Structure That Works More than half the battle of creating compelling content, is solid structure. Disorganized writing inhibits ...
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Passive Voice
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- Ask The Experts This lesson will help you understand what the passive voice is, why many professors and writing instructors frown upon it, and how you can revise your...
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- One of the best ways to sell is to use a narrative format, which is a fancy way of saying tell a story. Stories are engaging and enjoyable, so they don’t f...
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- Ask The Experts For your prepared, extemporaneous speeches, follow the guidelines below for at-home practices.Time your speechPrac...
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Introducing Your Speech
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- Ask The Experts Planning The Speech ItselfYou outline each main point of the speech – the introduction, speech body, and conclusion, incl...
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Defining Your Speech Purpose
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- When you have selected a topic and narrowed it to fit the time available to you, you need to decide on your specific purpose giving the ...
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Language Test Essentials
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- What is Persuasion? Persuasion is a form of social influence. It is the process of guiding people toward the adoption of an idea, atti...
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- Psychology Many copywriting and marketing gurus teach simplistic ideas about psychology. They insist that people can be fully understoo...
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- Randy Pausch Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pennsylvania. He initially taught ...
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- This music video was inspired by a speech delivered by Senator Barack Obama after losing the 2008 New Hampshire primary. It was produced by musician will.i.am. of the Black Eyed...
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- In politics, a concession is the act of a losing candidate publicly yielding to a winning candidate after an election, when the overall result of the vote has become clear. CO...
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- <span style=”font-family:tahoma; font-size:20px; color:Blue;”>What is Writer’s Block?<span style=”font-family:tahoma; font-size:14px; color:black;R...
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- Investigating the top majors, right here. You can profile your picks and review the evidence to find the sure-fire academ...
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Argument vs. Opinion
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- Writing a Successful Argumentative EssayYou’re having a fight with your brother over the television remote. You fuss and whine over how he alllways gets to watch the hocke...
