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    oneself and the world, until one’s world somehow gets out of hand” The meaning of the quote is when one cannot express themselves through speaking; one can use poetry as a form of expressing their experiences (poetry foundation). The quote he stated is salient for the reason that majority of his works is reflected by this quote. So, Wilbur must have experience an event during his time in serving in war. The best way for him to express his experience was writing in a metaphor, so the explicitly of the event

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    By dividing Koger’s artwork into three rows, a salient feature in each row is perceptible. The salient feature in the top, middle and bottom row is the human face of the sky, the human face in the clouds and the horses, respectively. Although this artwork is aesthetically pleasing, it doesn’t have a definite focal point. Lines, in Marijke’s artwork, including the flowing curved lines representing the hair or mane of the two humans and horses and thin outlines of objects (clouds, horses and the

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    #1 Three salient points from the films/lectures were assessments of change from the five stages of change model (Norcross, j. c., n.d.), the Fair Sentencing Act for mandatory minimum sentences (American Civil Liberties Union, 2010), and eliminating government involvement in regulation of drugs and alcohol substance, while allowing the various states to manage control (ABC News.com, 2007). The first salient point was based on Norcross (n.d.) explaining that finding out and recognizing where the consumer

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    In this chapter, I examine and compare the communicative behaviour of three groups – Dance Boys, Fly Eights and Cash Money Brothers. I clarify how patterns of speech among these groups can be understood as linguistic styles and how they differ across the groups. Following Eckert (1989, 2000), I define linguistic style as a combination of a particular set of linguistic features distinguishing social groups. In explaining how styles are created, I draw on Kallmeyer and Keim (2003:30) who suggest

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    concept receiving attention in the American political environment in studies of gridlock is the polarization of the two parties’ policy preferences (Jones 2001). In Mayhew’s and Kelly’s numerator-based data, during divided government there is less salient legislation being produced. Although, legislative productivity between unified and divided government differ, it is not statistically significant. In regardless, Binder’s data on legislative agendas, specifically emphasizing

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    by gender stereotypes. She explains that the extent to which gender stereotypes impact the faces people assume relies on “gender’s salience, or relevance for them, given the nature of the situation” (Ridgeway, 2011). Gender stereotypes might prove salient when hiring CEOs, for example, but what about in a different setting? Through my study, I sought to understand the salience of gender in the college classroom. I observed one session of an Introduction to Sociology class at Colby College in Waterville

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    What Is Deindividuation?

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    Deindividuation and trolling The role played by anonymity in facilitating inflammatory online interactions is thought to be mediated by group processes such as that of deindividuation (Festinger, Pepitone & Newcombe, 1952; Demetriou & Silke, 2003; Zimbardo, 2007), commonly described as a state of reduced self-awareness typically associated with immersion in a group (Goldstein 2002). The social identity model of deindividuation (SIDE) (Reicher, Spears & Postmes, 1995) postulates that when the members

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    scriptwriters for this film removed parts of the original story and inserted new ways to condense the storyline and to appeal to an audience notably. This adaption connects old and new thoughts, constructing the message and idea they want to portray. The salient features in this novel make the film its own version of the original Oliver Twist along with emphasizing the unlucky series of events Oliver goes through. This film adaption also has events in Dickens’ story that are either foregrounded or dropped

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    used by non-fiction writers is to revolve their text around a thesis or salient idea which over rules each individual choice in their writing. To produce a successful non-fiction text, the work requires unity, being the salient idea, like the way ribs are structured from a sternum. Alain de Botton reveals the sense of unity in both of the extracts picked from his work: “The Pleasures And Sorrows Of Work”. The first extract’s salient idea wraps around the idea of society feeding false toward the work

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    The German battle plans- The German Schlieffen was a quick 42 day war. They won a war with france before one of their allies. And the German Schlieffen was Great plan. But I dont know alot about it. Schlieffen was a chief of the German general staff. French battle plans- The French, never able to dismiss the embarrassing defeat of 1871, put first and leading in their plan taking back the lost areas of Alsace-Lorraine. The plan was founded on the knowledge of Lieutenant Colonel Louzeau de Grandmaison

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