Text 1 is a newspaper article titled "Squatters
Take On Developers" by Benjamin Shors, published on October 15, 2007.
This text type may be identified through the informative nature of the
article. In contrast, Text 2 is an advertisement for a summer cruise published
in 1922 for "The Great White Fleet". The persuasive techniques
evident within this text are indicative of a typical advertisement....
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Monday, 16 November 2015
Text 1 is a newspaper article titled "Squatters Take On Developers" by Benjamin Shors, published on October 15, 2007. This text type may be identified through the informative nature of the article. In contrast, Text 2 is an advertisement for a summer cruise published in 1922 for "The Great White Fleet". The persuasive techniques evident within this text are indicative of a typical advertisement. While both texts address...
Sunday, 15 November 2015
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
"A lie that is a half-truth is the darkest of all
lies."
-Alfred Tennyson
While there is certainly a distinction between lying and
deception, they both produce the same results and are therefore equally bad. Deception
involves the manipulation and distortion of that which is known to be true in
order to convey the desired message. However, lying is based completely on
false information that is then presented as the absolute truth. Looking...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
"New Yorkers should not be alarmed about contracting the disease"
Craig Spencer (right) pictured with his fiancee Morgan Dixon (left)
There's been a development in the case of Dr. Craig Spencer of Columbia University, who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in New York after volunteering as a part of Doctors Without Borders in Guinea. It's been revealed that...
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