Category: Writing

My Cover Letter Now it’s your turn, write a letter to a prospective employer. Keep in mind all that you have just read and be sure to include the following in your letter:
Begin by doing a little research; choose your field of interest and research your dream job!
Find out who has the authority to hire you or influence the decision and address the person by first and last name.
Now that you know whom you are writing to, follow the model and be sure to use a proper business letter format and language. Remember, you want to make a good first impression!
Your letter should be no longer than one page.
Your letter should include three sections; introduction, body and conclusion/closing.
Do not use abbreviates that are not universally known except for ones such as Ph.D., CPR, states, PO Box, etc.
The introduction paragraph should:
Be one paragraph in length
Engage/make a connection with the reader
State the position you are applying for
Include the skills that you have that are relevant to the position you are applying for
The body paragraph should:
Sell yourself as the unique solution to the challenges that company faces
Link your skills, experience, and education to the needs of the company
Focus on two or three strong selling points as evidence of your impact
Be no more than two paragraphs
The conclusion/closing paragraph should:
Include a statement of how you would welcome a meeting to discuss your contributions as a team player
Close the letter by asking for an interview or face-to-face meeting
Provide your preferred method of communication
Thank them for their time
End letter formally with “Sincerely”.
Sign your name in addition to typing it.
When submitting your cover letter electronically, the same rules apply as with the resume Important! You are at a crucial time in your life, make sure your ring back tone and/or voice mail message is appropriate and professional! Use an e-mail address that is also professional. A professional email should include only your name and no other descriptive words or things that reference anything other

Question 1 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that contains its subject (S), verb (V), and object (O) in the following order:
O-V-S
Question 1 options:
The action committee discussion was on conflict resolution.
Conflict resolution was discussed by the action committee.
The action committee discussed conflict resolution.
Question 2 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with an independent clause, and ends with a prepositional phrase.
Question 2 options:
The news will start after the commercial.
By the time of independence, the former colony had a well-developed market economy.
At last, a reality tv-show that defies expectations.
Question 3 (1 point)
Choose the independent clause.
Question 3 options:
After the game.
We saw the Raptors last night.
At the drive-in.
Question 4 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that contains its subject (S), verb (V), and object (O) in the following order:
S-V-O
Question 4 options:
Leading the commercial intelligence market is our company.
The commercial intelligence market is led by our company.
Our company leads the commercial intelligence market.
Question 5 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with its subject.
Question 5 options:
Amazing skills: that is how to describe Paul as a lecturer.
Paul’s skills as a lecturer are amazing.
As a lecturer, Paul’s skills are amazing.
Question 6 (1 point)
Choose the dependent clause.
Question 6 options:
At the movies.
This is first public safety summit on crumbling water infrastructure.
Join future leaders at the sustainability conference.
Question 7 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with a dependent clause.
Question 7 options:
This club really gets hopping after midnight.
The best part of the roller coaster is the big loop.
After midnight, this club really gets hopping.
Question 8 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with an independent clause.
Question 8 options:
While behind the wheel, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings.
As a result of the investigation, nine more athletes where implicated in the doping scandal.
Cajun cuisine is often spicy, but it is delicious.
Question 9 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with its verb.
Question 9 options:
Compare our price with that of the national brand.
Our price can be compared with that of the national brand.
The price of the national brand can be compared with ours.
Question 10 (1 point)
Choose the sentence that begins with its object.
Question 10 options:
Durham regional police arrested three people.
Arrested by the Durham regional police: three people.
Three people were arrested by Durham regional police.

Ozymandias BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—”Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and hate The lone and level sands stretch far away.” Love’s Philosophy BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine? See the mountains kiss high heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?
Prometheus Unbound BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (excerpt) SCENE—A Ravine of Icy Rocks in the Indian Caucasus. Prometheus is discovered bound to the Precipice. Panthea and Ione are seated at his feet. Time, night. During the Scene, morning slowly breaks. Prometheus. Monarch of Gods and Daemons, and all Spirits But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds Which Thou and I alone of living things Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, With fear and self-contempt and barren hope. Whilst me, who am thy foe, eyeless in hate, Hast thou made reign and triumph, to thy scorn, O’er mine own misery and thy vain revenge. Three thousand years of sleep-unsheltered hours, And moments aye divided by keen pangs Till they seemed years, torture and solitude, Scorn and despair,—these are mine empire:— More glorious far than that which thou surveyest From thine unenvied throne, O Mighty God! Almighty, had I deigned to share the shame Of thine ill tyranny, and hung not here Nailed to this wall of eagle-baffling mountain, Black, wintry, dead, unmeasured; without herb, Insect, or beast, or shape or sound of life. Ah me! alas, pain, pain ever, for ever! No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure. I ask the Earth, have not the mountains felt? I ask you Heaven, the all-beholding Sun, Has it not seen? The Sea, in storm or calm, Heaven’s ever-changing Shadow, spread below, Have its deaf waves not heard my agony? Ah me! alas, pain, pain ever, for ever! The crawling glaciers pierce me with the spears Of their moon-freezing crystals, the bright chains Eat with their burning cold into my bones. Heaven’s winged hound, polluting from thy lips His beak in poison not his own, tears up My heart; and shapeless sights come wandering by, The ghastly people of the realm of dream, Mocking me: and the Earthquake-ends are charged To wrench the rivets from my quivering wounds When the rocks split and close again behind: While from their loud abysses howling throng The genii of the storm, urging the rage Of whirlwind, and afflict me with keen hail. And yet to me welcome is day and night, Whether one breaks the boar frost of the morn, Or starry, dim, and slow, the other climbs The leaden-coloured east; for then they lead The Wingless, crawling hours, one among whom —As some dark Priest hales the reluctant Victim— Shall drag thee, cruel King, to kiss the blood From these pale feet, which then might trample thee If they disdained not such a prostrate slave. Disdain! Ah no! I pity thee. What ruin Will hunt thee undefended through wide Heaven! How will thy soul, cloven to its depth with terror, Gape like a hell within! I speak in grief, Not exultation, for I hate no more, As then ere misery made me wise. The curse Once breathed on thee I would recall. Ye Mountains, Whose many-voiced Echoes, through the mist Of cataracts, flung the thunder of that spell! Ye icy Springs, stagnant with wrinkling frost, Which vibrated to hear me, and then crept
Shuddering through India! Thou serenest Air, Through which the Sun walks burning without beams! And ye swift Whirlwinds, who on poised wings Hung mute and moveless o’er yon hushed abyss, As thunder, louder than your own, made rock The orbed world! If then my words had power, Though I am changed so that aught evil wish Is dead within; although no memory be Of what is hate, let them not lose it now! What was that curse? for ye all heard me speak. Mutability [“We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon”] BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY I. We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon; How restlessly they speed and gleam and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly! yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever:— II. Or like forgotten lyres whose dissonant strings Give various response to each varying blast, To whose frail frame no second motion brings One mood or modulation like the last. III. We rest—a dream has power to poison sleep; We rise—one wandering thought pollutes the day; We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep, Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away: IV. It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free; Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability. Shelley, P. B. (1977). Shelley: poetry and prose. “Ozymandias.”
TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis TITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem is about. PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into your own words on a literal level. Look for complete thoughts (sentences may be inverted) and look up unfamiliar words. CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Look for figurative language, imagery, and sound elements. ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker’s tone and attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe? SHIFTS: Note any shift; or changes in speaker or attitude. Look for key words, time change, punctuation. TITLE: Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level. THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the poem is about (subject), then what the poet is saying about the subject (theme).

Question 6
a. What is an Individual Learning Plan (ILP), also known as Individual Education Plan (IEP)?
b. Explain how the Individual Learning Plan is developed.
c. How are Individual Learning Plans implemented and monitored?
d. Explain the importance of education support workers making accurate observations and documentation to contribute to monitoring the ILP.

The artwork for Mini Analysis 2 is: Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939. Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 68 inches.
Frida Kahlo’s artwork was heavily influenced by the artist’s own biography. For this analysis, your primary focus should be the interpretation of the work, with formal qualities and description being supporting information. Using information that you have researched about the life of Kahlo, interpret the iconography the artist used in the creation of The Two Fridas. Description The subject matter in this painting must be described correctly. To begin, give general information about the artwork, including the person who made the work, the piece’s title, medium, and size. Titles of artworks are italicized, for example, “Wayne Thiebaud finished his oil painting, Cakes, in 1963.” Explain what you see, including description of any discernible subject matter. There are no scissors in this painting! If you are unsure of any of the subject matter, you need to look at the higher resolution image in the dropbox. This is also a very famous painting and there are many images online. Analysis Continue by describing the composition using correct terminology, with clear explanation of the relationship between elements of art and principles of design. See the Mini Analysis rubric for specific information. Interpretation In a separate paragraph, provide an informed interpretation of the artwork, describing the visual clues you used to arrive at this conclusion. Clearly explain the reasoning for your interpretation including any references to relevant iconography, contexts, analyses, etc., that we have learned about in class.

Identify and briefly describe 5 major psalm genres found in the Book of Psalms. Give an example psalm for each psalm genre you identify. Choose one of the following psalms: 4, 19, 21, 22, 46, 47, 49, 59, 95, 128, or 150. Explain to which psalm genre it belongs and why it is identified with that genre. What is the major theological truth taught in the psalm you chose, and is the enduring relevance of the theological truth you identify communicated in the New Testament? Where?

The following example is an example of an oversimplification fallacy:
Libraries can be great places to study. In a library, you can complete your homework quietly, find resources to help you conduct research, and get help from a peer tutor.
True or False

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