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Reading to learn Q.
1. organization & purpose
2. a mental frame work
3. major / minor points
4. rhetorical functions
Fill in a table Q.
rhetorical functions
slightly more detailed outline
X: minor details & examples
wrong answers
1. not mentioned
2. Not directly relevant
3. incorrect generalizations
4. incorrect conclusions
Cunningham
Cunningham, change dance history
C's music career
Chance: by I Ching
repeal
revoke
abolish
annul
nullify
invalidate
Although chance operations were considered an abrogation of artistic
responsibility by some, Cunningham saw it as a thrilling new process
of creating art that was previously unfeasible with conventional
choreography.
Cunningham
C, change dance history
C's music career
Chance: by I Ching
In this fashion, chance operations are similar to improvisation, a
tool used by many performing artists.
Eating disorders
1. 3 eating disorders: O, BN, AN
2. O: too fat
3. O causes (biologically, social factors)
4. AN: a very restrictive diet
5. An: starving & symptoms
6. BN: coexit in O & AN
Arbitration and Mediation
1. dispute resolution
2. Arbitration, like a trial
3. A: used when you don't think you could win a formal lawsuit.
Arbitration and Mediation
1. dispute resolution
2. Arbitration, like a trial
3. A: used when you don't think you could win a formal lawsuit.
Relative and Absolute Dating
1. Paleontology & paleoanthropology: date chronology
2. R & A
3. R: X
4. A: more precisely
5. one method: carbon-14
6. most common method for A: potassium-argon dating
7. R & A : researchers understand the relationship between ancient
living creatures.
The methods of Weather Prediction
weather prediction
1st, most simple: persistence M.
2nd, trends M., similar to persistence, but uses different information
climatology M. in a certain time frame
more complex, analog M.
NWP
The climatology method is a very simple way to forecast weather
conditions in a certain timeframe. To do this, information about a
specific timeframe is gathered every year. After taking the average of
that information, a weather condition is predicted for the next
occurrence of the same timeframe.
10.
mistaken
faulted
imperfect
strengthened
It may appear that this method is only ideal for short-term forecasts.
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost
terrain
terrace
territory
extraterrestrial
incarnation
incarnate
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost
Hills and mountains are often regarded as the epitome of permanence,
successfully resisting the destructive forces of nature, but in fact
they tend to be relatively short-lived in geological terms.
Under different climatic conditions, another type of destructive force
contributes to erosion.
Geology & landscape
1. constructive & destructive
2. Hills & mountains: short-lived
3. Plates mountains
4. Destructive forces
5. Weather
6. Ice & frost