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Spice Up Your Presentation with Quotations

Add one or a few quotations to your presentation to make it more entertaining and insightful. Your quotation might spur your listeners to think or laugh. Sprinkle lightly like pepper. Use a quotation that emphasizes or clarifies your message. Here a...

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How to Write a Good Critique

What is a critique? - A critique is a paper that gives a critical assessment of a book or article. Steps - Begin by reading the book or article and annotate as you read. - Note the author's main point/thesis statement. - Divide the book/art...

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Questions For Effective Communication

Brevity. Saying what needs to be said in the least number of words; it's a challenge for most of us, including many professional writers and speakers. Mark Twain famously noted that if he'd had more time, he'd have written a shorter le...

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Better Writing What Works and What Doesn't

There’s no better way to promote your business for free than to write articles on the Internet. It is particularly good for promoting services, where advertising doesn’t work as well, even if you can afford it. All business is about relationship....

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Catholics Need To Take a Second Look at Morality

Catholics Need To Take a Second Look at Morality by: Peter Mennona, Jr. According to CNN, Catholics voted for President Bush over Senator John Kerry by a 51 to 48 percent margin. Hence, Catholics voted for a Born Again Methodist over a Catholic ...

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Introduce Yourself to Local Markets

A minor political scandal broke in the small Mississippi town where I was living, and the local paper scrambled to cover all the angles. Unfortunately, most of their writers lived in larger cities at least 50 miles away which, if you know Mississipp...

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4 Tips for Writing Successful Swipe Copy

© 2005 by Bruce CarlsonMaster copywriter and marketer Dan Kennedy, in his highlypopular and successful copywriting seminars, likes to tellhis students that "sometimes good enough is good enough"when it comes to a piece of sales copy.What does Da...

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Stephanie Meyer: The Unauthorized Biography Of The Creator Of The Twilight Saga By Marc Shapiro

The Twilight phenomenon started in 2006 and the subject of vampire romance became a huge hit with the teenage girls. The story of Harry Potter was due to end in 2007 and the literary market had space for a new story. Stephanie Meyer was suddenly a J ...

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A Powerful Tool in Storytelling: Dramatic Irony

Dramatic irony happens when the reader has more information on what is taking place or what may develop in the story before the character or the characters. The reader may know that the character is depending on untrustworthy people, even his enemies...

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Write and Speak for the Ear

Write and Speak for the Ear by: Robert F. Abbott You and I may not aspire to write great books or make great speeches. But almost all of us want something to happen when we write or speak. And, the more we direct our words to the ears of readers...

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