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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Theater_Film_and_Storytelling/Directing_(Garcia)/05%3A_Budgeting/5.01%3A_BudgetBudgeting for theater productions involves managing various expenses creatively to minimize costs while ensuring quality. Key considerations include non-negotiable production rights, with fees varying...Budgeting for theater productions involves managing various expenses creatively to minimize costs while ensuring quality. Key considerations include non-negotiable production rights, with fees varying for plays and musicals. Venue costs depend on ownership or rental agreements, and savings here can be redirected. Set and costume designs must be carefully budgeted, potentially utilizing storage or donations.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Butler_County_Community_College/Idea_to_Essay%3A_Collected_Strategies_and_Readings_for_the_College_Write/17%3A_Developing_Sentences/17.01%3A_Developing_Sentences_that_Say_SomethingAs a college writer, you will be asked to engage with a wide variety of compositional techniques, modes, and conventions as you work to hone a strong academic voice. Along the way, you will be expecte...As a college writer, you will be asked to engage with a wide variety of compositional techniques, modes, and conventions as you work to hone a strong academic voice. Along the way, you will be expected to craft your assignments with a clear, conscientious eye toward your audience and the ways in which you might most meaningfully convey your ideas to your audience. Independent clause: a word group that includes a subject and a predicate that can stand alone as a sentence
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/Writing_Reading_and_College_Success%3A_A_First-Year_Composition_Course_for_All_Learners_(Kashyap_and_Dyquisto)/08%3A_Creating_Presentations_and_Sharing_Your_Ideas/8.04%3A_Key_TakeawaysAn effective presentation presents ideas more concisely than a written document and uses media to explain ideas and hold the audience’s interest. Good writers structure their presentations based on th...An effective presentation presents ideas more concisely than a written document and uses media to explain ideas and hold the audience’s interest. Good writers structure their presentations based on the thesis, or point of view; main ideas; and key supporting details and create a presentation outline to organize their ideas. Annotating a presentation outline is a useful way to coordinate different parts of the presentation and manage time effectively.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Butler_County_Community_College/Idea_to_Essay%3A_Collected_Strategies_and_Readings_for_the_College_Write/17%3A_Developing_Sentences/17.05%3A_Some_Comments_on_StyleStyle often comes up in discussions of literary works, and with good reason: writers have stories to tell, of course, but just as important to writers is how they tell them—all those features of writi...Style often comes up in discussions of literary works, and with good reason: writers have stories to tell, of course, but just as important to writers is how they tell them—all those features of writing that range from sentence length to word choice that together add up to “style.” We learn to recognize, and perhaps even appreciate, what a writer like William Faulkner achieves with his novels’ daring experiments with chronology and long and complex, often dream-like sentences, what an Ernest He…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/Writing_Reading_and_College_Success%3A_A_First-Year_Composition_Course_for_All_Learners_(Kashyap_and_Dyquisto)/08%3A_Creating_Presentations_and_Sharing_Your_Ideas/8.01%3A_Organizing_a_Visual_PresentationYou do not want to be in a position where the PowerPoint presentation is the focus and you are on the side of the stage simply helping the audience follow along. You may also consider using a printout...You do not want to be in a position where the PowerPoint presentation is the focus and you are on the side of the stage simply helping the audience follow along. You may also consider using a printout of your slide show with a section for taking notes, but if you distribute it at the beginning of your speech, you run the risk of turning your presentation into a guided reading exercise and possibly distracting or losing members of the audience.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/Writing_Reading_and_College_Success%3A_A_First-Year_Composition_Course_for_All_Learners_(Kashyap_and_Dyquisto)/08%3A_Creating_Presentations_and_Sharing_Your_Ideas/8.02%3A_Incorporating_Effective_Visuals_into_a_PresentationFor instance, the bar graph, below, allows the viewer to compare data on the five countries that have won the most Olympic medals since the modern games began in 1924: Norway, the United States, the f...For instance, the bar graph, below, allows the viewer to compare data on the five countries that have won the most Olympic medals since the modern games began in 1924: Norway, the United States, the former Soviet Union, Germany, and Austria. You will search more efficiently if you start with a general idea of what you are looking for—a line graph of unemployment rates for the past twelve months, for example, or a video clip of the most recent State of the Union address.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Butler_County_Community_College/Idea_to_Essay%3A_Collected_Strategies_and_Readings_for_the_College_Write/02%3A_Elements_of_the_Essay/2.01%3A_Purpose-_Topics_and_Thesis_StatementsEarly on in the writing process, you should have a thesis statement, but be prepared to modify it as you get further into the planning and then drafting of your essay—especially if you sense that your...Early on in the writing process, you should have a thesis statement, but be prepared to modify it as you get further into the planning and then drafting of your essay—especially if you sense that your thinking about the subject is shifting away from what you originally thought.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_Colleges_of_Chicago/Social_Justice_and_Communication_in_12_Angry_Men_(Rory_Jobst)/05%3A_12_Angry_Men-_Introductions-_Lesson_Plans_and_ActivitiesThis page describes a lesson centered on analyzing the opening of "12 Angry Men" to understand audience engagement and context. After watching, students will discuss their insights and learn about eff...This page describes a lesson centered on analyzing the opening of "12 Angry Men" to understand audience engagement and context. After watching, students will discuss their insights and learn about effective essay introduction structures, focusing on elements like attention grabbers and thesis statements. The thumbnail for this chapter is is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and attributed to Abayomi Olanrewaju Olukoya.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/Writing_Reading_and_College_Success%3A_A_First-Year_Composition_Course_for_All_Learners_(Kashyap_and_Dyquisto)/09%3A_Argumentation_-_Purpose_and_Persuasion_in_Writing/9.07%3A_PersuasionThis page discusses some of the factors in persuasive writing -- such as considering other points of view combined with organization -- that are important for effective persuasive writing.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/City_College_of_San_Francisco/Writing_Reading_and_College_Success%3A_A_First-Year_Composition_Course_for_All_Learners_(Kashyap_and_Dyquisto)/08%3A_Creating_Presentations_and_Sharing_Your_Ideas/8.03%3A_Giving_a_PresentationYou may not feel the vibration as intensely, but you should feel your speech resonate in your upper body, and you should feel as though you are breathing easily. If either the slide or the animation o...You may not feel the vibration as intensely, but you should feel your speech resonate in your upper body, and you should feel as though you are breathing easily. If either the slide or the animation on the slide automatically appears, make sure the audience has adequate time to read the information or view the animation before the presentation continues. Ask a coworker to assist you to ensure that both you and the audience have all the tools needed and that the tools are in working order.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Butler_County_Community_College/Idea_to_Essay%3A_Collected_Strategies_and_Readings_for_the_College_Write/05%3A_Description/5.02%3A_Planning_a_Description_EssayAn objective description of that furniture would include its directly measurable, observable (which is to say, its empirical) details: its physical dimensions; the materials out of which it is made; i...An objective description of that furniture would include its directly measurable, observable (which is to say, its empirical) details: its physical dimensions; the materials out of which it is made; its colors; etc. Even in the midst of what is ostensibly an objective description of something, a well-chosen adjective or adverb can shade things in a more subjective direction: “The room’s fluorescent lighting made the chairs’ orange plastic seats blaringly bright."
