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The first Mexican-american astronaut changed her major Five times. How many u.s. Towns or cities are named Paris, and in what states are they located? what are the denotative and connotative meanings of the word "gay"?

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Library Assignment For Applied Communication

The first Mexican-american astronaut changed her major Five times. How many u.s. Towns or cities are named Paris, and in what states are they located? what are the denotative and connotative meanings of the word "gay"?

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Applied Communication

Library Assignment

Directions: Please answer the following questions. Where required to “indicate the
source,” the information should be provided as a complete MLA citation.
1. What were the three top-rated prime-time United States television programs for
the period of May 2009? Indicate the source of this information.

American idol (Tuesday), American idol (Wednesday) and “Monday nite


football”

2. How many times did Ellen Ochoa, the first Mexican-American astronaut, change
her major as a college student? Indicate the source of your information.

Five times

"Hispanic Heritage - Meet Ellen Ochoa." Teaching Resources, Children's Book


Recommendations, and Student Activities | Scholastic.com. Web. 04 Dec. 2010.
<http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/ochoatscript.htm>.

3. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what are the origins of “terrorism”
as a political term?

Government by intimidation as directed and carried out by the party in power in


France during the Revolution of 1789–94; the system of the ‘Terror’ (1793–4)

Simpson, J. A., and E. S. C. Weiner. The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford:


Clarendon, 1989. Print.

4. According to the 2010 World Almanac and Book of Facts, what were the three
best selling magazines?

AAPR, AAPR bulletin, and Readers Digest

Janssen, Sarah, and M. L. Liu. The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2010. New
York, NY: World Almanac, 2010. Print.
5. How many United States towns or cities are named Paris, and in what states are
they located? Indicate the source of your information.

Paris, Georgia
Paris, Maine
Town of Paris, New York
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Virginia
New Paris, Indiana
New Paris, Ohio
New Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Arkansas
Paris, Dakota Territory
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Grant County, Wisconsin
Paris, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

"City Directory Resources." City Directories of the United States of America.


Web. 04 Dec. 2010. <http://www.uscitydirectories.com/resources.html>.

6. What are the denotative and connotative meanings of the word “gay”? Indicate
the source of your information.

Denotative: happy
Connotative: homosexual or lesbian

Bashforth, Anna Jo. "Connotation and Denotation." California State University.


Web. 04 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/098_PDF/06Sep15Connotation_Denotation.pdf
>.
7. What percentage of Americans had cell phones in 2009? Indicate the source of
your information.

87%

World Atlas and Book of Facts. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation,
1960. Print.

8. Find the following information:


a. Identify a journal article on speech apprehension
i. What is the name of the journal?
How to Reduce Speech Apprehension Anxiety
ii. What is the date the journal article was published?
08/19/09
iii. What is the volume number of the journal in which the article was
published?

iv. What is the title of the article?


How to reduce Speech Apprehension Anxiety
v. Who is the author?
Julie Hampton
vi. Write a one-paragraph summary of the article in your own words.
This text is mainly an instructive of how to give a speech. It
explains that as human beings we might have anxiety during
the speech, hence it explains or advices what to do in order to
avoid this situation.

b. From an online computer system


i. Find a magazine that provides a direct quotation from the current
president of the United States. Indicate the source of this
information.

Tumulty, Karen. "How Obama Did It - TIME." Breaking


News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech
Reviews - TIME.com. 05 June 2008. Web. 04 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1811857,00.
html>.
ii. Find a startling statistic regarding crime in the United States.
Indicate the source of your information.

Type, By Offense. "Incidents and Offenses - Hate Crime


Statistics, 2009." FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation). Web.
04 Dec. 2010.
<http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2009/incidents.html>.

9. Give the date you were born: May/02/1992. Now, review four local or national
newspapers to see what occurred on the day you were born. What occurred in
politics, sports, entertainment, and weather? Write a description of what you
found in the newspapers. Indicate the sources of your information.

*latest online newspapers in my city are from 2005, and in Mexico date from
1991

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