Madelyn's English 308 Blog

Growing up, I have always been the driver for my family and friends because I enjoyed driving. But there was one thing missing from my driving experience that I did not know until I had to take my driving test. I did not know how to parallel park. So when Asked by my test giver, I had to admit that my instructor never told me how to parallel park. I did pass my test, but I want to make sure that more people know before it is too late. Step one: The first step in parallel parking is to drive around the city/town to find a perfect place to practice parallel park. Once you find that perfect spot—preferably with not too many cars around—you will start by checking your rearview mirror to make sure that there is no oncoming traffic from the rear. This is important because you don’t want to accidentally run into you—or you to run into them! Make sure to check several times before practicing. Once you do, turn your turn signal on to indicate that you are going to park. Step two: The secon...

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1.      To me, technical communication means communicating with technology such as: social media and web sites. It makes it easier to connect with the world and even people close to you. 2.      Technical communication as storytelling allows people to paint a picture while keeping their audience well informed throughout the story. I think that sitting in on a presentation with someone using storytelling would be the best. 3.      Storytelling allows us to tell a concise story about a situation where we can form a situation with examples told as a story. Storytelling may be complicated but it helps by keeping the audience’s attention because that is the most important thing we need in a presentation 4.      When I look at this map of words, the word that jumps at me is collaborate. I think that collaborating is a very important thing that we all need to learn how to do. Collaborating is helpful ...