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High school was a time mixed with fun and you have to start thinking about the future. In my last year of high school, I was busy with exams, tutoring, stressed, bored, excited, stressed again, excited again, bored again, at last I graduated. After I graduated, it didn't end there, because my hard work continued to get into college. I first became acquainted with and fell in love with the world of art at the end of my high school years, I also searched further about art majors. Finally, after making up my mind, I abandoned my intention to major in literature after graduating from high school and decided to take drawing lessons which provided special training. to take the entrance exam for the arts department. It didn’t end there, many new obstacles appeared in my life. From failing to enter the Art major that I had prepared for a year, losing loved ones, growing up, chasing new dreams, until I became who I am now. In the eyes of adults who have lived longer, they usually tend to ad...

     These are my thoughts and experiences when I stayed at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Jakarta, it is located in the iconic landmark complex of Plaza Indonesia on Jalan M.H. Thamrin. Grand Hyatt Jakarta is one of the largest hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, and ideal base for business and leisure travellers alike. the hotel is adjacent to the shops of Plaza Indonesia and the entertainment centre which is really convenient for me and other guests to buy their own foods since the hotel only provides for breakfast. Guests will find the sight of the city within easy reach of the hotel including the National Museum, and the Presidential Palace, the hotel also located near the Bundaran HI MRT station that only takes a few minutes waling so it's easy for me to travel around with MRT while staying here.     This wasn't my first time staying at this hotel, during Eid Mubarak holiday my big family usually decided to stay here or any other times with my family. The rooms are spacio...

The goal of most media messages is to persuade the audience to believe or do something. Hollywood movies use expensive special effects to make us believe that what we’re seeing is real. News stories use several techniques – such as direct quotation of identified sources – to make us believe that the story is accurate. Learning the language of persuasion is an important media literacy skill. Once you know how media messages try to persuade you to believe or do something, you’ll be better able to make your own decisions. We call these techniques the "language of persuasion.” They’re not new; Aristotle wrote about persuasion techniques more than 2000 years ago, and they’ve been used by speakers, writers, and media makers for even longer than that.            10 Basic Persuasion Techniques              1.   Association Thi s persuasion technique tries to link a product, service, or idea with somet...