Sentences with phrase «of drawing the reader in»

While all of the essential elements are there, such as a loved one held hostage to force the main character's hand, a high - ranking government official with a lot to lose, plus a tribe of varied bad guys, it would be easy to think you've read this story somewhere before, except for the fact that the author does a great job of drawing the reader in through a very readable voice.

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It draws the attention of readers seeking to learn the identities of the most influential players in the U.S. business scene.

An ISIS e-book published in the early days of the Islamic State encouraged readers to check out anti-Israel protests with non-Muslims calling for «the fall of Zionism,» if not to draw recruits from this demographic then relying on their rhetoric to hammer away at the «financial elite.»

Internet search experts say the shutdown of Google News in Spain may be greater on smaller, less - well known news publishers than on name - brand news sites who are less reliant on the site to draw in readers.

From business moguls like Barbara Corcoran providing hard - nosed, practical advice to digital - marketing experts helping make sense of the ever - wacky and evolving world of social media, Entrepreneur.com readers were drawn to all types of videos in 2013.

Following the publishing of a post I create a Google + post that summarizes the main elements of the article to draw readers in.

Gossage draws from his database of some 160,000 leads; he takes a sample of phone - in leads and reader - service - card leads from the past three months to a year to get the 10,000 names.

Kevin Milligan's technical analysis of Tax Free Savings Accounts will not be drawing many eyeballs away from the Life pages, but it might bring in additional readers, who would otherwise not read the Globe and Mail newspaper on - line.

Oyster's pitch: the business will draw in more readers, eventually expanding the universe of book customers.

Finally, Eberstadt draws the reader to focus on the parent - child bond «in all its elemental simplicity,» crediting Harris's book for reminding us that «we are stewards of our children, and not their Svengalis.»

This is no historical reporting with all the proper distance of objectivity; the reader is drawn in to hear, to see, to experience.

He outlines the theological history of that split, but he does not share with the reader the philosophical integration and synthesis that has been taking place since at least Etienne Gilson as a result of drawing out from the metaphysics of St. Thomas what is implicit in his writings.

Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's free will), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence.

The artists draw on an ancient tradition of Mary as herself a voracious reader, stewed in holy Scriptures, and a notion, then commonplace, of the affinity between the intellectual and spiritual lives, of the «garden enclosed» where the God of truth meets the believer, set apart from the demands of the world.

Today Rachel Held Evans is kind to give away to one of my readers who wins the draw a free copy of her book Evolving in Monkey Town.

In this approach, the postliberal answer to the truth question is that scripture is true in the manner of its distinctively mixed genre and that, yes, it is enough to say that biblical truth is the capacity of the text to draw readers into a Christian framework of meaninIn this approach, the postliberal answer to the truth question is that scripture is true in the manner of its distinctively mixed genre and that, yes, it is enough to say that biblical truth is the capacity of the text to draw readers into a Christian framework of meaninin the manner of its distinctively mixed genre and that, yes, it is enough to say that biblical truth is the capacity of the text to draw readers into a Christian framework of meaning.

Unless Luke is grossly misleading his readers, he set out, like his predecessors in the field, «to draw up an account of tile events that have happened,» in order to convey authentic knowledge about them.

Because God is communicating to mankind through the Scriptures in the Bible in a style that reeks with an obvious understood implication that the hearer / reader, mankind, has the inherent ability to accept / believe or reject His call / drawing, commands, instructions, promises and gifts (some folk briefly refer to it as man's inherent - free - will capacity), I let the concept of mankind having this inherent ability be the precedence; and I interpret difficult passages that can possibly be interpreted to appear contradictory to that precedence (of mankind having inherent - free - will) in light of mankind having inherent - free - will capacity.

I take it for granted that this company of readers insists on the distinction, drawn in one form or another, between abstract features or aspects of immediate awareness and mediated cognition as necessary to describe the character of experience.

In the Acts of the Apostles, the evangelist Luke draws his readers into the Pentecostal experience of the disciples, after Matthias has been chosen to replace Judas as the twelfth representative of the new Israel.

Now, in American Fascists, he offers a critique of contemporary Christianity ¯ drawing, he tells the reader many times, on his own experience as a Christian and the son of a Presbyterian minister.

By drawing on a plethora of Polish sources unavailable in English, as well as on fine English publications, Robert E. Alvis makes an ambitious, readable, and concise attempt at introducing this fascinating history to the English - speaking reader.

While Frykholm has no sympathy with the Left Behind series theologically, politically or literally, she has a great deal of sympathy with its readers and she explores why people with interesting lives are drawn to such schlock in their religious reading.

The reader will find that no attempt has been made to quote widely except from the Bible or to draw into the discussion all the wealth of material available in print.

Assuming that Dawkins has equal confidence in all parts of his book, I shall simply challenge him at representative points, and let readers draw their own conclusions about the overall reliability of his evidence and judgement» (p. xii).

Out of nearly 400 volunteer respondents (drawn from Prepared Foods magazine and NutraSolutions.com readers) with direct involvement in formulating with or specifying ingredients for functional products, a field of 166 survey completers provided information on nutraceutical or nutritional ingredients, as well as their frequently used sources of information on new nutraceutical or nutritional ingredients.

The depth of knowledge presented in Attached at the Heart allows readers to draw their own conclusions about how best to apply the information to their own personal circumstances.»

I'll use a random number generator after the comment period closes to select one lucky winner and if you comment twice (e.g., to respond to another reader's comment), I'll use the number of your first comment to enter you in the drawing.

TN: I think they're really useful for giving the reader a bit of a pause, for continually drawing them back in, and for relaying a lot of your points in an approachable, concrete way.

A reader forwarded an e-mail appeal sent out yesterday by Koch, in which he touts the PAC's «fast - moving progress,» including the landing of pledges from all four gubernatorial hopefuls to support nonpartisan redistricting and veto any plan that was drawn up in the traditional, politically - motivated manner.

Of course, readers can then draw their own conclusions as to what it means about the nature of journalism in Westchester that News12, The Journal News, and FiOS1News have not only never reported on the car crash but have never even bothered to file a FOIL request with NRPD to obtain a copy of the police report about the car crasOf course, readers can then draw their own conclusions as to what it means about the nature of journalism in Westchester that News12, The Journal News, and FiOS1News have not only never reported on the car crash but have never even bothered to file a FOIL request with NRPD to obtain a copy of the police report about the car crasof journalism in Westchester that News12, The Journal News, and FiOS1News have not only never reported on the car crash but have never even bothered to file a FOIL request with NRPD to obtain a copy of the police report about the car crasof the police report about the car crash.

A reader familiar with the GOP vote in Queens indicates that NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich's surprise decision (announced on NY1 last night) not to run for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat in NY - 9 is helpful to Goldfeder, because Ulrich would likely have drawn a lot of right - leaning voters in the 23rd AD.

Like a lot of our readers, I'm still getting used to newly drawn state legislative districts with lots of new people running in them.

In the May 2003 issue of Discover, an article titled «Anything Into Oil» drew a phenomenal reader response.

The French critic's three hundred drawings, one of which is shown in our illustration, acquaint his readers with images culled from painted, engraved and molded Greek, Italiote and Etruscan vases, from the geometric decorations of 800 b.c. and onwards to the decline of the art in southern Italy about 300 b.c.»

The January article «Misleading Math about the Earth» drew abundant reader mail, some of which is featured in the May issue.

In his highly readable book, aimed at lay readers who know little about the history of astronomy, Repcheck draws a portrait of an unusual star of the scientific revolution.

«The competition naturally resulted in diagrammatic criticism and led to the invention of more practical drawing of diagrams to attract more readers,» Lee said.

While headlines need to draw attention and engage the reader for obvious reasons, oversimplifications like «gene editing» and dramatic phrases like «three parent babies» can really get in the way of broadening the understanding of science, which is difficult enough as it is.

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in clinical nutrition and the psychology of eating, Marc David offers readers practical tools that will yield life - transforming, sustainable results.

The Hunger Games drags at times, is not particularly imaginative as much as it's campy, the romance part seems more perfunctory as touchy - feely love than steamy and any complexities in characters or angry revolutionary messages can't be drawn out on film like they were supposedly in the book (I'm not one of its 26 million readers, but I'll take the word of those who stated that was so in the book).

Where's Wally books, first published in the 1980s, featured large detailed hand drawn illustrations spread across double pages that challenge readers to find Wally in his distinctive red and white striped outfit and thick black glasses amongst hundreds and thousands of other people.

Content: Our content is written and delivered in a reader - friendly style and draws on the wealth of knowledge and expertise that exists within the education community, nationally and internationally.

For each sound, blend, diagraph or dipthong there are 3 or 4 pages: Add the blend or diagraph to the word and connect to the matching picture Clear clip - art (black and white - perfect for colouring) labeling page using 9 carefully chosen example words / clip - art followed by a fun read and draw page then a cloze page of decoadable sentences which have been carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letters and corresponding phonemes that have been taught to the new reader / speller in previous pages of the book (plus sight words) Could be made into a 168 page workbook, or of course individual pages can be printed off and photocopied.

You can create a mind map on paper, in a drawing app on your tablet, or one of many popular mind mapping software tools, such as XMind, Lifehacker readers» favorite mind mapping software.

Readers can draw their own conclusions with data in hand, but this much we know: In the fall of 2002, Edison was assigned to manage 20 schools in Philadelphia with an average proficiency of only 6 percenin hand, but this much we know: In the fall of 2002, Edison was assigned to manage 20 schools in Philadelphia with an average proficiency of only 6 percenIn the fall of 2002, Edison was assigned to manage 20 schools in Philadelphia with an average proficiency of only 6 percenin Philadelphia with an average proficiency of only 6 percent.

Introduction / Hook: Beginning of a piece of literature that draws the reader in and encourages them to read more.

Unlike stories, informational text doesn't reward readers with the promise of a good ending to conclude a narrative that has drawn them in or captivated them for several hours.

Here are the most popular entries from 2015 (including a few that were published in 2014 and continue to draw readers): Treating Language as a Strength: The Benefits of Bilingualism December 18, 2014 Theresa Deussen wrote our two most widely read pieces ever, and this post continues to draw readers from all over the Internet.

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