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    Paul McHenry Roberts’ 1956 article‚ "How to Say Nothing in Five Hundred Words‚" deals with the common traps faced by many young writers while writing essays. His advice includes tips on making a dull subject exciting‚ engaging the reader with unexpected topics and arguments‚ and developing a fully thought out essay that will be sure to earn a good grade in the classroom. Roberts says to come up with a list of arguments off hand and write them down but do not use any of them‚ as they are most likely

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    February 2015 Essay Response In this contemporary society‚ how to write an essay is becoming a big problem for students. Most college students are confused with how to approach writing in a successful essay. However‚ in an article “How to say nothing in 500 words” written by Paul Robert‚ he gives a list of strategies as well as a list of things that should be avoided while writing‚ like the obvious content‚ how to place a word‚ and how to identify the colorful and colorless words. Many students

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    Rosa Lee’s context of geographic origin: North Carolina Rosa Lee’s mother is originally from the South. Rosa Lee is the product of a mother and father who lived during the time of slavery‚ and Jim Crow laws. In addition‚ there was not a great deal of opportunities for African Americans. Trying to survive in the South as African American was difficult because of the discrimination and segregation. Rosa Lee’s mother seemed to focus on trying to survive and do the best she could for her family. As a

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    written by Scott Downs In Paul Roberts essay “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” he gives us nine tips that we can use to be a more productive writer. The first is to “Avoid the obvious” in which we should make a list of the things that immediately come to mind and not use them in your writing. Second he says that you should “Take the less usual side” which most people will avoid. He also mentions that trying to predict what the teacher wants is not a good way to choose a topic. Third is to “Slip

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    women and Civil Rights Activist Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. I chose Rosa Parks because she was a great part of the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama but she grew up in Pine Level‚ Alabama. Some of the Major influences in Rosa Parks LIfe was “My family‚ I would say‚ my mother‚ and my maternal Grandparents” said Rosa Parks. One event that I believe that influenced her is none‚ because Rosa Parks didn’t really have an event that

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    the scar off of it over and over again” (Rosa Quotes)? This quote by Rosa Parks‚ is explaining the life she had in just one sentence. It hurt‚ and she knew what she was doing‚ but kept on doing it with will. Civil Disobedience is basically when protestors act in action and protest a law that have been purposefully violated (Suber). The purpose of this is to grab people’s attention to a certain law so they will look into changing it (Brownlee). Mrs. Parks involvement in civil disobedience was due

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    change ever so badly‚ it takes a brave person to go agents the crowd to stand out and make their word be heard. Two people that stand out and express their thoughts not only for themselves but for everyone are Rosa Parks from the Civil rights movement and Morrie Schwartz from the book Tuesdays with morrie. Both of these people have invested time to impact and change people’s lives for the better. Rosa Parks’s was a nonconformist and NAACP activist that made herself known throughout the civil

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    An African American woman named Rosa Parks had just got off of work and got on the bus to go home. She sat on the front row of the colored section. Whe the white section had gotten filled the bus driver told Rosa and three other African Americans to move so the whites could sit down. Everyone moved but Rosa. She was arrested and fined ten dollars and four more dollars for court fees. Rosa had had many encounters with this particular bus driver before. One time Rosa walked to the front of the bus to

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    Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama to a teacher and a carpenter. One of her great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish and one of her great-grandmothers was a Native American slave. When she was little‚ she suffered from poor health because of tonsillitis. Rosa took classes at rural schools till she was eleven. She went to a laboratory school set up by the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes for secondary education but dropped out to take care

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