“Glasgow 5th of March 1971” by Edwin Morgan is an instamatic poem which describes an incident on a Glasgow street when a young couple are pushed backwards through a shop window by two youths who are intent on robbing the shop. The poem goes on to describe the attitude or the youths and people who are watching the crime. The poet has not made an appearance in the poem as he shows no emotion‚ but he makes the reader feel‚ through his description of the photos that are captured by his use of metaphors
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Persuasive Essay on Marijuana Legalization Javier A. Ocasio COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing 1/29/2015 Nicole Svee Magann Persuasive Essay on Marijuana Legalization Introduction Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. Mainly people think of marijuana of the dirty drug out on the street‚ when actually marijuana has been proven to help people medically. Drugs are not a new subject in this world‚ but as technology advances‚ new uses for them are found. Cannabis
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Gardasil: A Controversial Vaccine for Cancer? When you ask people to think of causes of cancer‚ there are a few things that most will say. The most common thoughts to hear include genetics and heredity sources‚ lifestyle choices like tanning or smoking‚ and just plain random chance. One cause that most people won’t think of‚ however‚ is STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases come with a host of problems‚ but usually cancer isn’t one that is attributed. Certain types of cervical and other cancers
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Intermediate 2 Critical Essay Section C - Poetry – 45 minutes - 25 marks Choose a poem which describes a scene or incident vividly. Briefly state what is being described and then go on to show how the poetic techniques used make the description vivid. Poetic Techniques Link to Task Question Edwin Morgan’s vivid visual poem “Glasgow 5 March 1971” deals with the themes of violence‚ crime‚ apathy and responsibility.This poem is all about street violence and how people
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Persuasive Lying Essay People often say that honesty is the best policy. You should listen to them they know what they’re talking about. Lying. In the dictionary the definition of lying is an “intentionally told false statement” but the dictionary doesn’t list the consequences of a lie or why said false statements were used. So‚ I’ll have to do it. I know that no one wants to hear that they look fat or grotesque ‚ or that the ugly sweater they gave someone for Christmas will never see anything
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make an observation and write it down‚ but we tend to add our own personal view as to what we believe‚ or interpret something entirely else from the observation. By reading Karen Ho’s "Biographies of Hegemony" and Jean Twenge’s "An Army of One: Me" essays as well as Robert Thurman’s "Wisdom" it is evident that each employed a distinctive argument and method to explain their views on what they wrote but what each of them shared in common was how their writing allowed their "self" to share their opinions
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Major League Baseball game. Secondhand‚ or passive smoke‚ is an insidious killer that is harming adults‚ and more critically‚ children around the country every day. My goal in speaking to you today is to enlist your support in a federal ban of all smoking from all public places without hesitation. But isn’t this America? Should you have the right to smoke? If I want to pollute my lungs and ruin my health why should that be any concern of yours? The facts are that secondhand smoke is responsible for
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Brent Staples’s Essay Analysis Your degree may not be worth what you think it is. Throughout the country‚ grade inflation is spreading rampant like an unforgiving plague‚ effecting students of community institutions as well as the big dogs of elite‚ IVY league schools. Writer Brent Staples‚ a member of the New York Times editorial board‚ explains in his essay‚ Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s‚ why so many colleges are “simply issuing more and more A’s‚ stoking grade inflation and devaluing
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The Reconstruction Era was a time of incredible upheaval and violence propelled by politics. The 5th amendments addition to the constitution in 1870‚ direct disenfranchisement was no longer permitted. Southern whites constructed alternative techniques in order to accomplish their goal— to silence black voices during elections. These methods included literacy test‚ electoral fraud (ballot stuffing)‚ poll taxes‚ the grandfather clause and violence. The Process of Reconstruction lasted from 1863 to
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“Seventh Grade” By Gary Soto Personal Response When your in seventh grade‚sometimes it can be confusing and you might struggle. Gary Soto shows us that when your in seventh grade‚ sometimes it can be difficult. In seventh grade‚ you will learn new things. Some new things you learn might be very interesting. Some things might be challenging. Some things might not be so challenging. Seventh grade sometimes is easy‚ but most of the time it’s difficult. When your a student in seventh grade‚ you
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