and Contrasting Apples and Oranges Oranges Apples Learning Target Write a compare and contrast paragraph. by Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom Successdeb@aol.com Visit my blog at http://datadeb.wordpress.com/ http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/ By Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom Successdeb@aol.com Visit my blog at http://datadeb.wordpress.com/ Comparing and Contrasting Apples and Oranges Apples Oranges Both fruits red green Smooth skin Grow in cool climates food orange juices rough skin Grow
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Although many people thought it was just a weed killer that was only used to wipe out jungles‚ Agent Orange had devastating effects on many humans who were exposed to it. Agent Orange was a toxic herbicide that was sprayed over large areas of thick jungle to kill its vegetation during the Vietnam war. The U.S. military did this so they could identify the North Vietnamese easier. Agent Orange had a mixture of dioxins in it that‚ when exposed to it‚ would later cause all kinds of health problems to
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Antonio Rogers 7th grade english Mrs. King January 20‚ 2016 Agent Orange Many people don’t know agent orange is one of the chemicals that causes the most health effects ever‚ and causes mass hate between people? Agent Orange was sprayed aerially to decrease vietnamese coverage‚ but also causes birth defects and different types of cancer. The effect to the human body‚ the chemicals in the mixture‚ and how it affected the relationship with Vietnam and the U.S was an important asset to the Vietnam
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particular trait emerges out overhead all the others. Of all the character traits‚ bravery most influences how a person acts and the decisions he/she makes. People react with bravery when needed to save a town or a city. Caroline Cooney‚ in Code Orange‚ shows an act of bravery by the main character‚ Mitty: “No‚ thought Mitty Blake. You will not dance in my streets. Mitty Blake rolled over. He kicked the cellar door shut” (Cooney 193). Mitty is scared that New York will get smallpox from the kidnappers
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The idiom‚ “Comparing apples and oranges” has been implemented for a prolonged amount of time in order to convey a vast difference between two things. When the phrase is used it provokes the thought that the items are incomparable and as a result‚ ridiculous to compare. As an idiom it’s meaning is immediately apparent‚ but when carefully examined as a statement rather than a metaphor‚ there are similarities‚ along with differences between apples and oranges that can easily be seen as comparable
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utilizing ‘American’ resources” (Adamson 169). Equally important‚ Tropic of Orange criticizes corporate globalization‚ where labor workers and environmental protection are seen as an unnecessary added cost‚ given the “global geography” and division of labor (Yamashita 204). Sue Lee‚ the author of “We Are Not the World‚” proclaims that‚ “Yamashita’s critique of corporate globalization is represented by key objects: oranges‚ human body parts‚ and highways” (Lee 514). In other words‚ these disparate
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of involvement of the LGBTQ community in media and the stereotypical depictions of queer sexuality leads us to believe media has become a negative platform. This matter is perceived in the episode “Lesbian Request Denied” from the television series Orange Is The New Black as it captures Lavern Cox’s struggle in prison as a transgender individual. As I considered the impact of cultural gender definitions on transgender people‚ I further wanted to discover
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In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle short story‚ “The Five Orange Pips”‚ Sherlock Homes and his sidekick Watson prove the mystery behind the deaths of the Openshaw male family members. Holmes is presented details within the story that lead John Openshaw to believe his family is cursed. However‚ through logical reasoning Holmes and Watson reveal the mysteries to the Openshaw family deaths. The narrator introduces the reader to a gentleman named John Openshaw‚ who fears that his family has a mysterious death
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biological parents as he was adopted. When he was 18 he joined the Marines and was shipped off to Vietnam. While there he was in charge of the men and controlled the radio. During the end of the war he was sprayed with a chemical called agent orange. Agent orange was used to kill trees so that the other group couldn’t hide in the trees. Unfortunately‚ my grandfather ended up getting sprayed which would
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Orange Is The New Black is a television show centered around Piper‚ a newly engaged woman who is just setting up a business‚ when she is jailed on charges of drug smuggling 10 years earlier with her girlfriend‚ Alex. The show follows her as she gets used to being separated from her fiance‚ Larry‚ and has to adjust to prison life. There are many important themes explored in the show Orange Is The New Black‚ such as identity‚ control‚ religion‚ and sexual harassment and drug abuse. This is why I would
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