You walk into a room and are instantly greeted by rows upon rows of evenly spaced desks. The only think you have with you‚ is you pencil and calculator. You sit down‚ silently‚ and feel your nerves begin to kick in. You are told that you have only sixty minutes to answer sixty questions. As time ticks down‚ you realize you are not going to finish‚ so you start randomly guessing. This is a real life example of what happened to a fellow peer of mine‚ during the ACTs. The topic I decided on‚ is why
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If I could have dinner with five people dead or alive I’d want to have dinner with J.K. Rowling‚ Daniel Radcliffe‚ Marie Antoinette‚ Oprah‚ and God. My reason for these choices are that these individuals each have a story that had some sort of impact in the world whether it be creation or imagination. Regardless of how much time goes by they will still be remembered as a part of what made the generations the way they were. The first person I’d want to have dinner with would be J.K. Rowling this
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then there is no hope for it.” Absurd Flash Fiction is taking many different normal things or ideas‚ and blowing out of proportion to make a story. Two great examples of absurd flash fiction pieces are‚ “Dinner Time” by Russell Edson‚ and “The Piano Player” by Donald Barthelme. To start off‚ “Dinner Time” is an absurd flash fiction piece about an old couple filled with rage. It gets to the point where they go crazy and it does not end well. But‚ “The Piano Player” is about a husband and wife and the
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Equality for All Stanley Kramer’s film‚ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner‚ is about an interracial marriage between a black man and a white woman as well as the generational divide between the alarmed parents of both races and the optimistic young couple. There are aspects of the film that can be construed as progressive and influential for the era‚ the film more accurately serves as a reflection of the larger socio-political context of 1960’s America in regards to both attitudes of antagonism and acceptance
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was the second-deadliest shooting in US history‚ after the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. This shooting really hurt the nation and they wanted answers. President Barack Obama then delivered three speeches following this tragedy. The first speech was only a few hours after the incident. His second speech was in Newtown‚ Connecticut at a prayer vigil for the community. The last speech was held in the White House concerning gun control. In the speeches‚ he used rhetoric to appeal to his various audiences
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unhealthy taste for vengeance and havoc‚ yet he is also a very likable character. While reading it is difficult to see whose side Milton is on‚ God’s or Satan’s. It is easy to mistake characteristics of Satan’s to those of an epic hero‚ but after examining his speeches‚ it is clear he is the personification of evil. Satan’s first speech gives the illusion of true heroic stature. He addresses Beelzebub‚ saying‚ “What though the field be lost? All is not lost: the unconquerable will‚ and study of revenge
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Langston Hughes dealt with a lot of criticism from white and black critics after writing Dinner Guest: Me. Hughes was an inspirational writer‚ he was first introduced to writing in grammar school and was ridiculed for it because of stereotypes of African American’s at the time. However through hard work and dedication‚ Hughes became the first African American man to make a living from writing poetry. At the time this was written‚ racism was one of those things at the time that no matter how hard
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar was assassinated because the conspirators were afraid he’d have too much power‚ so they killed him. It was very drastic‚ but they thought they were right. Immediately after he was assassinated‚ there were speeches to the citizens by Brutus and Antony. The speeches were contrary to each other. Brutus speech was to calm them down and explain why Julius was killed (he used logos and ethos). One of Brutus’s friends‚ Antony‚ also made a speech to the people. His whole
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Analyzing Speeches The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will assess and validate information. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Teacher-Graded Activities Write a response for each of the following activities. Check the Evaluation section at the end of this document to make
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foot‚ but this isn’t the case for a dinner party hostess in the short story “The Dinner Party‚” written by Mona Gardner. In this story‚ a British woman puts on a dinner party. There arouses a conversation about males being better than females. The colonel states that females scream in scary situations and men don’t. This was an argument that could be backed up by evidence until a small boy was asked by the woman to get a bowl of milk‚ also known as cobra bait. After some time‚ everybody in the room
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