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    Penguin Group‚ argues that the development of technology of mass communication improves the user’s writing and their ability to collaborate. To support his argument‚ he incorporates statistics to show the enormity of the production of writing‚ anecdotes to connect with the reader’s emotions‚ experiments to support the claim that people perform better in front of an audience‚ Stanford Study of Writing to support the claim that students are writing more than before and history to debate how the scientific

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    uses this short to intrigue his audience. After drawing us in‚ he keeps us attentive by sprinkling these little emotional holds into his argument. Gore tells us in the beginning about his son being hit by a car when he was five years old. This anecdote causes an overwhelming sense of sympathy and alarm but also wonder of how this relates to the argument. Then‚ Gore tells us tells us that the awful accident made his realize he wanted to do something important‚ wanted to do something to change the

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    love and the difficulties around it. It deals with issues such as fatherhood‚ friendship and marriage‚ including the conflicts surrounding these. Lydia Peele presents the story of a father telling his son‚ who is the narrator‚ an anecdote from his early life. The anecdote is an unhappy love story of the narrator’s father’s love life‚ and the relationship to the narrator’s grandfather. In a story with its roots in rural America‚ a much deeper story appears. This is a story of love‚ hope and the decisions

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    person. Descriptive anecdotes. Experiences of particular characters or events can be contrasted with other real life events or personal experiences. Feature Article on the effect of war on women for a weekend section of The age (or International Women’s Day edition) To explore how women experience war‚ focusing on the ideas of the prompt Readers of the publication who are interested in women’s issues and war. Sophisticated and interesting vocabulary‚ descriptive anecdotes. Shorter paragraphs

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    parents sharing with me what they did when they grew up and I was answered with “we played outside” and “we didn’t have all of the technology today you guys have”. In Richard Louv’s essay titled Last Child in the Woods‚ Louv uses a hyperbole‚ an anecdote‚ and imagery to convey how mankind is losing his connection with nature. One of the major strategies that Louv uses is a hyperbole. Louv tells about an encounter he had with a car salesman and how the salesman‘s “jaw dropped” and almost “refused

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    lose identity of himself‚ and even become a stereotype for Asian Americans. The central purpose of this poem is to show that if one loses touch with one’s culture‚ then one begins to lose identity of oneself. Nguyen begins the poem with a personal anecdote relating to how he and his mother do not engage in conversations at the dinner table anymore‚ because of how it reminds each of them how differing their accents are from one another‚ which causes each of them to become sad. He further uses metaphor

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    “How it feels to Be Colored Me” In the piece of literature‚” How it feels to Be Colored Me”‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ uses diction‚ detail‚ and syntax to express her individuality. Instead of talking about her racial inequality‚ she expresses her uniqueness as a pro. At the time most essays written by African-Americans‚ tend to complain about their racial inequality instead embracing it. The entire tone of the piece is set by the opening sentence‚ where she states she is different by using the word

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    class. Additionally‚ it was enjoyable learning about the techniques in writing‚ like proper use of punctuations‚ specifically commas. Ultimately‚ I hope my essays will demonstrate to you my skills as a writer. For my narrative essay‚ I showed in my anecdotes how my name plays a big role in my life and how it pertains to the Alexie/Hudson controversy. Additionally‚ I explained and gave enough background information regarding the controversy so readers can understand the logic and reactions of the people

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    concentration camps in World War two. 3. Opening with a quotation a. Quotation: Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard” (Source to follow here). 4. Opening with an anecdote- an anecdote is something that tells an amusing/ attention getting story. a. When my older brother substituted fresh eggs for our hard-boiled Easter eggs‚ he didn’t realize our father would take the first crack at hiding them. b. Yesterday morning

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    the readers’ attention and makes they focus on his speech. Sorkin connects not only with the students but also with the parents by saying “… how proud your sons and daughters… dumber than you‚” to reach out to his whole audience. By using personal anecdotes‚ Sorkin puts himself in the seats that they are in. He uses this to connect with the students he is speaking to. In his speech he uses repetition to prove his points. Sorkin repeats “Today is May 13th…” to highlight the importance of graduating

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