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    Stasiland Pracessay6

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    PORTRAYAL‚ OUTLINES PLACE – LOCATION‚ SETTING‚ VICINITY‚ EAST GERMANY‚ PROVES – DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH‚ PROVIDES THE EVIDENCE‚ VALIDATES‚ CONFIRMS‚ CONVINCES PARALLEL – SYMMETRY‚ SIMILARITY‚ COMPARISON NARRATIVES – STORIES‚ CHRONICLES‚ ACCOUNTS‚ ANECDOTES‚ MEMOIRS UNCOVERS – UNEARTHS‚ REVEEALS‚ DECIPHERS‚ EXPOSES CONTENTION : YES – ANNA FUNDER’S NARRATIVE OF THE BRUTALITIES OF STASILAND PROVIDES AN EXPLICIT PROTRAYAL AND DECIPHERING OF THE SYMMETRICAL RELATION BETWEEN THE ACCOUNTS OF ITS VICTIMS

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    In “Homeless on Campus” author‚ Kingsborough Community College English Department Instructor‚ Eleanor Bader explains the increasing amount of homeless students and ways the public can help get them into various necessary living situations. There are a number of students that are homeless. Bader mention a few different students’ situations and how they over came being homeless with the help of Legendre grants. The article discusses the need for a median wage to comfortably live. She explains the

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    Novelist Virginia Woolf in 1931 delivered a talk on “Professions for Women” about women in the workforce. Woolf utilizes extended metaphors‚ anaphora‚ questions‚ and personal anecdotes‚ throughout her speech. In hopes of reaching out to women to find their inner ability to break society’s impression of what a women is‚ she uses a reflective and encouraging tone towards the Women’s Service League. During the 1930s which is when this talk was projected‚ about one fourth of women in America were in

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    six of Presence‚ readers will gain insight on what non-verbal cues translate to observers and how to position themselves when trying to be deemed as dominant. Cuddy employs the help of scientists‚ uses examples of the animal kingdom‚ incorporates anecdotes and provides historical context to illustrate that body language is telling of emotions across cultures and species. Cuddy ultimately proves that body language can reveal our internal feelings by externally communicating them through movement and

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    Writing from Sources Notes

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    to predict opinions of a much larger group by assuming the opinions of a smaller group reflect proportionately to the opinions of the larger) iii) Examples- a single representative instance that serves to support a thesis. iv) Anecdotes- stories- extended examples with a beginning‚ middle‚ and end- that illustrate the point the author wants to make. (2) Attract and interest the reader‚ but do not prove a thesis. v) Appeal to authority- authors often support

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    All In The Timing The plays of David Ives are certainly clever and comic. There is no doubt that Ives gives us inventive scenarios that smartly use language and test our knowledge before we chuckle. But what does it all mean‚ anyway? What do we gain from the techniques he uses in the one-act plays of All in the Timing? Are they meaningful works‚ or simply highfalutin vignettes? To answer these questions‚ let’s consider three of his plays: “Words‚ Words‚ Words‚” “Variations on the Death of Trotsky

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    Why Men Are More Jocular?

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    Males usually make offensive jokes and degrading comments more than females do in order to feel more superior. In the modern society‚ offensive and rudely funny anecdotes look more attractive to the majority of the people. This arrogant behavior is a kind of men’s own way to indicate themselves as leaders and flatter their egos. According to the researchers‚ in most cases‚ men prefer sexist jokes more than women do

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    diversity’. Through the use of such powerful emotive and inclusive language‚ she expresses her excitement with an upbeat positive tone‚ demonstrating to the audience that she is a highly credible person to be selected as a representative. A personal anecdote in the second paragraph directly explains the context and background information on how the deliverance of the speech is via video. This reveals her powerful political standings and further establishes a personal connection with the

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    The World is Flat

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    Friedman "The World is Flat" Study Guide and Note Sheet Chapter One: "While You Were Sleeping"     How did Friedman accidentally discover that the world is "flat"? When he was in India doing an interview     What are some anecdotes that illustrate Friedman’s initial discoveries of the flat world? The software that he was using to understand the world’s economics was being produced in India‚ China‚ and Japan‚ these “third world countries” that we look down upon. Millions of

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    sentences? A. Use questions and answers together. B. Use more close-up words. C. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation. D. Add personal anecdotes. 5. Which one of the following statements about making your writing fun to read is not correct? A. The conversation you write must sound natural for the characters. B. An anecdote or humorous quotation is often more convincing than a strong argument. C. Give your writing a personal touch by showing that you’re interested in your subject

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