Trojan War‚ in Greek legend‚ famous war waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. The tradition is believed to reflect a real war between the Greeks of the late Mycenaean period and the inhabitants of the Troad‚ or Troas‚ in Anatolia‚ part of present-day Turkey. Modern archaeological excavations have shown that Troy was destroyed by fire sometime between 1230 bc and 1180 bc‚ and that the war may have resulted from the desire either to plunder the wealthy city or to put an end to Troy’s commercial
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German Estrada Mrs. Trejo English 1A 07/09/2013 Argument Essay We live in a small world. People are always going to be rude‚ offensive‚ and uncivil‚ and that’s just how this world is. I am not saying everyone is though‚ but once in a while we see or hear that part of someone who just is not having the best of days and is being the rudest most disrespectable person anyone has ever seen and that automatically makes that person a bad influence in our society. Well I do not think it is‚ every person
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Speeches are used to persuade. Discuss. The art of persuasive speaking‚ or rhetoric‚ has been practiced in the West since the fifth century BC. It traditionally deploys three key elements: ethos‚ being the speaker’s character‚ standing and credibility; logos‚ being the rational appeal of the speech; and pathos‚ being the emotional appeal. Devices typically used in effective rhetoric include: inclusive language‚ repetition‚ metaphor‚ imagery and historical references. Depending on the context‚
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I am very honored of being eligible to become a member of the National Honors Society‚ becoming a member of the NHS has been one of my major goals throughout my highschool career. It would be a great privilege to represent the NHS as a student with scholarship‚ leadership‚ service and character. I believe that as a student I represent these Four Pillars. For instance scholarship represents the hard work that as a student you put into your academics‚ but to me academics is something that I care
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Family Essay I have gathered a lot of information on some family members of mine about their history‚ things that affect them‚ and just about them so I could do a family essay. While doing this research I learned so much about where I came from‚ what each family member has experienced throughout their life‚ the troubles‚ the good and bad‚ the fun and boring things‚ how growing up was like and so much more! Now I am going to share with you my experience through this and the amazing things I never
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caution and will prevent them from attempting to get out of their confomt zone‚ which will restrain them from success. During a class project in my sophomore year‚ me and a group of classmates had to persuade people to agree on our ideas‚ and we had a variety of choices on ways to persuade our classmates. yet I believe my group were the most confident in ourselves‚ which was the reason we won and persuaded the most. I believe the reason we were the most persuasive was because we had certainty
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First quarter essay I come from a family that came from another country to the united states to work and have a wealthy life. My father and mother were both born in the country of Mexico. They both came to the united states between the ages of 19 and 21. Once they both got here they stayed at a family members house that already lived here in the united states. My moms first job was at a Mexican restaurant as a chef in the city of Los Angeles. My dads first job was as a Gardner with my uncle. They
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quote by Roy Disney greatly inspires my argumentative research essay. Throughout my exploratory essay‚ I found that there is a slight effect on being raised in a female/male dominated family in regards to the upbringing of a child. Even though that gender could play a major role in any family involving children‚ one would think that males make the biggest impact in that matter. Many people who have been raised in a male dominated family are more likely to end up doing more traditionally masculine jobs
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Argument Essay By: Mina Gedeon Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others‚ to really step in someone else’s shoes. In literature empathy is a major role for emotion in a story‚ it can be viewed and used in many different ways. It can be handled to expose certain characters characteristics and much more. In a novel you must determine how a character feels towards others which can be shoed by empathy. In the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee‚ there are quite a
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purpose of "on-the-job learning." Why should this type of learning and experience not be shifted to other degree options in colleges nationally? Service Learning enhances formal education. In general‚ most teenagers are hard to persuade about topics like improving schools and communities. “50 percent of students surveyed before participating in a service learning course believed they had a good understanding of the needs and problems facing the Rochester area.” After participating
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