Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper Informational Essay – English 10 – 25 Points Format Requirements: Microsoft Word No less than 500 words No less than 5 paragraphs 1 paragraph = 5-7 sentences at least Times New Roman 12 pt. font Double-spaced 1” margins Include: Your name Date Home School Essay Title Prompt: After reading the novel Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper‚ select and research one issue from the list below; then‚ write an informative essay. Abortion Anorexia
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of the trail of tears was a dishonorable act made by the
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In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” (1775)‚ Patrick Henry convinced the colonist to fight against Britain using several different rhetorical devices; the four main ones were rhetorical questions‚ parallelism‚ diction‚ and allusion. These devices helped give him the power to be able to connect to the audience and show them what he see’s through examples of common stories that the audience already knew about. The use of rhetorical questions‚ the first rhetorical device‚ allows the audience
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"We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” (King). These words were part of a momentous speech. A speech that was told with the intention of impacting American’s views. Martin Luther King Junior‚ the man who delivered the speech‚ spoke in front of 210‚000 people‚ not including the people watching on television. His intent was to touch the heart and open the minds of everyone‚ and with an audience both black and white‚ he did that. To
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Rights Movement. On August 28‚ 1963‚ King delivered one of the greatest speeches in American history‚ a speech that changed the entire nation’s views on African Americans. In his “I Have a Dream” speech‚ King speaks about how the end of slavery did not provide African Americans with equal rights. His speech also highlighted how African Americans live in a society with discrimination
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Jr had a more complex understanding of using metaphors and repetition to give the Negros the the freedom and equality that they deserved for over many generations. Martin Luther Kings speech was rolled out better because he used repetition in his speech to persuade the people of the United States. In his speech he mentions and repeats the statement ‚" I have a dream that "(Luther King) ‚ showing that he is trying to make the phrase stunt out to the people. Using this he wants to persuade the people
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Rhetorical analysis of “Bitch” Beverly Gross’s "Bitch" first appeared in the Salmagundi‚ a humanities and social sciences-based magazine in 1994. In this essay Gross mainly discussed about the meaning of the word “Bitch” changed across time. She analyzed the word in different perceptive‚ its offensive meaning‚ its contemptuous meaning and its literal meaning. As the meaning of the word “Bitch” is changing over time‚ it actually represents the women’s roles in the society is changing as well. Gross
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The Lesson “Your father’s gone‚” my bald headmaster said. His shiny dome and brown tobacco jar Splintered at once in tears. It wasn’t grief. I cried for knowledge which was bitterer Than any grief. For there and then I knew That grief has uses – that a father dead Could bind the bully’s fist a week or two; And then I cried for shame‚ then for relief. I was a month past ten when I learnt this: I still remember how the noise was stilled in school-assembly when my grief came in. Some goldfish
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The Dream that shook America Speaker‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ in his speech‚ “I Have a Dream‚” points out that discrimination and inequality towards people of color and of all backgrounds need to come to an end. King’s purpose is to inform the audience gathered‚ at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Assembly‚ about all of the hardships of discrimination in order to promote peace and to set his goals for the nation. He adopts a passionate tone in order to change the way society treats
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On January 30th‚ President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union discourse about his past accomplishments to prove how America was becoming better and more unified. By utilizing rhetorical devices‚ specific diction‚ and the organization of his speech‚ Trump fulfills his motivation of the discourse. “But for too many of our citizens‚ a different reality exists: mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our
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