A’Lexia Wright AP Lang/Comp Commentary Throughout my speech I used many rhetorical devices and figures of speech. These devices include imagery‚ simile‚ parallelism‚ polysyndeton‚ tone‚ emotional appeal‚ logos and rhetorical questions. Thess devices gave me the ability to convey how I felt about teens practicing sexual abstinence. I used a rhetorical question to introduce my speech. "Whats your favorite sex position?"‚ was my introduction because I wanted to hook onto my audience
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English 111 AP Frankenstein Essay Due December 16th‚ 2011 • Write an essay (1000-1250 words) on one of the topics below. • MLA‚ Times New Roman‚ 12 pt font‚ one inch margins‚ typed‚ double space. • You must PROVE whatever statements you make by providing evidence from the text to support your claims. • You MUST use at least one other secondary (credited) source. Use research from either an online journal source or another critical source. • A properly designed Works Cited page must accompany
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Gabryjela Foltynski Cocoli AP World History pd. 9 John Locke believed that people are born with the right to life‚ liberty‚ property and the right to choose government. These Enlightenment ideas were the main inspiration to both the French and American Revolutions. The French Revolution was an important revolution in Europe‚ preceded by the American Revolution. Both these revolution had lasting influences and unique social backgrounds creating tension with each individual revolution. Social tensions
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Reflection of Knowledge and Skills of APS (synthesis): In my education classes‚ I have learned valuable information regarding long-range planning and developing a blueprint to ensure that the end of the year academic goals are successfully met by all students. I have learned the importance of knowing your students before developing a long-range plan to ensure that their needs are met and the lessons that are developed are conducive to mastering the skills. In EDFO 487‚ I learned that differentiating
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racism and sexism. Racism is when people judge others based on their skin color. Sexism is when people judge others because of their gender. Both racism and sexism are mostly based on stereotypes. A good example that show this is the Bike Thief video. In the Bike Thief video‚ the actor steals a bike that is chained to a sign in a park. The first actor to do it is a young white male. He uses a hammer‚ bolt cutters‚ and even a saw. When he is stealing the bike‚ people look at him weirdly‚ but don’t do
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AP Study Guide – Public Policy Chapter 18: Social Welfare Policymaking 1v. Social Welfare Policies-policies that provide benefits to individuals‚ particularly to those in need. 2r. Entitlement- is a guarantee of access to benefits based on established rights or by legislation. 3r. Means-Tested Benefits- benefits that are available only to individuals whose income is below a certain level. 4v. Income Distribution-the “shares” of the national income earned by various groups 5v. Relative Deprivation-A
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Mason Smith Period 3 Ex Post Facto “Ex Post Facto‚” by Stanley Schmidt‚ describes how people view history and historic societies’ beliefs. In this modern world‚ most people look down on past events that would now be considered unacceptable. He uses Christopher Columbus as an example throughout the text‚ and explains how his methods of conquering new land would be seen as cruel and evil in this present day. Kidnapping‚ murdering‚ and destroying most of the Native American homes is not easily forgiven
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Robert DeCooman Mr. Holcomb AP Psychology 16 May 2014 Hypochondriasis Hypochondriasis also knows as‚ hypochondria is a type of mental illness. It is a type of somatoform disorder which causes bodily symptoms. It is an anxiety disorder in which people think they have a disease or are convinced that they do have a disease. Hypochondriacs still think they have a disease even though medical tests show that they are not sick. For example‚ if a hypochondriac has a headache‚ he may think that it
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AP Psych Notes- Chapter 3 States of Consciousness - Consciousness and Information Processing - Sleep and dreams - Biologica Rhythms and the Rythm of Sleep - Dreams What is Consciousness? Strictly defines as a mental state characterized by an awareness of ourselves and our enviro Consciousness: your awareness of the outside world and yourself Includes: Mental Processes Thoughts Feelings Perceptions Conception btween each person Preconscious: Outsude of your normal
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Lauren Thomas AP European History Weinberger p. 3 April 17‚ 2013 How was European unity achieved by the end of the 20th century? World War II was by far the most destructive war in history. Countries were faced with struggles they never dreamt of encountering as well devastation to millions. Nazi Germany and Hitler were fighting for a worldview extermination of the Jewish race‚ hoping to carry out a new Aryan empire‚ while the Japanese were fueled by extreme nationalism and hate‚ all of which
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