Paige Makuch October 18‚ 2012 AP Language and Composition Green Day‚ Period 2 Visual Rhetoric In this piece of visual rhetoric‚ there is a very strong message conveyed. Depicted in the medium are lips‚ very disturbing lips. The creator of this piece uses image to connect to the viewer visually‚ expressing a very serious tone. Image is a very powerful tool; it makes the author more credible and the audience more apt to agree and believe. The creator of this image intends
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on equity is a useful tool‚ it does not tell you what factors are helping or hurting the company’s performance. The DuPont formula addresses this concern by breaking down ROE and allowing investors to see which characteristics are driving ROE. Analysis of the DuPont formula allows you to determine whether management is generating value for shareholders effectively. Return on Equity Return on equity measures the level of income attributed to shareholders against the investment that shareholders
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In Miss America By Day‚ Marilyn Van Derbur told her story of incest‚ that she experienced throughout her childhood. She explained how she was sexually abused by her father‚ from age 5 to the time she was 18 years old‚ when she was able to leave her home and go off to college. Marilyn wrote about how her father would come into her room‚ at least once a week‚ to molest or rape her. The visits became more frequent when she was a teenager. She would lie awake in her bed‚ curled up in a tight fetal position
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Inevitably‚ life as we knew it in America changed the moment President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his “Day of Infamy” speech. Although in the beginning the United States had long been divided on the issue of whether the country should stay out of the war‚ the nation was given no other option but to declare war on Japan‚ thus officially entering World War II. The country encouraged citizens to fulfill their patriotic duties by enlisting‚ women joined the workforce‚ citizen ultimately were urged to
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is cool to break laws and rules. In Frank Trippett’s passage “A Red Light for Scofflaws” he explains how america is gaining more law breakers every year. He explains how most americans do not think of themselves as lawbreakers or criminals and do not see a problem with breaking minor laws. Trippett uses a formal tone to let unaware law followers know that even they could be breaking laws. Most people break rules but do not believe any consequences will be taken so they continue to break laws. Many
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The Earth - it’s an intricate formation of land and sea‚ rock and metal‚ but how can the movements of the continents be explained‚ or how do deep ocean trenches affect us? The three main theories that explain how these things work are sea-floor spreading‚ continental drift‚ and plate tectonics. These are the theories that give us explanation as to why the continents move‚ how plate tectonics work‚ etc. These theories were formed by different scientists and with different forms of evidence‚ some scientists
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| Smoke Breaks | Shari Johnson | | Smoke Breaks There is a lot of controversy over the allowance of employee smoke breaks. Some employees say that the employees that smoke end up getting more smoke breaks than the employees that do not smoke. Concerns about one’s health of breathing in smoke from cigarettes is another issue that is raised. A lot of companies have concerns that if they do not provide smoke breaks than their employees will just take unauthorized breaks to go smoke. To
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The first time I heard the phrase break the ice was in elementary school. On the first day of school‚ my math teacher asked the class to do an activity to break the ice. I looked at her disbelief‚ “What? Why are we breaking ice in a math class?” I took what was supposed to be a figurative expression literally. My math teacher explained that breaking ice was just a figure of speech to make the class feel more comfortable with everyone. Although she never explained why it means like that today‚ or
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joy. You never think a break up is possible. You are sure your love and joy are going to last forever. But as the days or months or years pass‚ you feel something has gone wrong. Your feeling gets stronger and stronger‚ and before you know it‚ you break up with your partner and dissolve into tears of misery. The break up of a loving relationship can cause untold pain. However‚ the thousands of divorces and break ups that are taking place all over the world prove that a break up is one of the sad realities
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CHRISTMAS BREAK The beginning of Christmas break was awesome. We had a relaxing day and after school‚ Ella‚ Taylor‚ Seamus‚ Motse‚ Christina‚ and I went into to courtyard and gave each other our secret santa gifts. Seamus was my secret santa and I was Motse’s but I gave presents to everyone. I also got awesome Christmas presents from Kaitlyn and Weronika. From them I got two steven universe tee shirts‚ a steven universe beanie‚ a marcelline statue‚ another beanie‚ lipsticks‚ and an iTunes gift card
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