Gary Soto Timed Writing In this essay‚ Soto uses many writing techniques to get his feelings across from stealing a pie at six years old. Three major writing techniques Soto uses to get his point across are contrast repetition‚ pacing and imagery. Fighting an internal battle with himself‚ Soto uses many cases of contrast repetition to show his internal conflict he has with himself about stealing the pie. Soto starts off by using contrast repetition almost immediately by saying that he “knew enough
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Analysis of “Seventh Grade” By Gary Soto The short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto is a fiction story. The author tells the story of a boy in Seventh Grade named Victor who took a French Class because he thought someday he might travel to France and also a girl he likes named Teresa is in that same class. The authors purpose is to entertain his readers and impart a lesson that you need to achieve your goals‚ you must work hard. The author is speaking to kids in middle school. The theme
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Composed by Brian Balmages‚ ‘Moscow 1941’ is meant to describe the battle between the Russians and the Germans during World War II in Moscow. This piece contains a double duple meter pattern for the rhythm and some slight downbeats. The piece starts off with a grave tempo to represent the a gradual march that catches the audience in a trance of sorts. Gradually the crescendo builds and with accelerando‚ the audience feels as if they themselves are in the story being told. I have enjoyed this piece
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A person’s right to live or to die should begin and end with the individual involved. Brian Clark in his drama “Whose life is it anyway?” questions this assumption. Many people would reason that the quality of a person’s life is more important than the sanctity of it‚ and as Dr. Jack Krevorkian states in the film “You Don’t Know Jack”‚ “Who cares what people think‚ It’s how the patient feels.” Ladies and gentlemen‚ an individual’s ability to make rational decisions in situations of trauma is explored
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Sociological problems involving our Educational System Gary L. Smith American Public University/SOCI 212 – Social Problems Abstract This paper gives the reader and insight on what is the social impact of our educational system. Going over the problems that have been developed over a time period of educational and‚ social mishaps. Taking what has happen and what we can do to fix the o sociological viewpoints of the problem‚ then take the correct actions to fix the problem.
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Successful Studies Brian O’Keeney (2005) article “How to make it in college”‚ Now that you’ve here”‚ Enumerate a many realistic steps to make students getting success in their colleges. First‚ He mentions Eight study tips that will help students to set good grades. Then‚ He gives students Three tactics for organizing their time. Moreover‚ He lists three approaches solve personals problems that he get in the way of their studies. Last‚ He says that a positive attitude gives students a great mood
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1) Brian Turner’s "Jundee Ameriki" The narrator feels like someone talking to his own subconscious‚ someone who was present at the scene back in Baghdad‚ who not only knew the story but experienced it. Although the speaker was presented in 3rd person it could be the Jundee Ameriki himself‚ a battle buddy or one of the rescue team. The fragments symbolize the suffering the soldier encounters from the war‚ the long-lasting physical scars embedded with mementos from the suicidal lady and the scene “bits
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Is it possible for people to make comments about me for who I am as a person and not my outer appearance? This is the question I constantly asked myself everyday because most of the time I am bombarded with criticisms on how I looked. To put it bluntly‚ I‚ myself‚ have not met the body figure standard of what a Vietnamese woman should be. My family and relatives have always been saying that a Vietnamese girl should have a slim figure. Since I was small‚ I was that chubby girl‚ who loved to eat delicious
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In the jacket the character is having a clothes problem. Therefore in the story the characters mom says “there were children in Mexico who would love that jacket.” the character doesn’t care much about the kids in mexico that would love to have the jacket because the character says that they are in america not mexico and his sister doesn’t have a jacket like his. therefore because he doesn’t like the jacket he gets bullied by students‚his friends and even the teachers make fun of him. theme in the
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Throughout the essay “Joyas Volardoras”‚ Brian Doyle describes the heart of different animals and gives details of how those animals live their life according to their necessities. As we can see in the first 3 paragraphs‚ the author introduces the hummingbirds to us with many facts and descriptions. Doyle begins this essay by saying: “Consider the hummingbird for a long time”‚ and then he starts to narrate how fast a hummingbird’s heart beats and how strong but fragile they can be. As you keep reading
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