1. PEJORATIVE: A word or phrase that has negative connotations or that is intended to disparage or belittle. 2. ILLITERATE: Having or demonstrating very little or no education. 3. SCORNED: Open or unqualified contempt; disdain. 4. EXTANT: In existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost. 5. MELANGE: A mixture; medley. 6. APATHY: Absence or suppression of passion‚ emotion‚ or excitement. 7. BUREAUCRATIC: Relating to‚ or having the characteristics of a bureaucracy. 8. ABSOLUTISM:
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average” (Ellin 206). Further on‚ the author explains and gives a comparison to show how the two very vary. “Respect has a different feel across generations. Millennials believe respect should be earned. Older generations are frustrated by their lack of civility.” (Ellin 208). In conclusion‚ Ellin provided information‚ stereotypes‚ and studies‚ to prove her thesis that
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enslaved thousands of people in a life of hardship. The state of the economy has spurred mass furloughs‚ financial losses and homelessness. With no end in sight‚ people are becoming desperate in their attempts to support their families and maintain civility. While the government attempts to combat the depreciating economy‚ personal securities are increasingly declining. A recession is a significant decline in economic activity‚ measured by the job market‚ inflation-adjusted income‚ the total amount
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Death is presented as a cycle and not as an end‚ because of the reaching of “immortality” (Dickinson 4)‚ and never actually dying or being mortal. The poem expresses feelings of joy and calmness‚ and presents death as serene‚ peaceful and full of “civility” (Dickinson 8)‚ with good manners and extraordinary gentility. Consecutively‚ the speaker describes the scenes transported with the company of the personified death. They “passed the school…passed the field of gazing grain… [and] the setting sun”(Dickinson
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The topic I will be presenting on is: the moral decline in society is due largely to the breakdown in the family structure. Do any of you know what a moral is? The Collins English dictionary defines a moral as the difference between right and wrong or good and bad. What about the word decline? It simply means a decrease. Thus‚ a moral decline is a decrease in the difference between knowing what is right and wrong or good and bad. What do you think are some reasons for moral decline in society
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Chapter 1 Use these Lord of the Flies important quotes from chapter 1 to enhance your understanding of the novel. Quote: Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along...Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand‚ and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing (19). Analysis: The arrival of Jack Merridew and his militant choir is described as the arrival of a beast or creature‚ foreshadowing Jack’s transformation from despotic
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this in the line “We slowly drove He knew no haste.” Dickinson describes how death’s politeness makes the woman step back from everything keeping her busy. Dickinson shows this in the lines “And I had to put away my labor and my leisure too‚ for his civility.” In the third stanza Dickinson explains the woman passing the life as she knew it. Emily then speaks of children playing at recess and fields off grazing grain. “We passed the setting sun.” This is the line of her transfer from one world to another
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From viewing the video‚ it seemed as if the riot was a big joke; however‚ if this had been reenacted today‚ it would probably had been worse. I noticed how there were certain acts of racism that African Americans had to go through in the South as well as the North during the war that could be easily seen in today’s American life (especially in movies‚ plays‚ etc). Forner‚ however‚ believes that these are simply myths‚ and this big picture of the black officeholders is nothing less than a figure of
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Ethno quest: Getting There 1.) I will be in Amopan for 1 year‚ the reason being is in order to accurately observe a full annual cycle of Amopan village life‚ which will allow me to make reasonable documentation of their ways of life and culture. 2.) My total budget is $11‚270 U.S dollars. 3.) the proposal took 6 months to get approved the reason being because there were over 200 proposals submitted that needed to be reviewed in depth‚ and only 20 were carefully selected to funded. 4.) The exchange
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Intro There are many parallels between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). They both explore major questions about the nature of being human‚ personal identity and whether or not people should “play god” by creating other life. They share the technique of interior narrative‚ so we understand what the major characters are thinking and what the motivations are for their actions. However‚ while the big questions about human nature may not have changed substantially
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