Tiana Hyatt Professor Apostolidis May 6 2014 The Bechdel test was created in 1985‚ this test is a device used to demonstrate if at least two named women in a film‚ talk to each other‚ but what they talk about is something other than a man. My initial thought was this should be an easy enough test for a movie or TV Show to pass. I thought I would just choose the last threes movies I have seen lately but instead I decided to make a small experiment out of it. Being that there are three
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Death “The Discussion of The Man In The Water” Not many people think that they are going to get in a plane crash and that they are going to get saved by a man in the water. Well in the article The Man In The Water by Roger Rosenblatt‚ he explained how one man sacrificed his own life to help others. Also in his article he explains how the man in the water didn’t think that he was going to save the other passengers lives over his own. Roger explains how this crash was not very significant except for
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1510-120 10/18/2013 Rhetorical Analysis I picked the music video “Same Love” by rapper Macklemore and director‚ Ryan Lewis. Macklemore is confident and proud of the fact that he is fully supportive of everyone’s sexual orientations. Although Macklemore’s audience is more toward homosexual people‚ the message also reaches out to all different kinds of people because he put it in a song‚ so everyone who listens and likes the song will hear the message. Throughout the music video and lyrics‚ he
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Emotions from people who believe in abstinence are revealed in this article as they fight against teaching about contraception. For example‚ Kotz uses the words “crying foul” as describing the abstinence advocates. Valerie Huber‚ executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association‚ insist that “Any
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When thinking about the cultural aspects of the wall rhetorical appeals are present. When one first sees the picture of the wall it just looks as if it is a regular wall. When getting closer to the wall there is spray painted messages on the wall that represent how people feel about the wall. Once reading the writing on the wall a sense of melancholy begins to come over you. People are writing what they want to happen on the wall. This this would appeal to pathos. The messages that are written
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Oliver Touati 3322217 ENC-1102 8/31/12 On this rhetorical critique‚ I will be talking about the driving community of the state of Florida. As we all know‚ Florida is infamous for it’s terrible accidents. John Couwels and Vivian Kuo‚ journalists for CNN‚ prepared an article about the multi-car crash that occurred on January 29th‚2012‚ where 11 people were killed and 46 others were injured. I chose this article because car accidents are a daily event in the state of Florida. However‚ the roads
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The Monastery and The Clock - Rhetorical Essay Time‚ is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in past‚ present‚ and future regarded as a whole. It can be argued that the steam engine is the most important machine developed in human history. Then again it can be argued that Megan Fox is the most amazing actress of all time. It’s the one who provides the most ethos that will win any argument. One can trace the roots of the Industrial Revolution all the way back to the Middle
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freezing water displayed a sense of heroism and his story is still told today. According to Roger Rosenblatt’s The Man in the Water‚ this man proved to be courageous and selfless as he gave his life to save other sufferer.
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Assignment #4 Hed 116-005 1. Throughout his struggle‚ David did many things to try and help his survival on a day to day basis. In David’s worst of times he would pass the time by fantasizing to help ease his mind and or to block out whatever horrific game his mother wanted to play. " I fantasized i was a prince or a comic book hero"‚ David often would imagine. When David’s hunger pains became more than he could bare he resulted to eating "scraps" from the garbage‚ dog food bowls‚ and
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roommate. Perhaps this was something that with hard work and determination I could overcome. Maybe I could sober up‚ get my personal life in order‚ and reevaluate my priorities. Chances were that I had no artistic talent whatsoever. If I were to face that fact‚ possibly I could move on with my life‚ maybe learn a trade and take pride in my ability to shingle roofs or knock the dents out of cars. There was no shame in working with your hands and returning home at night to a glass of ice water and the satisfaction
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