September 30‚ 2012 “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks 1) Rhyme Gwendolyn Brooks makes great use of rhyme throughout the poem. She uses words such as "cool"‚ "school"‚ "sin"‚ and "gin" (Brooks 684-685). These are rhymes that appear at the end of lines. The rhyme scheme used compliments the theme‚ since it is the directed to a young audience. It is known that Brooks is trying to attract a young crowd because she is talking about young people who are supposed to attend school. The poem has an
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the individuals. To have a friendship last‚ friends must help each other out in time of need. Many people take friendship as granted‚ not understanding the true value of having true friends. In the next paragraph I will show you the devil’s definition of friendship. According to Darwin Awards‚ friendship is considered a ship big enough to carry two in a fair weather but only one
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Courage The definition of courage is simple but it has a wide range of meanings. The meanings of courage range from doing the impossible of running into a burning building with no training and pulling out survivors to the smaller things of standing in front of a class to make a speech. I think it means doing anything that you are not doing on a regular basis it takes courage to do that task. The actual definition of courage is the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous.
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English 100 November 25‚ 2012 Media Manipulation of Teenage Culture In the PBS program The Merchants of Cool ‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores "the giant feedback loop" which shows how the big media corporations use teenagers as resources to discover what will make teenagers watch their shows. He also investigates the tactics and techniques used by the major corporations to stay just ahead of the cool curve and the cultural ramifications that their shows have on teenagers. When MTV aired shows presenting
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can be many different meanings of pride. Pride can be the allegiance towards a certain group or club‚ the pride one gives towards its own country‚ or even the pride that someone has internally within themselves could be another way to look at the definition of pride. Pride can be interpreted in more ways than one; it just depends on the way the word is being used. The pride that I have towards a group at church or an extracurricular club at school can have many different interpretations to other
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Racism can mean so many different things to different people depending on where they stand on the situation. Anyone can look up the definition of racism‚ but may not view it as what it is meant to be as and have a completely different idea as to what it is. For some it may be as simple as just not liking another race while others may feel racism is being targeted and being hurt by an entire society. Many people are even racists because they give a race a stereotype leading to them always being discriminated
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everyone does. One definition of pride is that it is a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements. This is true‚ but it’s also the secular meaning of the word. It is inwardly directed emotion that can offend others which gives that sense of superiority over others and can easily make someone look condescendingly at others. Pride is also one of the seven deadly sins within the bible committed by the people of the world even by believers. The definition of pride has a
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themselves and seek for the meaning and goals in life. Definition of SQ is different with religiosity which SQ is the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion‚ while maintaining equanimity no matter what circumstances is it (Safara & Bhatia‚ 2013). This means that although we face any difficulties or under stressful conditions‚ we also can go through with our peaceful thought and loving behaviours. There are many definitions by different researchers who are Santos (2006) as cited
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The definition of honor is something that can’t be defined. When people talk about the feeling of honor you may be able come up with a few things‚ but the definition of honor changes between people. Over time honor has altered and throughout the world the definition of honor is skewed. All definitions have some similarities‚ but none are the same. All through time honor has been used in many ways to describe a man‚ but what honor means has changed throughout the world and throughout time. Honor
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People often wonder what separates themselves from those who are happy and successful‚ and the answer is Dedication. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word Dedication as “ a feeling of very strong support or loyalty to someone or something”. This definition does not display what dedication truly is. Dedication cannot be described as a feeling for it is an action. Someone can say they are “dedicated” to someone or something‚ but just saying it doesn’t allow people to understand
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