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    A Modest Proposal Ap Lang

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    the land of opportunity - The United States. Many end up immigrating illegally‚ and bringing their young children with them. These children‚ too young to understand at the time‚ and now stuck with being illegal. Belonging neither in their country of origin‚ or in the U.S.‚ the illegal immigrants are stuck between a rock and a hard place. It is for the good of the immigrants that I propose my television show‚ to be aired on Univision and Bravo‚ “ Who Wants to be Legal?” In today’s world economy‚ millions

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    Discussing Discourses Many people find the concept of a discourse community to be important enough to write about but many have failed to create a clear and universal definition. Three scholars: Porter‚ Swales‚ and Gee each attempt to create their own definition of the concept. Each of their articles has major differences in their interpretation of the notion of discourse communities while still having underlying similarities. The articles all build off the work of others while also introducing

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    About Writing‚ John Swales defines a discourse community as a group of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of public goals” that use “mechanisms of intercommunication among its members” in order to achieve their objectives (795). I have chosen to examine how the College World‚ the Adrian College school paper‚ operates as a discourse community through the use of various mechanisms in order to solve the main issues that arise. More precisely‚ the research will explore how genres work within

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    Shakespeare vs Dryden

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    Shakespeare and All for Love which is written by John Dryden. Both writers are the most prominent playwrights in the history of English literature. We can see that both writers through their respective works have focused on the relationship between two prominent characters of the ancient world- Marc Antony‚ who was a Roman ruler and Cleopatra- who was considered the most beautiful woman in the world and who was also the queen of Egypt. John Dryden was impressed by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

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    Gospel‚ as the Gospel of John is usually known‚ a long prayer follows the farewell discourses. This prayer is also usually designated as the "high priestly prayer" of Jesus. John surrounds this prayer of several chapters‚ which describe Jesus’ preparation to His way to the Cross. John affirms that this preparation begins by the footwashing‚ which shows the disciples the ministry of servanthood Jesus expected from them (Jn 13: 1 – 20). Then‚ in the first farewell discourse‚ Jesus gives His new commandment

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    Drydens Esaay on Criticism

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE a Critical Paper JOHN DRYDEN ( DRAMATIC POESY ) Submitted by: Gretchen Ingosan Submitted to: Mrs. Jocelyn Alimondo The “founder and first true master” of modern English prose was John Dryden‚ an all-around man of letters. Because of his influence‚ the era in which Dryden lived is often referred to as the “age of Dryden.” In the Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668)‚ a major critical work‚ Dryden sought to “claim the honor of our English

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    Council of Teachers of English) ‚ a discourse community is “the grouping of people who share common language norms‚ characteristics‚ patterns‚ or practices as a consequence of their ongoing communications and identifications with each other”‚ with that being said the discourse community of Political Science is one of relevance and interest to myself. There are many different articles and pages that serve to help one understand all about discourses and the discourse of Political Science solely. The goals

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    Charles Allen Beaumonts critical analysis of A Modest Proposal he states that Swift uses ethical proof‚ diminution‚ and refining as the major rhetorical devices to construct irony. He believes that the classical form of the essay is itself an important constituent of Swift’s irony‚ for the projector’s addressing his readers through an ancient form helps allay any suspicion of radical newness. He argues that Swift has heavily relied upon Aristotle’s ethical proof for his essay by creating a particular

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    My Own Modest Proposal

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    A Quick Fix          My dear friends‚ a problem was brought to my attention to me while reading. It seems that people want to put an end to the death penalty but‚ these people don’t realize the potential that the death penalty will provide us if we just enforce it more harshly.         We should not abandon our roots. In the Wild West there was no second thought to hanging someone‚ if the crime was serious enough.         The people on death row would make good guinea pigs. They could be used

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    Augustan Satire

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    Augustan Satire and Dryden 1688-1744 are often referred to as the English Augustan Age. The term ‘Augustan’ is derived from the reign of the roman emperor Augustus wherein the prestige given to literature was noteworthy and therefore the term is often applied to the other epochs in world history when literary culture was high. The English Augustan Age was marked by perfection of letters and learning. The 18th century led to the emergence of classical ideals of taste‚ polish‚ common sense and reason

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