Response Paragraph I really enjoyed reading Alexie’s essay. What he writes about is very expressive‚ and you get the full point of what he is trying to express. The main part that touched me is when he is explaining how he was treated‚ and what he had to go through just because he was smart‚ and wasn’t afraid to express himself. The other children would beat him up; he was looked down on‚ and also treated as an outsider because of this. Alexie didn’t care though because he knew that there was something
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Stages in Preparing an Effective Outline for a Presentation Giving a presentation can be a daunting task‚ especially for those not inclined toward public speaking. Still‚ even people with poor speaking skills have the potential to give an effective presentation‚ no matter how large the audience. The key to delivering a compelling presentation is to prepare an effective outline. You will need to follow several guidelines to construct an organized and effective outline. Rhetorical Purpose • Identify
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Supporting Claims with Evidence: Paragraphs ENG 101 A. McCutcheon College of the Canyons Use this worksheet to develop and evaluate supporting evidence for your claims when planning your essay. You can also use this worksheet to analyze and evaluate the writing of others. In the spaces below‚ write your (or the author’s) topic sentence‚ main points of support/subtopics‚ specific evidence‚ types of evidence‚ appeals‚ modes of development‚ and conclusion. Topic Sentence: transition (optional)
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Schindler’s list paragraph This movie gave me the first impression was that everything in the film was black and white. It made me feel depressed and horrible. The images showed that many innocent Jewish people were killed‚ and arrested as the cheap labors and slaves by Nazi. I am shocked by these inhuman actions during the holocaust. The major character named Schindler goes through the transformation as the result of this holocaust. When he is watching the evacuation ‚suddenly a little girl in
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By the Waters of Babylon (Paragraph) In the short story‚ “By the Waters of Babylon‚” the human quest for knowledge is sometimes dangerous but cannot be extinguished. John understands that the only way to gain more knowledge is to explore the world around him even though such expedition involves great risks. During the conversation between John and his father‚ he expresses his true thoughts about himself. He feels the need to finally go on a journey to fulfill his burning desire for more insight
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PIE paragraph model do help me a lot in how to develop a paragraph reasonably and logically. Before I learned the PIE paragraph model‚ my writing process was blindly and desultorily. After given a topic‚ I just slightly thought of what it was and what it might concern about‚ and then I wrote them down without even placing them in an organized order‚ making my paragraph unpersuasive and unfocused. Even more‚ though it was so “improvisational”‚ I didn’t revise it‚ and fragments and run-ons would not
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Shelly K. Monk AC1209080 EN120 English Composition I Assignment 6 Two Paragraph Essay 10/31/2012 A Special or Unusual Person Being strong can be defined in so many ways. The strongest person I ever knew was my dad. My dad was the typical retired marine‚ he was strict and very detailed‚ but when it came to my sister and I‚ some would say he was a big teddy bear. He was strong in his faith in God and church. No matter what dilemmas or complications came
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Daryl Turner Harrison Bergeron Paragraph No it would not be beneficial if society got rid of all competition‚ which really applies with sports. Sports is all about competition and someone trying to beat out someone for a higher ranking. But if we outlaw all competition from today’s society then a lot of sports would be very spiritless. For example‚ when I watch a football game I want to feel very anxious when my favorite team is down by one point and there’s only 10 seconds in the game. But
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Opening Paragraph McCandless was searching for freedom and the chance to truly become an individual. Alaska gave McCandless a place where he could be far away from everything that held him back. One of these was certain human relationships in his life. “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships.” (Krakauer‚42) McCandless did not feel that he needed people around him to feel happy. Next Sentence One major change that McCandless had was his opinion on relationships
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interesting than life on the farm‚ and therefore drew them away from rural communities. Notice how each supporting sentence is a cause that explains the effect mentioned in the topic sentence. In the chart below are the main ideas of the above paragraph‚ to help you understand the relationships better: EFFECT (Topic Sentence) CAUSES (Supporting Sentences) Cities have grown very large. [There are several reasons for this.] Factory jobs attracted people. (Cities have grown very large
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