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    Exploratory Composition The author of the article that will be talked about throughout this paper will be analyzed to see if they used pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos in the article to make the best article possible. Ethos dealing with the credibility of the article makes sure that the website has the right sources and the details and examples to back up what the author is talking about in the article. Pathos on the other hand deals with the emotion throughout and how people relate towards what is being

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    Today has been the worst day ever in the life of Jacob Busby. I have been in a plane crash in the water and I am the only one who survived. I am on a life boat in the middle of the ocean‚ and all I have is an airline ticket‚ a glass of champagne‚ a walking cane‚ and a blond wig. What am I going to do.(I provided exposition by telling them what happened to the plane today.) Seven days have passed. There has been no food for days‚ and I am almost out of champagne. I am feeling tired and I am very

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    In‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs‚ Mr. White’s actions towards the monkey’s paw is very suspicious. He is suspicious because when the sergeant threw the monkey’s paw in the fire‚ Mr. White quickly pulled it out. “White...stooped down and snatched it off.” This proved that Mr. White believed in the three wishes the paw would bring them. Mr. White could’ve let the paw burn but instead‚ he snatched it out. He could’ve listened to the sergeant or this horrible stuff would’ve happened to them. Secondly

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    In W.W. Jacobs ¨The Monkey’s Paw‚ the first man who had the monkey’s paw was an old fakir who had put a spell on it to show that fate ruled people’s lives and if you chose to interfere with it then it would bring fate upon themselves. The old fakir had already used two out of the three wishes and wished for his third wish to be death. So the old fakir died and that’s how Sergeant Morris got the paw. Mr. White was hesitant about using the paw because he thought that the magical paw would not work

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    The author of this source is Jacob A. Riis‚ who was an immigrant from Denmark migrated to the United States‚ New York in 1870 to seek a better future. It was at this period of time‚ where vast numbers of immigrants enter the country. Riis life in New York initially was challenging as he experienced working odd jobs as well as being financially unstable however‚ that soon changed after he became a famous journalist in the late 18th century. Being an advocate for the poor immigrants‚ he began to write

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    varying racial backgrounds provided food and shelter for the runaway slaves. These brave people were known as "conductors". While the underground railroad had many conductors‚ perhaps the most well-known and influential was African-American woman Harriet Tubman‚ who used her diverse culture not as a crutch‚ but as an instrument of leadership. Throughout her life‚ this inspirational woman challenged stereotypes of race‚ gender‚ and social class.

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    the theories we have discussed in our text: functionalism‚symbolic interaction and conflict‚ I think the one I relate to best is the conflict theorist. The conflict theorist that I agree with the most is Harriet Martineau. She was a conflict theorist that the book describes as‚ “Scholar Harriet Martineau (1803–1876)‚ an English opponent of slavery and capitalism who felt they oppressed women‚ children‚ and nonwhites‚ translated the work of Comte so people could understand the importance of his perspective

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    they did became popularly known as the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era had its fair share of problems‚ but some of them would drastically change the course of America’s history. (Dictionary of American History. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Dec. 2016) Jacob Riis was an 1800s-1900s age photographer with a still-frame camera. He was infamously known to stage photos of what he has seen as he explored slums‚ tenements‚ factories‚ and other horrible places. One of the photos he shared with the public was a

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    Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland sometime between 1819 and 1822.(5) Her birth name is actually Araminta Harriet Ross‚ and her nickname was “Minty”(1). Later‚ she adopted the name Harriet after her mother. Born a slave‚ Tubman had a hard childhood. She mostly worked in the field until her owner sold her out to make more money. Her new owner‚ known as “Miss Susan”‚ put her to work as a house slave. She wasn’t good at this because she had never done any housework before‚ or even

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    speech about killing Caesar is for the good of Rome‚ Mark Antony began his speech‚ despite to all of the people who disagreed to his speech or the truth‚ he still wanted to revenge to those who murdered his beloved friend Caesar. Instead of using ethos or logos‚ Antony uses pathos to gain the crowd flavor and it’s extremely effective. Antony manages the people of Rome to almost cry for Caesar death and wanted to revenge for Caesar. In Mark Antony speech‚ uses the repetition to appeals the emotions

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