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    Letters from Birmingham Jail: An analysis. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” is a response to a public statement issued by the eight Alabama Clergymen regarding the racial problems arising in Alabama. In the letter‚ King uses logical‚ ethical and emotional appeals to not only tackle the problem but also to address an excellent confutation to all the arguments put forth by the clergymen. While‚ King makes a strong arguments in response by using reasonable strategies while

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    Reality Shows Worse Than Other TV? In “At Least It’s Not Snobby” By Tracie Egan Morrissey‚ she brings up the fact that many people joke about reality television‚ and even call it “trash.” Reality TV may show some of the worse sides of the world‚ but those sides do exist‚ and whether people admit it or not‚ it is amusing to watch. Reality TV teaches lessons without anyone even realizing it. It shows the world different morals. Things that used to be more frowned upon in societies are somewhat more

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    Compound Sentences

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    Mohamed Hatab‚Ibraheem Sattour‚Rahim Fazil‚Tarik Ahroui Simple sentences‚compound sentences‚complex sentences‚compound complex sentences Simple sentence:Contains a subject a predicate‚and expresses a complete thought Ex.Some students like to study in the morning Identify the subject and predicate in these simple sentences Ex.1 1.Bill and Bob auditioned for the lead role in the play. 2.The kittens were adopted by the family. 3.Peanut butter

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    Philosophies of Punishment

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    proportionate to the severity of the defendant’s criminal conduct seems to be a basic requirement of fairness. However‚ the last two decades have witnessed continuing debate over the rationales for punishing convicted offenders (Hirsch‚ 1992). Whilst retributivist views punishment as ethnical principles‚ which are morally justified because it is deserved and it is inherently right that the guilty suffer for their wrongdoings‚ others such as utilitarian’s‚ view punishment as beneficial consequences in that it

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    Sentence Structure

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    Sentence Structure and Avoiding Run-on Sentences Sentence Structure Depending on the number and type of clauses they contain‚ sentences are classified as simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence contains only one independent clause. Without dancing‚ life would not be fun. A simple sentence can also contain compound elements (subject‚ verb‚ object). Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak. (compound verb) 2. Compound sentences

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    1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation. (A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them (B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them (C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians

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    change within our society. Dr. King believed that these changes could take place without the use of force and carried out by nonviolent actions. Dr. King began a movement that initiated civil disobedience in order to bring about a legal change within the society. Many of the clergymen that associated with Dr. King saw validity in some of his statements in his speeches and the efforts for nonviolence. However‚ these clergymen did not necessarily agree that a nonviolent approach would bring about the

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    As an Actor How Would You

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    As an actor‚ how would you perform Masha and Medvedenko at two points of the play‚ communicating their relationship to the audience? Masha is the daughter of the estate manager‚ and the wife of Medvedenko. Throughout ‘The Seagull’ Masha’s unhappiness towards the life she bears is emphasised‚ this can be demonstrated through her clothing as she is only seen wearing black which typically symbolises death and sadness. Masha claims‚ “I’m in mourning for my life. I am unhappy”‚ this transfers the meaning

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    Would Francisco Pizarro be considered a war criminal today? Francisco Pizarro‚ born c. 1471-1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain‚ was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the conqueror of the Inca Empire‚ and founder of Lima‚ the capital of Peru. Not only did he participate in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa expedition to Panama that discovered the Pacific Ocean‚ but he also claimed most of South America for Spain and opened the way for Spanish culture and religion to dominate South America. In doing so‚ Pizarro

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    How the Other Half Lives

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    oblivious to the conditions that the immigrants had dealt with until the publishing of How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis. How the Other Half Lives was a book that documented the hardships that immigrants faced living in American cities through pictures and observations. Riis gave Americans an opportunity to see what life was really like for an immigrant in living in America. In How the Other Half Lives‚ Riis showed how immigrants were not entirely different from Americans and he talked about which

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