Poe makes us understand that the narrator is mad by making him talk and shout directly at us‚ by using exclamation marks as his punctuation. When you read what the narrator is saying to you‚ you can feel the emotion‚ and hear the speed and volume of his voice. He does this by the use of punctuation‚ short sentences‚ and putting some words into capitals; one example of a capital worded sentence is‚ ‘it was A LOW‚ DULL‚ QUICK SOUND – MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON.’ The
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To construct a powerful introduction Joseph used personal stories regarding how she has been treated professionally as an African American woman. Using personal stories connects with the audience‚ shows your passion for the topic‚ and makes them want to continue to listen to your speech because they know you personally care. In addition Joseph used vignettes and focused on female black celebrities. A vignette
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Can violent games make a gamer act irrational? Does it lead to a dangerous situation? How does it affect the behavior of the participant or player? Since the 1950s‚ Social scientists have been debating and studying the effects of media violence while since the 1980s‚ they have been more directly studying the effects of video games on behavior of the participant.This topic seems so important today because the games nowadays are more realistic and bloodier than ever. Video games are definitely becoming
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Book Review: HOW GOOD PEOPLE MAKE TOUGH CHOICES This book is aimed at helping people make ethical choices‚ through a readable mixture of analysis‚ guidance‚ and case studies. It was easy for me to identify with the case studies. The basic premise is that tough choices revolve not around questions of right vs. wrong rather tough choices revolve around questions of right vs. right. Based on study of thousands of real ethical dilemmas‚ Kidder presents four ethical paradigm pairs: Truth
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Make-up is hugely versatile‚ not only in terms of colours and products‚ but also in terms of how it is worn. While some wear make-up to create a large and dramatic appearance‚ others will wear make-up more subtly. Make-up can be worn in a wide variety of situations‚ ranging from work‚ events‚ nights out‚ and even just round the house if you so desire. As a result of such diversity‚ the make-up industry is massive‚ meaning that everybody should be able to find products that they would want to wear
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the book “Make Lemonade” the theme is turning sour into sweet. There are two main characters‚ Jolly and LaVaughn. Jolly is a mother of two at seventeen years old! Jolly has life issues and needs help with her family. Lavaughn is a younger girl that babysits both of Jolly’s kids and helps Jolly get organized. Jolly can’t seem to figure out a way to make her life straight. Jolly lacks education and she lives in a super disorganized apartment. She tries her best to turn things around‚ and make life good
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perspective with regards to how time has progressed disciplinary methods of action. Certain means of discipline are contoured to fit the modern civilian in order to take full effect. Types of punishment used today are significantly different in comparison to that of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. In order to study the ramifications of discipline and punishment‚ Foucault advises that one must use a genealogical perspective to analyze the evolution. Certain characteristics make up the general genealogical
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How does the director make the opening scenes in Mulan effective? The first scene is set at night time at the Great Wall of China and gives out a feeling of sinister and danger. The only characters which appear are Shan Yu‚ his eagle‚ the Huns that attack the great wall‚ as well as the Chinese guard who tries to escape and give signal. The music and sound effects also helps creating this more creepy and dangerous scene; the second scene moves to the Emperors palace cleverly and gives out a very
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Did Hilter make the 1936 Olympics almost unreliable because of his power? The U.S. pulled through on both land and water. And multiple other countries managed to take over and beat the unfair ways of Germany in the Berlin Olympics. First off‚ Nazi Germany used the 1936 Olympic Games for propaganda purposes on top of that‚ the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games. People in the United States and Europe called for a boycott of the Olympics because of what would later become known as
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776. It was advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the thirteen colonies. “It captured the imagination of the colonists as had no previous pamphlet” (Paine‚ page 9). The pamphlet was written clearly and persuasively in the fact of getting the 13 colonies to rebel against King George III and Britain because colonists thought that they should not be ruled by a king across the sea and have all these taxes and rules placed on
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