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    Old Spice

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    James Reed Rhetorical Analysis English 101 Due: 09/20/12 Rhetorical Analysis “Old Spice Commercial” Smell is one of the strongest of the five senses; it also is a key factor that plays huge role in a man’s overall attraction. If a guy smells good‚ he is almost instantly a more attractive man than he was before his scent could reach you nose. Old Spice advertises its products (body wash) with the ideal man‚ one who describes himself doing pretty impressive things. This rhetorical analysis

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    Nathaniel The Precious Sea

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    food to last for about a month which he had stolen from his master‚ a man whom people called Lord Matty‚ for no one knew his true name due to the fact that the only time in which he revealed his true name to you would be when he tortured you relentlessly before assassinating you. Nathaniel had also packed water and his one and only possession‚ a collar which had his name engraved in it. However‚ he did not seem

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    The old Negro

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    Kendra K Crowe Literature 121 10/19/2014 The Old and New Negro Alain Locke considers African Americans as transforming into someone “new.” He describes how African Americans migrated from the south to the north and were given new opportunities. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston are consider to be the definition of the new Negro. First‚ Richard Wright was one I see as a new negro‚ because he was not trying to stay in the south and adapt to the ways that was set for the negro. According

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    Poseidon God of the Sea

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    Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea‚ Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually divided the power of the world. His brothers and sisters include‚ Hestia‚ Demeter‚ Hera‚ Hades‚ and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers‚ Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea‚ Zeus ruled the sky‚ and Hades got the underworld. The other powers attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of

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    Being Old

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    “Being Old” Being old is something that we all have to face sooner or later. The transition process can be made a smooth one or will take some people going kicking and screaming. In this review I will discuss the cognitive‚ physical‚ and social factors that go into our society’s definition of being “old.” I will explore how older adults are treated in the United States. I will also examine if this treatment suggests a value for older people and how the messages our society sends be it positive

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    Sherman's march to the Sea

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    Title: Sherman’s March to the Sea Name: Institution: Name of Facilitator: Course Name and Number: Date: Abstract This paper describes a campaign that helped decide the American Civil War. A General of the Union army named William Tecumseh Sherman helped lead a campaign that started in Georgia go the sea in Savannah‚ and finish to help aid the main forces in the Carolinas. During this march the soldiers lived off the land and the Southern people’s food and burning anything

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    Sharon Olds

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    In the poem "On the Subway" by Sharon Olds‚ she contrasts the worlds of an affluent white person and a poor black person. The two people have many opposing characteristics‚ and the author uses literary techniques such as tone‚ poetic devices‚ and imagery to portray these differences. The narrator is the white woman‚ and she realizes how people get "stuck" in places of society based on their skin color. The word "stuck" is repeated twice to stress this idea. The major difference between the two people

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    Leafy Sea Dragon

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    The Leafy Sea Dragon is a marine fish in the family Syngnathidae‚ which includes the seahorses. The name comes from the long leaf-like growths on its body. Sea dragons are some of the most-well camouflaged creatures on the planet. They blend perfectly with the seaweed and kelp that they live in. Leafy sea dragons don’t live on tropical reefs‚ but in the cooler rocky reefs off the southern coast of Australia. Despite their name‚ seadragons don’t have any teeth. They suck their food with their long

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    The Old Guitarist

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    Symbolist ideals played a huge part and influenced Picasso’s painting The Old Guitarist. Symbolist artists preferred subjective and imaginative subjects; these subjects were usually adopted from the artist’s emotions‚ dreams and spirituality. Made in 1903‚ The Old Guitarist is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso. The painting depicts a hunched over old blind man with torn clothing playing a guitar on the street. At the time of The Old Guitarist’s creation a new movement called Expressionism emerged which

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    Old People

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    The Old Human After listening to the stories and experiences you gave us; the ROP students‚ I was quite happy that there is still hope for humanity. After which you gave us homework to observe how an old person is treated. I watched with my two eyes what unfolded. On Wednesday March 20th I walked into my local Subway to order a sandwich and right in front of me this old woman was wondering what to get. In front of me was an adult late thirties and two teenagers. I quickly noticed the kids acting

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