and to overall become a strong‚ integrated part of society. In our english classes more specifically‚ we are taught to be these people through the morals that are instilled in the pieces we study. In Francine Prose’s essay on education‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read she inaccurately claims that the importance our teachers set upon those values squanders any appreciation built for the quality of an author’s diction and syntax. In english‚ much more than any other class‚ students are given
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Opening Paragraph: Who is George Washington? Some dude with a wig? The first president of the United States? Yes he is these things. But if you think that this is all he is your are mistaken. George Washington was one the most important people of the 17th century setting the United States on the train tracks to success. George Washington will have impacted the 17th century and for the rest of time since then‚ also he has accomplished a lot trying to do what is right for this country‚ and in my opinion
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called as the least common kiwi. The brown kiwi prefers dense‚ sub-tropical and temperate forests. The Brown Kiwi is known as to be the smallest bird but lays the biggest eggs than all other birds. Kiwis are flightless birds that live in New Zealand. They have dark brown feathers and it looks ugly. It has no tail‚ and has a long ivory beak. The birds stand up 40cm and weighs for males 4.9 lb and Females 6.2 lb. When the hatchlings have been hatched‚ in their first week they are able to fend for
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Languages WRITING ACADEMIC PARAGRAPHS Writing Effective Paragraphs A paragraph should be unified‚ coherent‚ and well developed. Paragraphs are unified around a main point‚ and all sentences in the paragraph should clearly relate to that point in some way. The paragraph’s main idea should be supported with specific information that develops or discusses the main idea in greater detail. Creating a Topic Sentence The topic sentence expresses the main point in a paragraph. You may create your topic
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one sentence answering the question for each memoir. Answer (15 points) ScoreAll of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view Imagine one of the memoirs you read told from a different point of view‚ and use that example to explain both the benefits of telling the storyin the first person and how it would be different if told from another
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Maya Angelou’s occupation Conductorrette from I know Why the Caged Bird Sings is written in the first-person point of view. The narrator is a fifteen-year-old black girl. She wants to find a job that will suit her age but that will also be one the really has an interest for. The narrator decides she wants to be the first Negro on the San Francisco streetcars. Getting the job‚ however‚ wasn’t an easy task‚ and neither was having to deal with the discrimination of her co-workers. In the beginning
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Francine Prose’s‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ proves many points about literature and the effect it has on students. I agree with Prose in such a sense that I believe students should read literature‚ not to get a better understanding of the “behind-the-scenes” of the story‚ or because it was assigned to them‚ but because they want to read it and that they will actually read the story thoroughly‚ understand it‚ and apply it to themselves and their life. I have taken English classes where
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The Darkest Struggles When Maya Angelou wrote the book “I know why the caged bird sings” she was speaking from her very on soul and pouring out the deep feelings she had felt when she was younger‚ all the way up until she was a young adult. African American women will always have more on their shoulders more than any other race especially white women will. No one really knows if all of the discrimination started because of the color of our skin or the attitude that lingers in our voice. Only
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Five-Paragraph Expository Essay Model |Essay Title |My Dog‚ Romeo | |Paragraph 1: The Introduction |My dog‚ Romeo‚ is the best pet anyone could have. He is beautiful and easy to| |Topic Sentence (Main Idea for your paper) |care for. Playing with him is lots of fun. He always takes care of
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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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