Stephen Scott AP World 9 Summer Assignment Part 3 Influential Person Wouldn’t you say that someone who insists on having his ransom raised to match his level of power is more than just a bit influential? The person in question is none other than J.C.. No‚ not Jesus Christ‚ Julius Caesar! Julius Caesar is as much influential as he is famous. Born into a poor family in As the first dictator of the mighty Roman Empire‚ he accomplished a variety of notable achievements. Even before
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The Influential Power of One Person How can one person‚ whom most people have never met‚ influence the lives of people in the world today in such positive ways? Oprah Winfrey has been able to persuade and inspire many people around the world today because she has simply believed in herself and the good of the people. Oprah once said‚ "Create the highest‚ grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe" (Lowe 170). The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ The Angel Network‚ and Oprah
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Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game is a thrilling Sci-Fi novel by Orson Scott Card‚ which takes place in about 200 year in the future. Orson is well known all around the world for Ender’s Game and other books. At the age of six‚ Andrew Wiggin is sent to battle school‚ an isolated training ground for young soldiers‚ to prepare for the Buggers third invasion. He is forced to put his whole past life behind him. Everyday‚ he pushes himself to be his very best in the limited‚ tiresome military
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Hi‚ this is Kathleen Hassan. Today‚ an email come from a girl named Sarah and she writes: “Hi Kathleen‚ for a start‚ I want to say that your video ………helpful and I admire the work that you’re doing”. Thank you Sarah‚ hú hú. “Here is my question: How can I overcome my fears on public speaking?” and I wrote that to Sarah and I have this long email but I’m going to just read to you what I wrote to her and I share with you the same things that I told her. I hope that will helps you overcome any fear
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reached revolutionary highs as well as devastating lows. Within the government‚ the economy was improved and the Cold War reached its end. Another influential aspect of the 80s was the music! With the help of advancing technology‚ artists were able to create music videos as a source of entertainment for their fans. Cable TV was one of the most influential advancements throughout the 80s. It was a new source of entertainment that changed the lives of many Americans. Cable brought more than 50 channels
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are willing to listen.” The Last Speakers page 242 K. David Harrison is a linguist‚ activist for language preservation and documentation‚ and author of The Last Speakers. Written in a journalistic style his most recent book‚ The Last Speakers‚ sheds light upon the global language extinction crisis. It is a mix between a scientific notebook and a travelog‚ featuring photos‚ interviews‚ and personal stories from the “last speakers” themselves. In The Last Speakers‚ Harrison expresses his views on
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The Most Influential English Teacher Thinking back over the years there is one English teacher that has always stood out above the rest. The funny thing is that she was not actually my teacher. My senior year of high school I was a teacher’s aide in Mrs. Miller’s English 10 class. Mrs. Miller pushed her students to be their best and I was not an exception. Unexpectedly‚ I learned a lot from this class. By the end of the year‚ I felt as if I became the best student I could be. I elected
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games‚ dunks‚ players and passion for basketball are reasons why the fans keep watching. Some people watch because they enjoy seeing their favorite players. Larry Bird‚ Michael Jordan‚ and LeBron James are some of the most influential players in the NBA. Larry Bird was an influential player in his high school and in the NBA from the 1970-1980s. He was born in West Baden Springs‚ Indiana on December 7‚1956. He had a rough childhood because of his dad’s drinking addiction his father’s suicide in the
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Public speaking - is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners. It is closely allied to "presenting"‚ although the latter has more of a commercial advertisement connotation. The Importance of Public speaking Public speaking is presenting your thoughts and feelings in a meaningful way. Often the wrong perception that only people involved in sales‚ marketing or mass media need to learn public speaking
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multiple languages in conversing with each other. Thus‚ code-switching is the syntactically and phonologically appropriate use of more than one linguistic variety. Speakers form and establish a pidgin language when two or more speakers who do not speak a common language form an intermediate third language. On the other hand‚ speakers practice code-switching when they are each fluent in both languages. Code mixing is a thematically related term‚ but the usage of the terms code-switching and code-mixing
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