AP® English Language and Composition 2008 Scoring Guidelines Form B The College Board: Connecting Students to College Success The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the association is composed of more than
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Reform Movements Penitentiaries 1. John Howard was the leader of the penitentiary movement. 2. John Howard started the “Penitentiary Movement” because he had concerns for the jailers since they were beginning to see more and more deaths from the prisoners. Howard’s actions were caused due to the diseases that were intensified by the conditions of the prisoners’ incarcerations. The conditions were particularly that the jailers did not receive a salary; however‚ they made a living from prisoners
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In this article Jerika Miller‚ age 17‚ is interviewed regarding her experience at William Smith High School‚ and how she believes that other high schools can be turned around like William Smith from failing high schools to successful ones. Having moved around and changed schools often‚ Jerika found William Smith to be a good school‚ and settled there for 3 years. She says that the reason she liked William Smith better that the other schools‚ was because it was more personal. The students are not
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I recently read the short story “The Leader of The People” by John Steinbeck. It’s about a little boy named Jody Tiflin and his grandfather is coming to visit however they didn’t receive the letter about that until the day the grandfather was supposed to arrive. Jody was so excited because he loved to hear his grandfather’s stories about the Indians but his father doesn’t like them one morning at breakfast jody’s father was going on about how the stories are old and repeated and no one wants to hear
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said “The American is a new man‚ who acts upon new principles”. (Crevecoeur‚ 2007‚ 599) These convictions are brought about by the environment and the courage to leave the old world behind. One might say Crevecoeur defines the new American‚ while Bradford gives us detailed examples into the lives of the early Americans. The European settlers were molded by their new environment‚ as well as the journey they endured to this new land. The seed or the stepping stone for these settlers transformation
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to be an efficient long-term leader. The article by Robert Ciadini discusses the science of persuasion. Out of all the six tendencies which include: reciprocation (gifts)‚ consistency (commitment)‚ social validation (power of the masses)‚ liking (personal connection)‚ authority (knowledge)‚ and scarcity (less at hand)‚ consistency would be the most influential for me. The use of consistency seems to me the more ethical and valid reason to convince someone. A good leader would not want to force anybody
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The eccentric entrance of Innocent Smith to Beacon House brings the philosophy of Smith as well to a place much in need of it. Smith’s philosophy does not have wild notions or indulgent pleasures; rather‚ it can be seen as an ascetical philosophy. This philosophy is closely associated with the virtues of temperance and charity. It leads Innocent to continually rediscover himself. The eccentricities of Innocent are many; as the luggage of Smith is explored by Inglewood‚ a dilemma occurs in Inglewood’s
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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ an airplane crashes on a deserted island‚ stranding a group of schoolboys. Ralph‚ a boy on the island is elected leader of the group‚ but is he a good leader? Ralph is a very good leader who knows how to take control. However‚ there are times when the group has some conflicts. There are many examples throughout the book that prove that Ralph is a good leader. One example of Ralph being a worthy leader is when he assigns Jack and his choir the job of being
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Name : Indriana Dewi Lestari N.I.M. : 08.11.106.101301.0565 Class : Evening Subject : English Prose II Idea of Captain John Smith: His books and maps may have been as important as his deeds‚ as they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and to colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region‚ and encouraged people with the comment‚ "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands‚ he
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changes in society — thankfully through its literature. Modernist literature had its origins within the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe and North America and has consistently grown into the 21st century. For example‚ in Stoner by John Williams and “Self in 1958” by Anne Sexton‚ the two pieces demonstrates the evolution of the modern voice by emphasizing the value of self-worth and the struggles against conformity within their communities. “Self in 1958” by Anne Sexton conveys the horrors
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