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    Writing Assignment #4 Like so many of his peers‚ including a number of the founding fathers of the United States‚ Voltaire was a deist who believed that God had created everything but then let it evolve on its own. Although educated by the Jesuits‚ Voltaire hated the Catholic Church. He is famously quoted to have said "Ecrasez l ’infame" ‘Crush the horrible thing!’ referring to the Church. He had written most of his life on religious tolerance but the Jean Calas affair gave him the

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    Swift Marketing Plan: Phase II Swift is the largest transportation company in North America. It transports with the largest fleet of trucks and largest number of intermodal terminals‚ as well as by sea. The goods transported are varied in sizes‚ from large cargo bays to small packages. Swift is attempting to improve its business by offering a unique service. It would like to allow its customers the opportunity of precise transportation tracking‚ enabling customers more control over their products

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    As a French writer‚ Voltaire was born to a rich French family. During his life he used to be against the government‚ and this had caused him to imprison twice and also exiled because of his writings that were significantly against the government. Regarding these reactions from the government‚ he decided to travel to England and different countries in the centre of Europe and at the end he lived in Switzerland as he continued his writings until his eighties (Besterman‚ 1972). At the age of the enlightenment

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    Swift and Ellison share a common theme in their writings. They want to capture the attention of their audience in order to reveal a more significant controversy at hand. They both delve in to writing that can be viewed as morbid and disturbing. However‚ perhaps this is their intent due to the harrowing circumstances they both experienced throughout their lifetime. To begin with‚ I personally found both Swift and Ellison’s stories to be revolting‚ whether it be for the literal or figurative ideals

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    period was enormous. Critical of the church and the corruption within it‚ was a philosopher by the name of Francois-Marie Arouet. Better known as "Voltaire." Enlightenment era religion was a response to the previous century of the religious conflict in Europe‚ especially

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    Part One Part One opens above the water‚ not far from the shore. Jonathan Seagull was alone once again‚ practicing his flight while the rest of the gulls squabbled for food. Jonathan Seagull fell and failed‚ but got up again without shame. He was the only gull to actually enjoy flying‚ as the rest of his Flock only valued food and survival. Because of his preference‚ he was ostracized and was constantly alone. Everyday‚ Jon spent hours upon hours practicing‚ and his parents were not happy about

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    In 2000‚ Jonathan Lebed caused havoc in the stock trading industry. This 15 year old boy was accused of ‘pumping and dumping’ stocks over the internet. Jonathan actions proved that the internet can be a very powerful tool for fraud. This incident makes it evident that investors needed to take a closer look at the information they are receiving from the internet because information is being placed there by various persons whom may have bad intentions. There is not much difference between the

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    go to hell. Jonathan Edwards uses imagery because he believes showing his audience what awaits them in hell will make them be pure. He knows this will work on his audience because he knows they are all very afraid of going to hell when they die‚ so he tells them that is where they are going to go if they do not listen to him. He uses pathos as another scare tactic to convince them they if they continue putting off what they are supposed to do they will definitely go to hell. Jonathan tells them that

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    because she misses what she use to have. She is speaking about someone who she can not forget because of all the good memories they have with each other. Taylor Swift ’s use of similes‚ imagery and alliteration in her song "Red" helps portray the good and bad about loving someone that is not around any more. Taylor Swifts uses similes through out her writing to make you feel her happiness and struggles. "Loving him is like driving a new maserati down a dead end street‚" tells you that

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    The song “Love Story” was written and sung by Taylor Swift. It was published on September 12‚ 2008. Throughout “Love Story”‚ Taylor Swift‚ uses many poetic devices in the narrative in order to make the whole story and lyrics more enhanced as a whole. She creates an allusion comparing her love for a guy and that of Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ they are banned from seeing each other by their parents and they are willing to die in order to be together. Similarly‚ Taylor recounts the time she

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