“Cool” is not Cool Anymore Thesis: Mrs. Brooks wrote a poem in 1960 mostly suggesting the type of outcome life will take if one takes the choice the teenagers in her poem took. I) Alliteration A) Words that have the same consonant B) Perfect examples coming from the poem C) Great style to make the reading fun II) Diction D) The word choice of the poet E) “We Real Cool” makes the reader think the poem is something else than what it really is. F) Mrs. Brooks
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Have y’all ever wondered how a college football team could change after their team lost friends and family in a plane crash? The movie “We Are Marshall” claims to be a true story and is about the 19701971 Marshall University football team suffering a plane crash on the way back from a road game. I think “We Are Marshall” should be considered nonfiction because a lot of the events that happened in the movie actually happened in real life. The Marshall University football team was in a plane crash on November 14‚ 1970 coming back from a game at East Carolina
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reflective essay‚ made me see how much I have improved in my writing and learning. Most of all this class helped me learn more about the Ethics‚ Diversity‚ Critical‚ and Communication that we will need in life. The Ethical and Social Responsibility I learned in this class was how one person in a group or in life impacts the society. I learned that in group projects that each person is accountable for something in a group and if one person messes up than the whole group gets the consequence of
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The Way We Say What We Say In his book The Stuff of Thought (2007)‚ Steven Pinker states that all humans‚ universally‚ must be careful in the choice of their words in order to convey a specific message while keeping up a particular relationship between the speaker and the listener. In the simplest form‚ people do this for basic politeness. Whether it is asking for someone to pass the salt or asking somebody to donate to a specific cause‚ people phrase their desires in a way to not offend the listener
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useful tool in life to aid in one’s daily routine‚ or a detrimental item that is hurting people as it takes away time from more important matters. In the video called “Are We Digital Dummies” the concerns and advantages of living in a technological world are evidently shown. Foremost‚ the video raises concern about the takeover that technology has on the world. People are gradually moving towards having a total reliance on technology‚ when it was originally created as a means to make life easier. This
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The article “Why We Travel” by Pico Iyer talks about his opinion on why people travel to foreign places and what they expect to gain from their trips. He also mentions a few of his past experiences and his feelings and emotions based on them. Based on this article‚ we are able extract that traveling is not just the matter of going somewhere other than your home and coming back the same person. It is somehow a little more than that as it affects us in ways unexplainable. An interesting point brought
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the Women of Egypt‚ I am an independent woman‚ and my dear wish is for all of the women in the world to be independent and strong. My name is Nawal El Saadawi and the reason I am writing this letter to you all is that our lives as women are unfair. We deserve to make our own decisions‚ even though there is a strict society surrounding us‚ the women of Egypt. As a child‚ I was forced to undergo a surgical procedure‚ which removes part or all of the external female genitalia. This female circumcision
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Life is beautiful but not always easy‚ it has problems and the challenge lies in facing them with courage‚ letting the beauty of life act like a balm‚ which makes the pain bearable‚ during trying times‚ by providing hope. As life goes on‚ things get more complicated. You are no longer a child‚ but an adult who faces reality. To you‚ real life is nothing like fairy tales. Problems are not being easily solved and confusions are everywhere. Happiness‚ sorrow‚ victory‚ defeat‚ day-night are the two
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Can we talk? Communication 200 Mrs. Tamara Holmes By: Adam Thompson In life there are many researchers that try to find truth to what they are studying. Relationships are one of the most popular things to research. There are many different angles that have been covered over the years with how relationships function. How to predict these types of research can be very misconstrued or have real truth to what they might come up with. Many relationships that are researched are marriages
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07th February‚ 2014 Fred Westen CEO Hathway Jones Philadelphia‚ USA Dear Mr Westen‚ This is with reference to our discussion about the current issues you are facing. I have thoroughly analysed the situation as per our discussion on the 4th of February‚ 2014. Based on a critical analysis of the options available‚ I have presented my recommendation. I hope you find the report to be satisfactory. You may contact me for further discussion and clarification on the same. Sincerely‚ XYZ
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