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    Voice of Democracy

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    Voice of Democracy Speech Hour 5 Madeline Kinney PRE-AP LA10 10/25/12 An old‚ fragile woman sits on a park bench while she takes a short break from her afternoon stroll. It is warm and shady where she sits. Large trees and beautiful memorials surround her. Off in the distance‚ there are tall‚ admirable buildings‚ one of which is the Supreme Court Building. This is a building that the women knew very well‚ since she was the first woman ever in American history to be appointed as a Supreme

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    Literary Elements & Style Instead of using commas to separate “doctors and generals and coaches…” Gladwell uses the word “and” to connect each occupation to the next‚ which tricks the reader into thinking that there are more occupations listed than there actually are. The same tactic is evidenced in “to shape and manage and educate…” By stressing the prevalence and importance unconscious reactions have‚ the reader will more likely believe that unconscious reactions are influential. Literary Elements

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    Using Passive and Active Voice: Architectural and Engineering Marvels 6.0 Introduction to Voice So far in this grammar‚ verbs have been classified by their form‚ tense‚ aspect‚ and modality. Another essential concept in the English verb system is voice. Grammatical voice refers to either passive or active voice. Consider the sentence The French government commissioned sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to design the Statue of Liberty. The sentence is considered an active voice sentence because the

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    1860 Turning Point

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    The presidential election of 1860‚ followed by secession in the south was a major turning point in American history and was actually the beginning of what came to be known as the Civil War. The year prior to the election‚ John Brown‚ an abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia‚ trying to get the slaves to stand up to their masters. It was a failed attempt‚ and John Brown got convicted of treason and later on was hanged. Because of this raid‚ the south saw him as a criminal due to the fact that

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    In the article “Giving Voice to Children’s Voices: Practices and Problems‚ Pitfalls and Potentials‚” James argues that “despite the representations of the “voices of children‚” children themselves may‚ nonetheless‚ continue to find their voices silenced‚ suppressed‚ or ignored in their everyday lives.” (James‚ p. 261) After conducting the photo voice assignment with my fifteen-year-old participant‚ Keerthana‚ I was able to come to a realization that due to the power imbalance between the researcher

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    The style of The Scarlet Letter is clean‚ precise‚ and effective. In the novel Hawthorne utilizes all his writing skills. In doing this he includes a heroine. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne is a victim and a heroine that is admired because of her strong will‚ and disregard for other’s views of her. She comes from an impoverished but genteel English family‚ having lived in a "decayed house of gray stone‚ with a poverty-stricken aspect‚ but retaining a half-obliterated

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    In early America between the years of 1825-1850‚ America was rapidly changing and reforming the way people lived. Societal problems and major discrepancies that had previously been overlooked began to rapidly gain awareness. The main idea of the reforms in the United States at this time was the relatively new sense of Democracy. Reform sought to maximize these benefits in light of Democracy and for this reason came up with many changes in which greater good can be found through freedom‚ justice‚

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    Everyone Needs a Voice

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    1 Alvin Latham English 122 K.Doyle Essay #4 3 May 2006 Everyone needs a voice Over the last Hundred years or so women still struggle to be heard. Even Though we have came a long way since the 1920’s certain issues still remain divided in today’s society. Charlotte Perkins Gilman “ The Yellow Wallpaper” and Susan Glaspell’s the author of the play “Trifles” are two different but similar literary works which serve as early works of the feminist idealology. Each work is different in approach

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    Identity and Voice

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    things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of‚ no shortcut.’ (King‚ 2000: 145) To what extent do you agree with this statement? Good writers are able to express complex ideas with style‚ clarity‚ and accuracy. When they articulate ideas which we ourselves‚ as writers‚ have struggled with‚ they gain our appreciation‚ respect‚ and even admiration. We often wonder how and whether they can teach us how to do it. Many writers have tried

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    Voices of Protest

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    Voices of Protest: The Politician and the Radio Priest Alan Brinkley‚ the author of Voices of Protest‚ wrote about Huey Long and Father Coughlin who launched attacks on Roosevelt’s administration during the years of 1933 – 1935. This period of time was during the great depression. The book described in great length and detail about Huey Long and Father Coughlin‚ who were extremely influential politicians‚ and their opposition to the new society of big business and high technology. They felt

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