Graduation of Innocence Graduation‚ or moving up to the next level of life‚ always comes with a wonderful and grand commencement ceremony‚ but many times the graduation is as quiet and seemingly just as natural as any other normal day. In the autobiographical essay‚ "The Graduation‚" Maya Angelou uses three incredibly effective rhetorical strategies to get her point across- detailed comparisons and contrasts‚ a very expressive voice‚ and a wonderful flow to her sentences that keeps the story interesting-
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what is it that makes graduation so important to so many people? A graduation is important because it is a rite of passage to many people. When a person graduates‚ it signifies the move from a previous point to a more mature person . Graduation helps to tie different parts of a life together. A graduation is not just an end‚ it is a new beginning tha start of a new chapter in a person’s life whether it be another school year‚ or the entry into the workforce.Graduations help people remember
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Biography : Francisco Sionil Jose Name : Francisco Sionil Jose Birth date : December 3‚ 1924 Parents : Antonio Jose (Aglipayan minister) and Sofia Sionil Spouse : Maria Teresa Jovellanos Field in Literature : Fictionist Educational Background Elementary : Rosales Elementary School Secondary : Far Eastern University High School College : University of Santo Tomas (liberal arts) : Manila College of Pharmacy and Dentistry (pre-medicine) Work Experience - editor-in-chief of the university
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My Graduation as a Samoan Child It was time‚ Chapin High School would no longer be my home as of June 15‚ 2013. The joy of knowing at the very moment I stepped across that stage I would feel as something I have never felt before‚ and after I knew it was time. A day to remember was in the making. I could remember it like it was yesterday morning. Waking up to the smell of the barbeque that all my cousins were making for my graduation party. All the loud voices coming from the kitchen from my
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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou‚ in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ tells her story of how and when she grew up. In Arkansas at the time of Maya Angelou’s childhood‚ many things were looked upon as bad or unfavored. Maya’s problem was that she was black and a woman. Her novel depicts her life in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas with her grandmother and in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ where her mother resided. At the age of three Maya and her four-year old brother‚ Bailey‚ were turned over
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cheering parents. The speaker sounded like a faint voice drowned out by the infinite murmurs of the enormous crowd. The lights were almost blinding as my eyes filled with tears. I tilted my head back to keep them from ruining my mascara. My heart was so full of excitement and glee‚ it felt as though it was going to burst out of my chest or launch out of my throat. Then‚ I sang with my choir family for the last time. I have been with the same group of people for four years‚ helping each other grow and develop
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Maya Angelou is a poet‚ author‚ actress‚ director‚ historian‚ educator‚ playwright‚ civil rights activist‚ producer‚ and a lecturer. She was born on April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. She has two brothers and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson but they did not raise her. Her parents were divorced when she was three; she was raised by her grandmother in segregated Stamps‚ Arkansas. While living with her grandmother‚ she gained pride and religion as an important
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SUMMARY OF THE MAYAS The Mayan civilization was the height of pre-Columbian culture. They made significant discoveries in science‚ including the use of the zero in mathematics. Their writing was the only in America capable of expressing all types of thought. Glyphs either represent syllables or whole concepts and were written on long strips of paper or carved and painted n stone. They are arranged to be read from left to right and top to bottom in pairs of columns. The Mayan calendar begins around
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1) In stanza one‚ Maya says three things about the mastodons and the dinosaurs. The first thing she talks about was the mastodons being long departed. By saying this she is implying that they are extinct. The second thing she states was that the dinosaurs left behind dry tokens of their sojourn. By this she means that the creatures before us‚ the dinosaurs and mastodons left us very little information about their journey through life on earth. The last thing she says about them was that they were
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throughout the book “I know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou; However‚ Maya’s and Bailey’s relationship was something that remained strong throughout the course of the book. It didn’t change much significantly‚ sure they both matured and didn’t depend on each other as much‚ but their strong connection and bond was always there. Bailey defended her anytime she needed it‚ protected her‚ and helped her when she needed advice. Bailey and Maya were very close during the period they lived with their
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