William Wilberforce was one of Britain’s great social reformers involved in campaigns against slavery‚ the promotion of education‚ Christianity‚ strict morality and animal welfare. He was also an English politician‚ philanthropist‚ and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull‚ Yorkshire‚ he began his political career in 1780‚ eventually becoming an independent member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784-1812). William Wilberforce was born in 1759 and died in
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The Prompt: A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay in which you state your position and support it with convincing reasons. The Model Essay: The Sport in Losing The buzzer sounded‚ and the opposing team began to cheer. A young girl stood behind the serving line‚ volleyball still in hand‚ and allowed her anger to swell. Her team had just lost—and by almost ten points. She had tried to save
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Why Instagram is Not All that Bad In a world where digital products have more and more effect on people’s daily lives‚ certain software or media products inevitably become the center of the public’s attention. Moreover‚ they become the part of an individual’s lifestyle. Along with Facebook‚ Twitter‚ or YouTube‚ which already are daily companions for millions of people‚ there is one more application that causes debates and conflicting assessments – Instagram. Though it has many opponents‚ Instagram
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The following essay If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is? Written by American Novelist (1979) James Baldwin addresses the debate about Black English. Baldwin’s piece first appeared in the New York Times during an era when Americans fueled over the validity of Black English. In his piece‚ Baldwin argues that white Americans opposition towards Black English‚ a birthed language‚ is due to their lack of understanding the language and failure to realize its reality. White Americans
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most people that goes to college end up with large debt loads or flunked out without ever landing a job. Chris Matthews support his argument with a chart that shows that a college degree don’t make more money than an average high school graduate. He makes it a point that college is just a waste of money and time for most people. He also argues that career choice has to do something with it. He states that “There are many jobs that require a degree but don’t pay very well.” Chris Matthews makes a very
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Writing a Précis Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? A Précis is a short summary of the essential ideas of a longer composition; the basic thought of a passage is reproduced in miniature‚ retaining the mood and tone of the original. Your summary must be intelligible to a reader who has not seen the original and should have solid compositional worth. 300 words is the desired length of a précis. How to write a précis? First‚ write an outline of the main ideas – those you see as most important
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In both Baldwin’s “If Black English Isn’t A Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?” and Trask’s “From A Native Daughter” the idea of the American images impact on other cultures is shown. This impact could have had an impact on how fast America came to be what we know. Baldwin in his essay talks about slavery and how it could have ended sooner but it would have taken the white man to be able to realize their own ignorance in order for this to be able to happen. This realization would of been hard for
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AIN’T I A WOMAN? by Sojourner Truth is an exceptional speech that works well to create and prove persuasive points. In her speech‚ Truth effectively uses logos to appeal to her audience. Logos is an appeal to logic‚ and seeks to persuade an audience through reason. Throughout her speech‚ Truth uses logical statements and arguments to reason with the audience. One such argument is why women are equal to men. Truth points out that men think women shouldn’t have rights because Christ wasn’t a woman
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Dating isn’t easy I am a worthless piece of crap and I can prove just how awful‚ unfunny‚ garbage‚ and no friended this human really is and it is going to be quite easy if people think about it‚ after all the last time a praise from my mother is who knows when. First‚ all my grades suck‚ I can not find anything anything I am good at‚ I am not athletic‚ I can not throw a ball to save my life. If somebody can find something that makes me worth while‚ go for it‚ but it is a difficult task
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Summary of James Baldwin’s article If Black English isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is? In his article "If Black English isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?"‚ published in the New York Times on July 29‚ 1979‚ James Baldwin challenges the contemporary assumption among speakers of standard American English that the way black people speak is uneducated and therefore black children should be forced to speak "proper English". He argues that rather than labelling Black English as a low register
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