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    Say My Name Analysis

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    Say My Name” is a documentary by Nirit Peled. The film was shot in multiple locations such as Philadelphia‚ Detroit‚ Chicago‚ Atlanta‚ London‚ New York and L.A. In New York‚ there were such artists as Sparky Dee‚ Monie Love‚ Roxanne Shante‚ Queen Latifa and Chocolate Thai. Also there were immigrants to New York from other countries like Trinie from Trinidad. MCs from Detroit‚ Canada and Atlanta. Lastly in London‚ there was Estelle with Neo-Soul. There were multiple sub-genres shown in the films

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    How to Say Nothing in 500 Words- Response The writer of this text gave some very influential information that I could really use to further develop my writing skills. I admit that I do generally use common things that everyone uses and that do affect my scores on essays. After reading this‚ I really want to improve my essays by using more descriptive language and venturing out of the box. Surprisingly‚ even though the speaker’s essay was written 50 years ago it is still very relevant today.

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    eyes are dead‚ or if their voice is dead‚ they feel or show no emotion disembodied adjective a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see flat adjective spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region. fruity adjective a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way grating adjective a grating voice‚ laugh‚ or sound is unpleasant and annoying gravelly adjective a gravelly

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    Environmental degradation DEFINITION: Environmental degradation may be defined as the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air‚ water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. Environmental degradation has occurred due to the recent activities in the field of socio-economic‚ institutional and technologies. Environmental changes are dependent on many factors including economic growth‚ population growth‚ urbanization‚ intensification

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    Can Words Hurt People?

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    Can Words Hurt People? I believe words can be the most painful things in this life. They can communicate so many different things‚ in so many different ways. Often unknowingly‚ words can insult‚ belittle‚ and take sides‚ show anger‚ pride‚ and sadness. They are the most diverse and most expressive means of communication. They can sometimes tell more than body language itself. When you are speaking to someone‚ your words often come to you before your thoughts. They reveal something about

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    when you didn’t know what to do? For me‚ my grandmother‚ Sheila‚ is that person. Sheila is extremely beautiful‚ she’s heavyset and she has curly‚ black and grey hair. There hasn’t been one time when I was in need‚ and she wasn’t there for me. My grandmother have always lived pretty close to where I live. All my life‚ my grandmother has been the nicest person. Even though she was the nicest person she could also be the meanest at times. My grandmother would get mad when things didn’t go her way

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    My Quality Word

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    My Quality World My quality world is something many people dream about of what they expect achieve in life. Many people keep trying ‚but never get to the point in life where they actually want to be.They just settle for anything else easy even though it is not really where they want to be in life at all.As William Glasser said ‚ there are different steps to reach our goals‚ and only perseverance ‚ hard working‚ social life and terms goals ensure success.In order to reach my goal I will always

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    there is racism covered. The opening scene shows a black couple driving and gets pulled over by two white cops. One of the white cops starts harassing the black couple and leads to comments about race. It quickly turns worse as the white cop starts molesting the female of the couple they pulled over. Which in turn then causes a debate between the black couple about being controlled by white people. This was just the opening scene of the movie. This is a very powerful scene that leads

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    They Say I Say

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    Higher Education Is Worth the Price Is getting a higher education worth the price? I think it is. In the book‚ “they say I say” the author‚ argues that not getting an education doesn’t necessary mean not having a good job or a good position. I disagree. I believe education is really important. You may think you have a good job in your possession or a good secure position‚ but later in life when a promotional opportunity arises‚ you’ll always fall short without the degree at your fingertips. Jobs

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    Eulogy For Grandmother

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    chores‚ and do everything else my dad did. We even took daily naps together. We were inseparable. On January 5th‚ 2008‚ my sister and I had a sleep over at grandmas house‚ about 5 miles away from our house. Early the next morning‚ I was woken up by the sound of people talking and crying. I sat up quickly‚ thinking it was all just a dream. It was still dark out‚ but the yard light was the sun shinning bright. I jumped out of bed to see what all the noise was. I found my mother lying on the couch‚ crying

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