Jessie Edmond Mrs. Jennings ENG100 1/10/13 THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED: A RESPONSE TO JOHNSON and LAKOFF’S METAPHORS WE LIVE BY (1980) Argument is war! Or at least this is what Johnson and Lakoff would have you to believe after reading their 1980 publication Metaphors We Live By. In fact‚ one should be prepared for battle any time you have a verbal argument with your employer‚ professor‚ or family member. This is because‚ according to Johnson and Lakoff‚ “The language of argument is not poetic
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1. What traits might Barak Obama possess that contribute to his strong leadership ability? Obama is not a traditional politician‚ like others‚ but a new political pattern - especially after his call for a different approach in politics - is the "sense of hope." The fact that Obama seemed a man at peace with himself‚ seemed unfazed and able to suggest the truth is first and foremost that he was acting only to the manner born‚ not only trying to be the same. This is precisely the status that gives
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Linchpin First Lady Michelle Obama Who is First Lady Michelle Obama? She is a mother of two. The former Chicago city administrator and community outreach worker. She is the wife of a former U.S. Senator and the current First Lady of the United States. She served as the Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies‚ a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies. She serves on the board of directors of the
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President Obama Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama have both written and performed their fair share of speeches throughout their respective lives. The two speeches that are being compared are President Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” letter. President Obama spoke this speech while his was campaigning for the presidency in February of 2007‚ while his was running against Senator Hillary Clinton. During the speech‚ he addresses
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Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii on August 4‚ 1961. His parents names are Ann Dunham and Barack Obama. After his parents divorced in 1971‚ his dad moved to KeEnya‚ and Barack moved to Hawaii with his grandparents.While Barack was in Hawaii with his grandparents‚ his mother and baby sister would live some place else until later they would join him in Hawaii. Barack attended Pohaho school‚ an elite private school. Obama was notn’t raised in a religious family he said “ I was
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Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ ( listen); born August 4‚ 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office‚ as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School‚ where he was the president
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Essay President Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address In January of 2009 President Barack Obama addressed his country for the first time as president of the United States of America. Not only did he address his nation but he left them with a sense of empowerment. With the use of rhetoric‚ Obama and his speech writers were able to greatly influence their audience. In the speech as a whole‚ Obama used anaphora with the word “our”. This was not only a good move from a political standpoint but
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Barack Obama. The Congress diversity of Democrats vs. Republican’s was very similar in both Clintons and Obamas time in office. There were many steps that were taken in creating this policy‚ and some of those steps succeeded‚ and some of those steps failed. Any new process would be expected to have some issues to work through as it was created. The Affordable Health Care Act still has some issues to work on‚ but many steps succeeded and that is why it has been implemented during Obamas term.
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the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -Barack Obama Feb. 5‚ 2009 Change. Hope. Future. All of these words can be used to describe our 44th President of the United States of America‚ Barack Obama the 2nd. He broke barriers‚ shattered stereotypes‚ and killed cliches. President Obama was able to take the position as president as an African American‚ an unprecedented accomplishment. President Obama also took steps towards free universal healthcare‚ a policy supported by
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Barack Obama‚ “The Nation’s First Black President”‚ exists undoubtedly as one of the faces of our country’s continuous movement toward post-racism‚ but the questions of his impact toward our aspiring post-racial society diminishes his legacy. A common misconception claiming he’s made little progressions toward racial equality throughout his presidency leads to a sense of hopelessness and irrationalism. Americans---minority Americans in particular‚ want post-racialism to be in effect immediately‚
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