June Jordan was born in 1936‚ who was a poet‚ playwright‚ and an English professor at the University of California . Jordan is also known for writing the article Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life Of Willie Jordan . In the article Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life Of Willie Jordan June Jordan‚ explains how the black language in America ‚ has positive and negative affects that mainstream language can have on those who speak Black English. Jordan believes white english
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Ch. 1 Data Collection 1.1 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics 1 Define statistics and statistical thinking. SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) What is statistics? MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 2) Which of the following is not true of statistics? A) Statistics is used to answer questions with 100% certainty. B) Statistics involves collecting and summarizing data
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Pablo Picasso‚ the brilliant painter whose name is synonymous with masterpiece‚ once remarked that “Good artists copy; great artists steal.” As a survey of art galleries all around the world‚ galleries that display perhaps the best works of art‚ demonstrates‚ Picasso’s axiom is grounded in fact; painters stealing from each other is commonplace. To adduce one example‚ artist Elaine Sturtevant is said to have stolen her style and design from “the works of Warhol‚ Lichtenstein‚ Haring and more‚ all
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Pablo Escobar the man who Colombia will always remember. How they remember him is totally different depending on each person. He was a humble person who came from one of the poorest parts of Colombia. He was at the bottom‚ but his dream was higher than any other kid his age. At the end of the day people saw him as two things only The Robin Hood of Colombia or the Terrorist of Colombia. Pablo Escobar was just like any ordinary kid‚ he came from a good family‚ but was raised in one of the poorest
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In Rebecca Stead’s exciting and mind-blowing novel‚ When You Reach Me‚ it is the year is 1979 and Miranda along with her mom live inside a small apartment in New York City‚ New York. Miranda seems to lead a pretty normal life‚ but that changes quickly. Sal‚ Miranda’s thought to be best friend‚ turns out not to be such a good friend after all. The day the new kid in a green army coat nonchalantly walked up to Sal and punched him in the face is the day Sal and Miranda’s friendship seemed to have expired
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Tolkien is so specific that you get the feeling that the only books that fit into the guidelines are his own. Of course there are thousands of books and stories that people call Fairy-Tales that don’t fit into everyone of these guidelines‚ but a new genre hasn’t been created. This fact leaves one wondering; do everyone one of Tolkien’s guidelines need to be achieved for a book to be called a Faerie story? The answer to me is that the situation can not be possible. Now you are left to wonder how many
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Poetry test Thursday October 3 You fit into me By: Margaret Atwood You fit into me like a hook into an eye a fishhook an open eye What initially appears to be a silly love poem quickly becomes dark and harrowing. Atwood overturns the expected definition of “hook and eye” and replaces it with an image of brutality and violence. The power of this setup/letdown formula often hinges‚ as in this poem‚ on the multiple meanings of words. “You fit into me” captures Atwood’s interest in the mechanisms
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In the short story “That Final Paper You Want from Me” by Polly Frost‚ we meet the student Sabrina McEvoy. For her Intro to Composition class‚ she has been asked to write a final paper. But since she does not really like the idea of a written paper‚ she comes up with the idea of creating a social network as a project. The Composition teacher‚ Dr. Pettit‚ rejects the whole thing‚ making Sabrina very angry and spiteful. She then writes him a long email‚ showcasing 4 different types of social media
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Did you know that Pablo Escobar was responsible for 80% of the cocaine that was smuggled into the U.S? Yeah he was a very notorious drug lord who was very wealthy and powerful. In the following paragraphs‚ I’ll be talking about who Pablo Escobar was. Pablo Escobar was born on December 1‚ 1949 in Antioquia‚ Colombia. When Escobar was a young man‚ he wanted to become the president of Colombia. However he then realized that his pathway to wealth and power was in crime. In the 1970’s the cocaine market
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Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (text 7 in the preparation material) is written by Diane Burns and published in 1981 in the book of poems “Riding the One-Eyed Ford”. Diane Burns (1957-2006) was a Native American poet (Ferguson‚ 2007). The poem presents a conversation between a Native American and another person. Only parts of the conversation are presented in the poem‚ but given the answers and the questions‚ it is possible to guess what type of question the Native American is answering to
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