the passage by Richard Rodriguez‚ he describes family Christmases past and present and the difference between the two. But even though it isn’t the main focus of the piece‚ a personal detail shines through; Rodriguez’s unbalanced relationships with his parents. After reading the passage it is evident that his mother is far more important to him and has had a much larger impact on his life than his father. The heart of the passage is made clear by the very first sentence. Rodriguez begins‚ “My mother
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My Father Erik Rodriguez is forty-five years old. He born on May 1‚ 1971 in New York City‚ New York. His parents name is Ramon Rodriguez and Lourdes Pesant. Erik was the oldest brother in the family. At the age of three-year-old his aunt takes him because his mother can not take care of him because she was involved in alcohol problem. He did not spend to many time in New York because his aunt had an asthma condition. To begin with‚ Erik began studying at Antonia Saez Elementary School in Carolina
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Profile Process Piece: Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation Week 1 Assignment Please answer the following questions in complete sentences and paragraph format. Although this is not a formal essay assignment‚ please note that proper spelling‚ grammar‚ and sentence structure are required. This week’s lecture and chapters 2 and 3 in your text will help you work through some of the terms within the rhetorical situation. Defining Topic‚ Angle‚ and Purpose 1. What is your chosen topic? (i.e.‚ a profile
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language has significantly increased. This phenomenon did not only limit the use of variety of languages but also led to their extinction. Many languages are dying out due to the process of globalization and internationalism. For this reason‚ there has been introduced an attempt to revive the dying languages. The aim of the language revitalization is to expand the number of people who are fluent in the particular language in order to preserve the existence of this language. The objective of those
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to trade online for $29.95/trade or‚ for a minimum annual fee of $1‚500‚ make as many trades as they wanted. Now that Merrill Lynch had joined the online trading revolution‚ Pottruck wondered‚ how would this affect Charles Schwab & Co.‚ Inc. (Schwab)‚ and what should the company do in response? COMPANY STRUCTURE As of 1999‚ Charles Schwab & Co.‚ Inc. was CSC’s principal subsidiary.2 Schwab provided securities brokerage and related financial services to 6.1 million active customer accounts.
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over the world which will probably never disappear‚ but how far do people agree with that? Firstly‚ it is true that English is expanding through all the countries and learned it by more and more population as part of their education. To explain this‚ I would say that English is taught in almost every school from children´s infancy or primary school to the rest of their studies. In addition to it‚ English is used as one of the principal languages to communicate on business or specific and technological
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begins Homer realizes that he can no longer muck around and play games like he did before the war started. He has to take responsibility for his actions. “Homer was becoming more surprising with every passing hour. It was getting hard to remember that this fast thinking guy‚ who’d just spent fifteen minutes getting us laughing and talking and feeling good again‚ wasn’t even trusted to hand out the books at school.” Through unlikely circumstances Homer has had to become a mature and responsible leader
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My full name is Aisha Nicole Rodriguez‚ I was born on February 22‚ 2005 in Allentown PA‚ my parents raised me in Allentown my whole life. I am 12 years old and 5’2. I have blond‚brown‚black hair‚ and brown eyes. I live with my two parents‚ my 3 older brothers‚ and my brothers girlfriend. I played basketball for one year‚ I stop playing for a year cause I end of hurting my ankle‚ but now I want to do softball and play the violin. I have many hobbies‚ but I like basketball the most. Basketball
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Rodriguez’s “Aria”. This is a lengthy piece – I expect your responses to match the significance of the text. 1. How do the first four paragraphs appeal to ethos? 2. Rodriguez’s essay is both memoir and argument. What is the author’s argument? 3. Much of Rodriguez’s essay is spent comparing the Spanish his parents spoke at home to the English they spoke outside it‚ “the language of their Mexican past” to “the English of public society” (par. 9). What is the point of including this material? How
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1st Period Lai Response to “All is fair love in war” To me‚ “All is fair in love and war” means that there is two sides to every story in life. Just because two people have two different opinions on something doesn’t mean that either of them are right or wrong in the disagreement or topic. In other words‚ everyone will not agree with you in life‚ but we have the freedom of speech which is fair. Another idea about this saying is the thought about how love and war are both fair‚ even though they
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