Thesis: Technology‚ such as texting‚ while driving is unsafe and can be a hazard to teen drivers and others. In the Knox News opinion column‚ there was an article found titled “Twits texting‚ tweeting behind the wheel.” The author of this article‚ Ina Hughs‚ is arguing that texting‚ MP3 players‚ and other electronic devices are unsafe to use when behind the wheel. She is writing to inform teenagers and other drivers about the dangers of driving while texting. Even though Hughes makes
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Driving to the Funeral by Anna Quindlen “It’s become a sad rite of passage in many American communities‚ the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents before they’ve even scored a tassel to hang from the rearview mirror”. Anna Quindlen wrote the article ‚”Driving to the Funeral” in June 11‚ 2007 issue of news week to make parents think twice before allowing their 16 year-old drive a car. Anna discusses issue on how too often teens are killed in car accidents and why something should
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The Estrangement A mother is such a complex figure to think about. Mothers are expected to be loving‚ caring‚ sweet‚ but also firm and disciplinary. As seen around the world‚ mothers share different values and beliefs on raising their children. Many believe that the way a mother cares for her child molds the child into a certain adult. In ways‚ mothers have a power over their children that‚ as kids‚ are hard for our brains to grasp. In the article‚ The Estrangement‚ written by Jamaica Kincaid
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“The Case for Single- Child Families” Mckibben "The Case for Single –Child Families." first appeared in the Christian century in 1998. In this essay Mckibben aims to convince his readers that having one child doesn’t mean that you’re child will follow the single child stereotype‚ and that the environmental status of our planet will worsen if we continue to have a growing population. "If we keep heating the planet at our current pace‚ the seas will rise two feet in the next century.” Personal
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Reading the whole article‚ the biggest things that stood out to me was on page 63; “It usually takes a lobster between thirty-five and forty-five seconds to die in boiling water.” I took some time to think and at first I came up with putting a lobster into a boiling pot of water. But I couldn’t find the metaphor in that because that was the main idea I wanted people to see. So I decided to draw a healthy tree falling into a wood chipper and how when it goes through a wood chipper‚ the time it takes
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Rhetorical Analysis of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The Jungle‚ being a persuasive novel in nature‚ is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone‚ use of periodic sentencing‚ descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric‚ Upton Sinclair constructs a moving
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In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding depicts rationality and a civilized state through allegory in order to reveal that society’s rules can suppress one’s intellect through taunting. An allegory tends to portray double meanings to give a better understanding of a bigger picture‚ traditionally targeting societal concerns such as politics or social issues. Society thrives on power through authoritative reign‚ when presented the opportunity to control the one seen as the leader administers. People
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04 June 2013 Timpanogos Cave National Monument The Timpanogos Cave is one of the National Monuments of United States. The first person who was in there was Martin Hansen in 1887 but in those years this cave did not have the same name as today its first name was Hansen Cave. A cave is a place defined as “any natural cavity large enough to allow human entry” it means that when people is inside there they get strict instructions to protect the cave and to preserve it for the future‚ the people
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pearl brings nothing but frustration and loss. Kino and Juana contentedly fling the pearl back into the ocean‚ only to return to the simple life once more. Steinbeck’s brilliant novel accurately depicts allegory to implement the book’s purpose. There are five significant interpretations of allegory presented by The Pearl ‚ all sufficiently justified. John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ in Salinas ‚ California. (Magill 2519). Steinbeck’s first short novel‚ The Pearl ‚ is based on a
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athletes are pushed to their limits‚ do they truly evolve‚ or are they torn away from their authentic selves‚ becoming insincere and jaded in the process? In the chapter “Do Sports Build Character?” from Mark Edmundson’s book Why Teach?‚ Edmundson uses rhetorical strategies‚ personal anecdotes‚ and philosophical references to question the popular belief that sports develop moral virtues within a person‚ instead of the reality of sports instilling values of competitiveness‚ aggression‚ and selfishness. Edmundson’s
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