Rachel Sutherland English Composition I Prof. Comeau October 11‚ 2012 A Clear Look into the Life of Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has themes of enlightenment‚ hard work‚ nature‚ and intelligence. A person’s attention may not be drawn toward these ideas at first glance‚ but after reading “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “The American Scholar” by Emerson‚ it is difficult to stray away from connecting the three works. “The Allegory of the Cave” presents enlightenment
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Benjamin Franklin Born: January 17‚ 1706 Birthplace: Boston‚ Massachusetts Bay Nationality: American Contributions: Lightning rod‚ Bifocals‚ Franklin stove Benjamin was the first American physicist to characterized two kinds of electric charge which he named “positive” and “negative.” He earned the title of "The First American" for his early and untiring campaigning for colonial unity He signed the Declaration of Independence‚ the Treaty of Paris‚ which ended the Revolutionary
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departure of his father‚ leaving young Ben‚ his brother Curtis‚ and his mother to fend for themselves. Young Benjamin immediately began to notice changes in what once had been a financially stable family‚ and that his family would now be forced to struggle to get by. With only a third grade education Carson’s mother was forced to take on two‚ sometimes three jobs to provide for her two boys. Benjamin and his brother fell farther and farther behind in school; in fifth grade‚ Carson was at the bottom of
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Unity and World Peace After the Vietnam War‚ Americans had become annoyed and conflicted on the subjects of war‚ as well as their government. The American culture was changing as people began to realize how ‘dishonest’ and ‘untrustworthy’ some of our politicians had become. During this period society’s faults and weaknesses also became more apparent. In the midst of this changing environment‚ in 1960‚ John F. Kennedy was elected. On January 20th‚ 1961 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the president
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October 21st Growing up Susan G. Madera knew two languages: English and the neighborhood. She refers to neighborhood language as the language that everyone spoke in Little Italy‚ Manhattan‚ the neighborhood that she grew up in. When she went to study at school she was teased because of the language she spoke. It wasn’t proper English that everyone else spoke. She used improper grammar‚ and was many times teased because of that fact. This has greatly affected her in the
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Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness‚ Money Buys Stability The game of basketball has been around for over century and in that time it has evolved immensely. From the creation of the ABA (American Basketball Association)‚ and NBA (National Basketball Association)‚ to their merger in 1976. Since then‚ the association has broken off even more from the men’s and women’s collegiate league to separation of the men’s and women’s professional league. The popularity around all of this has skyrocketed and the payouts
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Full Name Instructor Course Name Date Fact? or Fiction? The story “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ written by Mike Rose offers up a personal account of how a testing mistake early in his high school days could have changed the course of his life for the worse and how these events and those that followed solidified his perception of the educational system as an adult. The author tries to establish credibility by writing in a first-person narrative of his life as a teenager growing up in early 1960s
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Benjamin Carson was born in Detroit‚ Michigan. He was born on September 18‚ 1951 . His mother named Sonya dropped out of school in the 3rd grade. Then she got married when was merely 13 years old. When Benjamin Carson was only 8 years old his parents got divorced and Benjamin’s mother was left to raise Benjamin and his brother Curtis on her own. To provide for her boys Sonya worked 2 even 3 jobs at a time. As Benjamin and his brother were in school they fell farther and farther behind in school
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Susanna Dey 19 November 2011 Benjamin Franklin Say the name Benjamin Franklin and you may picture a chubby man with spectacles holding a kite during a lightening storm. Perhaps you picture him a older man with spectacles propped up on his nose standing in a great room full of distinguished gentlemen signing the Declaration of Independence. Both of these facts about Benjamin Franklin’s life would be true. However‚ there was so much more to Mr. Franklin. He was a diplomat‚ a statesman
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Step-by-step Rhetorical Analysis 1. Identify the three elements of the rhetorical triangle. a. Who is the speaker? (education‚ ethnicity‚ era‚ political persuasion‚ etc.) b. Who is the audience? c. What is the subject? 2. What is the author saying about the subject? What is his/her assertion? 3. What is the author’s attitude (tone) about the subject? a. What specific word choice (diction) clues the reader in? b. What figures of speech are used? Does the imagery/analogies/allusions conjure
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