Quentin Staley Am Lit P2 9/30/15 The Admiral’s Letter Columbus once said “For the execution of the voyage to the Indies‚ I did not make use of intelligence‚ mathematics or maps.” simply saying that he used his mind to find his trip rather then doing the math behind it to find the correct coordinates so he sailed to sail he didn’t necessarily know where he would dock his ship. The way that this quote would relate to the current day and age would be that we still have pirates that sail without using
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As a young child i learned early on how info can be corrupted and distorted through a classroom game i use to play called telephone. In the game you would start off with a message and try to make it around the room with the same message‚ surprisingly we barely ever got through without messing up at least something. And if you think about it that game represents society and how it can corrupt your message. I think that information can easily be corrupted and that it happens in our everyday life.
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A few more facts would be that since abortions have been legalized there has been around “53 million abortions‚ so about 1.4 millions per year. Also it mentions that women have 0.6 in 100‚000 chance of dying from a legal abortion while the risk of giving birth is 14 times higher. Also that there have been more US state abortion restrictions were enacted between 2011 and 2013 (205 in total) than were adopted during the whole previous decade”(Para. 1) . Which leads into another argument for abortions
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Over the past years‚ Facebook users have been demanding other buttons rather than the "Like" button. So Facebook decided‚ instead of making a dislike button‚ they decided to put different kinds of emoji buttons‚ to help express our feelings better. The new buttons options are sad‚ angry‚ happy‚ love‚ haha‚ and wow. The product Manager of Facebook‚ Sammi Krug has told us‚ "We’ve been listening to people and know that there should be more ways to easily and quickly express how something you see in
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At this point in time it seems as if though the majority of Millennials‚ myself included‚ have mastered the art of digital conversation. “I Had A Nice Time With You Tonight. On The App.”‚ an editorial written by Jenna Wortham‚ the author delves into the vast number of social media outlets we’ve grown accustomed to having at our exposal and convenient it is for so many opportunities to communicate lie in the palm of your hand. Although social media and the internet can get out of whack sometimes‚
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McDonalds is one of the world’s most well-known fast food restaurants. It is the world’s leading food service with more than 30 thousand restaurants‚ throughout the world‚ serving 46 million customers each day. McDonalds tries to display their trustworthiness to consumers through their commercials. For example‚ the videos Grandmother and Granddaughter‚ New Dad‚ and ChaCha slide show how McDonalds commercials attract viewers and identifies McDonalds as a “trustworthy friend”. McDonalds has developed
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Hurston uses an abhorring tone when she describes Mrs. Turner’s hypocrisy. Mrs. Turner‚ despite being a black woman‚ believes that black people should not be subjected to the same level of respect as white people. Mrs. Turner believes that a person’s whiteness is equated with the amount of respect he or she deserves. Hurston uses phrases like “insensate cruelty”‚ as well as biblical imagery‚ to convey her tone. Hurston finds Mrs. Turner’s criteria for determining the worth of others to be illogical
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The healthiness of coffee has been a topic of debate for many years. Being one of the most common drinks in the world‚ people have argued all sorts of positions in regards to its benefits or detriments to their health. Kris Gunnars’ article‚ “13 Health Benefits of Coffee‚ Based on Science” argues that coffee is indeed healthy‚ and provides thirteen reasons why. Jim Dillan’s article‚ “7 Negative Effects of Coffee & The Healthy Drink You Should Replace it With‚” argues the opposite‚ claiming that coffee
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Fall Final Essay Connotation‚ Rhetoric and bias take a really big part in this essay. I think that when the author talks he uses a lot of bias. Also when he talks the word choice is very strong the words are strong to use but they have no meaning that fit the topic like the word Tinker it is a very strong word but it does not have a meaning that fits the topic. Also when the author talks and uses Rhetoric he uses mostly logos and a little bit of pathos to show the audience that their kids got
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Krakauer‚ in Into the Wild‚ adds his personal life to bring more awareness and understanding between the reader and Chris McCandless. By doing this‚ he connects himself to McCandless emotionally to attract more ethos‚ and pathos‚ to Chris’s story. In this paragraph‚ Krakauer uses his personal testimony with his father to further develop Chris’ story showing how the relationship affected his future through chronological development‚ and the disparity between him and his father. During the story
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