Book report Student name: Stephanie Muñoz Title of the book: Daddy’s Little Girl Author Name: Mary Higgins Clark Date started & completed: 6/1/12-6/30/12 Number of pages: 219 Main character’s names: * Ellie Cavanaugh —(also the protagonist) Andrea’s seven year old little sister when Andrea was murdered and investigative reporter to her own sister’s murder * Rob Westerfield — wealthy son of Westerfield family‚ he was convicted of Andrea’s murder due to Ellie’s
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Putting the Lid on Tuition The cost tuition as risen dramatically over the past 10 years. According to a college scholarship site‚ Collegeboard‚ from 2010-2015 the "average published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities increased by 13%.” Five years before that it was 24% and the percentages would only increase in the future. Because of this‚ a number of students are finding it difficult to pay for college degrees. I strongly feel that Colleges and universities should have
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Theme Chart Analysis Using the Grounds Theory approach our group determined and analyzed the common themes on social media surrounding the Toms Shoes brand. We created a Theme chart and a sub-theme chart from the largest theme. These charts can be seen below. The top three themes were 1) Social Justice‚ which was mainly comprised of soundbites focused on the Toms One For One motto and their positive impact on those less fortunate 2) Style‚ which was largely focused on the look of the shoes and
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In paragraph 7‚ it states‚ “I have learned as a scavenger. I mean to put some of what I have learned down here‚ beginning with the practical art of Dumpster diving and proceeding to the abstract” (Eighner 108). The author’s identification on the rhetorical direction he plans to follow helps the audience envision the course and order Eighner will be doing the essay. From this paragraph‚ the reader can predict this essay will be technical or informational. Eighner will continue to explain his experiences
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In her poem Daddy‚ Sylvia Plath creates a speaker that embodies a fierce internal struggle embedded with a great fear of her true personal identity. Drawing on themes of persecution‚ violence‚ and victimization‚ the speaker begins to form her identity and battles with her father’s past. Throughout the poem she repeatedly persecutes her father‚ denying all connection to the Nazi identity he once held. In contrast to her father‚ the speaker never explicitly mentions her mother‚ only implying that she
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My musical composition was based on the part in To Kill a Mockingbird when jury declares that Tom Robinson is guilty and how Jem and Scout felt during that time. “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: ‘Guilty . . . guilty . . . guilty . . .’ ” (Lee 240). When the jury first walks in‚ Scout feels hopeful‚ but also partially guesses what was about to happen‚ which is that exact opposite of what she wanted to happen. So at the beginning of the piece it has a slightly hopeful air to it
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than fifteen years later‚ this case once again sparked controversy when aired in 2014 through the podcast. In Serial‚ reporter Sarah Koenig intended to seek justice for Adnan by portraying him as innocent‚ which listeners can tell through the three rhetorical appeals; ethos‚ pathos and logos which she presents throughout the case along with interviews‚ evidence and personal statements. In the first episode of Serial‚ Koenig begins to present Adnan’s credibility to the audience in order to portray his
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Rhetorical Analysis Nolan’s Cheddar isn’t the most recognized or known brand‚ but those who have seen the commercial for it know that it’s “seriously strong” cheese. This advertisement features a curious mouse‚ who is apparently on top of the world‚ and a mouse trap. Set in the trap is a chunk of Nolan’s Cheddar‚ which seems to have extreme powers. The commercial was the winner of the 2010 Best TV Advertisement Award‚ and is very humorous and a little surprising. The little mouse comes out of
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1/8/2014 C Block Putting Handguns in Maniacs Hands Did you know that all handguns are semi-automatic? This means that all that stands between you and death is the pull of a trigger. Limited access to handguns would decrease violence‚ as has been proven in the past by numerous laws. It is too easy to obtain a firearm in the current laws‚ and about fifty percent of crimes involving firearms‚ the weapons were not registered with the criminal. Mass shootings and other devastating events would be
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for their necessities. Necessities such as food. O’Brien starts out with his article connecting himself to his readers‚ then he uses reputable sources‚ citing statistics‚ and talking about possible solutions in helping poor Americans. O’Brien uses rhetorical situation‚ audience‚ and genre‚ pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos in order to make an strong article about what poor Americans are facing because they can’t afford to buy food. One of his solutions is to have an increase in government resources for the poor
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