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    Throughout Seeing Race in Modern America‚ scholar Matthew Pratt Guterl explores how cultural “sightlines” (Guterl 2) resist change over time in the way we see race as he argues that race is a “social construction of color” (Guterl 3)‚ dependant on visual cues. Guterl uses a myriad of visual culture‚ such as advertisements‚ movies‚ and popular culture as evidence that making race visual is what causes its longevity. In his analysis of “sightlines that challenge the eye‚” (Guterl 128) he turns to movies

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    Allusion: Henry didn’t mind sitting in the back of the bus. But for some reason Sheldon seemed to resent it. Grousing once in a while about how this was the Northwest and not the Deep South and the bus driver had had no business jerking his thumb toward the back of the bus when he and Henry boarded. Page 214 |Explanation: Henry and Sheldon are heading out to meet Keiko at the new camp and are told to go to the back of the bus by the bus driver. Though Henry is fine with this Sheldon complains

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    Through the first paragraph‚ Thoreau declares that he wants to live a simple‚ yet purposeful life. The distinctions he makes in paragraph one are that he wants to live his life to the fullest with whatever it throws at him. The antithesis in paragraph one is in sentence one when he contrasts life and death to explain that he did not want to die to understand that he did not truly live. The word “dear” was meaning that life was precious‚ and “mean” was to explain how difficult or harsh it could be

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    One enters medical facilities with full confidence in their physicians and nurses. They know that no matter what obstacles are set before them‚ they will conquer them‚ defeat them‚ be the champion against them. They know that in order to achieve their goals‚ they will need the full support of their medical team. Their team will be the physicians and nurses that will care for them day in and day out‚ as long as it is needed. Communication is possibly one of the most important aspects of healthcare

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    For example‚ “truth” is compared to a metal object that can be molded to a different shape of the mind desire. “Unforgiving minutes” means that time waits for no one‚ and we have to keep going because every missed seconds/opportunity is important. “Walk with Kings and talk with crowds” means to socialize with important people of different adversity because it’s relevant. “Worn out tools” means

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    the Confederate States of America and the Union because the Confederacy still believed that slavery should exist. The war went on for four years and over six hundred and twenty thousand soldiers were killed (American Civil War ). One of the most important battles fought during this war was the battle of Gettysburg; it lasted three days and went down in history as one of the most deadly battles of the war (Battle of Gettysburg ). After this battle‚ the president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ addressed

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    University and spent time publishing his doctoral dissertation in philosophy of F.H Bradley in 1964. Later on‚ he focused on the literature and poetry we know him as today. Brooker agrees that “ Eliot is also an important figure in twentieth-century drama” (Brooker). With the help of Symon’s Symbolist Movement in Literature allowed T.S Eliot to learn how to deal with

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    Jesus starts speaking of the Beatitudes and this section includes repetition of the word “Blessed.” This is the example of anaphora as is it emphasizes the idea of those who are blessed according to the sermon. One can see this literary device used throughout the first eleven verses of chapter five (Matthew) and of course serves as the introduction and attention grabber of the speech. Though not used in the introduction‚

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    Nicholle Miller ICD Narration Rodney Merchant February 2nd‚ 2013 The Brakes Rhetorical tools within a narrative are very important. They help set the stage so the reader can understand the story from the author’s perspective. A narrative is structured so the reader can see things clearly. The structure contains the introduction‚ the body‚ and the conclusion. The introduction has a thesis statement. A thesis statement is a sentence that states the main point of the narrative. The introduction

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    democratic Nation speech‚ shares an insight to his background and to the future of America which he invisions. Obama’s purpose is to convey the idea that‚ America‚ which is the land of dreams and have had a big impact on his family and his heritage could be the America which people can also reach and accomplish their goals. In his appreciative tone‚ Obama shows his gratitude towards his parents‚ and his enthusiasm to America thus appealing similar feelings and expressions in his audience to achieve the

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