Great Expectations Vocabulary 1) Corroborated (vb) Supported or established by existing evidence. “The hue and cry going off to the Hulks‚ and people coming thence to examine the iron‚ Joe’s opinion was corroborated.” Pocket corroborated Pip’s suspicions that Estella had already taken a huband. Sagaciously (adv) Intelligently or wisely. “I sagaciously observed‚ if it didn’t signify to him‚ to whom did it signify?” Pip dozed off as Pumblechook sagaciously
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In 1964‚ Lyndon B. Johnson presented a speech about the Great Society. The Great Society represents the future. According to Johnson‚ “It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice‚ to which we are totally committed in our time”(Johnson‚ 1964). The Great Society gives people a chance in order to experience full equality. This generation has a chance to change this world for better or for worse. The purpose of this paper is to analyze two viewpoints‚ one being a pro and one being a con. “So‚ will
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study these old texts and one may truly wonder why. The answer lies in the impact that literature leaves behind. By studying these texts‚ a great deal of information can be found on the lifestyle and society of the era that the text was written‚ and much could be learned from it. This concept also exists with more recent texts that have had great longevity. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel that
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want to be a good role model for my sisters‚ who are just now entering their journey in their education. Especially for my younger sister‚ who is in 6th grade and in 2 years will enter high school. It would be an honor to be a member of the Honor Societies to make my parents proud and be an example/role model to my sisters. My parents made many sacrifices to get me and my sisters a better education then they did. I come from Mexico and my parents didn’t have the same opportunities for education like
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The National Honor Society is an outstanding organization that lets students make an impact for communities worldwide. I am honored to be chosen as a candidate for the National Honor Society along with my intellectual peers. Being a member of this society will open countless opportunities for me. If I get inducted in this society‚ my high school dream will come true. I will not only grow as a person but I will get to support others and serve the community. I believe that I am well fitted to become
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I would love to be in the National Honor Society‚ I was a part of the National Junior Honor Society at Sawtooth Middle School and I enjoyed it very much. I had so much fun being apart of the NJHS and that group of people. I love being apart of my community and being able to take action. One reason you should consider me for NHS is volunteering is a big part of my life already. I volunteer at Meridian Elementary and at the Boise Humane Society. At Meridian Elementary I help in the library with the
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established his conservative principles through The Conscience of a Conservative. Written at a time of great change in America with experiments in big government‚ the New Deal‚ and the climax of the Cold War‚ the views of Goldwater in the Conscience of a Conservative were looked at as revolutionary‚ yet controversial in the Republican eye. He believed and argued that freedom was the highest value in American society while also stating that compromising for something one does not believe in is unjust. In his
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In the excerpt from The Great Influenza‚ author John M. Barry writes about scientists and their research. He uses rhetorical strategies such as imagery and rhetorical questions when he is describing the scientific research that the scientists are doing. By doing this‚ Barry characterizes the scientific research perfectly and the reader is able to understand the life of a scientist more. Barry uses imagery in the excerpt to allow the reader to understand the life of a scientists and how they do
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Erik Rhodes Mr. Clyne Period 2 3/20/13 Great Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis: Social Classes of the 1920s The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of a Golden Age book. Even though it was not written in what one considered the Golden Age‚ it is a book that represents the extravagance in life. The Great Gatsby is full of symbolism that represents what some might refer to as the cast system (a.k.a. – social structure). F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to highlight the wide abyss between
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay Hour 6 3/26/15 The Many Faces of Jay Gatsby In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character‚ Gatsby‚ has many different sides of his character‚ which are shown in different parts throughout the novel. The reader understands him to be a very versatile man who feels emotion deeply‚ but doesn’t show it on the outside nearly as much as he should. Gatsby meets a man named Nick who moves in next to him and becomes the narrator of Gatsby’s great story.
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