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    In the book called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Malcolm has a chapter called The Trouble with Geniuses‚ Part I where Gladwell spends this chapter showing that a high IQ is not a voucher for a free ride on the success train. He goes to show that once you reach a certain IQ‚ you are just as likely as to be successful as someone with a much higher IQ score. My thoughts are this is why people exercise all parts of their brains. Gladwell is an excellent writer‚ no doubt. I thoroughly enjoyed this book

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    understood success compared to the way Malcolm Gladwell argues is the circumstances and families that create success. Previous to reading this book‚ I strongly believed that the way to become successful was to put in hard work. For example‚ my theory to success was similar along the lines to what Malcolm Gladwell discusses earlier in the book. He says‚ “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good”(Gladwell‚ 2008). I believed if you practiced what you

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    Nowadays‚ the path to success seems to be different for each individual‚ as some people have unfair advantages to help them excel faster. Often times‚ these advantages stem from circumstances no one even has control over. Through his book Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell claims that the idea of a self-made man is a logical fallacy as almost all successful people have had a leg up over others. While a small portion of success is due to pure talent‚ Gladwell’s argument holds true as most super-achievers can

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    Student Name Professor Course Title Date The Review of the book: ‘Outliers: The Story of Success’ by Malcolm Gladwell The book by Malcolm Gladwell is really a great story that might reveal the secrets of success. The author tries to understand the other possibilities of gaining success except the pure talent and innate ability. The main points of his book are the importance of hard work‚ the perfect timing which helps to appear at a right time in a right place. He also pays attention to

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    what it was about. Outlier is a term that we use in math. Something out of the ordinary‚ a number that is not like the others‚ different. Who would have thought that this book was going to talk about people? I thought it was so clever to call people outliers. What an intelligent way to describe those people. To describe the people out of the ordinary‚ the talented ones and to explain why they are so. The first chapter is called the Matthew effect. The author‚ Malcolm Gladwell‚ opens the books by

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    Dialectical Journal Cornell Notes Rhetorical strategies: Ethos (credibility of speaker)‚ Logos (logical)‚ Pathos (emotional) Directions: Find at least one‚ good example of each rhetorical strategy. Passage quoted MLA style (w/ authorʻs name + page #) Summary: what the passage says. (“It says.”) Your analysis in complete sentences: what the passage means. Focus on meaning‚ significance and/or your response to the passage. (“I say.”) Rhetorical strategy/ies with explanation/s (R. Renehan

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    persuade an audience‚ he or she will utilize rhetorical strategies. Rhetorical strategies mainly consist of Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos. Ethos is the author ’s use of their own credibility‚ Pathos makes an appeal to emotions‚ and Logos appeals to reason and logic. Authors may also use strategies such as word choice‚ imagery‚ and metaphors. Likewise‚ In Steroids‚ Sports and the Ethics of Winning‚ Michael Dillingham uses effective rhetorical strategies‚ such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to persuade

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    Essay I : Gladwell argues that success is not the result of innate talent‚ but of practice and of being in the right place at the right time. Critically evaluate this argument. Malcolm Gladwel Analyses in his latest book Outliers ‚ the circumstances that made some people successful . He shows another aspect of their self-made rise to success. Gladwell gives the definition of an outlier as an unusual person ‘classed differently from a main or related body’ (2008:3)‚ in other words out of the ordinary

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    15‚ 2013 Analytical Essay Throughout the novel “The Grapes of Wrath” Steinbeck uses a variety of rhetorical strategies such as symbolism‚ diction and personification to intrigue the reader. He also use’s a number of rhetorical modes such as ethos‚ pathos and logos. For example in chapter 12 he uses diction to convey his purpose and in chapter 11 he uses descriptive language and personification to establish a sense

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    Outliers Essay An Outlier is someone who stands out in a group due to their mastery of a certain skill and because of that they are successful. According to Gladwell not anyone can become successful; it takes the right circumstances and opportunities. Human’s capability seems limitless‚ and if we put in the time and hard work we can achieve our goals. We as a society love to think that a person may become successful and that we all have the same opportunities and chance of succeeding if we

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