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    Analyzing the Rhetorical

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    your text will help you work through some of the terms within the rhetorical situation. Defining Topic‚ Angle‚ Purpose 1. What is your chosen topic? (For example: a profile of Barb Collins‚ a volunteer at the local homeless shelter; a profile of “Shipwreck Days‚” a citywide flea market and festival; or a profile of Burdick’s Grocery‚ the oldest family-owned business in town.) My chosen topic is on Darren Sharper: Former NFL/Rapist 2. What unique angle can you present on this topic? (Consider what

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    life changing experiences‚ mental stages‚ and loneliness. Surviving in the middle of the ocean with a lifestyle not fit for the sea‚ and a specific diet that changes real quickly. But yet with zero skills or knowledge about surviving‚ Pi survives a shipwreck with one hyena‚ one life boat‚ and one bengal tiger. When times got tough for Pi’s family‚ they packed up their zoo and selves onto a ship and sailed off. “The ship sank.” (pg. 97). Sound asleep Pi is awaken by a loud noise‚ loud like an explosion

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    The hit movie "Titanic" may possibly be one of if not the greatest movie of all time. It’s tale of the epic romance and disaster film leading to the early morning hours of April 15‚ 1912 in the North Atlantic‚ killing 1500 of the 2200 on board. This creative movie has a strong underlining love story between Leonardo DiCaprio as (Jack Dawson) and Kate Winslet as (Rose DeWitt Bukater). “While Titanic is easily the most subdued and dramatic of Cameron’s films‚ fans of more frantic pictures like Aliens

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    may appear to be calm and peaceful‚ but beneath its exterior‚ nature is fierce and brutality lurks. In his poem ‘Loch Ard Gorge’‚ Foulcher examines this idea against a background of natural beauty. The persona in the poem contemplates the ocean‚ a shipwreck from centuries ago and the blissful ignorance of animals. Foulcher uses strong sexual overtones in his description of the powerful ocean‚ “tide thrust into the dark interior of the earth”‚ which illustrates the sheer force and strength of nature

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    Realism

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    Although early prose fiction prototypes of the novel had been popular with readers since the late seventeenth century‚ the English novel as such only became a mature and predominant literary form in the mid-eighteenth century. After decades of embattled popularity—embattled because the guardians of aesthetic value saw these works of fictions as a frivolous and corrupting upstart too derivative of French romance—the novel finally won a respectable place in the literary echelons in the 1740s‚ due largely

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    in the ranks of importance and respect; they are not spoken of with any importance. Juliet is the object of Claudio’s sexual release and Mariana is the long lost forgotten fiancée of Angelo‚ who was abandoned by him when she lost her dowry in a shipwreck. The only woman who kind of breaks the trend of the lowly women is Isabella‚ who has the courage to stand up to Angelo for her chastity. In the first half she is pushed between Angelo and Claudio while she decides what to do and refuses to respond

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    Beginning in the southeastern Vic city of Torquay and stretching a full 244 kilometres to the city of Allansford near Warrnambool‚ lies what has been labeled by many as the greatest example of scenic coastal road engineering that exists: The Great Ocean Road (TGOR). Having been actually built by returning World War I Aussie soldiers‚ TGOR today still stands as the world’s largest war memorial. This architectural wonder consists of a two-lane road‚ one lane in each direction. As it travels through

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    William Golding William Golding was born on September 19‚1911 in Saint Columb Minor‚cornwall‚England.He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.His mother‚ Mildred‚was an active suffragette.His father‚ Alex‚ worked as a school teacher His father. He enrolled in Marlborough Grammar School‚The same school he’s father worked in.Also‚Golding was a bully in school‚ Quoted “He enjoyed hurting people”. Later in primary school‚ Goliding went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford

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    main plots. These plots are the romance between Ferdinand and Miranda; the comedy of Caliban‚ Stephano and Trinculo and finally‚ the tragedy planned by Antonio and Sebastian. All three plots‚ however‚ follow a strict structure in the form of a shipwreck‚ a meeting‚ a temptation/test‚ a reward/ punishment and lastly the reconciliation. In each of these plots‚ there is a recurrent motif‚ which is intoxication. Intoxication is a state wherein a person’s physical and mental control is diminished

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    Paikea. Paikea took this as an omen and tried to prepare herself to become leader‚ even though her grandfather opposed. However something that sets the Whale Rider plot apart from Bend It Like Beckham was the heavy focus on the Maori culture. The Maori culture has a heavy influence in this story which also leads the Paikea into making the necessary decisions about her leadership. Although there were many contrasts‚ Bend It Like Beckham and Whale Rider shared many similarities between their individual

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