Neil Gadingan Mr. Bambrick English Period 1 Speak In the novel Speak‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda Sordino is the protagonist who was raped and traumatized in a summer party. She was unable to speak as she became emotionally distressed. She struggled in school as she was not focused and her relationship with other people changed negatively ."When people don’t express themselves‚ they die one piece at a time." p122. The essence of the story is about secrets and what it can do to a
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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy‚ so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe‚ and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy‚ every vibration‚ every Btu of heat‚ every wave of every
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BIBLIOGRAPHY - Anderson‚ Laurie Halse . Speak . New York : Puffin ‚ 1999 . SUMMARY- Melinda Sordino is a just starting her freshman year at Merryweather High School and is not off to a good start . Before school started Melinda attended a party with her best friend which ended in her calling the police for reasons the reader learns throughout the book . Her year starts rough with her friends not speaking with her and her not speaking at all . She begins to become slightly depressed
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Do men and women speak the same language? From the beginning of time we have made a clear distinction between men and women. They look different‚ they each bring their own contribution to society and they both have to go through different obstacles. It was John Gray who wrote a book called “Men are from Mars‚ Women are from Venus” which later became a very famous quote to call out on the many differences between the two. Even though both are in fact very different‚ one would think that they develop
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a genuine hero is a person of actions; he would save many lives with his timely actions. Words are just words‚ so if anyone tells you so many fantastic things‚ do not believe him so easily. You need proof from his actions. In fact a person who speaks much but does little is termed a ‘loud mouth’. It is said that if you want to go a thousand miles you must take the first step. This
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Robert MacNeil’s article‚ "Do You Speak American?"‚ was first published in USA Today Magazine‚ which is popular within the general public. I did notice that he limits the use of terminology that only very well educated individuals would understand. Therefore‚ it is safe to assume that his intended audience would be the people within the general public‚ who have a basic understanding of the English language. Throughout the article‚ he uses language that is usually used to educate‚ rather than argue
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Simon Christ-figure Vs. Roger Satan-figure Lord of the flies was written by William Golding in 1954. After his participation in World War II he began teaching and writing. Lord of the flies is a simple adventure story of schoolboys on an unhabitated island after their airplane crashed. The children make a set of rules to follow‚ but eventually the rules are broken. The children are then divided into two different tribes. Among the two tribes there’s a Christ-figure and a Satan-figure. In Ralph’s
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In “Irked By The Way Millennials Speak?” Geoff Nunberg argues that the phrase “I feel like” can be used in a positive and negative context. As many individuals have different opinions on the phrase‚ Nunberg explores the two sides. To start off‚ the negative aspect of the phrase is looked at as beating the bush and not truly stating opinions. The Millennials are most often afraid to state their opinions because they do not want their peers to judge them based on their opinions. As the younger generation
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EWRT1A Instructor: Luis Limcolioc Title: Silence Speaks More Than We Observe "Silent Dancing" By Judith Ortiz Cofer There are moments in which the silence can convey a message which is much more momentous than any other words which can be spoken. "Silent Dancing" by Judith Ortiz Cofer is a great evidence of that. In this piece of work the writer conveys a message about her childhood. Around the young age of three‚ the writer along with her mother and her younger brother shifted from their homeland
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“Every scar I have makes me who I am” proclaimed an anonymous author. Sometimes people make decisions that will stick with them forever‚ even if they don’t want it to. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ she writes about a teenager named Melinda who goes through a ton of drama over the summer before and during her freshman year. A boy named Andy Evans sees Melinda and comes by her. He stays with her all night. Later through the night he brings her away from everyone else and rapes her
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