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    Social Commentary on Physical Attractiveness in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House Across cultures and across time‚ surface beauty has been idealized and integrated into societies to the extent to which it is almost necessary to determine one’s societal rank or role. In many cases‚ those who are considered more beautiful are given luxuries that those who are less fortunate are kept from. In a time when both looks and money ruled the social scene‚ Charles Dickens in his novel Bleak House makes an opposing

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    ADHD Commentary

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    D.R. Frieden.‚ Center for Disease and Prevention. (2013).‚ Increase in ADHD diagnosis. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/ Graf WD.‚ Nagel SK.‚ Epstien LG.‚ Miller G.‚ Nass R.‚ Larriveiere D.‚ (2013). Neuroenhancement: ethical‚ legal‚ social‚ and neurodevelopmental implications. Yale School of Medicine‚. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23486879 J. Swanson‚ PHD.‚ (2013). Department of Psychiatry‚. “Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit”. Retrieved from: http://ajp

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    Persuasive Commentary

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    massacre‚ slaughtering between 800‚000 and 1 million Tutsi’s (Johnson 1). Now 20 years later‚ is it possible to forgive? For years after the genocide‚ the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s have lived in an awkward state of mind. For years they have lived a non-social relationship with each other. Who would blame them? It was split between the predators and the victim survivors (Forgiving The Rwandan Genocide 1). Evil amongst the innocent. The scared with memories and the ashamed convicts living with each other

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    Commentary on Feet

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    Analysis on Feet Feet is a prose talking about a little child looking at his sister’s death. The story is set in a post war period‚ when poverty and diseases are everywhere. We can know this by looking at the date written under the title‚ “September 1948”. The story happened in a working class family in Ireland. We can know that it is set in Ireland from the little sister’s name. From the sentence in line 7‚ “ Una. My younger sister‚ Una.” We know that her name is Una‚ which is an Irish name‚

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    Commentary Writing Tips

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    AS English | 10/23/12| Week 8 SDL While taking the AS English Exam‚ you will be expected to complete commentaries on passages provided. Below is a list of tips for getting the best possible grade on the exam: 15 Relevant tips for Commentary Writing: 1. Create a commentary plan – include all phrases /sentences you are to comment on. 2. Create a coherent argument 3. Give a balanced judgment which gives attention to all parts of the question 4. Go beyond the text in the discussion

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    Reflective commentary Placement one The aim of this essay is to reflect and evaluate my experience whilst on my third year first placement in a nursing home for people with profound and severe learning disabilities. This reflective commentary will describe briefly about my placement setting and also about the nature of the service they provide to the service users and how I have participated in handover during placement. Finally it will underline the feedback from my mentor and the staff‚ actions

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    John Brown ENG 105 July 10‚ 2014 Rebecca Foy Commentary of ADHD and Suicide Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and suicide are often brought together as one is common with the other. I have reviewed a few different medical references to see if I can get an understanding of if they are connected. There are many ways that suicide and ADHD can be paired together. It can come from the atmosphere or activities they are involved in. It can be caused by treatment or lack of treatments

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    How to Write a Commentary

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    Writing a Literary Commentary Read the passage you are given a few times. Read it once through to get a gist of what the speaker is saying. Jot down your initial reactions to certain parts of the text so you can refer to them when you are writing. When you have finished‚ go back and read it again‚ this time underlining key words and phrases and jotting notes to yourself in the margins. While the minimum number of times you should read something is two‚ it is ideal that you read each passage three

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    Ryan Holiday Commentary

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    is an extremist who is trying to make a difference in media manipulation. Body paragraph 1: • Concrete detail: “…I felt that if I could just get everyone’s attention and expose the problems in the right way‚ it could make a difference” (xvi) • Commentary: Ryan Holiday is using his own way to expose media manipulation. Instead of being nice about it‚ to him the only way to make a difference is to go in extreme lengths. He wants people to truly open their eyes about media manipulation and by exposing

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    Commentary: Moral Responsibility Jonathan Swift cleverly illustrates a very “humble” solution to the crisis in Ireland in his personal essay‚ “A Modest Proposal.” His voice urges annoyance and frustration‚ evoking a tone of sarcasm. Through the use of cynical language‚ he creates an intense and informative response. He uses language to create imagery which he intends to elicit a response of shock and moral responsibility. His intention is to mock Ireland and the economic crisis they have got

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