Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella
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introduction of communication technology fragment human consciousness? (Sigh). I know for a fact that consciousness is defined as one’s awareness of his environment; it may also include one’s thoughts‚ memories‚ feelings and sensations. And‚ I also know that communication technologies are things that aid the transfer of messages and information. However‚ honestly‚ since Monday‚ this question has been circulating again and again inside my little brain; and every day‚ I’ve constantly been searching and
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oduct Part I. Intrion General Notes on Style and Stylistics 9 Expressive Means (EM) and Stylistic Devices (SD) 25 General Notes on Functional Styles of Language 32 Varieties of Language 35 Brief Outline of the Development of the English Literary (Standard) language 41 Meaning from a Stylistic Point of View 57 Part II. Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary General Considerations 70 Neutral‚ Common Literary and Common Colloquial Vocabulary 72 Special Literary Vocabulary
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In the short story Eveline by James Joyce‚ the author challenges the morals of a young woman torn between desire and familial obligation. Joyce manipulates the theme of reflection as a tool for Eveline to make a life altering decision of staying in the comfortable atmosphere where she confined and controlled by her father and her boss‚ or to run off to the unknown with a man who loves her and offers her a life of security. This essay will analyze and explain the deixis‚ cohesion‚ process and participant
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How does F Scott Fitzgerald establish mood in the opening of “The Great Gatsby?” Fitzgerald establishes the mood in the opening of The Great Gatsby as scandalous and grim yet with hope created by the character named as Gatsby. Firstly‚ Fitzgerald uses the symbolism of “an extraordinary gift of hope” to describe the character of Gatsby. This could suggest that the character of Gatsby is very important in the book and a symbol of hope in the book and happiness in the book‚ especially because the
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Personal Writing: Fragment - Changes in Life By Aaron S. Kirby Outline Thesis Statement: Changes in life like these can change you both physically and mentally for the rest of your life depending on the severity of the situation. I. In early August of `96 my life at home became a living nightmare. II. I applied to the first ad I saw in the paper and strangely enough‚ I actually got a call from Ramada Inn in less than 3 days after applying. III. In my lifetime I have seen a lot
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The May li massacre was a terrible circumstance and an event that happened March 16th 1968 during the Vietnam War‚ in which American soldiers rape‚ pillage and killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a small village‚ the result was worldwide outrage. As the three companies (Charlie Company)‚ led by Lieutenant Calley entered the village and started firing at the villagers that included women‚ children and elderly as well as raping the young women‚ LT Calley himself put a enormous amount of villagers
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destroyed Loren Hall’s claim‚ Walt knew he had to do something. Walt stole their dogs to go record the claim before these other people could. Along the way Walt ran into Loren Hall and they went to go record his claim. In the piece "The King Of Mazy May" Walt shows courage and quick thinking like someone would need to undertake a dangerous
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My sophomore year of high school‚ I had to read the Great Gatsby. It was the last of my required reading assignments in Ms. Walter’s class. Until that point‚ I had not enjoyed reading any of the books‚ so my expectations were not very high. It was even more important for me to read and understand the Great Gatsby because I had to write my final paper about it. I had gotten by the whole semester by using spark notes and skimming through each chapter because I couldn’t bear to read the other books
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“The Centaur”‚ by May Swenson is a narrative poem that is told by a woman looking back on her childhood. Through the various uses of imagery throughout the poem‚ Swenson portrays a child who is having a joyous time in a field. The imagery that Swenson uses throughout the entirety of the poem helps convey the message about women and their expectations in society to the reader. Firstly‚ at the beginning of the poem‚ the reader is relatively clueless of the fact that the child is a girl. In
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