Thanksgiving. One of America’s most beloved holidays. I mean it is so important that we get a whole week of school off. For most people when they think about Thanksgiving‚ neither the words thanks nor giving comes up. It is turkey am I right? How would you feel if you showed up to a Thanksgiving meal and there was no turkey on the table. I mean could you even call that a “Thanksgiving” meal? This was the exact thinking process I was going through last Thanksgiving. However‚ we were not going to
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INDEX ABSTRACT 2 Introduction 3 INFORMATION 4 History 4 THANKSGIVING AT PLYMOUTH 4 THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS 6 THANKSGIVING’S ANCIENT ORIGINS 7 REFERENCES 8 ABSTRACT The tradition started when in 1620 a group of men‚ woman and children left England on a ship called Mayflower. They were pilgrims and they wanted to start a new life in the New World. The voyage was very hard. They were cold and hungry and most of them died. The voyage took 66 days and they landed on the north-east coast
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Informative and Persuasive Virgilio Caban South University Assignment 2 Abstract In order to understand the two types of speeches we listen to first we must understand the meaning of each‚ for example the Informative speech is as the word states ‘to give information’. The second the Persuasive speech is where a person (the speaker) is trying to convince or sway the audience to follow his/her ideas. Human beings are in general terms visual learners‚ when an individual is presenting a speech
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MLK and Malcolm X Speeches The two speeches “I have a dream” and “The ballot or the bullet” are very powerful. They both fought for African Americans rights and were written by two important civil rights leaders‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Although King focused on peace and tranquility and Malcolm more to force and violence they both protested for freedom for the blacks. Within the two‚ they both used repetition throughout the speeches. King repeated to the audience that he had a dream
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I thank my dad for bringing out the skill and mindset of an athlete. I not only use my competitive nature on the field but I also utilize it in the classroom. When I was younger‚ I would despise the person who got a higher grade than me. I wouldn’t actually hate them‚ I would hate that they beat me. But when I would get the highest grade in the class I would feel like I had won the championship football game. Now onto where I am from. I am from Laguna Hills California but I say I am from Mission
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Hello everyone. I am Martin Luther King Jr and I am a very important historical figure. I am an American Baptist minister‚ activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights. Some of my influences were; Mahatma Gandhi‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Bayard Rustin‚ and Henry David Thoreau. I am going to give you three reasons why you should keep me in the balloon; first I lead the March on Washington in 1963‚ I was in charge of the Birmingham Campaign‚ and I lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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You walk into a room and are instantly greeted by rows upon rows of evenly spaced desks. The only think you have with you‚ is you pencil and calculator. You sit down‚ silently‚ and feel your nerves begin to kick in. You are told that you have only sixty minutes to answer sixty questions. As time ticks down‚ you realize you are not going to finish‚ so you start randomly guessing. This is a real life example of what happened to a fellow peer of mine‚ during the ACTs. The topic I decided on‚ is why
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The Avila family closely relates to my family during a holiday‚ or sometimes just in general. Our Thanksgiving is very similar based on the way we celebrate it. Both the Avila’s and my family are both big and that makes it fun to celebrate. Therefore‚ we all have some what a same tradition were the older women cook the food while the younger women watch them. My family and the Avila’s were both full hispanic. My mom is Mexican and my dad is Guatemalan. My parents culture have both similarities
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I appreciate that you want me for dinner‚ but you can’t have me for your Thanksgiving dinner. I am the turkey that lives on your farm in the barnyard. I am scared that you will eat me for your Thanksgiving dinner. Besides‚ there are numerous other meals to eat for Thanksgiving besides eating a massive plump turkey. There will be various of consequences if you eat me for your Thanksgiving dinner. I taste bland and I don’t taste like that turkey in your dreams. I beg you to listen to my reasons why
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several holidays. Toward the end of the year the public’s two favored holidays come around. Christmas and Thanksgiving is a time for everyone to make memories‚ but some enjoy one more than the other. Thanksgiving is a more widely enjoyed holiday than Christmas. Both holidays take place during different seasons causing different events to take place. Thanksgiving has the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade. Where floats with famous characters and celebrities parade through Downtown New York. People are
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