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    _____: Main Idea _____: Supporting details _____: Quotes (Must try to learn exactly how it is used and word by word) _____: Important points about VOICE and PERCEPTION Cultural experiences can have a significant impact on one’s personal voice and perception of the world. Such experiences such as things you eat‚ things you value‚ how you dress and the language you use to communicate can shape who you are‚ how you think‚ how you act and how you speak. Some examples of cultural experiences may

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    Scott Kernan The F-Word: A Rhetorical Analysis In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “The F-Word”‚ Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style‚ however‚ that did most of the work. Dumas’ article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”‚ as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the

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    I boarded the bus and that’s when I knew we weren’t in the United States anymore. “Boarded” is an exaggeration because my family and I had to hop on as the bus flew by us with the door open. In Laughing Without an Accent‚ Firoozeh Dumas was in culture shock when she first arrived at college and that’s similar to what I felt. After all‚ I was on a bus in Barbados full of locals jamming to Barbadian classics. I felt like I shouldn’t be there. As the bus continued into the city my family and I became

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    Summary on "The F-Word"

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    Summary on “The ‘F-Word’” It is not uncommon to sometimes hear or see what here in America is considered to be a strange or different name and decide to make fun of it or the holder of that name. This is a major obstacle that an Iranian immigrant named Firoozeh Dumas‚ author of “The ‘F-Word’” had to face. She illustrates a picture using words about the hardships that her name has brought upon her during her entire life. Throughout the story‚ she uses humor to describe what would have been a rather

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    we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?”( Firoozeh Dumas page 90). Why would people want to know ting such as this? It was because the had no clue where this place was located just from what they hear. This is the main reason people need to know about geography skills‚ and about cultures. Geography a topic taught in high school‚ children do not know it but should they. In the story “ With A Little Help From My Friends” the main character a little girl named Dumas from Iranian moves to the united states

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    First Time Failing a Grade In the article “In Praise of the F Word‚” Mary Sherry teaches basic grammar and writing in a night class for high-school graduates and high-school dropouts‚ who are intent on pursuing graduate equivalent certificates for skills that should have been learned while in high school. She also speaks about how many of her students were involved in activities that they felt should have been stopped by someone and not themselves. Why has it become so easy for students

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    country after the Iranian revolution did not encounter the same America.” (Firoozeh Dumas page 92) The reason I chose this quote is because It is a very important detail from the story. In this quote she is talking about how much kindness her and her family received before the Iranian Revolution and it shows how much how racist the country became after it. This excerpt from the story really tells me and the reader that Dumas and her family had a really good relationship with their community in California

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    Sterotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of group based assumptions derived from prior experiednces. Sterotyping is a natural process ; when it becomes inflexible to change with introduction of new information‚ we call it bias‚predjuice‚ sexism‚ or racism. Sterotyping is not only hurtful but can lead to a world of hate. Often‚ the cause is over looked‚ even though we see it face to face everyday

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    I am Who I am In chapter 1 of Claude Steele’s novel Whistling Vivaldi and Firoozeh Dumas’ article “The “F Word”’ the topic of stereotyping play big roles in the authors’ lives. They both understand that your identity is what makes you who are and sometimes can set you aside from other people. In the case of Claude Steele he is an African American man and for Firoozeh Dumas she is Iranian-born woman. Both of them experienced the negative attitudes that came from being who they are and had to face

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    essay‚“The other F-word” he uses powerful diction‚ evidence‚ and personal experiences to suggest that women need to be proud of their feminist’s values. He adopts a bold passionate tone in order for his mainly women audience to address the importance of this issue. Pitts opens his essay by powerful diction that makes the reader realize his passions on the subject. He starts by saying “I’m going to uses a word that offends folks. I’m talking the F-word. Feminist.” This lets

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