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    ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW/AND FINAL REVIEW FOR: Professor C. Scaros P5 IP BY: Sandra Harper December 24‚ 2012 Eugene Brundige (Gene)‚ was born July 19th 1944 in Athens County Ohio. He has been my Pastor for the last 13 years during which time we have become very close. He has been my mentor‚ personal counselor‚ spiritual councilor and friend for many years. My girls adore this man and respect just about anything he says and does. I chose to set with him because I have been fascinated

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    “Embodiment of Marine Corps History and Traditions: The modern NCO” The modern Marine NCO is the embodiment of the Corps’ history and traditions for more reasons that can be mentioned in this essay. Before we dive into the reasons‚ we must understand what does that statement really means. It means to that the current generation NCOs represent as a whole‚ or rather becomes‚ the Corps’ history and traditions. NCOs are the ones who make decisions that become yesterday’s history‚ are constant reminders

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    camron sampson African American history I to 1865 Instructor: Burn‚ DJ Subject & NBR 09/05/2012 Significance of African American History. Dictionary.com defined the word history as “continuous” systematic narrative of past events as relation to a particular people‚ country‚ period‚ person‚ according to the meaning of the word History‚ it full knowledge will improve African American status. Despite the transition of Africans from West Africa

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    In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" she argues that traditions lead to the destruction of society through desensitizing people to the gratuitous infliction of pain to their fellow villagers. For example‚ the traditions the villagers continue to follow cause them to turn against each other despite having lived with each other for nearly their entire life‚ “Mrs. Graves said‚’ All of us took the same chance.’ ’There is Don and Eva‚’ Mrs. Hutchinson yelled. ’Make them take their chance!’" Since the lottery

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    People are like sheep and will obey other people’s laws or rules even if they are cruel and unjust. In Shirley Jackson’s fiction story‚ The Lottery‚ the story centers around a small town where they practice an unusual tradition every year known as “ The Lottery ”. The story mainly focuses around the Hutchinson family (which are the main protagonists of the story) and them being selected in The Lottery. The Lottery is held by Mr.Summers (which is the antagonist of the story)

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    VCE English Unit 1 Outcome 3 ‘Using Language to Persuade’ (Part 2) Oral Presentation on an Issue The second part of this SAC requires you to present your point of view on an issue (from the list already provided). Your response must be delivered in oral form which will allow you to use a range of persuasive language and presentation techniques. Steps to follow in preparing your reasoned point of view: 1. Now that you have selected your issue‚ establish what the two main sides

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    Yasmin Gonzalez Mrs. Herrera Junior English 1 March 2012 History of African American Music “In less than a minute‚ the death wail went up out of every cabin in the Quarters‚ and Brother Ezekial began the death chant: Soon one morning‚ Death come knocking at my door…. Oh‚ my lord‚ What shall I do” (Walker 17)? Death was common for slaves. They routinely died from disease‚ beatings and accidents on the plantation‚ and they expressed their sorrow in the form of song. “I see death around the corner

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    Oral Book Report: 10% of final grade Task: Give an oral presentation of 5-10 minutes in length in which you present a novel to the class. Your discussion of the novel must include the following elements: a short biography of the author a description of the main characters and setting a brief description of the main events (without spoiling the novel for other readers!) an analysis of the main theme or themes of the novel an evaluation of the book overall. What did you like? What did you

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    The two articles “A Plagiarism Pentimento” and “Redefining Plagiarism: Martin Luther King’s Use of an Oral Tradition” by Rebecca Moore Howard and Keith D. Miller discusses exclusively about plagiarism. While as Miller’s article mainly focuses on oral plagiarism‚ Howard’s article focuses on both oral and written plagiarism while giving more emphasis on the written plagiarism. According to Hacker in Howard’s article‚ plagiarism can be defined in two ways. First‚ plagiarism can be defined as the act

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    very unique for several characteristics. It is very unique because of its history‚ time‚ traditions‚ and decorations. First of all‚ I consider the history of the Persian New Year .The history of the Persian New Year has special importance for Iranian people. No Rooz‚ in word‚ means New Day with its uniquely Iranian characteristics has been celebrated for at least 3000 years and is deeply rooted in the rituals and traditions of the Zoroastrian ( This was the religion of ancient Persian before the advent

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