Nineteen Minutes “In nineteen minutes‚ you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes‚ you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five. In nineteen minutes‚ you can stop the world; or you can just jump off it.” (p. 5) One’s perspective on life can really make a difference. You can complain you only have nineteen minutes or you can use that nineteen minutes to the best or your ability. Use
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Chapter 1: Using Rhetoric in our everyday lives. Chapter 2: Changing the mood‚ mind‚ or willingness to act. Chapter 3: Three issues with rhetoric Chapter 4: Character‚ Logic‚ and emotion Chapter 5: Decorum Chapter 6: Converting character into a tool for persuasion. Chapter 7: Tactics of Practical Wisdom. Chapter 8: Using selflessness for personal gain. Summary: Rhetoric is the art of influence‚ and therefore
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was‚ Every 15 Minutes‚ and I was the drunk driver. Beer cans scattered around the pavement; every step I took felt like an eternity‚ a lurch through some kind of dark matter. I kept thinking “this didn’t actually happen‚ this didn’t actually happen‚” but‚ the experience was all too real. I had killed someone. Metaphorically‚ of course‚ she’s fine. I took a seat in my car‚ and mixed the soon-to-be puke‚ a concoction of granola bar and water in my mouth. The waiting began. Five minutes‚ ten‚ twenty
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19 Minutes • I like how she starts off explaining how 19 minutes relates to the book‚ it’s a good hook • Josie’s relationship with her mom seems strained. • Josie doesn’t listen to her mom and lies to her face. • Josie is a fake: pretty on the outside but dealing with lots of stress on the inside. • She is considering suicide • Her relationship with Matt is a fake. • Patrick has a stressed life as well‚ he wants to help as many people as he can but he is overloaded • So far it paints a
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Summary: Introduction The novel opens with an unnamed narrator recounting a train trip through Iowa the previous summer with an old friend named Jim Burden‚ with whom the narrator grew up in a small Nebraska town. The narrator recalls talking with Jim about childhood on the prairie‚ and then notes that while they both live in New York‚ they don’t see each other much‚ since Jim is frequently away on business and since the narrator doesn’t really like Jim’s wife. The narrator resumes talking about
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The Two-Minute Speech Lasting roughly over two minutes‚ the Gettysburg Address is one of the best known speeches in American history. In the Gettysburg Address‚ author Abraham Lincoln puts hope into the hearts of Americans of a new nation brought up from the ashes of the American Civil War and the noble men that fought to preserve its belief in liberty and the equality of all men. Lincoln’s words deliver a sense of unity and wholehearted purpose among Americans in his Gettysburg Address. In
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Chapter Eleven A few days after the sugar cane harvest was complete‚ Johannes informed Georg and Louisa it was time for him to go. He said his goodbyes to his friends and began walking towards the river. For the past several days he had been loading a small keelboat he purchased with provisions for the trip upriver to Ohio. As he was leaving‚ he heard Louisa scolding her new house slave after arranging her clothing incorrectly and told her she would be punished if she did not fix them immediately
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it’s spending everyday with their loved ones living happily. A lot of people misunderstand what leads to success. Success is more than just being able to fill your bank account with loads of money‚ it’s about being satisfied with the lifestyle that you have. Of course having money makes you happy‚ but it can’t buy happiness‚ love‚ respect‚ or even trust. Everyone is born with their own unique talents and is better at a specific skill compared to
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The stranger Chapter one commentary Meng Hua In chapter one of the stranger Camus have used special techniques and skills to portrait Meursault’s inner character without direct reference. Camus has achieved this using different diction‚ sentence structure‚ metaphors‚ contrasts and other types of literature techniques. Each line is carefully done so that readers can quickly grasp the unique character of “the stranger”. At the beginning of chapter one Meursault immediately reveals himself
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Guide 1 Plot Summary King of Shadows by Susan Cooper is a tale about a young boy’s journey to overcome his devastating past in exchange for a hopeful future. Nat is an orphan who escapes into the world of the theatre to avoid his sadness. Nat is magically transported back to Elizabethan England‚ where he becomes apprenticed to William Shakespeare‚ who helps Nat learn to face his emotions and properly grieve his parents. King of Shadows is a thoughtful tale of discovery set in one of the most exciting
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