Assignment: Analyzing Seminal Texts Prewrite (25 points) Instructions: Use this organizer to plan an essay comparing Abraham Lincoln’s "Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" to "Pericles’s Funeral Oration" by Thucydides. Purpose (Why are you writing the essay?) I am writing this essay to point out/ discover the differences and similarities of Lincolns Gettysburg Address and Pericles Funeral Oration. Audience (Who will read it and from whose point of view?) The audience
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talk to each other‚ even if they are in the same room. They text message. One might naively think that texting isn’t so bad because at least children are expressing themselves in words and practicing their spelling‚ almost like letter writing. Not so; quite the contrary! Children are using what used to be called inventive spelling. That is spelling words the way that they sound. For example‚ when students express dismay in text they write “OMG”. This means Oh‚ my God! When they want to know
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Female Characters in Gothic Texts Gothic fiction has become a popular area for feminist studies. Many commentators have noticed how females in Gothic fiction often fall into one of two categories: the trembling and innocent victim or the shameless and dangerous predator. However‚ others have noticed how women writers have often used the Gothic to explore aspects of femininity and sexuality. The mad woman in the attic in Jane Eyre has become a key symbol of Gothic feminism. The persecuted maiden
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UNIT SEVEN: Text Questions Please complete the following questions. It is important that you use full sentences and present the questions and answers when you submit your work. Submit the work as a file attachment. This means you complete all work in a word processing document (e.g.‚ Microsoft Word) and attach the file using the dropbox tool. Use the Unit 7: Text Questions dropbox basket. The answers to the Review & Critical Thinking questions are worth 10 points. Review Questions 1. What are
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Davydova Y. Group 301 1.Presentation: 1.1.The text under consideration is entitled "The Gift of the Magi". It`s functions to show us the main idea of this text and also it tells us about the practice of giving Christmas presents in the first place? The magi‚ at least according to the Christian tradition. According to the Christian Bible‚ the magi were the trio of kings who traveled to Bethlehem from somewhere in the east to deliver three presents to the baby Jesus. According to the story‚ the magi
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Of Mice and Men Text Response Essay- Dreams Steinbeck shows us the importance and fragility of Dreams in “Of Mice and Men.” Discuss with close reference to the text. John Steinbeck portrays the importance and fragility of Dreams through certain characters in “Of Mice and Men.” The main characters‚ George and Lennie both share the typical American Dream of owning a piece of land and Lennie tending the rabbits‚ yet it slips through their fingers due to Lennie’s ignorance and strength. Curley’s
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Critical Inquiry Paper project titled Textbooks VS E-books Gil E. Alvarez EGR 104 CRITICAL INQUIRY IN ENGINEERING Department of Engineering Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus Table of Contents Section1: Introduction……………………………………………….………..…………………………..2 Technology is advancing……...……………………..…….………..………………………….2 Section 2: Advantages for replacing textbooks for e-books (iPad)………………………….....………….2 Section 3: Disadvantages for replacing textbooks for e-books
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piece is that the advertisement targets a specific male audience‚ and makes reductive references of women that aim to make it memorable and striking. In the piece‚ I discuss how the suggestive reference to sex is displayed through the graphology of the text. This is broken down to an analysis of how the advertisement is culturally assuming of Caucasian women and uses the archaic stereotype of the roles of men and women in society. The conclusions that I draw in the piece are that advertisements have
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UNIT ONE: Music Appreciation Text Questions Review Questions 1. What are the basic elements of music? The basic elements of music are what gives music its unique characteristics when combined with other factors. 2. What is pitch? Pitch is the frequency of a sound‚ and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear. 3. What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? Syncopation involves placing emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats or using a rest on a normally emphasized
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Romeo and Juliet text response‚ James Jones‚ 18/8/14. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are ultimately a fault of Friar Lawrence. He was heavily involved with both parties and their families‚ not only was he the head of the town’s church he was also Romeo’s spiritual guide. Friar Lawrence was the man who gave the potion of seaming death to Juliet‚ but when we look more into depth that was not his only fault‚ It was Friar Lawrence’s fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as he had prematurely married
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