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    In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a story told as from the eyes of an eleven year old girl. The narrator at times‚ gives the reader the feeling you are really reading a story written by an eleven girl and not a grown woman. One can tell this by the author’s word choices throughout the story. Like the narrator repeatedly uses the word “stupid”‚ which to me is a word an eleven year old would really use. As she describes multiple things as “stupid”‚ such as describing her classmate Sylvia

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    The First Woman of the US Supreme Court. The first woman of the US Supreme Court was Sandra Day O’Connor. She was an incredible woman who fought for the rights that women have today. “On July 7th President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first women of the US Supreme Court” (www.biography.com). She was considered to be a modern conservative‚ she also served for 24 years (www.biography.com). At a very young age she showed high levels of intelligence. “She retired in 2006” (www

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    In the short story‚ "Tepeyac" by Sandra Cisneros while the narrators are walking home with her grandfather from his shop‚ she is describing the places and the people they come to pass. When walking to their house they count the steps from the street to their front door together and they go to eat dinner together‚ then she says she will return to the U.S. Her grandfather will die‚ everything will die‚ everything will change‚ she feels like it’s irretrievable‚ and when she returns‚ years later‚

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    In the short story "Mexico‚" the author Sandra Cisneros uses very long‚ detailed sentences as a form of syntax‚ which is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language‚ and uses descriptive words to set the mood‚ theme‚ and setting of her short story‚ which is called diction. Cisneros’ style and usage of syntax and diction are critical elements to the short story. In "Mexico‚" Cisneros uses long‚ elaborate‚ descriptive sentences to move from one memory of

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    Negotiations are a significant part of any business arrangement. Properly organized and debates can help winning any contract. Sandra Johnson Inc. (SJI) managed to make a bid proposal for the Navy contract. The service to provide is flooring jobs. Having estimated the costs and proposed incentives‚ another important task to do is to discuss the profit margin. In spite of the perfection of a bid proposal its implementation and winning can be achievable through negotiations. Among many kinds of

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    show someone respect‚ if you are polite‚ kind and consider it. you regard them highly‚ you show respect to them by your actions‚ the way you talk to them‚ the way you look at them‚ and through your body language. A person I really respect is Sandra Funes. Sandra is a woman that was born in El Salvador and grew up there until she moved to germany and lived there with her husband Klaus. Then one day she got a message that her father had died‚ he was the only person who led the family company for many

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    In both of the text about Okita’s poem and "Mericans" by Sandra Cisneros basically both talks about American Identity because if you go back in the poem and read Okitas poem it speaks on American identity more than anything else and how she had experience culture differently from others because where she came from it seem to be a generation thing in the family and how it was is where ever your family was from that was where you was from. Okita’s poem also has a little bit to do with culture heritage

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    their teachers’ choice to focus so much on poetry. But‚ poems have the ability to help many people if they’re looked at for more than just the rhyming of fancy words. In the essays Blasphemy and Earning Our Laurel Leaves the authors‚ Martin Espada and Sandra Beasley‚ write about the power that poetry ultimately has. Although poetry is beneficial to readers‚ it’s also valuable to writers. The power gives to a writer can be simply illustrated by the poem Severely Queer by Lucas Mathieu D. Poetry matters

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    In “Everyman” compiled by Sandra Brazil‚ Everyman meets Death. In meeting Death‚ Death advises Everyman that he needs to explain his life to God. Everyman asks Fellowship‚ Cousin‚ Kindred‚ and Goods to go with him on Death’s journey‚ but they refuse‚ except one. Good-deeds offers to go but does not because at first because he feels burdened with Everyman’s sins. Good-deeds however‚ points Everyman to Knowledge and Confession where he settles his sins. Lastly‚ Everyman goes on his journey equipped

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    Should we learn to read and analyze more complex as time goes on‚ or should we learn to write simpler for the sake of society? Sandra Fisher-Martins emphasizes that there is a serious dilemma in Portugal: too many people can’t read official legal documents. Sandra Fisher-Martins tells a story of how she was baffled at some of her everyday legal documents like the electricity bill and her work documents. She was baffled because she had to reread the papers a few times before grasping

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