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    On March 8‚2008 Obama made a speech for his campaign. The speech was in response to race and racism and how we as a nation need to let it pass.Obama also want to clear up accusations about Reverened Wright.Jeremiah Wrights‚ his pastor was involved in a scandal about anti-white and anti-american. With association to Wrights audience automically assume Obama shares the same beliefs. Persuading his audience to potential voters and using the constitution as an example by showing that today some of

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    In the poem “A Poison Tree” by William Blake‚ the poet employs diction of deception‚ archetypal symbolism‚ and misleading syntax in order to convey the message that when someone subdues their anger‚ it will eventually turn into the growth of poisonous thoughts/feelings. The speaker in Blake’s poem displays their anger in the first stanza in explaining that “I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath‚ my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not‚ my wrath did grow.” This is relevant

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    ¨Stressed Out¨ Many influential songs have been produced recently and ¨Stressed Out¨ performed by 21 Pilots is one of them. It was written by Tyler Joseph to describe the pressure of adulthood as you reach that progression. The song sets a nostalgic tone in the introduction and lasts throughout the song as Joseph explains what the transfer to adulthood feels like. This is one of many songs out right now that explains a clear representation of problems teenagers face on a daily basis. Joseph accomplishes

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    In the movie “Wall-E” the main character is two robots‚ one is called Walle and another one is Eve. Since they barely have the capacity to talk with each other which makes giving a speech impossible‚ they still can say each other’s name in different tone to express different emotion. Also‚ they use body language and eye contact to communicate. For example‚ when Eve finds out she lost the plant‚ the tone of her voice which calls Wall-E is different from the tone in usual. It shows the different emotion

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    The poem titled “A Poison Tree” by William Blake is about how ineffective communication can affect a person. The poem starts with the speaker being able to let out his anger to his friend and was able to end it. Then the speaker was angry at his enemy but held it in and it started to grow into something poisonous. The poem is about how suppressing your emotions can cause consequences. The poem begins with the speaker explaining how he was able to stop his anger towards his friend by talking; however

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    Millions of Americans are tired of the same boring workday schedule that they are forcing themselves to comply with in order to ¨secure¨ a healthy and safe life. While reading the play Fences‚ by August Wilson‚ I came across a quote that I found very interesting. Wilson wrote‚ ¨LYONS: I know I got to eat. But I got to live too. I need something that gonna help me to get out of the bed in the morning. Make me feel like I belong in the world (1.1).¨ The quote is illuminating on peoples want to do

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    Role of Religion in Wars

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    War started long ago‚ long before we were born. Even the Bible states that the first war happened in heaven when Lucifer wanted to take over the place of Jesus Christ. From the Israelites fighting the Palestines in the Old Testament to the Christian Crusades to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ one of the great paradoxes of history is that war and religion are inseparable. Though few people in the United States think the alliance forces against Iraq are fighting for religious reasons‚ most

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    The Second War of Kappel was a result of religious conflicts between protestants and Catholic Cantons. This war was fought in 1531‚ in Switzerland. Over 7000 Protestants and 2000 Catholics fought in the war leaving about 700 dead‚ including innocent civilians. The Catholics won this war leaving the Protestants in defeat.     The Crusades were many religious wars and fights that were fought between Christians and Muslims. These wars originally started out as religious arguments and fighting over

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    Rhetorical Terms and Techniques of Persuasion Fill in at least 1example for each from Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in a sequence: Little Larry likes lemons. Examples: faithful friends. whom we welcome.  same high standards of strength and sacrifice Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases‚clauses or lines: I have a dream…I have a dream…I have a dream Examples: Let both sides... Let

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    Robert Neville followed a man‚ who was turning‚ into an ocean of unlike humans. In an excerpt from‚ I Am Legend Richard Matheson uses a wide array of rhetorical devices in order to convey the strong action he uses. Matheson uses different types of imagery and similes to describe the man who was leading him in the beginning of the excerpt. Neville hears the man’s voice as "a grating rasp" that is labeled as sonic imagery that the reader can connect to someone/thing in their own life. Furthermore

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