last question asked for our perspective on writing. My answer to this question was “I hate writing.” I’m an English Learner who came to the U.S. 5 years ago with no knowledge in English. Therefore‚ writing is not a likable assignment due to my lack of English skills and I did not have confidence when I wrote in English because I had a fear of people’s judgment about my English. Therefore‚ I was not an advanced writer when I enrolled in WRI 001. Nevertheless‚ I have grown substantially since beginning
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The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America Book Review The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America is a New York Times Bestseller written by the L.A. radio host Larry Elder. Larry Elder is an African American libertarian who wrote this book to tell the truth about the United States of America. Larry Elder divides his book into ten chapters that each illustrates his political point of view. I will analyze the purpose of each chapter including: “Blacks are more racist than whites‚ white condescension is
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The Truth is Not Always What We Want to Hear: Did the Media Go Too Far in Covering Russell Williams? Kaitlyn Witmeyer The University of Western Ontario Society relies so vastly on media as a source of information‚ that in some cases there can be discrepancy on what is deemed as appropriate or not appropriate when covering a story. This is the case for the story of Russell Williams who is charged with two accounts of murder‚ sexual assault and countless occurrences
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a) Persuasive Intro: Death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for capital crimes or capital offences. Execution of criminals and political opponents has been used by nearly all societies‚ both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. (Graham‚1989 & Jackham 1872). At least 18‚750 people remained under sentence of death at the end of the year and at least 676 people were executed worldwide in 2011 (www.amnesty.org‚ 2011). The Capital
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1.) What does the declaration say about the equality of men? The first right listed in the declaration states that “Men are born‚ and always continue‚ free‚ and equal in respect of their rights.” This means that so long is a man is a French citizen‚ he is to be regarded as free and given equal rights. 2.) What does the declaration say about the equality of women? The declaration states nothing about the equality of women. The aforementioned equality automatically given to men upon their birth did
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why you matter? Who will you be later on in life? What you believe makes up life and how they apply to you? Well‚ I have wondered those things too. Everybody should be able to answer these questions at some point in their life. I am going to answer them all both here and now for you to read about and learn from. The first question I’ll be answering is ‘Why do you matter?’ I know that I matter for a couple of reasons‚ most of them surrounding a topic of huge ego (But what do you know?). I don’t know
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ourselves based on the insecurities that we have developed because of those we think “matter”‚ but what we don’t see is what is right in front of us (Geisel). Those who care and love us for no one but us‚ and when we take a second to look back and reflect‚ we find that those who love us don’t “mind” who we truly are. A quote by Theodor Geisel explains this is in a way that no one else can. He says‚ “Be who you are and say what you feel
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The short story of “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie shows the value of a true friendship. A true friend is the one who doesn’t have to physically be by your side the whole time. He can stand aside‚ awaits for your trouble‚ and lends you a hand. A true friend doesn’t care how the world sees him‚ he cares only how his “best” friend view of him. The true friend in this story is Thomas Builds-the-Fire. The story goes back and forth with the present and the past to
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In his essay‚ The Fairy Tale May Say Best What’s to Be Said‚ Lewis discussed his intentions to incorporate Christian mythology into fantasy works in order to make religion more appealing to the younger generation‚ “I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralyzed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that
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Some authors use imagery to describe in great detail each aspect of their work‚ some authors choose to use the bare minimum. Imagery plays a role in Alexie’s “This Is What It Means To Say.” The imagery used in this short story describes situations that the characters are in. Alexie‚ for the most part‚ keeps his imagery simple. However‚ at certain points in the story he implicates imagery in order to emphasize important points throughout the story. He uses imagery to show the readers who the characters
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