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    anticipation of the Spanish Armada Invasion‚ she wanted her troops to know that she herself is a worthy sovereign and she did that using acknowledgment‚ loaded words‚ and repetition. First‚ Queen Elizabeth achieves her purpose of persuading them that she is a trustworthy leader is through acknowledgement.The purpose of acknowledgement is to recognize a drawback in her argument but providing a solution. When Queen Elizabeth says “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the

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    when he gave permission that led to Amon’s death…his nephew Jonadab knew/suspected Absalom’s intentions. (2 Samuel 13:32). There is no clear evidence of David’s discipline of his children but there is evidence in the bible of wickedness‚ jealousy‚ rape and murder amongst David’s children. It is not clear from the bible if God made Michal barren or if David not have a conjugal

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    Writing Paragraph Answers on Questions Questions: 1. Should boys and girls be in separate classes? 2. Should the government place a tax on junk food and fatty foods? 3. Should students’ textbooks be replaced by notebook computers? 4. Pretend you woke up one day and there were no rules. People could suddenly do whatever they wanted! Would this be a positive or negative outcome? Answers (jot notes): 1. No because… a. When they’re out of college‚ and they have a job‚ it’s not going to be separated

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    To what extent can the Munich agreement be seen as a triumph for British foreign policy? The result of the Munich agreements success in 1938 is very controversial‚ it undoubtedly failed its desired purpose for European peace however this seemed unavoidable. Its considered that Chamberlains meetings leading up to the agreement were successful in delaying war at the very start‚ its debated whether or not this was for the best or if they could have nipped the issue in the bud from the beginning and

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    What Keeps Male Away From Higher Education? With Special Reference to Science S.Michael Jeyabalan1‚ Caroline Daisy2‚ P.Selvarathy Grace2 and C.Ravi Samuel Raj2 1 Department of English‚ Pope’s College 2 Department of Chemistry‚ Pope’s College‚ Sawyerpuram‚ Thoothukudi Dist - 628 251 Abstract: Higher education is essential for a nation. Once the higher education was dominated by male and now the trend started reversing. Such a gender imbalance is unsuitable for the countries development. The

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    A different look on higher education People often view things with smaller value because of their perceived flaws. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance”‚ the author Mike Rose discusses the amount of academic success a person achieves doesn’t always correlate to how intelligent a person is. Also in the essay “The New Liberal arts"‚ the author Sanford Ungar talks about seven different misconceptions people have on liberal arts education. Even though Mike Rose and Sanford Ungar both address how society

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    The first Battle of Bataan took place on the Bataan peninsula on the island of Luzon‚ Philippines. The battle was fought between the Japanese and an allied combination of the United States and Philippine military forces. The battle began on the 7th of January and ended with a United States fighting retreat on the 22nd of January. The first Battle of Bataan was the first ground combat between the Japanese and United States during World War II. To best analyze the first Battle of Bataan then it is

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    these institutions significantly cuts the choices down to a minimum. Should rising college tuitions limit the choices for students? No‚ absolutely not. College tuition should be regulated to give fair chances to all students to enable them to pursue higher‚ quality education. Education is considered the “great equalizer”‚ as stated in the Forbes Magazine‚ meaning that even though one were to grow up in poverty‚ the ability to receive an education can pull those out

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    Ralegh’s second expedition took place. ( P.68) April 27‚ 1584 - First two ships left the west coast of England to West Indies. (P.41) QUESTION 3 - Dorothy - One of Ralegh’s ships that took on the first expedition. (P.39) - Tiger - Elizabeth’s ship that would take on the second expedition. (P.65) - Roanoke Island - the Island discovered by Amadas and Barlow on their first expedition to the new world. (P.55) - Question on the minds

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    Classification of Paragraph A paragraph has nine classifications. Each of these paragraphs has its own characteristics. Narrative paragraphs are usually written in a chronological order. It reveals what a reader should learn from a particular story. The narrative makes the reader more involved‚ helps an idea get across or feels emotionally about it. It needs to explain who is in the story‚ tell what is happening and when it happened. The topic sentence should be clear so that the reader knows

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