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    Rodrigo Perez Mr. Desnoyer Composition – Block 3 22 August‚ 2011 Dialectical Journal Quotation Comment/Purpose “Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.” | This was a very good way to start off

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    Individuality versus Conformity in Miller ’s The Crucible The theocratic town of Salem‚ in the late 1600s‚ not only advocated conformity but stifled individuality. The play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ illustrates the conflict between conformity and individuality. Salem‚ a town dependent on the unity and participation‚ understandably teaches people from a young age to recognize the needs of the community as greater than the needs of an individual. As any unit needs something to hold it all together

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    Alliteration The repetition of sounds makes the speech more catchy and memorable. In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No‚ no… I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Allusion By using a classic

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    Martin Luther King Assessment Task Research Task (200 words in total) 1. In that ways were the African-American people treated differently from white people in the USA in the 1950s. African-Americans were separated from white people by law and discriminated against by the white people. They were referred to as ‘Negros’‚ which was an insensitive word to call the African-Americans. White people separated children from African-American families and there were ‘coloured’ seats for African-American

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    half of the world’s chocolate is made from the cocoa beans that are grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana. If we were to refuse to do any business with these countries or the people associated with these countries‚ the costs of the products may be un-affordable to consumers. As far as political issues‚ I’m sure we’re not the only country who does business with these other countries‚ and if we stop doing business with the ivory coast and Ghana the other countries that also do business with them may stop

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    trading was how much of Africa made its wealth. In the area known as Nubia a large trade and emerged with Egypt. They traded ivory‚ ebony‚ frankincense‚ and leopard skins. The Kush empire kingdom prospered in trade; providing iron goods‚ ivory‚ gold ebony and slaves from all over. When the Kush Empire declined Axum arose. They too were based mostly on trade. They exported ivory‚ frankincense‚ myrrh and slaves; they imported textiles‚ metal goods‚ wine‚ and olive oil. In Ghana there was an abundance

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    to deal with this crime creates an unfair advantage for poachers. Poachers usually hunt animals for only one product: tigers are slaughtered for their striped fur‚ rhinos for their large horn and elephants are killed for their ivory tusks. The price of the uncarved ivory ten years ago was an estimated $2‚000 a pound‚ but now it sells for almost $3‚000 a pound. Sadly‚ the bodies of the animals are left to rot. The common reason for why there are so many poachers hunting rare animals is that high

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    Bicycle‚ fish‚ airplane‚ hat‚ card‚ homework‚ swing‚ flower‚ picture‚ sunglasses‚ watermelon‚ puddle‚ school bus‚ and lawnmower are words that connect with people with his or her memories in some way. An instant word can bring memories back into his or her reality. Their memories can be so vivid that their dreams may feel like present day. The stream of consciousness can take one word and recreate your whole past. In the poem‚ "Piano"‚ written by D.H. Lawrence‚ the narrator is affected by the word

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    in Peter Skrzynecki’s poems Immigrants at Central station and ’Crossing the Red Sea’‚ Alan Moir’s political cartoon MV Cormo Express (SMH 28/10/03)‚ about the stranded sheep in the middle of the ocean‚ and also the bookcover for Victor Kelleher’s Ivory Trail. Often journeys have an element of a lack of choice. In ’Immigrants at Central station’‚ Skrzynecki uses simile to describe their restricted freedom writing‚ ’like a word of command’. There is a sense of irony here‚ that having escaped their

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    Mike Weber October 17‚ 2013 Mika‚ Period 7 “I Have A Dream” Speech Rhetorical Analysis On August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would become perhaps the most brilliant and powerful speech in American history. This speech took place in Washington‚ D.C in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial where hundreds of thousands of black and white Americans gathered to hear MLK make history. In his speech‚ MLK frequently called for an immediate end to segregation‚ and spoke of the injustices

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