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    Parallelism In Outliers

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    Style‚ in literature is crucial for individualizing one author’s work from another. In Outliers‚ Gladwell implements stylistic elements of denouement‚ parallelism‚ calls to action‚ and colloquialism to enhance his writing piece. Through these writing styles‚ Gladwell is able to maintain the attention of the reader‚ create an informal mood with the reader‚ connect ideas‚ and add emphasis. Gladwell is able to add emphasis in his writing through the application of parallelism in his writing. Parallelism

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    Outliers By Gladwell

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    (Locklear‚ 2016). Gladwell believes that it is a myth that people are natural born geniuses. The author believes such geniuses are created by their parents and or society. To prove this theory Gladwell gave the examples of the characters of Mozart and The Beatles. He explains these two geniuses by explaining to the reader about his theory of the 10‚000 hour rule. Mozart and The Beatles the author claims

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    When I first got this book‚ I did not expect it to be about what it was about. Outlier is a term that we use in math. Something out of the ordinary‚ a number that is not like the others‚ different. Who would have thought that this book was going to talk about people? I thought it was so clever to call people outliers. What an intelligent way to describe those people. To describe the people out of the ordinary‚ the talented ones and to explain why they are so. The first chapter is called the Matthew

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    skill? Nowadays‚ the path to success seems to be different for each individual‚ as some people have unfair advantages to help them excel faster. Often times‚ these advantages stem from circumstances no one even has control over. Through his book Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell claims that the idea of a self-made man is a logical fallacy as almost all successful people have had a leg up over others. While a small portion of success is due to pure talent‚ Gladwell’s argument holds true as most super-achievers

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    The Outliers Reflection

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    book The Outliers. When I first got assigned to read this book in my English class‚ I honestly was not excited. I felt that The Outliers was not going to be interesting. But‚ when I started to read the book‚ I found myself connecting your book to everything around me. After reading the chapter‚ The Matthew Effect‚ I started paying attention to people’s birthdays. Suddenly‚ all of these factors that I had never thought about before became very prominent. I really liked the chapters The Trouble With Geniuses

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    Trouble

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    345 THE TROUBLE WITH TALENT: ARE WE BORN SMART OR DO WE GET SMART? ________________ KATHY SEAL Kathy Seal is a journalist and author who has written about education and psychology since 1985 for such publications as The New York Times‚ Family Circle‚ and Parents. Seal attended Barnard College‚ where she graduated magna cum laude. She is the author of two books: Riches and Fame and I the Pleasures of Sense (1971) and Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning (2001). "The Trouble with Talent"

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    Madeline Stroyls Chirpas CP English 8 May 2012 Teens and Success Teens today could improve upon so much to get a better chance to become more successful in life. In Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues that a child’s performance level for anything has to do with their culture. He says that people of Asian descent will focus more and try harder when they do not understand something. He also talks about how constantly practicing can make you master a skill. If teens can use ideas that Gladwell

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    Writing Assignment I Charles Duhigg in The Power of Habit communicates how habits can transform our lives and change failure to success. In the chapter “Keystone Habits‚ or The Ballad of Paul O’Neill‚ ” Duhigg emphasizes the importance of incorporating keystone habits in the everyday routine. The chapter discusses small wins and identifying the difference between a keystone habit and a good habit. A keystone habit tends to cause a chain reaction; in other words‚ it triggers personal growth in

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    Arredondo 1 Maritza Arredondo AP English Language & Composition Mr.Malmed Ch. Thesis Supporting Evidence 1. | The thesis of chapter one is how Gladwell proves the coming to success of the elite hockey players are majority ones born in the months of January‚ February‚ or March. They explain how their age and being born around that time of the year gives them advantages and most born earlier don’t have a big chance of making it to the big leagues. | * The roster of

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    Why Bob Clark’s Baby Geniuses Should Be Hailed as a Modern Masterpiece What is a masterpiece? One might come to ponder. Cinematically‚ one might point to films such as Orson Welle’s Citizen Kane‚ or Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ both of these have‚ of course‚ their own personal merits‚ but might I suggest a different approach‚ a film oft overlooked: Baby Geniuses. The premise of the film is a simple one‚ a faculty of scientists have uncovered that babies are born with vast knowledge

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