Jorge Ortiz English 1301 M W F 10:00 Mrs. Del Valle Analyzing: The Net is a Waste of Time In William Gibson’s persuasive essay “The Net is a Waste of Time‚” he often
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“You can’t change who you are. No matter how you struggle‚ some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn’t” (Thurman‚ Rob). “Identity is a powerful organizing presence in social life today” putting people into sections concerning likes and dislikes‚ culture and customs‚ separates them via social‚ economic and religious differences‚ identity makes a person‚ a person (Leve‚ Lauren). The character regarding one’s self is shaped by identity‚ how they view themselves‚ and largely how society
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model in a bikini. The quotes from both celebrity Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and bikini model Nicole Grenier discuss the use Xenadrine and the results. Grenier states that she lost 35 pounds and has never felt more beautiful. This attracts the overweight women in the audience. The insecurity of not feeling beautiful unless the viewer takes Xenadrine to lose confirms the manipulation and persuasion used in weight loss ads. Using ethos by having Ortiz-Magro‚ a young fit average weight actor reassuring the viewer
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Samsung’s social media strategy Recently‚ the famous South Korean manufacturer Samsung has created a buzz with a "selfie" picture taken during the Oscars by a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with several Hollywood celebrities. This picture had been posted on Twitter‚ a famous online social networking‚ by the Oscars host Ellen De Generes and then retweetted more than two millions times‚ a record. This phenomenon had a large impact on both product and the company. However it turns out that this event
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Vineet Advani Mrs. Sheaffer English 7 4 December 2011 Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults Unmoved by his mother’s description of him as "a kind and gentle soul‚" a Harris County jury come to a decision on Wednesday that 18-year-old‚ Robert Acuna‚ should be put on a life without parole sentence for murdering two elderly neighbors in a quiet town. Prosecutors presented little elucidation for why the Sterling High School junior‚ who worked part time at a fast-food restaurant‚ shot James
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In contrast‚ the main difference of the two is the authors approach. “Abuela Invents the Zero” is realistic fiction‚ whereas “Gombei and the Wild ducks” has a literary genre of folktale. The first author‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ chose to write “Abuela Invents the Zero” as a short story and is considered to have a genre of a realistic fiction. According to Cofer‚ “So we go to Kennedy to get la abuela and she is the last to come off the airplane…” (465). This piece of evidence shows that the story has
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about the way people see him. The reason being he is African American and within his neighborhood people see him as a mugger‚ rapist‚ or worse than the two. He is also discriminated and stereotyped because of his race and his skin color. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” she explains how people stereotyped Latin people and herself for the way they dressed‚ their education‚ and the way they were viewed just by watching a movie. Also their lack
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runs-batted-in‚ homeruns‚ and stolen bases. While somewhat effective‚ these can be very linear at times considering the amount of variables involved within the game of baseball. If one looks at a player such as David Ortiz in 2003‚ his regular season stats alone would leave out much of what Ortiz did as a whole. While above average for a power hitter‚ his regular season batting average of .309 pales in comparison to the .760 average he achieved in the World Series. Statisticians began to realize that a
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mathematics where we recognize numbers as 1‚ 2‚ and 3‚ their numbers consisted of dots (•). For example‚ the number one would be expressed through a single dot‚ “the numbers 2‚ 3‚ and 4 were represented by two‚ three and four dots‚ respectively.” (Ortiz-Franco) The larger numbers such as 5‚ 10‚ 20‚ 100‚ 200‚ 300‚ 400 and 8000 were represented by symbols. For example‚ a straight line or five dots would most commonly represent 5; a diamond shape or ten dots represented 10; a flag‚ shell or vase with
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The Mozart Effect Does classical music really help you study better? Many recent research studies show that music idoes in fact improve cognitive thinking. In 1993‚ researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so-called Mozart Effect - that college students "who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major K448 before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher" than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies have
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