he expected Gini to take over that task---after all‚ he couldn’t wear wrinkled clothes to his new job‚ could he? Poking fun at the responsibilities involved in marriage is similar to the attitude presented in Judy Brady’s 1971 essay‚ "Why I Want a Wife." In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria
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In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria it puts forth‚ while the meaning actually operates in the recognition that the narrator is being sarcastic. Using writing as one of her tools for activism‚ Judy (Syfers) Brady has established herself as a supporter of the women’s movement since she began
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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 1.When a singular and plural subject are connected by either/or or neither/nor‚ put the plural subject last and use a plural verb. Example: Neither Jenny nor the others are available. 2.Sometimes the subject is separated from the verb by words such as along with‚ as well as‚ besides‚ or not. Ignore these expressions when determining whether to use a singular or plural verb. Examples: The politician‚ along with the newsmen‚ is expected shortly. Excitement‚ as well
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1990‚ violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act 1994 and the Church Arson Prevention Act. Each act serves as a pillar in overcoming hate crimes in America. Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is one of the largest crime bills in the United States history which include 100‚000 new police officers‚ 9.7 billion for prisons and $6.1 billion for prevention programs (H.R. 3355). Vice-President Joe Biden (at the time Senator-Delaware) originated the bill which was passed by President Clinton
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Chase Hullinger Period 3 10 Things I Hate About You Movie Review The 1999 film‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ mirrors many of the characters‚ themes‚ and conflicts as in the Shakespeare play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. The characters in the film involve Kat as Kate‚ Patrick as Petruchio‚ Cameron as Lucentio‚ Bianca as Bianca‚ Michael as Tranio‚ and Joey as a suitor for Bianca. The characters share many of the same motives as their counterparts in the play. The reasons for their motives all revolve
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Subject and Verb Agreement 1. Collective Nouns * Consider a collective noun singular when it refers to a group as a whole. The orchestra rises. My family loves to travel. * Consider it plural when it refers to each member of a group individually. The orchestra are voting for their new conductor. My family take turns choosing places to go. 2. Special Nouns * Nouns plural in form (ending in S) but singular in meaning take singular verbs. Acoustics‚ economics‚ linguistics‚ mathematics
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topic and potential research paper I chose to do my research on hate crimes focusing on the Latino population. I chose this because I am currently taking Latino/a Struggles for Civil Rights and Social Justice. The course focuses on social movements that have occurred in the past and the effects the social movements have had on social justice and civil rights for Latino/as today‚ as well as other impacts the movements may have had on other minorities. For this course‚ I was instructed to do a ten to twelve-page
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Donald Glover‚ recently released a song and music video called “This is America‚” that expressed his feelings toward what he thinks America has become. The video depicts shootings and uses lyrics such as “Yeah‚ this is America‚ guns in my area. I gotta strap‚ I gotta carry ‘em‚” and an explicit scene in which a black choir group was shot and killed. The music video was supposed to exemplify his point that America is not what
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Is Brawn is Better than Brains?: A Response to ¨Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids¨ “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids” by Grant Penrod is an essay written by a college student from Arizona State University‚ who writes about his perspective on a particular high school ideal. His thesis explains the three reasons he believes society dislikes intellectuals. His first reasons are the social stereotypes that are present early in high school with physical activities and
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I have always been interested and fascinated in the field of study of the human science. Throughout my years of secondary and A level education‚ I have been a science student and this is reflected in my choice of subjects in A levels. I especially enjoyed doing biology and the human biology aspect of it has furthered my interest. Chemistry in addition has tremendously improved my analytical skills. As the sciences is an area of interest to me and also due to my science background‚ I believe I would
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