Topic: Selena Quintanilla General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform about the life of Selena Quintanilla Introduction I. "No female has ever made it and now you ’re number one.." (Selena‚ 1hr9min) II. Selena ’s life as a child‚ growing up‚ and her death. III. I have done my research on this subject and I am a huge fan of her and her music. Body I. Selena ’s life as a child. A. Selena was born in 1971 to Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla (SelenaForever). 1. She was born in Lake
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Texas (Source 1). At the age of six her father recognized her beautiful singing voice. Then started to come up with the idea to make a band with her family members (Source 2). At the age of 10 ‚ Selena became the lead singer of a band called Selena Y Los Dinos‚ including her brother‚ Abraham (Ab) and sister‚ Suzette(Source 1). Abraham‚ her father opened a restaurant featuring the band when she was younger (source 3). When the restaurant shut down the family
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” My daughter selena was killed by Yolanda Saldivar on March 34‚ 1995 at Corpus Christi‚ TX. Yolanda was one of my close co-worker‚ she
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but she learned the lyrics phonetically at first‚eventually she spoke spanish fluently. Selena is a hero because she is talented and confident. Selena was very brave when she was only 10 years old! She was the lead singer in her family’s band‚ Selena y Los Dinos. The band featured her brother Abraham on bass guitar and her sister Suzette. This shows that she was talented.This is important because not many ten year olds could sing as good as Selena and also perform in
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that has occurred is symbolism. Symbolism occurs in part two of the novel through the snow. Snow is a symbol that occurs when Yolanda sees snow falling outside the window of her classroom for the first time. When Yolanda sees snow for the first time‚ it reminds her of the “flurry of chalk marks” (163) her teacher drew on the chalkboard when describing a nuclear war. When Yolanda looks back on this event as an adult‚ she says: “One morning as I sat in my desk daydreaming out at the window‚ I saw dots
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called Yolanda who moved with her family to New York. They rented a small apartment near a Catholic school‚ taught by the Sisters of Charity‚ hefty women in long black gowns and bonnets that made them look like dolls in mourning. The teacher she particularly liked was Sister Zoe‚ her fourth grade teacher. As Yolanda was the only immigrant in her class‚ she was put in a special seat in the row first by the window‚ so Sister Zoe could tutor her without disturbing the other children. Yolanda had to
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happens to Yolanda in the story “Snow” by Julia Alvarez. After reading “Snow”‚ it was clear the author’s word choices developed the tone from comfort to scared to hopeful. You can see the comforting tone through Alvarez’ word choice. Read about how Yolanda loves her new teacher. She describes her teacher as “grandmotherly” and says she gave Yolanda a “special seat” so she could be tutored. The author gives the text a positive‚ comforting tone from her descriptions of the teacher and how Yolanda
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the numerous disasters the location of Philippines brings‚ the government has to compensate for the destruction by spending on the rebuilding of damaged infrastructures and affected conditions in the country‚ i.e. the destruction typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) brought to the country. Destruction of property costs billions while rebuilding is just as bad‚ the researchers would like to see if these natural disasters actually increase the GDP because it can be observed that during calamities‚ it can be expected
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Garcia’s are an immigrant family who must find a balance between their identity as Dominicans and their new identities as Americans. Yolanda‚ the sister on whom the story primarily focuses‚ must find a balance between the strict and old fashioned culture she comes from and the new‚ innovative and radical culture she is now learning to embrace. Immigration challenges Yolanda and her sisters to create a bi-cultural identity—a task at which they ultimately fail. They embark on a search to find themselves
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CASE STUDY – CRITICAL THINKING When her husband died‚ YOLANDA was left with three cars: a sedan‚ a truck‚ and a 5-year-old jeep. Yolanda decided to sell them all and buy one new car. To Yolanda‚ these cars had more sentimental value than monetary value‚ especially since her husband had left her with plenty of money. She wanted to make sure each vehicle would go to someone her husband would have liked‚ so she planned to interview prospective customers until she was satisfied the cars would "go
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