Deborah King Analysis

Scrutinizing over my timed write I did on an excerpt from Becoming Educated by Barbara Jordan, I have found few strengths and many weaknesses in my writing. Rereading my paper I am horrified at my lack of warrants and word choice. Furthermore, I don't fully understand Rhetorical Strategies or rather how to identify them in a given text. Not everything was worthless in my paper, thankfully. I did use quotes from the excerpt to support my supposedly weak arguments. My weaknesses beyond any doubt over shadow my strengths in my paper.

In Lofton’s book, she addresses that there is more to Oprah than meets the eye. Her thesis statement, “What is Oprah? Oprah is an instance of American astonishment at what can be” (Lofton 1), shows the reader that the author clearly sees Oprah as a significant figure in America and will proceed to show us how so throughout the book. Through several examples, Lofton conveys her point by pointing out the influence Oprah has had on others to help them live life to their full potentials religiously, economically, physically, emotionally and socially.

Searing pain shot through Deborah Sampson, who dropped to the ground in agony, holding her thigh where she’d just been shot. Her fellow soldiers rushed over to help get Sampson to safety, but instead she resisted and started to scream at them to let her die in fear of the patriots finding out her true gender. Women weren’t supposed to be up on the battlefront like men, although some, like Sampson, cross-dressed as a man. Deborah Sampson became a respected soldier in the Revolutionary War who tried her best to not let her true gender be discovered.

A celebrity is not a person known for his/her talent or achievement, but an individual recognized for his/her reputation created by the media. The phase of stardom is slippery, and media may choose to represent celebrities varying from exaggerated admiration to mockery. The three texts chosen, movie "Sunset Boulevard", feature article "Over the Hilton" and television show "Celebrity Uncensored Six" are texts presenting different perception of celebrities than their usual images - either corrupted by the encircling media, overloads oneself with self-indulgence, or just mocks celebrity in a broad spectrum. Such media items empower and impresses the audience by perceiving celebrities as people who pay the price of privacy to gain well

Deborah Lacks is introduced by Skloot using an illustrating a description of Deborah's adolescence. Deborah is faced with many challenges in her life like not knowing who her mother really was. On page 206, chapter 25 the text says “And Deborah started handing out newsletters about her mother and the cells, saying, “I just want y'all read what's on this paper! And tell everybody! Bring it around . We want everybody in the world to know about my mother.” This shows how much Deborah cared to know about her mother and her cells. Even though her family didn't have much interest in them, Deborah took matters into her own hands and collected information to find out more about her mother.

Belonging to a certain group is a natural experience in the lives of individuals. Groups are categorizable by a variety of options but often expel a trait that epitomizes each individual within the group such as rank, societal merit, or simply just appearance. Behaviorism gratifies purpose within cohort mentality among those in an association due to the psychological commonalities that bring these groups together. When it comes to an individual's development within a certain group, joint mentality helps create a safe environment but often times supports ideologies of self empowerment. Anthropologist Karen Ho composes the analysis of students whom graduate Ivy League universities and enter into financial professions, in her essay “Biographies

Anna Knight carried on with a long and prosperous life. Amid her lifetime, she finished numerous things and did a considerable measure of extraordinary things for the congregation and her group. She was conceived in 1874 in Mississippi, yet her family was initially from Georgia where her mom was conceived a slave. The white man who purchased the family was named Knight, and he moved the family to Mississippi. Clearly, he likewise gave the family their name. At the point when servitude was canceled in 1863, the Knights moved in with one of their previous proprietor's more youthful children who didn't have confidence in bondage. They worked for him until they could purchase land for themselves. They were, for clear reasons, extremely poor,

The general argument made by Deborah Gilboa in her work Hey, Jimmy Kimmel, Find a Different Funny expressed her thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel’s challenge given to parents. More specifically, Gilboa argues about how parent’s taking their children’s candy can damage their relationship with each other for a humiliating reaction. Gilboa explains how it was cruel to use their children’s horrifying reaction to get a for a chance of it being viral on the Tonight’s Show. Gilboa writes, “I see parents damaging their kids” (Gilboa, 2015) and Gilboa disputes how she is a family doctor that deals with parenting and youth development; she then brings up how “It’s the fragile kids — the ones who weep and wail and swear and throw things” (Gilboa, 2015) that actually

Michelle Rhee is an extremely polarizing figure in the educational reform movement. She was hired as the Chancellor of the Washington, D.C. Public School System in January, 2007. Rhee had very little teaching experience, only three years, and she had never been in charge of a school before. (Dingerson, 2010) Still, she had a high level of confidence and she felt that she had a strong sense of what needed to be done to improve the school system.

Struggling author, Abigail Stark, is experiencing a major case of writer's block, so much so that she is considering giving up on her dream of becoming a New York Times best-selling author.

Have you ever wondered what influences us to behave the way we do? Look a certain way? Or even looked for an explanation to what causes us to apply a certain perspective regarding personal and controversial issues? One of the answers to these questions may revolve around the influence we absorb from celebrities. A definitive term for celebrity is an iconic figure to a category or group who has achieved success in one or multiple aspects of their lives. As a result, these individuals have drawn in publicity and fame. Over the years with the advances in media and other forms of communication, celebrities have become topics of discussion worldwide, rather if it’s at school, with colleagues or at the dinner table, it is fair to say that

Celebrities are everywhere in the news, the latest gossip appears in the weekly magazines without fail. Whether they be an actor, athlete, dancer, designer, model, singer or just rich; there is someone out there who is watching that person like a hawk, not letting a single breath go unnoticed. Such is the life of the rich and famous, under the incessant gaze of journalists and the paparazzi. Lives that many people take a great interest in and admire to the point where others would liken this great interest and admiration to a cult-like worship of celebrities. This is a brief description of what I think to be celebrity culture.

People were not exposed to barrage of news about celebrities a couple of decades ago. Mass media is becoming more garden because of rapid progress on technology day by day. Thereby, people are substantially interested in the private life of celebrities, and some of them are obsessed with celebrities. They desire to know everything about them. For instance, who is dating with whom, where they are shopping, or what they wear. In a word public have an endless hunger for more information. However, the public doesn't have the right to know about every single detail of celebrities' private lives due to several reasons.

Being a celebrity exposes them to the public, and many celebrities take advantage of this in many ways. from endorsing sportswear to sunglasses, sometimes you even see them supporting politicians. Regardless of their interest this is important because they are trusted by their fans and are believed to be a person with morals and integrity. Sometimes you can turn on

A Romantic writer uses emotion and sensation to portray desire. Edgar Allen Poe used it to convey a love that exceeds death. In his poem “Annabel Lee”, Poe speaks of a painful memory. Poe’s narrator seems like a reasonable guy, except for the fact that he likes to sleep beside a corpse every night. This however, is where the poem becomes intriguing. What would make someone feel such an extreme love? The narrator worships “Annabel”. He feels that not only death can keep them apart. Even though Edgar Allen Poe would like to portray ideal love as one that can transcend death, his use of imagery to instill visual interest, still gives the narrator a persona that borders on the edge of insanity.