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    Persuasive Outline Generic Topic: Continuation of Gratuity Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to support the continuation of tipping (in restaurants). Introduction I. Many times my family has gone out to restaurants, having nice experiences. Other visits not so much. One outing in particular, my family and I ate out at an upscale French restaurant in Virginia. The food was good. However, my dad left a small tip for the level of service provided by our snobby waitress. Leaving the restaurant

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    Bishnu Mahat Term paper Frederick Douglass In the 1800 's, subjection was a significant issue in the United States. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass reveals much about American history in the midst of the period of servitude and outlines conflicts for the cancelation of subjection. As a chronicled report, it goes on data about the slave family, work, the master slave relationship, and the treatment and living states of slaves. As an abolitionist tract, it fights against recognizable

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    The Phantom Of The Opera

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    The Phantom of the Opera started out as a book written by Gaston Leroux, published January 8th in 1910 (Haining, 1). There have been several adaptations since then, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. The other adaptations were Das Phantom der Opera, which is also known as Das Gespent im Opernhaus produced during 1916 in Germany as a silent drama film, this is known as a lost film due to no known copies existing at this time. A silent drama horror was produced on November 15th, 1925, a drama

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    Oxforddictionary.com defines Christianity as “The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, or its beliefs and practices. Jesus is the Son of God who rose from the dead after being crucified; a Christian hopes to attain eternal life after death through faith in Jesus Christ and tries to live by his teachings as recorded in the New Testament” which can be found in any version of the King James Bible. In the following are examples of true (good) and false (bad) Christianity in Fredrick

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    Frank Lloyd Wright was the most famous architect known in the 20th century. He was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin and died on April 9, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona. Wright’s mother, Anna Wright, was a former schoolteacher and his father, William Carey Wright was a musician, orator, and preacher. Because of the shortage of money in the household, Wright’s family was moved all around the United States for his fathers preaching job. When Wright was nine years old his mother gave him

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    Trifles is a play written in 1916 by author Susan Glaspell. It is considered to be one of the earliest pieces of American feminist literature. Feminism is a political movement which seeks to establish equal social and political opportunities for women. In Trifles, the women are looked upon as unimportant and inferior to the men in being able to help solve the case. The story opens with the sheriff, county attorney and their wives coming to pick up some clothes for Minnie who has been arrested for

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    Between the 1800’s and 1900’s men felt and were superior from women. Society chose to make men be powerful people, expecting men to make women inferior. Men were seen as dominant, the one who had control of everyone. Women, on the other hand, were incapable of expressing their feelings and were powerless regarding an opinion. The short story of “The Yellow Wallpaper” Jane, and the play “Trifles” Mrs. Wright conveyed a desired freedom from their husbands that all women wanted back then. A feminist

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    We see many times that the masters of Fredrick Douglass attempt to dehumanize both him and his peers. In chapter three, Douglass showed how the treatment of the horses greatly surpassed that of the slaves. He writes, “for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses”(Douglass 326). He then went on writing how the slaves in charge of the horses were whipped for the slightest imperfections in the

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    Ruby Sniderman ENGL208 Oct. 1st 2017 Ruby Sniderman: Take home test #1 “Would you call Trifles a feminist play” “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell takes place in the early nineteen hundreds, the play was loosely based off of the notorious murder of John Hossack who was murdered by his wife. “Trifles” begins with the sheriff, the county attorney and Mr. Hale followed by their wives walking into to home of Minnie Wright to investigate the murder of her husband. The men were there with the intention of finding

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    Queen Elizabeth wrote an inspiring speech to the Troops who fought for the Armada about their honor and power over this astonishing war. Alongside, Winston Churchill delivered a majestical yet powerful speech about the issue dealing with battle of Britain and the unifications needing to be healed. Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill both delivered exhilarating speeches to their troops and counties with the battle of Britain. The Queen delivers her speech to the courageous group of men and women

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