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    Authors use rhetoric by employing many different methods and styles, but they all have one goal in mind: To puesuade the audience. In “Scrach Beginnngs” by Adam Shepard and “Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich, there are several instances in which both authors use rehoric to puesuade the audience to side with their side of the issue; Shepard, who believes that people can make it off minimum wage, and Ehrenreich, would believe that it is not possible to make it off minimum wage. The audience most

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    Barbara Ehrenreich employed the use of humor multiple times in Nickel and Dimed; it was perhaps her most frequently used rhetorical device. Ehrenreich was trying to portray the tragedy and heartbreak of the situation by using that sort of hopeless, sardonic humor. She also used her humor as a way to camouflage topics that would otherwise be off-limits. Although some of the humor included in the narrative may have seemed distasteful, it all had a purpose and was rarely used inappropriately. The

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    In ‘Nickel and Dimed’ by Barbara Ehrenreich, is about a journalist with a PhD in biology, who went to Florida, Maine and Minnesota to do research on how low-income families survive (Ehrenreich, 9). Dr. Ehrenreich, put herself into the daily life of a low-income worker, which over millions of Americans are working jobs for lower wage (Ehrenreich, 10). Chapter 1, consists of an introduction of the author and how she believes she has advantages like being white, native English speaker and being so well-educated

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    In the book, Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich leaves behind her lifestyle as a journalist for one of a low-wage worker. As we follow Ehrenreich on her journey, we are exposed to the struggles the working poor have to face as Ehrenreich attempts to survive on a minimum wage pay. In hopes of changing the way readers perceive its working poor, Ehrenreich uses rhetorical strategies conveyed throughout the book, in particular, ethos, logos, and pathos. Ehrenreich uses the rhetorical strategy, ethos

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    and 2nd series coin material, size and weight Face Value 50 cent 20 cent 10 cent 5 cent New coins series (3rd Series) Alloy Nickel Brass Clad Copper Nickel Brass Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Diameter (mm) 22.65 20.60 18.80 17.78 Weight (gram) 5.66 4.18 2.98 1.72 Existing coins series (2nd Series) Alloy Copper Nickel 75/25 Copper Nickel 75/25 Copper Nickel 75/25 Copper Nickel 75/25 Diameter

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    rotating. It is a main base for the mounting the flywheel, fins and both the drums. it is shown in figure. Shaft is the consists of stainless steel Alloy, nickel Alloy 17-4 PH stainless steel, 410 Stainless steel 416 Stainless Alloy, 316/316L Stainless Steel, Alloy 20 Stainless Steel, 15-5 Stainless Steel 416 Stainless Steel, K500 Nickel Copper Alloy, Nickel & Special Alloys, Duplex 2205 Stainless Steel. Figure 7 Shaft 1.10.3 Drums The drums or barrel, cask is the hollow cylinder container, traditionally

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    Source Code Gumball Machine: public class GumballMachine implements IGumballMachine { State soldOutState; State noCoinState; State hasCoinState; State soldState; State state = soldOutState; int count = 0; int gumballInSlot = 0; int coin = 0; public GumballMachine(int numberGumballs) { soldOutState = new SoldOutState(this); noCoinState = new NoCoinState(this); hasCoinState = new HasCoinState(this); soldState = new SoldState(this);

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    For any cook, professional or otherwise, the type and quality of cookware being used are as essential as the ingredients of the food itself. Although every home and restaurant operate uniquely, each shares common needs as far as cookware is concerned. As a result, the market is full of cooking equipment so that cooks and chefs have different options to choose from. However, regardless of the shape or size cookware, you always need to consider the metal that the cookware is made of. This makes your

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    Market Structure
The market structure of Lonmin oligopoly and this is due to the nature of the Platinum Group Metals industry. The first Oligopoly component of Lonmin is that there are a few number of PGM producers. In South Africa there are three main PGM producers namely Amplats, Implats and Lonmin. Since the production of PGM is exported the number of alternate PGM producers must be reviewed globally. In the global landscape PGM is the least produced metal with 4 main countries being its biggest

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    Buy A Good Tint

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    Just like any other project, the tint process starts with research. There are many different types of tint you can buy. Some tints are easy to install, inexpensive, and pre-cut. Professional tint stores use rolls of tint instead of pre-cut because the quality is much higher. Professionals also use a different installation method, they remove the doors and rear window with special tools and then apply the tint. My method of installation involves removing the door panels to have access to the full

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