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    Isabel Allende uses storytelling to depict real stories of women across the world being abused and suppressed by men at a TEDTALK conference during her presentation “Tales of Passion”. She does this to educate her audience on how women are less empowered by using evidence of anecdotes about women suffering abuse. For example, she tells the story of Rose Mapendo who was a prisoner in the camp for Tutsi refugees in Congo. Allende illustrates how Mapendo’s life in the prison camp was petrifying for

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    Chris Mccandless Analysis

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    Grabber - “Thin Between Love and Hate” is a popular 1970’s song that highlights the possibility of caring for someone one minute and suddenly disliking them the next minute because of an intense situation. Neutral Bridge - This song relates to enjoyment and stupidity in life because a person can have the tendency to want to have fun but end up taking imprudent and hazardous steps in order to fulfill their amusement. Specific Bridge - Death of an Innocent written by Jon Krakauer features the unpredictable

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    Speech Synthesis

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    As a matter of fact, establishing relevance and credibility are important factor to get an efficacious introduction. When the presenter establishes relevance, he/she is seeking for two things, to motivate and to create a clear statement explaining how and why the speech should affect the audience. In order to keep motivated the audience, the orator should establish he/she credibility or ethos; emotion or pathos; and logic or logos. Subsequently, the last goal of the introduction is to establish a

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    “All children, except one, grow up.” With this classic intro, J.M. Barrie intrigues readers with a story about a mischievous boy named Peter Pan who never grows older. Peter Pan entices a young girl named Wendy and her two brothers John and Michael to fly away to Neverland, an island where time stands still. Every Disney-watching child will remember this classic tale being a part of their childhood. However, most people do not realize the differences between the movie version and the original book

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    later, the dragon. In the epic poem of Beowulf, where the author is unknown, Beowulf is illustrated as an epic hero. Beowulf is presented as an epic hero by traveling across vast settings, being a great warrior and, by facing supernatural foes. (clincher asking mrs link) In the battle of Grendel, Beowulf is conveyed as an epic hero by traveling across vast settings, being a great warrior and by facing supernatural foes. When facing Grendel, Beowulf had to travel from his Land of the Geets to the

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    hormones can go through the plasma membrane. A cell must have the particular receptor in order for it to be activated. Testosterone can enter cells all over the body, but only the cells with the receptor will actually use it (Urry et al. 110-111). CLINCHER

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    According to Bob Marley “ Possessions make you rich? I don’t have that type of richness; my richness is life”.P This quote exemplifies one of the themes of the stories “ The Necklace “ and “ The Gift of The Magi “ which is material possessions. The main character of the story “ The Gift of The Magi “ is Della, who sacrifices herself WW M for her husband. Moreover, the main character of the story “ The Necklace “ is Mathilde, who does not sacrifices herself for his husband. By comparing Mathilde and

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    (positive message)In the novel The Outsiders the positive message displayed is that you should make wise choices since life is short. (evidence 1)On pages 90-92 the church on Jay’s Mountain began to burn down. Johnny and Ponyboy jump out of the car and rush to see what was going on in the church. Gallantly, Pony and Johnny made their way into the church to help the kids out of the church despite Dallas preventing them from going. (evidence explained)This shows that Pony and Johnny had to make a serious

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    Persepolis Essay Outline

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    7th Grade English Unit #4: Persepolis and Everything Sad Is Untrue Literary Analysis Essay. Requirements: Respond to one of the prompt options below in a well-written, well-organized, four-paragraph literary analysis essay. You should have two PIE body paragraphs and each one must include at least three illustrations. You should use both run-in and embedded quotations in your essay. Use “Standard” American English, MLA format, and expectations for a formal literary analysis essay. Logistics: Due

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    discriminate, I think that you will find, from the evidence and from the law that the answer must be yes,” (elaboration) These tormentors did discriminate Jamie from the other students. The fact that they bullied him for being gay determines it. (Clincher)(Significance) tormentors look out for kids who are different and call them out for it. (example) Hitler did the same things as all the other tormentors. He hurt and killed the Jews because they were different. With help, anyone can stand against

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