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    Steven Lin Essay-Rhetorical Analysis Many authors use rhetorical devices as a way to convey a theme. In the works ¨Which of These Essay Questions is the Real Thing?¨ by Alexander Schneider and ¨What I Really Wanted to Write in My Admissions Essays¨ by Rachel Toor, both authors use irony and exaggeration to appeal to pathos.Their appeals to pathos are humorous, proving the ridiculous nature of the college admissions process, especially the crafting of college admissions essay. The work

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    responsible for rising seas, raging storms, searing heat, ferocious fires, severe drought, and punishing floods”(NRDC). In short, it’s a detrimental change in the earth’s atmosphere. There is an on-going discussion on whether global warming is a real thing or Hoax but the majority of the world believes in it, it’s the rare few that try to fight against its actuality. As students

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    People’s lives should not be prized by the amount of views they receive in an article. The Real Right Thing by Henry James explores the concept of the right to privacy when writing about deceased people. For an author, doing the real right thing may be the use of the sensationalism and using people’s secrets for their own benefit for views at the loss of the right to privacy. The individuals who have lost their right to privacy are viewed as potential income when the same could be done to authors

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    include a native Igbo religion in for Umuofia Village culture in his novel Things Fall Apart. He calls this Igbo religion Agbala Oracle (the Oracle of the Hills and Caves) which he bases on a historic Nigerian religion. That historic religion was known as Awka Oracle that was destroyed by the British. The events surrounding the destruction of the real Awka Oracle and the fictional Agbala Oracle are strikingly similar. The real Awka Oracle was destroyed and entire villages were wiped out in retaliation

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    Was this real? Was he seeing things? Looking for answers, Jim turned in the opposite direction – but only saw the reflection he had known all his life. Turning back, the figure had disappeared from its originating mirror as well. The amount of spinning and the number of mirrors thoroughly disoriented him. He could not seem to stop turning from mirror to mirror – as though he expected to see something different from the time before. He tried to remain calm, but a panic was taking

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    The Internet of Things is a vision of a global network that connects various physical world objects to the IT infrastructure. This vision has been inspired by the success made in emerging technologies such as Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID), wireless sensor networks, and mobile communication. The realisation of such a global object network will allow seamless interaction and cooperation between the real and logical world. Many of the IoT applications will include monitoring devices reporting

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    this quote really describes the book and real life event during the witch trials very well. I believe that the book and it’s connection to real events are fairly inaccurate in the way of characters, and certain events. People such as John Proctor and somewhat similar in text to their real life self. I feel the Characters are kind of a inaccurate part of the play as I found in a few articles and sources saying this. The events that take place and the things of this sort are also very similar to what

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    is observable or not. It answers questions of what things must be like in order to exist and how to differentiate from things that seem real but are not. A common thought is that reality is defined as what we can detect from our five senses. This type of philosophy is called empiricism, which is the idea that all knowledge comes from our senses. An empiricist must therefore believe that what we can see, touch, taste, smell, and hear must be real and that if we can not in fact see, touch, taste, smell

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    believe that these need to perceive to exist. The second difference between idealism and representative realism is for idealists things only exist when perceived, whereas representative realism means things exist if perceivable. Explain and illustrate how an idealist distinguishes between a real and hallucination experience A real experience can be defined as something that actually happens in a conscious state, which your mind

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    people all around the world say that,” It is almost like a real animal.” Scientists, specifically Dr.Takanori Shibata discovered that there was a 50% increase in brain activity after spending just 20 minutes with the seal. Is there even a reason to have a robotic dog or cat if all it does is be happy and bark? In these pet articles such as “rise of the robot pet” and “love of the robot pet” and videos talk about the good and bad things about robot pets. In the “The Rise of the Robot Pet” by Emily

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