AP English Language and Composition‚ 4 11 November‚ 2010 Effects of Modern Age Technology “I cannot imagine how I would live without it.” These are the words uttered by countless teenagers and adults about the technology they use to enhance their daily lives. It is hard to remember the days of lugging around CD’s and walk-mans. Bicycles as transportation seem like a thing of the past. Writing notes and remembering information for the next day is long forgotten. Reading encyclopedias and using
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Synthesis Essay Advertisements are shown everywhere. One may see a hundred ads in a day‚ good or bad‚ especially since we live in a world where one goes from reading about the news and seeing advertisements for a house or animal‚ to looking on the internet and seeing ads pop up on the sides of the screen‚ to watching television and seeing advertisements during commercials. Advertisements are everywhere. And it is no surprise that these advertisements that pop up can persuade consumers into buying
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WRITTEN SECTIONS OF AP WORLD HISTORY TEST In the free-response section of the AP World History Exam‚ all students are asked to answer three constructed-response (essay) questions: Part A — An essay that requires comparison and analysis of up to ten “documents” which can include texts‚ pictures‚ graphs‚ maps‚ etc.—DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION (DBQ) Part B — An essay question that deals specifically with continuity and change over time (covering at least one of the periods in the concept outline)
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Language of Composition Chapter 1 THESIS: Using rhetoric is sometimes difficult‚ but this chapter explains how to use rhetoric correctly and what all needs to be in a piece of writing. Appealing to ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos is the large part of using rhetoric. This chapter also explains how to organize a piece of writing when using rhetoric. I. Rhetoric often gets referred to as trickery or to be deceptive. A. Aristotle defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any case the available
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Group The part of the potential group consisting of members who actually join. Most potential members do not feel the need to become part of the actual group (and pay the dues associated with membership) when they can reap the benefits of the group for free. In an attempt to curb this‚ a group might have selective benefits for due-paying members.
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The political cartoon by Nick Anderson depicts Ralph Nader standing at a podium addressing American society’s "throw away mentality". Meanwhile a citizen in the background is casting her vote for the green party behind him. Ironically‚ the ballot drops into a waste basket‚ thus a wasted vote. We now realize that Nader is not talking about the environment‚ but addressing the issue of how the general public views votes for 3rd party candidates. This cartoonist feels that we should reform our views
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Mr. Schulze 1 11-08-05 English 1010 Synthesis Essay This is a synthesis essay on the English only debate. In the debate we have a number of authors who have an opinion if English should be the official language? Here are a couple of opinions shared by Robert D. King ‚ "Should English be the Law?" ‚ S.I. Hayakawa‚ "Bilingualism in America: English Should be the Official Language"‚ and Greg Lewis " An Open Letter
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Free-Response Questions from Past AP Exams 1999: 1. Is Congress effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy? Support your answer by doing ONE of the following: a. Explain two specific methods Congress uses to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. OR b. Give two specific explanations for the failure of Congress to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. 2000: 1. The Constitution was an attempt to address problems of decentralization
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A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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Coming into the course‚ I didn’t know what to expect. In my opinion the AP English Language I took Junior year was not up par with the actual AP standards and the teacher was extremely lenient. However‚ I had some difficulty adjusting but once I became use to the course and workload‚ my grades improved. I really enjoyed the class and when the AP exam came‚ I felt prepared and confident. This was a huge difference compared to junior year whereas I had to rely solely on self studying to score a 4.
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