Grammar as Rhetoric and Style The Appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that tells the reader something about a nearby noun or pronoun. In each sentence below‚ the appositive is underlined. The italics shows the noun or pronoun that the appositive details. It turned out that one of the top students‚ Denny Davies‚ had learned of this rule. Kennedy‚ a wiry fifty-nine-year-old who has a stern buzz cut‚ was in 1997 the principal of Sarasota High School. In 1981‚ two professors
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Expanded Core=2 AP requires you to expand it to 2; however‚ you write 3 to get the points from expanded core section. Process: 1. Box Question 2. Read Documents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Group 2. Extra Document 3. P.O.V “Not Surprisingly” 4. Pre-write Outline: I. Intro a. Thesis b. Extra Doc. II. Body a. G1 b. G2 c. G3 III. Conclusion AP Exam Multiple Choice=50% Essay=50% DBQ=50% FRQ*1=25% FRQ*2=25% ***4 specific examples on the essay -------
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the era of revolutions. These revolutions were political‚ economic‚ and cultural‚ and usually very drastic. Perhaps the most visible cultural change was that in working-class women ’s rights and conditions‚ which improved significantly during the era of revolutions. The most visible improvements in women ’s rights were seen in Western Europe and China‚ where women gained many rights but remained under patriarchal authority and could not vote. Western Europe was the home of revolution. Social revolution
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Comparative Essay- William Wilson 10.18.14 What are the differences‚ similarities between the Paleolithic and Neolithic human eras? In this essay we will unfold how each group survived‚ lived‚ created‚ traveled and died. The Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age‚ is a period of prehistory from about 2.6 million years ago to around 10‚000 years ago. The Neolithic Era or New Stone Age began around 10‚000 BC and ended between 4500 and 2000 BC in numerous parts of the world. In the Paleolithic
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Compare and Contrast Essay American vs. French Revolution Throughout the years‚ our world has faced drastic and far-reaching changes in the way people think and behave. Countries have managed to constantly change their way of viewing things and started by placing action of what they thought. Two great examples about these conversions are the American and the French Revolution. This times in history‚ where vital for the formation of nations all over the world and was able to leave a legacy until
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Department: Social Studies Course Title: Advanced Placement World History Length: One 18-week semester (Block Scheduling) Credit: One Course Overview: Advanced Placement World History is like no other class you have ever taken. We will be looking at the history of the world via the examination of five time periods. In this class we will study 10‚000 years of history over six continents. European and United States history account for no more than 30% of the total class‚ so be prepared to look
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became more aware of what revolutions really were. Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington described a revolution s “a rapid‚ fundamental‚ and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of a society‚ in its political institutions‚ social structure‚ leadership‚ and government activities and policies” (p.186). This definition from Huntington goes hand in hand with what I read in powerpoint 13B. it didn’t take me long to find out something new about revolutions. I didn’t know that people
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Party‚ and even with Japan occupying some parts of China‚ Communist ideas kept the peasant class strong enough to push the Japanese out. In the time leading up to the Chinese Communist Party taking over‚ Japan held power over parts of China. After World War I‚ Japan received Germany’s spheres of influence. The Chinese people wanted to push the Japanese out and bring China to power. Throughout the growth of the CCP‚ the peasants were growing in power and successfully overthrowing landlords and ridding
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Americans were not always free and independent. The colonists from Great Britain who settled America were ruled for many years by the British crown. After some time ‚ the colonists wanted independence. But‚ the English had many reasons to feel a wave of rebellion. The British placed unreasonable taxes on the colonists and to add on‚ unfair treatment was also placed on to the colonists by the British. To start off‚ a statement commonly argued was “No taxation without representation.” This basically
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Terry Wei Traditions and Encounters AP World History Review Chapter 1: Prehistory The first chapter of Traditions and Encounters sets the stage for the drama of world history by presenting the major milestones in the development of humans from their earliest appearance on earth to the dawn of civilization. This chapter addresses the physical evolution of the species and their migrations throughout the globe as well as the revolutionary transformation from all humans surviving by hunting and gathering
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