When reading chapter 3‚ the section about social comparison in terms of self-concept really stood out to me and I felt I could relate to that a lot. Social comparison is basically what the name implies‚ it’s when you compare yourself to those around you‚ whether they be friends or strangers. Most people partake in social comparison‚ and I feel like it’s a rather natural thing to do when evaluating yourself. In order to really judge yourself and your skills‚ you’re most likely going to look at those
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Shelby SmithSmith 1 English Composition 1010 July 2‚ 2012 Rhetorical Essay -Sample Paragraph The Legalization of Marijuana in America Should America legalize an illegal drug‚ as way out of the economical downfall we have found ourselves in? A popular article appeared in April of 2009 in Times magazine‚ catching millions of readers’ attention. The article was titled‚ “Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense” and was written by Joe Klein. Cannabis‚ America’s drug of choice for the
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for 4 Paragraph essay INTRODUCTION: Hook (quotation‚ startling or interesting fact or statistic‚ imagine …‚ anecdote‚ etc.). More about the hook (explain the quotation‚ connect to the thesis). Précis: include author‚ title and one or two sentences that summarize what the story is about. Do not forget to include the setting: time and place. Thesis: include author and title‚ which arguments/reasons you will be using to prove the writing prompt. BODY PARAGRAPH #1:
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Digital Bangladesh Digital Bangladesh is a wonderful vision that is dreamt by the government and the literate class for the technological development of Bangladesh. Digitalization has become a buzzword in the new era of information technology. We can now learn in an instant what is happening in the furthest corner of the world. The electronic transfer of information via the internet has created an interconnected world of information. Bangladesh is going to observe digital year in 2011 to mark
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Environmental pollution Any abnormal change in chemical‚ physical and biological features of environment is called pollution. It means adding impurity to environment.Environmental pollution is the greatest curse of modern world. Our world is now badly affected by air‚ water‚ land and sound pollutions. The fresh air in which we breathe gets polluted by combustion of fossil fuel‚ emission smoke and gas from motorized vehicles and factories etc. A huge amount of industrial and municipal wastages are
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English 1a Narrative/Descriptive Paragraph Fearful Encounter I had never truly experienced fear‚ until I was chased by a Doberman on crack. When‚ I was seven years old my family and I lived in a three apartment duplex in Reno‚ Nevada. One hot summer day‚ I was playing outside in the backyard with my younger sister Emily and my friend Josie. We were kicking dirt clods around the yard with unbridled enthusiasm‚ when Emily suddenly stops. With her curly redhead cocked to the side‚ she tells
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Paragraph on Advertisement’s Gender Bias LINK FOR ADVERTISEMENT (YOUTUBE) – CLICK HERE A TV advertisement for Hasbro’s Rose Petal Cottage shows completely the gender bias on women‚ giving a pattern for young girls to follow. First of all‚ we can see that the girl from the ad is wearing baby pink‚ which implies that little girls should always wear pink and light colors‚ different from boys‚ who can’t even think of pink. When we move around the 12 first seconds of the video‚ we can also see that
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corruption and the downfall of a once righteous person. Body Paragraph One Quotes “Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name.” (I‚ii) - Wounded Captain “seated heart knock at (his) ribs” (I.iii) - Macbeth “Let not light see my black and deep desires.” - Macbeth “Art not without ambition‚ but without the illness should attend it.” (I.v) - LM “vaulting ambition‚ which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other.” (I.vii) - Macbeth Bady Paragraph Two Quotes “A dagger of the mind‚ a false creation‚ proceeding
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Price hike: unimaginable sufferings of people David Jones‚ Dhaka‚ 25 August 2012: Recently the prices of almost all essentials commodities especially rice‚ wheat‚ groceries‚ oil‚ vegetables etc. have gone up beyond the purchasing capacity of the common people. It is found in the local markets that rice sells 35-45Tk. per kg‚ flour 32-42‚ Soyabean oil 110 and onion TK 40-50 per kg. Prices of all other daily necessaries have been found to increase in the same way. The soaring price hike has
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Paragraph Writing Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/391505/Paragraph-Writing What is a paragraph? It is a group of sentences that introduces‚ presents and develops one main idea about the topic. And it can be divided into three major parts. A. The Topic Sentence • It is normally the first sentence of the paragraph. • It conveys the overall point of the paragraph. • It helps the writer focus on the idea written about. • It helps the reader know about what the paragraph is all
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