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    Satirical Essay

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    Satirical Essay Rough Copy Recently‚ cigarettes have been getting a bad rap. No one seems to understand that the real problem at hand is not the negative effects of smoking cigarettes‚ but those who abstain from smoking cigarettes. These people are nothing but a nuisance‚ a lousy bunch of no-gooders that just want to ruin your fun. In fact‚ smoking cigarettes is an activity that the entire population can benefit from. The world relies on the production and consumption of tobacco‚ and there are

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    Orwell and Swift

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    Orwell and Swift One of the techniques they have common is that both of them are using satire. After comparing Orwell and Swift essay‚ I believe that Swift uses satire more effectively than Orwell does. At first‚ Swift uses his title more effectively than Orwell. Second Swift’s statements which is eating infants for saving Ireland has more impact than Orwell’s statement. Thirdly‚ Swift essay drips with sacrism by using many metophors. First of all‚ the title of Swift’s essay immediately demonstrates

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    Miranda Armiger Forcucci Satirical Essay May 25‚ 2013 Parking Lot Purgatory Her clock screamed Get Up! She rolled out of bed 20 minutes earlier than she normally got up for school. On any other day she’d be slapping at the snooze button‚ but today was a special day. Today was a milestone; she was finally able to drive to school alone. She was so excited to show off a car she brought back to life with her own hands and to rid herself of the imposed parking restrictions. After she cycled through

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    Beowulf: Epic or Elegy?

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    or Elegy? Beowulf is a poem written in manuscript form created in England sometime between the years 700 and 1000AD. The author is unknown to this day. Is Beowulf an epic poem or an elegy? An epic is “a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race” (Harmon and Holman 188). An elegy is “a

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    Q1. Discuss Gray as a transitional poet with special reference to ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’. The period 1730-1770 marks the beginning from a movement from one distinct phase of English poetry towards another .The poets were getting gradually exhausted with the neoclassical ethics of clarity‚ reason‚ sophistication‚ and etiquette‚ its economic wording‚ ‚rationale and wit. In the literary circle can be perceived the advent of The Romanticism which however customarily began with the publication

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    Hillbilly Elegy Analysis

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    In the book‚ Hillbilly Elegy‚ a real-life issue that is showcased throughout the novel is the struggles in which teenagers go through. The issue that will be highlighted in this assignment is how teenagers often take their parents for granted. The lack of appreciation that Adolescence has for their parents is a well-noted problem in our society. Most times‚ teenagers do not realize that they are mistreating their parents‚ therefore it can be a confusing situation. Teenagers are at the time in their

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    Taylor Swift

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    Taylor Swift By: Sofia Saenz Taylor Alison Swift‚ born December 13‚ 1989‚ is an American country pop singer-songwriter‚ musician and actress. Taylor Swift was born on December 13‚ 1989 in Wyomissing‚ Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner‚ a homemaker‚ and Scott Kingsley Swift‚ a stockbroker. Her maternal grandmother‚ Majorie Finlay‚ was an opera singer. Taylor Swift has a younger brother‚ Austin. At the age of ten‚ a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords on

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    Satirical Poem

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    University Applying to college is a slow and painful process. Because it’s really hard to get accepted‚ unless You are better qualified than thousands‚ and their thousands. You know; the bank accounts in the Caribbean islands. I had to study really‚ really hard for the SAT’s‚ In order to even stand a shot into any of the ivy leagues. And luckily‚ My family‚ Can donate a library‚ Or instead of Columbia University‚ I’d be off to Albany. There are whole bunch of these so-called admission

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    Gustavus Swift

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    Gustavus Swift was born June 24‚ 1839 in Sagamore‚ Massachusetts. Swift was part of a large family‚ being one of twelve children. He was introduced to the meat-packing industry at a very early age; his father and several brothers were modestly successful butchers. At the age of sixteen‚ Swift wanted work as a butcher independently‚ so he decided he would move into the city to start work. Swift’s father did not want him to leave home‚ so he offered him twenty-five dollars to stay and start his

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    Taylor Swift

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    a generous person and give freely without expectations of recieving anything in return. There are many famous people that donate to different charities and foundations‚ one person that I am going to go into detail about is Taylor Swift. I really like Taylor Swift‚ she is a country singer‚ and her music has made a great impact on my life. When I was growing up I always wanted to be like her‚ she was my rolemodel! In seventh grade I done research on her‚ and she was always giving to other people

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