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    Framing The Reading (331‐32) • Deborah Brandt is a professor of English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There is couple of literacy books and scholarly research articles‚ which were written by her. One of them is “Sponsors of Literacy”. There is some data‚ which is collected in Literacy American Lives. • Brandt opposes that people will not become literate by themselves. Instead of that‚ people‚ institutions and circumstances sponsor literacy. Moreover‚ it people actually acquires

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    In The Myth of Mars and Venus‚ Deborah Cameron explores the claims about gender and language and its consequences in today’s society. Cameron titles her book a ‘myth’ due to two reasons. The first sense is the commonly known definition of a myth: “a widespread but false belief” regarding the notion that men and women have different ways in using language to communicate with each other (Cameron‚ 3). ‘Myth’ is also used in the sense that it is a story of the identity of an individual and what has shaped

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    Have you ever wondered what life is like across the world? After reading The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis I realized than Parvana and I have the same personality but‚ different lifestyles. Even though Parvana lives across the world and has a harder life than me we still have similarities and differences. Parvana and I have many similarities in our personalities. Her lifestyle may be different but that doesn’t stop her from having a great attitude. For example Parvana and I are very hard workers

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    In the novel Parvana by Deborah Ellis there were many characters who were affected by the war in Afghanistan and one of them is Parvana. Parvana had many experiences some of them were cruelty of war‚ cruelty of the Taliban‚ the discrimination against women and friendship. Firstly‚ parvana experiences cruelty of war in Afghanistan. “ Bombs had been a part in Parvana’s whole life”. This shows how her mind be tuned to only seeing destruction such as war‚ bombs‚ injuries‚ loss of houses‚ poverty

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    teenager‚ imagine being a 32-year-old reading about this real event from the perspective of his mom’s abortion. Although these thoughts may seem negligible to many‚ they are familiar and expected everyday occurrences that Jewish immigrant Rachel Deborah Shilsky has to experience in her orthodox reign in The Color of Water. These very events commence as Rachel becomes the beloved girlfriend of a black teen known as Peter in Suffolk‚ Virginia. The relationship is light at first but escalates to the

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    Poem critique One of many poems in existence is “Please Fire me” by Deborah Garrison. It was mean to be written in a way that can be seen similarly to the way people gossip. She does succeed in the way that she wrote sues word that people used in their normal vocabulary and the general tone of a someone who is simply frustrated with the world she lives in can be understood by anyone in this day and age. The major theme in the poem is male chauvinism in the work place. The people in charge of

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    ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and

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    In academic writing‚ an argument is usually a main idea‚ often called a “claim” or “thesis statement‚” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. In most college papers‚ one needs to make some sort of claim and use evidence to support it. One’s ability to do this will separate a good paper from other papers. We use argument in everyday life to convince somebody of my ideas or opinion‚ convince our teachers we deserve a better grade. A better argument is accomplished if no emotion is involved

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    Alice Faye Wattleton‚ commonly known as Faye Wattleton‚ is an impeccable figure that has made marvelous strides for herself and for women around the county. She was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri on July 8‚ 1943 to a family who never could have imagined the accomplishments she would make in life. Wattleton came from a Christian background‚ for her mother was a minister of the Church of God. This specific feature of her upbringing would become particular interesting later in life as she tackled controversial

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    In this article‚ Deborah S. Connelly talks about the history of book banning‚ its presence in society today‚ and actions that have and can be taken against it. Most of these actions stem from the responsibility of librarians and organizations. Connelly believes that librarians have an obligation to keep their content uncensored and readily available to the public. She has stated that the best way to prevent book censorship is to educate our society about the importance of diverse books. A more specific

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