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    United States of America the birth place of opportunities and also a good place to earn a good job and everybody comes to United States of America to have a good and a meaningful life. I Came to the states when I was young like about 5 years with my family and I really had a blast when I was little. But now things changed I grew up and became and adult and I was thinking about moving to America to work there and im really ready if an a opportunity came to me to go to America . The U.S is

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    In his letter to Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Banneker uses rhetorical devices to reinforce his argument against the cruelties of slavery. Being a man of color‚ Banneker did not possess the social status deemed worthy of communication with a fine man such as Jefferson. Nevertheless‚ Banneker was an intelligent man and used his knowledge to point out the contradictory characteristics between slavery and American values. Banneker uses repetition throughout his letter. Periodically‚ he refers to Jefferson

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    Riley Bergue Ms. Cornelius AP Literature p.3 31 March 2013 Literary Device Four – Symbol A symbol “may be roughly defined as a something that means more than what it is” (Arp 91). A poem written by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken shows an example of symbolism with the use of choosing between two roads. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ and sorry I could not travel both‚ and be one traveler‚ long I stood … Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood‚ and I

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    Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage

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    tradegy of Hamlet and in the human condition. The use of literary devices emphasizes the fear of uncertainty and mortality. At first‚ the "to be or not to be" soliloquoy appears to analyze Hamlet’s own emotions‚ however‚ upon further examination‚ the universal nature of the messages in Shakespeare’s words becomes apparent. Perhaps one of the most ubiquitous lines in literature‚ "to be or not to be"‚ remains a provacative question that people can not answer. "To be or not to be"‚ presents an antithesis

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    Working Poor

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    In our modern Capitalist society‚ it is assumed that the more work a person performs the better off they will be financially. This naturally leads to the assumption that poor people are simply too lazy to improve the quality of their lives. In her article‚ Marlene Kim states‚ “Schiller‚ for example‚ believes that the working poor are poor simply because they do not work enough hours. If they worked full-time year-round‚ he argues‚ they would lift themselves out of poverty” (Kim‚ 1998:65). We have

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    Out Of Many‚ One “Two Ways to Belong in America” published in the New York Times in 1996‚ written by Bharati Mukherjeee is her personal experience about how she decided on becoming an American citizen and her sister Mira’s decision to keep her Indian citizenship‚ and live as legal resident is the USA. This story was written to address various changes in immigration laws during that time when the American government decided to restrain legal residents living in the United States from some rights

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    Sister Zainab AP English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four consecutive clauses

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    gathering general information on client’s goals‚ functional assessments‚ physical assessments‚ and recommendations are made in the appropriate AT device. I think the appropriate goal for OT to write for a client needed and used an assistive device include providing education and training in client’s environment to use the AT device. For example‚ if client AT device is a wheelchair‚ the therapist will teach client “how to apply brakes‚ propel the wheel to go straight line or make a turn‚ and how to remove

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    Alexandria Sinn Composition 2 Professor Smith February 25‚ 2015 Teens with Part-Time Jobs Sociology professor‚ Amitai Etzioni‚ explains in his article “Working at McDonalds‚” how teenagers having a part-time job can be bad for them as it fosters escape from school and responsibilities and a short cut to the consumer aspects of adult life. My experience with work while I am in high school created the foundation of my work ethic. I have been employed at different places over my high school years

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