First Draft of a Commentary Assignment For this assignment‚ write a 750-1‚000-word commentary that addresses a trend/topic related to ADHD. According to Trimbur (2013) in The Call to Write‚ “Commentary is a genre of writing that uses analysis and interpretation to find patterns of meaning in events‚ trends‚ and ideas. The purpose of commentary is not simply to report on things but to give readers a way to make sense of them.” This means that your essay should review a single trend related to
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”The First Day” Characterization of the narrator The narrator of the story is 5 years old and from the low end of the social rank. She probably doesn’t have so many material opportunities‚ because her family are getting public assistance payments. Her father left her and her mother‚ she tells us: “…the last present my father gave before he disappeared into memory.” It seems like she a gentle girl and not so boisterous. When she meets a new person she doesn’t
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The First Amendment of the United States of America is composed of five freedoms. Those freedoms are freedom of assembly‚ petition‚ speech‚ religion‚ and press. All of them are violated everyday in an average American life. One Freedom in particular that is overlooked is the freedom of religion. Many people believe that it is a sin to be a homosexual‚ but in actuality it is a personal preference. Those who are homosexuals are beaten‚ killed‚ and threatened everyday because of their choice‚ which
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What is FIRST? For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology is a program whose main goal is to inspire and teach young people in the fields of science and technology. The program does this by pairing high school students and professional mentors to solve intense engineering problems in a competitive way. Each January a new game is announced and a universal kit of parts is given to each team. The teams then have six weeks to build a robot to play the game. They then go to regional
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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Johnecia Eady Dr. Price ENC 1101 23 February 2015 “First Job” In her essay “First Job”‚ Iliana Roman‚ a mother and hair salon owner. Who became pregnant in high school and dropped out. She held several jobs‚ while studying to attain her GED‚ taking business classes at a community college. Iliana used her education to transform into a successful salon owner. Roman describes her traumatic testimony on how determined she was to make her life successful after she realized the mistake that she made
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The story “First muse” by Julia Alvarez tell us about he life in The Dominican Republic. She starts to read The Thousand and One Nights book under her bed. She saw her self reflected in the dark haired almond-eyed girl on the book cover. Alvarez identify with the bright ambitious girl stuck in a kingdom that didn’t think females were very important. Scheherazade gave Alvarez the courage to explore the power of storytelling. When Alvarez came to the United States it was very difficult for her especially
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The First Civilization The Rise of Civilization EQ1: How did civilization develop in the region of Sumer? Answer: Civilization developed in the region of Sumer because then they had a better and easy life to live. What is traits of civilization? * Advanced Cities * * Cities became important because farmers needed a place to store and trade their surplus again * * As cities grew larger and larger‚ they began to offer other advantages to do
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Second World War differ from the causes of the First World War? The causes of World War One and World War Two shared both differences and similarities‚ but overall there were more differences between the two. The social‚ political‚ and economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ on the 28th June‚ 1914‚ set off World War One; Martel
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Explain the role of the First World War in the decline and fall of the Romanov Dynasty The role of the first world in the decline and fall of the Romanov Dynasty has been contended debated. Russia’s lack of resources and preparation can be seen to attribute to the fall of the dynasty as lack of items such as bread and coal ked to contention amongst Russia’s people. Also contributing was Tsar Nicholas II’s lack of military experience and ability to use military force to crush the civilian protests
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