Graduation of Innocence Graduation‚ or moving up to the next level of life‚ always comes with a wonderful and grand commencement ceremony‚ but many times the graduation is as quiet and seemingly just as natural as any other normal day. In the autobiographical essay‚ "The Graduation‚" Maya Angelou uses three incredibly effective rhetorical strategies to get her point across- detailed comparisons and contrasts‚ a very expressive voice‚ and a wonderful flow to her sentences that keeps the story interesting-
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Sometimes graduation is referred to as a commencement. We usually understand commencement to mean the beginning of something new‚ a new set of conditions to live and act upon. If you think about it‚ you can’t get to something new until you let go of something old. There in lies our understanding - a moment of time between the "before" and the "after" of an event. Right now - we are in the state of "before" the actual graduation. In a few short days we will be certified as the graduating class of
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of the way you have worked together. Also your teachers and parents have had their lives changed for the better. They do love you very much. Thanks to the teachers for creating a wonderful‚ nurturing environment for these wonderful graduates. Graduation time is a time of mixed emotions – a time for sadness as you say your goodbyes to teachers and friends who in one way or another have become part of your lives; a day of excitement as you look forward towards a newfound page in your lives- a march
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ST AUGUSTINE SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH Good morning to my fellow graduates‚ Madam Principal‚ Vice Principal‚ Parents‚ Teachers and specially invited guests. We! are graduating this morning. Can you believe that just five years ago we were in the very same positions as the current form ones are now? As we walked into these halls some of us were nervous‚ scared‚ some may have even been anxious on the first day of school. we had to figure out how we were going to fit in‚ in
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Sasenarine Tomby Graduation Speech 2011 Good afternoon [name of members of the head table]‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students‚ fellow graduates and distinguished guests. I must first and foremost thank God for this blessing and honor to stand before you today as Valedictorian of the Class of 2011. Yet‚ today is not only my day to shine. Every graduate present here is deserving of high praise and recognition and I would like to congratulate each of you on reaching this milestone in life. I
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Maricar Reyes Instructor: J. Cruz EN100-15 September 25‚ 2010 Essay #2 – Descriptive My Graduation Day The most important day of my life had just happened recently this year. The word graduation means more than a ceremony for me. It means changes in my life‚ to reach a higher stage of my life‚ the time to become a new person‚ the time to grow up‚ time to follow my dreams and separate responsibilities from fun. We have fought the fight‚ and we have overcome‚ and we took our final walk in
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short story ‘Graduation”…Maya Angelou‚ a famous American author and poet‚ tells the story of her graduation. In this story she tells paints three very vivid parts of that memorable day‚ the morning when she woke up‚ the actual ceremony‚ and the celebration afterwards. In this essay I am going to compare her memory with memories of my own graduation day. The sounds feeling and emotions that arouse during one of her most memorable moments in her life. On the morning of her graduation‚ Maya was welcomed
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in her writing that the day of gradation was so exciting for her and her family. She talks about how rare and big it was at the time for an African American to be educated coming from generations of slavery here in the United States. During the graduation ceremony‚ with her family and fellow classmates‚ in the height of her excitement she hears a racist commencement speech by Mr. Donleavy. He
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We stand here today on the precipice of the future. It’s not a distant reality anymore. It begins here. It begins today. We began high school as children‚ but we’re leaving here as adults. We’ve completed a basic education that will serve as the platform we use to launch ourselves into our futures. Some of us will go on to college‚ others will go straight into the work force‚ but each of us will travel our own path. No matter where we go or what we do‚ there are challenges ahead of us. What
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most important day of my life had just happened recently this year. The word graduation means more than a ceremony for me. It has changed my life‚ to reach a higher stage of my life‚ the time to become a new person‚ the time to grow up‚ time to follow my dreams and separate responsibilities from fun. The night before the graduation‚ I had invited my family & my friends to attend a graduation ceremony. On my graduation day‚ I woke up early to go get my hair‚ nails‚ and make up ready for the big
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