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    Strategies—2‚4 Questions on Language—2‚3 Visual Aid 6. “Champion of the World” Maya Angelou p. 93 Questions on Meaning--1 Questions on Writing Strategies—2‚4 Questions on Language—2‚3 Visual Aid 7. *“Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” Jessica Mitford p. 256 Questions on Meaning—3‚5 Questions on Writing Strategies—1‚3‚4 Questions on Language—1‚2 Visual Aid 8. *“The Ways We Lie” Stephanie Ericsson p. 335 Questions on Meaning—1‚4 Questions on Writing Strategies—2‚4 Questions on

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    s Lesson Seven: Tourists Nancy Mitford From The Water Beetle‚ 1962 Warming-Up ν       Do you like travelling (making tour)? Why or why not? ν       What is the purpose of a tourist? for knowledge or culture; for sightseeing pleasure; for relaxation; for seeking novelties; for showing-off of their having physically been to places; for no purpose. ν       What are the advantages and disadvantages for a tourist attraction? Economy (hotel‚ restaurant‚ shop‚

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    mainly because of the high costs of funerals. By Early decades of the Twentieth Century‚ a lot of ethnic and religious communities had their own funeral directors to take care of the dead bodies. Other ways the Funeral Industry was the book of Jessica Mitford‚ “The American Way of Death” and it was a study of the Funeral Industry and it confronts ideas like telemarketing of pay in advance graves‚ monopoly of the industry‚ etc. But the most important one to emerge after Mitford’s book was cremation

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    The Life of JK Rowling

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    The Life of J.K. Rowling: The life of J.K. Rowling wasn’t always easy. At one time J.K. Rowling struggled with money and then one day on a train she came up with the idea of the Harry Potter books and now she is a millionaire. The idea of the Harry Potter books have changed J.K. Rowling’s life forever. J.K. Rowling‚ whose real name is Joanne Kathleen Rowling‚ was born on July 31‚ 1965. She was born just outside of Bristol in Chipping Sodbury in England. At the age of four J.K. Rowling and her

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    Essay On Muckrakers

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    A muckraker can be thought of two ways; as someone who invades another’s privacy to an extreme unnecessarily or as someone willing to endanger themselves and expose the truth to help others. Jessica Mitford saw being a muckraker as an honorable title and proudly accepted the name as ’’Queen of the Muckrakers’’. Over the years so called muckrakers have brought to light the offenses of people and businesses to better improve the conditions of the community. During the 1900s we can see them doing some

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    Racism and criminal justice system in America Racism and the criminal justice system in America have been a big issue of debate; African Americans are been incarcerated more than the whites. They are the target of mistreatment‚ disempowerment‚ and overrepresented in prison populations. This paper will explain in dept about the history of racism and the criminal justice system and civil right movement‚ the political economy and the origin of the current criminal justice buildup. What the law-and-order

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    Question: Analyze the military‚ political‚ and social factors that account for the rise of Prussia between 1640 and 1786. Bree Stanbrough Due: March 3‚ 2011 Period 4 The rise of Prussia from 1640 to 1715 was mainly due to the great leadership of Frederick William ‘the Elector’‚ Frederick William I and Frederick the Great of Prussia. Many military‚ social‚ and political factors led to the rise of Prussia also. The major factor that helped Prussia become a great power was the growth

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    Ethically Responsible and Irresponsible News Reporting Ethically responsible is a theory that goes with the premise that equality should prevail in society and that society should respect each other ’s human rights and in return will preserve the dignity and respect of each other and other members of society. Objectivity in reporting also adds to the theory of ethics because objective reporting is a concept that journalists should report without bias and should remain neutral in all circumstances

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    discussed. Symbolism The color white can have many connotations. According to the Dictionary of Literary Symbols white can symbolize “sincerity” “candor” or “faithfulness”. White can also symbolize purity and perfectionism as well as the absolute (Mitford 106). Within the pages of Ethan Frome‚ Wharton uses white to describe the snow as “white earth” (Wharton 13) and referring to the hills as being “white curves against the sky” (Wharton 83) and “the white and scintillating fields patches of far-off

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    Rhetorical Analysis Essay Read the first seven paragraphs of “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” carefully. Then write a well-organized essay that explains how Mitford uses features of style and rhetoric to convey her attitude toward her subject. Argument on Argument Essay Read the first seven paragraphs of “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” carefully. Consider the implications of the rhetorical question posed in paragraph 6: “Is it possible he fears that public information about embalming might

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