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    Freedom Writers Analysis Over the years‚ I had heard many positive things said about this movie‚ but yet I had never taken the time to rent the movie and watch it myself. That is why I am so glad that this movie was our assignment. Freedom writers far exceeded my expectations. It truly was touching to see an adaptation of real live stories come to play. Watching a young woman‚ a teacher‚ who was completely out of her element and her comfort zone‚ grow to actually take an interest in these kids that

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    TOP 10 CZECH WRITERS 1) Karel Čapek (1890 – 1938) * writer‚ journalist‚ playwright‚ translator and photographer * born in Malé Svatoňovice * studied at Charles University * editor in magazines Národní listy‚ Lidové noviny‚ Nebojsa * died of pneumonia * work: R. U. R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots (robots are manufactured‚ they make revolt‚ kill almost all people‚ but they cannot manufacture themselves‚ so they want the last human to discover the process of their manufacturing)

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    “The Writer” by Richard Wilbur uses many types of sound patterns‚ figurative language‚ and tone to create the theme of the poem as well as connect with the reader. The Speaker is a father who is having a flashback in relation to the clicks of his daughter’s typewriter clicks. The typewriter clicks are being compared to the Starling bird trying to fly‚ sporadically batting it’s wings. The sound patterns in this poem are slightly difficult to understand‚ but they make all the difference. The sound

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    Toma Ivanovic COM 1290 Oakland Community College‚ Auburn Hills Professor Moon Book Report: On Becoming A Leader Chapter One: Mastering the Context There is a trend of real leadership in the world today from the Kennedys‚ FDR‚ to Gandhi. There is a necessity to have leaders. A couple reasons are they are accountable for companies‚ organizations‚ and the running of a nation. People need to be led. There was a study done at the University of Michigan that talked argued that there are ten dangers

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    Intended audience Analysis of persuasive techniques Comparison of texts Evaluation of texts 5. Reading paper How the questions might be worded: Compare and contrast these texts. What are the writer’s thoughts and feelings about…? What evidence does the writer give that…? Which of these texts do you find the most effective? Who would the language in this text appeal to? What impression do we get of…? How does this text try to persuade the reader

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    Do I consider myself a writer? Yes. Do I consider myself a good writer? maybe. There are many instances in life when we as international college students‚ think we are not capable of doing certain things. For me writing was one of them‚ until I decided to become a filmmaker. Many people might think filmmakers just need a camera and lights to make a movie. However‚ writing is one of the most important parts of filmmaking--surprised? The first step of the filmmaking process is writing a script

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    I used to believe I was a good writer. Throughout my elementary school education‚ creative writing dominated curriculum which allowed my extremely creative mindset to thrive. In middle school‚ I developed an elitist mentality about my writing ability. Believing that I reached my academic peak‚ I felt no need to sharpen my writing skills‚ causing me to become close minded to critique or other writing styles. Upon entering high school‚ I still clung to the idea that I was the best‚ but after my first

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    Reflection At the start of the semester‚ I considered myself a good writer. I had done well in composition my sophomore year and believed that I didn’t have much more I needed to learn. However‚ coming into Advanced Composition‚ I realized quite quickly that my writing was not all I had thought it was. Compared to what Mrs. Witt was expecting‚ my writing was very juvenile. After the first paper‚ I was able to see what exactly I needed to work on‚ such as tying topics back to my thesis and working

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    Hussein Kobeissi 11-17-10 3rd Clinical Psychology I Search. The career field that I am interested in pursuing is clinical psychology. There are many reasons why I want to follow this career‚ but none of them are storied really. The actual reason I want to become a clinical psychologist is within my own mind‚ and my own life story; no one event will tell why I am so interested. Ever since I was young‚ I loved to know why and what makes things work‚ everyone knows that about me in my family.

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    One of my best strengths is my ability to logically think and analyze through decisions that I have to make. I rarely‚ if ever‚ make a decision without first thinking it through for a long time. This thought process has helped me a lot in life and has helped ensure that I make good decisions with my life‚ instead of decisions that I end up regretting in the future. It lead me to choose to come to Eau Claire for school instead of something closer to home. This type of thinking will help me as a Naturopathic

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