In his poem “The X in My Name‚” Alarcon brings life to an action that was once thought of as common. The poem discusses the action of signing an “x” in place of one’s name. This took place more commonly when education was not something that was mandatory in the United States. In order to understand the poem as a whole‚ one must look to the society and time period that it takes place. By looking at Alarcon’s “The X in My Name” in a sociological perspective let’s discuss the important pieces of the
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influential speech ever given by a president‚ and that it was one of the biggest motivations for the U.S. to get to the moon. Some key aspects of a great speech‚ or writing‚ is using proper grammar‚ and of course the literary devices Ethos‚ Logos‚ and Pathos. Ethos being the ethical appeal‚ Logos being logical‚ and Pathos appeals to the readers‚ or listeners’ emotions. There are very many examples of
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Case Study Mr. X In the case of Mr. X‚ there are 7 questions that are asked to determine the cause of his hyperkalemia. What is known is this is a 34-year-old Hispanic male‚ complains of left leg pain since yesterday‚ c/o some chills‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ shortness of breath. Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease four years ago‚ and HIV five years ago‚ medications include antiretroviral therapy‚ CD4- unknown at this time. Patient no longer produces urine and was last dialyzed five days ago. Listed
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Case Study 2 Mrs. X‚ a sedentary 45 year old‚ is 64” tall‚ weighs 165.5lbs and has a waist circumference of 37”. At a recent routine check up with her physician her blood pressure was measured at 135/85mmHg and her blood tests were normal. Regardless‚ her doctor has suggested she make some changes to her lifestyle to try and reverse the deterioration in her health he has observed since her last visit. With Mrs. X’s blood pressure measuring 135/85mmHg it is placing her slightly at risk for entering
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in these two editorial there are many different views on what is the right way and what is the wrong way there are many different appeals to ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos.These appeals help to get the reader to pick a side and to make a decision. In the first editorial which is for healthcare we see such appeals such as ethos and logos. We see appeals of ethos when we hear from a source about the death of people due to poor healthcare. We also see how people are affected because of poor healthcare.
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Daniel Shelley Malcolm X Malcolm X was a black activist speaker in his time. He fought for equality for all races and was role model for the black community in this time in history. He was born May 19th 1925‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. (“MALCOLM X OFFICIAL WEBSITE 1”) He was very smart‚ his dad was killed in a supposed accident but most historians believe the K.K.K. murdered his father while Malcolm was at the age of six. His mother shortly after had an emotional breakdown and was admitted to a mental hospital
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Language and Composition 17 February 2017 The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary Malcolm X‚ was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time. His leadership through the unyielding Nation of Islam and strong stance against white culture moved civil rights along like no other leader at the time could. In his autobiography‚ he describes his origins and how he discovered his beliefs which helped shape the civil rights movement. X was born in a small town in Michigan in 1925 under the name of “Malcolm
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protest is a statement or an action that expresses disapproval or objection of something. Of the three that we went over in class; Socrates‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Malcolm X‚ the one whose position is the most effective in protesting and showing that he does not approve of the current way of living‚ is Malcolm X. Malcolm X has a no nonsense attitude about what to do with an unjust law or situation. He uses the “any means necessary” approach to the situation where he believes that you not only can
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Company X – Ethics Program By David Clemmons Table of Contents General Policies -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ 1 Code of Conduct -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-
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explain the reasons for which the states wanted to separate themselves. Jefferson effectively explains these reasons by using Aristotle’s style of rhetoric which includes ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. In the first and last paragraphs of the declaration the authors establish their ethical standing through the use of ethos. Jefferson uses ethos mainly to appeal to the citizens of the United States. He references to “the Laws of Nature” and “God” multiple times to show the common foundation of which the colonists
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