Fishermen by Morley Callaghan‚ the main character K. Smith reveals the author’s view against capital punishment through the contradiction of his affable nature and small appearance with his role of executioner. One of the first questions that are asked about Smith is "Did he look like the hangman?" This indicates that the author wants us to focus on Smitty’s physical appearance and compare it to that of a hangman. At the beginning of the story‚ he is described as "a mild‚ harmless-looking little guy" who
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Writing a Conclusion Paragraph for your Social Studies/Language Arts Research Paper “BASIC” MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS: must BEGIN with a restated thesis statement that clearly restates the 3 subtopics discussed in your paper. (This is your FIRST sentence.) NEVER introduces new details that haven’t been discussed already o You don’t want frustrate your readers by mentioning some new statistic or fact that you aren’t going to thoroughly explain. Your readers shouldn’t have more unanswered questions
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A Unique Man The novel Into the Wild‚ written by author Jon Krakauer‚ takes place in the western portion of the United States during the late 1980s‚ early 1990s. Chris McCandless grew up in Washington D.C. and attended college at Emory University. He did not live an ordinary life by choice. He abandoned his opportunities after graduation and decided to travel out west for his own enjoyment and self-discovery. Chris McCandless is very different from an ordinary person because he explores life to
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and a word of this must never to be spoken of to his unborn son. One day Julian was in labor and named her son‚ ’Callius’ meaning‚ ’Courage of a Bear.’ Callius grew up in a village as any normal child. One day Callius became curious about his father‚ and from that moment it changed his life. His mother told him that to find the answer to his questions‚ ’climb the mountain in the village and drink the flowing water‚ it’ll provide the answers you wish to seek.’ Callius did as he was
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for 4 Paragraph essay INTRODUCTION: Hook (quotation‚ startling or interesting fact or statistic‚ imagine …‚ anecdote‚ etc.). More about the hook (explain the quotation‚ connect to the thesis). Précis: include author‚ title and one or two sentences that summarize what the story is about. Do not forget to include the setting: time and place. Thesis: include author and title‚ which arguments/reasons you will be using to prove the writing prompt. BODY PARAGRAPH #1:
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Analysis: “The Elephant” What does Slawomir Mrozek’s “The Elephant” show about human foolishness? The story may be absurd‚ even ridiculous‚ but what do his use of exaggeration and irony have to teach us about ourselves? In making your claim and supporting points‚ make sure to reference specific details from Mrozek’s text. OR Although Slawomir Mrozek addresses Polish communism specifically in “The Elephant‚” how does this story apply to any social institution (family‚ school‚ corporation‚ government
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Beowulf an Epic Tale Beowulf is a powerful tale about a hero who battles beasts and dies a tragic heroic death. This tale of Beowulf is an epic that has been adapted throughout the years. The book version of this tale is very different from the 2007 movie version. Although the characters are the same many things have changed in the plot of the story and in the aesthetics of the story. The different adaptations are equally great but are very different from each other. One change between the
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essay and its components. THIS IS THE PROCESS & ITS PRODUCTS: 1. BRAINSTORM: Write down whatever comes to mind about the topic. 2. A.A.: AUDIENCE ATTRACTOR: This is the first sentence of the opening paragraph which catches the reader’s attention‚ an attentiongetting sentence. 3. BACKGROUND SENTENCES: These are the sentences that provide background information about the subject and act to narrow the focus‚ thereby introducing the thesis. 4. THESIS: This is the sentence that
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------------------------------------------------- CONTRAST A contrast paragraph discusses the differences between (at least) two things. You can organize contrast paragraphs in much the same way that you can organize comparison paragraphs. In making contrast paragraph‚ they must be parallel in each other. In order to write a parallel construction‚ you must write about each character using the same categories of comparison. Here are some contrast conjunctions that you can use in making a contrast paragraph: SHORT CONJUNCTION | SUBORDINATING
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Necessary Money Barbara Ehrenreich sought to prove wages for low class workers are too low for them to provide for themselves or families. She also tried to prove low wage jobs require a lot of effort that was not worth the amount of money they received per hour. In my opinion‚ Barbara Ehrenreich proved her two points in her story Nickel and Dimed. She showed wages were too low to provide for themselves or families and she proved the amount of effort put into the job was not worth the money they
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