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    Luis Lopez  Period 5  10 April 2015  Exercises 1  1.  Louise projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo.  ­On a large screen‚ Louise projected the photographs that she had taken at the zoo.  2.  Mr. Martínez promised in the morning he would tell an American Indian trickster tale.  ­In the morning‚ Mr. Martínez promised he would tell an American Indian trickster tale.  3.  I pointed to the fish tank and showed my friends the baby anglefish‚ swelling with pride. 

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    The writer‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ uses many descriptive details about the natural world in her poem. She compares the sun setting and the new evening with many rural details. For example‚ in line two‚ she says: "The pealing thunder shook the heav’nly plain;" She is referring to the empty plains of a rural area. I also wondered how the poem would sound if she chose to praise the evening using details of an urban setting. You could easily use urban setting details as well as using rural setting details

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    about diversity within the new nation? Use at least three specific examples from the reading selections. Your answer should be at least one complete paragraph. Answer: The diversity that was revealed was I have learned about how Equiano and Phillis Wheatley were enslaved for portions of their lives and how they were treated like animals. I have also learned the diversity of religion how religion changed and how people celebrated religion. Another thing I learned about diversity within a new nation was

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    Phyllis Schlafly organized one of the most successful conservative political movements of the period when she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. This movement was so successful because Phyllis Schlafly was represented as major step by moving towards women’s rights. Phyllis Schlafly also organized Equal Rights Amendments so that women can be given equal legal status just like men. The Equal Right Amendment was proposed to the United States Constitution so that women could have the San equal rights

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    The Life and Literature of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley holds the accomplishment of being the first published African American writer. Her story is very different from the other published African American writers. Unlike most of the writers to follow her she was not born into slavery and she is not of a mixed race. Phillis Wheatley was abducted from her parents and her home in West Africa when she was around seven years old‚ she was named for the slave ship The Phillis that delivered her

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    old she was taught to read and write by mary wheatley the daughter of susannah and john wheatley. “within 16 months she could read difficult passages in the Bible. At 12 she began studying Latin and English literature‚ especially the poetry of Alexander Pope‚ soon translating Ovid into heroic couplets. These would have been remarkable accomplishments for an educated white male boy‚ and were virtually unheard of for white females. “ (wheatley) “Wheatley published her first poem in december 1767...She

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    MR English 10 CP 24 March 2013 Gloria Steinem’s Effect on Modern-Day History Gloria Steinem has had the greatest impact on modern day women in American society because‚ as an activist‚ she fought to achieve rights of equality. As a woman whose life was affected by society’s opinions and views of women‚ she was determined to change these standards. She set a goal to regulate women’s rights and have women’s role in society matter just as much as men’s. To accomplish said goals‚ “Gloria Steinem

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    Kimyra Lattimore  Senior Literature  1st period  01/11/15  ‘Tumbling’ Synopsis  Diane McKinney­Whetstone is an African American author.  Diane was born August‚ 14 1953 to her father‚ Pennsylvania  State’s Senator‚ Paul McKinney and his wife Besie. Diane has  eight proclaimed novels and have many awards including the BCALA  Literary Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American  Library Association. “Tumbling” is a Fiction novel and African  American Literature. This genre appealed to me because it 

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    At the age of eight a young women by the name of Phillis Wheatley‚ who would eventually become one of America’s most controversial African-American poets‚ was brought to America from Africa. She was born in Senegal sometime in 1753 and once she was finally brought to Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on a slave ship‚ she was bought by a white family. The father of that white family‚ John Wheatley‚ bought Philis so she could serve as a personal servant to his wife. Luckily for her‚ this white family educated

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    ti Quiz V Study Guide (Greed) Humanities 102: Introduction to Western Civilization Mr. Vehse 1. Phyllis Tickle is the author of our current text‚ Greed. What is Ms. Tickle’s profession? -A religion editor for a trade journal 2. How does Tickle define or‚ if you like‚ describe religion? -From that perspective‚ religion is most accurately seen as a rope or cable of meaning that stretches through human history and has anchored‚ in one form or another‚ every culture or subculture of human society

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