House It was a Thursday night and I was just getting ready to put my pajamas on and climb into bed when I heard a knocking sound on my window. I muted my TV and listened once more if it made that sound again. It did. I climbed out of my bed and peered out the window‚ it was my childish friend Drew throwing rocks at my window. I opened the window and tip-toed to my door and put my ear to the door to see if I could hear my parents talking. I didn’t hear a peep‚ so I quickly locked my door and went to
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Chemicals SAMPLE NAME: Paracetamol Tablets ANALYSIS REQUIRED: Paracetamol CLAIM: Each tablet contains 500mg Paracetamol. THEORY: Paracetamol IUPAC Name: N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanamide N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide Molecular Formula: C8H9NO2 Chemical Structure: Paracetamol INN or acetaminophen USAN is a widely used over-the-counter analgesic (pain reliever) and antipyretic (fever reducer). It is commonly used for the relief of headaches and other minor aches and pains and is a major ingredient in
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spots a pretty looking woman sitting on the stool. He mustered all his courage for long time‚ then timidly approached and asked her‚ "Ma’ am‚ would be OK if sit here and talk with you?" She was alert‚ suspecting this man‚ and responds by yelling‚ "No‚ I won’t sleep with you tonight!"
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Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective
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In So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed‚ Jon Ronson explores different stories about public shaming and how they come about. Ronson never gives us a clear thesis on what should be done about the act of public shaming. But rather he lets us make our own inference. When reading the book‚ I saw many connections to my thesis that I choose for the research project. As a class we came up with a collection of different thesis choices that ranged in topic and scope. The one I chose was “Given the rise in accessibility
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The Most Painful & Hardest Thing I Ever had To Do. Life is full of pain‚ sorrow and difficulties. Everyone has experienced something very painful at one time in their life. What was the hardest thing was in my life? I asked the question to myself? Nothing in particular came to my mind‚ but what do I feel when thinking about” the hardest thing and painful” that I never can forget? Sadness and depression comes to mind. Do you know how it feels to lose someone whom we love the most and are very
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The first literary element in Since You’ve Been Gone is irony. In this book Emily‚ the main character‚ is left behind all summer without knowing where her best friend‚ Sloan‚ went. The only thing she has is a list of 13 tasks Sloan left that are extremely out of Emily’s comfort zone. Throughout her attempt to complete the list‚ Emily meets a guy named Frank and they become friends. One night they show up to Emily’s house to find her parents‚ two playwrights‚ in need of two actors to play parts in
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Throughout Dr. King’s speech‚ “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”‚ he points out the beauty in the stars of this dark time in history. Much like the stars‚ Martin Luther King Jr. was a light to all citizens affected by racism and became the eternal leader of the Civil Rights Movement. I have always struggled with the purpose of racism. Who decided that dark skinned people are not equal to whites‚ and how they got the power to make that decision are riddles that I cannot seem to solve. “The greatness
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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed-Not Literature But‚ Ethics What is Literature? According to dictionary.com‚ “Literature is writings in which expression and form‚ about ideas of permanent and universal interest‚ are characteristic or essential features‚ as poetry‚ novels‚ history‚ biography‚ and essays.” Some instructors argue that Jon Ronson’s book‚ So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed does not fit the definition of literature‚ and they’re right. However‚ it does teach ethics. This book talks about people
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The Most They Ever Had The Most They Ever Had is a story of suffering‚ hard work‚ and sacrifice. It is a collaboration of interviews conducted on the textile workers of the Profile cotton mill in Jacksonville‚ Alabama. The author of the book‚ Rick Bragg‚ compiles the stories of these people because he is one of them. He was raised in Jacksonville‚ Alabama. His older brother‚ Sam‚ worked at the mill. Bragg wrote this story of his people because it was a story that needed to be heard. The Most They
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