Literacy Response: The Speech of Miss Polly Baker Benjamin Franklin creates this powerful and intelligent character in the fiction story‚ The Speech of Miss Polly Baker. At the beginning‚ Polly Baker starts out humbly in response to being accused of giving birth to a bastard child for the fifth time. She asks the jury to listen to what she has to say. As she continues to talk‚ Baker starts to make strong arguments against harsh punishments that women are to bear from having an illegitimate child
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Anna Chevez 3/21/13 AP Language Spanier Pd. 1 In “The Speech of Polly Baker‚” a sardonically aggressive tone reflects the speaker’s attitude towards the charges being made for having a fifth “bastard child.” The tone feeds her persuasive appeals. By appealing to pathos and ethics‚ she convinces the Court to not punish her for her actions. Baker’s use of diction furthers her appeal to pathos. Being an “unhappy” woman‚ she pleads the “Honourable Bench” to
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that Fern had obtained in her writings as a social critic. In the readings “Tom Pax’s Conjugal Soliloquy‚” Fanny Fern and “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker‚” by Benjamin Franklin‚ they both demonstrate opposite gender roles‚ illustrate situations in which women are not being paid attention to‚ and their audiences appeal to the gender role opposite to the
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essays even more authentic and believable in which people could receive a strong opinion towards a social or political issue. One of Franklin’s essays‚ “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker‚” effectively accomplishes this idea of expressing a strong opinion towards a social issue‚ in this case about a woman who gives birth to five bastard children. Polly Baker’s ultimate goal in the essay is to justify her actions towards the court in order to opt out of punishment for her sins. Franklin captures this woman’s
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Girl” written by Harriet Jacobs focused on the racial equality; “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” written by Benjamin Franklin focused on gender equality. Both of their lives are heavily affected by the unfair treatment of the laws. Even though “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” is a fictional story‚ it still depicts the
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Maya Bell Mrs. Jorgenson US History 8 Sept. 4 2014 Summit (number 1): Ella Baker Opening statement: 1. My name is Ella Baker. I was born on December 13‚ 1903. My grandmother was a black slave. She used to tell me stories of being whipped by her owner. In 1927 I graduated from Shaw University as the valedictorian and then went on to become one of the leading activists of the civil rights movement of America. I was involved with the National Association of Advancement for Colored People‚ the
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B: Reconciliation The short story is named “Reconciliation” and is written by Polly Clark. The story takes place in an office and the main character is the narrator and Vernon and Janny are two other important characters. ”I’m wearing the clothes I slept in. It saved me 20 minutes this morning and meant I could sleep a little longer. My outfit is a skirt and lycra top so there’s no creasing‚ so who would know?” The narrator in the text is a woman‚ who probably is in her midlife or a bit younger
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CASO BAKER Consideramos que John Baker tiene que dirigirse a su sucesor en el puesto de Ingeniero Jefe de la Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania de las Indias Occidentales felicitándole por su nuevo puesto‚ su ascenso‚ su oportunidad profesional en la nueva etapa que comienza en la empresa‚ dándole ánimos y deseándole toda clase de parabienes. Al mismo tiempo consideramos que es su deber mencionar todos los aspectos y elementos positivos que la empresa valora del propio Rennalls‚ con el fin
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While Josephine Baker was a bit scandalous‚ her importance should not be overlooked because she did much more than perform. She was awarded military honors‚ served in World War II‚ and was an advocate for equality and peace. Josephine Baker was born on June 3rd‚ 1906‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her real name was Freda Josephine McDonald‚ which she changed when she married Willie Baker‚ whose last name she kept for the rest of her life‚ even when she got divorced. Her father left‚ and in order to support
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Polly Clarks “Elephant” essay Polly Clarks ”Elephant” is about a author named William who deals with his problems every day. William is a writer. His work consists of young female pop-singers biographies. The story starts in media res‚ we just jump straight into the story without further information. The story takes place in William’s dark his house and it is set in a normal afternoon in William’s life. The curtains are closed‚ so William cannot watch his garden‚ which is overcrowded with weed
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