I have chosen the song “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels band. I was young when this song came out, my brother and I learned to sing it because it had a curse word in it. I knew the song word for word and we would sing it all the time and pretend that we could play the fiddle. We were used to hearing country so when this song came out it was more like country-rock or bluegrass. The composers for this song were Charlie Daniels, James Wainwright Marsall, Fred Edwards, Charles
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Both texts similarly use comical Lexis to create an informal tone for the purpose to mock and entertain. 'The Stone Age Report' is a transcript of an extract from 'Horrible Histories' which is a fact based children's programme that often exaggerates and mocks historical events in order to teach yet entertain the young audience. In 'The Stone Age Report' Bob Hale, a fictional news reporter, often creates an informal tone through his use of atypical scientific terms which are often slightly altered
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Ismael Nazario spent three hundred days in solitary confinement at Rikers Island Jail before he was even eighteen years old after experiencing that he now dedicates his time advocating for prison reform and helping former inmates reenter society. By starting off his speech with a foundation made up of his own personal experiences and stories it allowed Ismael to get the audience’s attention. Once he has the audience’s attention, Ismael is able to introduce the true topic of his speech which is the
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The classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck depicts the struggles the Joads, an impoverished Oklahoma family, face when attempting to find a better life. When forced to leave their comfortable home, the Joads’ only option is to migrate to California. Striving to keep the family stable the Joads tragically transition from being an average family to being a stressed, decaying family. This deterioration results from being treated like emotionless slaves by the wealthy owners of large corporations
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“When Teens Lose Hope” is the fifth article on a series entitled “Your Teen’s Mental Health.” The article opens on the story of Lacy, she had fallen into a hopeless state and was planning suicide. Her grandmother was aware something was wrong, but not the extent of her issues. Her grandmother insisted Lacy attend a Wednesday night prayer service. Lacy meet “the pure and perfect love of God,” she changed her plans, her hope restored. Her grandmother interceded for Lacy in prayer and the prayer was
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“Jonathan Gold rides the waves of dim sum at Longo Seafood Restaurant in Rosemead” is the essay I wish I wrote knowing what I know about writing right now. When I read a review on a restaurant, I want my mouth to be watering and my stomach growling. Gold does this when I read his reviews. He makes me feel like I am right there with him eating that food and observing it. I want to be able to make someone feel that way where I have the power of writing to make someone visit that restaurant and
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When people say “there’s an elephant in the room,” there is a controversial issue that is present but avoided as a subject for discussion. In “Hills Like White Elephants,” the story is about the controversial issue of abortion. “Hills Like White Elephants” is opened with a long, detailed description of the story’s setting in a train station in Spain. A man and his girlfriend sit at a table outside the station waiting for a train to Madrid. The two discuss if they should have an abortion or not without
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EN1420: Module 3 Identifying, Organizing, and Analyzing Your Sources Exercise 3.1: Identify the Logical Fallacies Each statement below contains a logical fallacy. Identify the fallacy and briefly explain, in one or two sentences, why it is an error in reasoning. 1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. • Ad hominem: committed by attacking the person who's making an argument, rather than the argument itself. One of the most common fallacies
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Sydney Quinn History 18 – T/TR 9:10 29 February 2016 The close of the 19th century and transition into the 20th brought about many challenges for the American people. The failing economy and the development of imperialism in other nations created leaders who defended their ideologies, no matter how incorrect, in clever and persuasive ways. Leaders during this time period dealt with the crises of modernity by painting themselves as “the good guys”. In order to address the issues of modernity, William
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Diana Benavidez Mrs. Donato-Jennings English 10 November 1, 2015 The Glass Castle In Jeannette Walls’s novel The Glass Castle, it shows the reader that even when you're growing up with hardships it doesn’t mean that one can’t grow up to be successful. She shows her readers this by writing a memoir which is The Glass Castle. She retells the stories of her life growing up with her three siblings and parents. After reading the story one would think that the Wall’s children wouldn’t have
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