Programming Assignment 1 In the long distant future, in the year 2016, the cable news empire has fallen, and former talking heads have stooped to running for political office. In fact, five former talk show stars are running for President of the United States, and locked in a close race. Your task is to design and implement a set of classes that process a collection of Integer objects, corresponding to votes for each candidate. The integers are stored in a queue by a driver. In particular
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MLK Letter From Birmingham Jail Rhetorical Analysis- w/ focus on Ethos “...we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens, directed and led in part by outsiders…” In this quote, from the third paragraph of the letter written by eight Alabama clergymen, the term outsiders is used. Early on, this creates a label for Martin Luther King, outsider. Throughout his Letter From Birmingham Jail, King is able appeal to ethos in order to refute his title of “outsider”
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Maya Angelou “ Still I Rise” The Poem “ Still I Rise “ Immediately drew me in with its powerful words. For example in the first stanza it reflects the concept of slavery seen with the words “ You may write me down in history” “(The Academy of American Poets, Inc.)” .The poem offers a mixture of tones however in the end its tone is mainly victorious. This poem is not only addressed to one person it is addressed to all the public it is extremely political and somewhat controversial. This made
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I am a dual-citizen of both the United States and Nigeria. My background of culture is one where education is the standard of living. My goal is to attain a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a then get an MBA (Masters in Business Administration). I know Northern Arizona University’s Undergraduate Research program can advance me towards my goals by helping gain more hands-on and applicable knowledge so that I can then go into the workforce Human Resources and/or Consulting with a
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Nick Genaris Professor Ngoh Protest Literature 21th October 2015 Letter from Birmingham Jail-Rhetorical Analysis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in order to address the biggest issue in Birmingham and the United States at the time (racism) and to also address the critics he received from the clergymen. The letter discusses the great injustices happening toward the Black community in Birmingham and although it is primarily aimed at the clergymen King writes
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Civil Freedom On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and put in a Birmingham jail for demonstrating/protesting without a permit. During this time, he wrote a letter to eight dissatisfied white clergymen on behalf of a public statement of concern. In this lengthy, strong-handed letter, Dr. King did not argue; he did not get angry, but rather, he provided views of brotherhood and peace within his rebuttal. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” King uses a variety of rhetorical strategies
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Effective (adjective) : Adequate to accomplish a purpose. In analyzing Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter To Birmingham Jail and Sinners in the Hands of an Angry god by Jonathan Edwards,the task at hand was to analyze their techniques they used in order to see how the author is able to efficitvely send their messege to the readers.It was also to then determine who was more effective.To most readers,their effect of allusion towards the bible and complex sentences work more effectively on the audience
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1. Throughout the speech, Lyndon Johnson uses pathos to rally more support for his cause. He often mentions the violence that occurred in Selma, Alabama, when men and women were protesting the fact that their rights to vote had been denied. Johnson takes the opportunity that arises with this particular necessity to allow for rhetorical conversations to happen. Johnson is appealing to the emotions of many American people, both the Congressmen and ordinary citizens, to encourage the people to support
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In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a Letter from Birmingham Jail after arrested for peacefully protesting against segregation and racial discrimination in Birmingham, Alabama. The Jim Crow system created segregation laws for blacks and whites having separate bathrooms, schools, and restaurants that existed after the era of slavery. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had expected the support of numerous local religious figures in hopes of uniting to end racial terror. In his Letter from Birmingham
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On April 12,1963, Martin Luther King Jr. , in his jail cell in Birmingham, receives a letter from 8 local Protestant leaders criticizing the protesters and King himself, describing them as an outside agitator. Martin Luther King Jr., an American Protestant minister and a Civil Rights Activist, replies to the clergymen exposing and shaming them for criticizing his own non-violent protests engendering a tone of dignified passion. Within paragraphs 22 and 23, Martin Luther King develops a tone of dignified
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