problem demonstrated by the sentence as polarization, bypassing, stereotyping, static evaluation, or biased language. Then revise the sentence to eliminate this problem. Turn this in to the drop box by the end of the unit. 1. You're either my friend or my enemy. Polarization. It does not allow a middle ground. It’s either or. Revised sentence: I have friends, enemies, classmates, associates, co-workers, etc. I try to avoid having enemies. 2. Ken says to his wife Lynette, “Glad to get out of
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“Murder in Deep Creek,” that is what the headline read this morning. I couldn’t believe my eyes to see what I was reading. “Murder, murder, murder”, that’s all I could think about. Just to think it happened right here in this town. It happened not less than a mile away from my house, someone was brutally killed for no reason, his life ended right here in this town. Ryan Sochat was his name. He was a very sweet boy who was a sophomore with me at Deep Creek High School. I went with him a couple of
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from paying for repairs that are unnecessary or in some cases, never done to their vehicles in the first place. I also regret to share that I was one of these women. A repair shop in my current home town brought me to the conclusion that knowing how to fix problems in my vehicle is extremely important. I brought my car in to have the brake system serviced. I had just bought the car, and the brakes were disclosed to need replacement. From what the seller informed me of, I knew I was facing at worst
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year I was chosen by staff at my school for demonstrating leadership, citizenship, and character in my school and my community, to attend American Legion Auxiliary Bluebonnet Girls State. It was such an honor to be able to attend Bluebonnet Girls State where only 500 hundred girls
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experienced or witnessed it for that reason. An example of a developmental crisis is evident in my life is from Stage 5: Identity vs. Role Confusion. When I graduated high school I packed up my stuff and moved to college to pursue swimming my number one passion and to get a college degree. Upon entering college I was a health and nutrition major. Over the course of three years I then changed my major to psychology, then to child development then back to psychology and then ended in child
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Isaac Cooke Mrs. Fountain English 10 13 January 14 Gone I was born in a town just outside of Houston, Texas. I lived in a house on Lake Houston. Growing up in that neighborhood was very nice, there were plenty of other kids in the neighborhood for me to be friends with and there were also many places to go and play. I loved my home town. The school that I attended was quite large, it was a 5a school and in the state of Texas there is no 6a so it was as big as it gets. The
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Winter is the most beautiful time of the year for the people of Matfus Mountain. They look forward to it because of the Christmas holiday. Even Mayor Matfus, an extremely likable (adj) woman, esteems(Unit 2) it a privilege to be the leader of a small town where the people are usually friendly(adj) and caring(adj). One winter night on Matfus Mountain, Kyan, a hostile resident, was thinking (v) of doing some obnoxious acts to defy the townspeople of Matfus Mountain, which could change their lives in
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I have been dying to share my story about my amazing daughter and son for some time now, it's always on my mind but I never have been able to tell it to many people because of time. So here is FINALLY my chance to do so! My daughter MacKenzie Joy Lusk was born to me and my hubby on 7/7/7 in Paradise, California. With a full head of dark hair that never fell out. Everyone told me that she was lucky, well, those numbers are amazing, I have to say. Shortly after that we moved to Oregon, she was
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far south on the Alaska Highway as you can go, giving the town another of it's nicknames "The End of the Road". It's distinctive landmark is the Homer spit, a 4.5 mile gravel bar that is the longest road into the ocean in the world, unique in it's traditional, absolute definition as being the only one of it's kind. The spit is a hub of activity in the summer tourist season but come September completely shut's down like an abandoned ghost town. Only one business, The Land's End Hotel and it's restaurant
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I grew up in a small close knit farm town, know as Marcellus, New York. There is really nothing too special about it, it was a one horse town with the closest supermarket being 15 minutes away. Did I mention that my backyard was a corn field? Well, it was and being from a small town I definitely learned a lot through my education and community involvement. I lived in Marcellus my whole life and attended school there from kindergarten through my senior year. The school was small, everyone knew everybody
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