Molly Dadrugue December 13, 2014 Gatsby and the American Dream “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” -Bruce Springsteen Through the use of metaphors and analogies, Fitzgerald creates a reflective and logical conclusion to The Great Gatsby. In this concluding passage, the narrator, Nick, provides an explanation regarding the extinction of the American Dream, the theme of the novel. The American Dream is not shown to be the American
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finalRhetorical Analysis Essay English 110-133 09/14/2015 A Critique of Alexis Sacarese's “Why the #$%! Do We Curse” In Alexis Sacareses's essay, “Why the #$%! Do We Curse” she explores the reasoning behind why we curse and argues the positive attributes cursing can play in our daily lives. By adding in facts and research done by professionals, she can argue her belief in a variety of different ways. Throughout this essay, Sacarese makes a strong essay by addressing despite the controversy
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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), founded by Henry Bergh in 1866, was the first humane society established in North America. The ASPCA outlines its goals in its mission statement: “to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States.” The ASPCA, a nonprofit organization, works to fulfill its mission by caring for pet parents and pets, providing positive outcomes for at-risk animals, and serving all victims of animal
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Ehrenreich does a very good job of reaching out to a larger audience in paragraphs 6 to 9 using resources of language. For the majority of the story, the author has the point of view as someone in poverty. Here, she breaks the fourth wall and reaches out to her “middle class solipsism”. These differing points of view can apply to more readers. The point of view is complimented with the precise use of anecdotes, diction. Point of view switches around from Ehrenreich being in poverty and from her
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largest fast food chain and has a very credible reputation when it comes to the fast food business. They open a new restaurant every 14.5 hours and feed 68 million people every day. With stats like those it’s hard to not be at the top. The strongest rhetorical strategy this ad shows is pathos. In smaller letters below the picture it says “It’s important to learn and grow. A job at McDonalds offers an experience where you learn skills that will stay with you throughout your life while working with new
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The Hatred towards Deviations Everyone is important and special no matter their differences, these differences is what makes every person unique. In the fictional text Chrysalids by John Wyndham, this paragraph represents a true disrespect towards those with deviations. This paragraph has many monosyllabic words such as “to”, but also has many polysyllabic words such as “ashamed”. The following theme is represented through the cacophonous words used such “mockery”, “enemies”, “criminal”, “struck”
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"Mirrors" is a political advertisement by the Hillary Clinton campaign that has been on television during this election cycle. Hillary attempts to argue why Donald Trump should not or rather can not be president. The advertisement contains first a quick clip of Hillary Clinton hugging a young girl and then merged into a serious clips of young girls looking at themselves in mirrors or cameras. During the scenes of the young girls there are clips and sound bites of Donald Trump saying derogatory things
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In my speech, my specific point was to persuade my audience that your shampoo should be switched out every once in a while. In my opinion, I believe I gave them a convincing speech that my opinion should be followed, and that it was correct. I used a lot of source information to add to my credibility to show that I have facts supporting my side. So in conclusion, I believe I achieved my specific purpose. The introduction of my speech went fairly smoothly. I believed I grabbed the audience’s attention
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Warfare an Intoxication Inferno The Iliad Anger has always been the downfall of humanity. For generations man, had fought in war for many reasons, some claiming to be their rights. What right does any man has sent innocent people to their death? Anger has brought men to make careless decisions without caring for the consequences of their action, even giving their back to their own people. Men that fought courageously for their country, but no one will ever know their name. So many countless
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Minutes: 4 Key Message and Instructor Notes: TELL participants: Tone of voice plays a major role in getting a message across. Whatever the content of the things we say, it's our tone that communicates what we're feeling when we say them. It’s also our tone to which others respond. Your tone of voice is such an important part of communication that it may often override the actual words you're using. EXPLAIN: Curt, harsh, loud words can illustrate anger. Soft, murmuring, soothing tones can express
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