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    The authors purpose behind the reading; On the Arrogance of Power, 1966, is to depict the United States and its failure to spread Democracy due to its “arrogance of power” (Fulbright, 2012). More specifically, this article discusses the failure to spread democracy during the Vietnam conflict. The author begins his writing with an argumentative thesis: “The dilemmas involved are preeminently American dilemmas, not because America has weaknesses that others do not have but because America is…

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    (2016). Common Questions About Oppositional Defiant Disorder. American Family Physician, 93(7), 586-591. The authors take a comprehensive look at Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD). The paper discusses what causes ODD and how most specialists think the cause of ODD is the collective effect of several risk factors that stem from biologic, psychological, as well as social issues. The authors then go on to discuss the diagnostic criteria for diagnosing ODD as well as different treatment…

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    text Made You Laugh. This is could be an example of way authors like to use various forms of humor in text. When the author uses humor, he/she uses it to communicate a universal truth. Authors may use different types of comedy to get across a point like low comedy and high comedy. Different types of comedy can give the reader a different insight on the topic. Furthermore, on types of comedy, low comedy is known to entertain. When an author uses low comedy, they joke around more and might use…

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    Critical Appraisal

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    All three authors are registered nurses and all of them have completed postgraduate studies that are relevant to this research paper. One of the authors has a graduate certificate in emergency nursing and another of the authors has completed a PhD on how trauma nursing care management and intervention affects patient outcomes (The University of Sydney, 2015). The last author is another expert in the nursing field and has done extensive research…

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    growing sexualization of young girls. She argues whether or not the media and the Disney Princess Empire have a negative effect on the increasing sexualization of young girls. This article can be divided into six sections. In the introduction, the author presents Mary Finucane, a mother who is trying to break the influence of Disney Princesses in her home due to her three-year-old daughter 's increasing interest in them. When Finucane mentioned her…

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    Kennings In Beowulf

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    mind. Beowulf is a great tale to read and picture. In Beowulf the author is comparing good versus evil. Beowulf is a warrior that comes and helps the Danes fight a monster known as Grendel. In the epic Beowulf, the author use of character descriptions, kennings, and imagery helps to bring the epic to life for the readers. One way the author of Beowulf helps the reader bring the tale to life is by using character descriptions. The author describes Grendel well by the following words: “snarling…

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    In “The Road Not Taken”, the author, Robert Frost, shows the idea that we are all defined by the choices we make in life, whether it’s good or bad. This poem demonstrates this idea well because the speaker was stuck between choosing two roads, and he did not know which one he should take. This relates to real life when making decisions, because you never know what is going to be at the other side when you get to the end. The concept of our decisions and how we choose to make them is illustrated…

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    One of the most common questions asked to kids is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many times in response to this kids will answer with a typical dream job: “I want to be a Firefighter!” However, we can look at that same kid twenty years down the road and find them in a cubicle slaving over spread sheets as opposed to bursting into burning buildings to save lives. The question is why? Why would someone give up his exciting dream job in favor of something so monotonous and ordinary? If…

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    Artifactual Theory

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    in literature through different positions. Amie L. Thomasson’s paper, “If We Postulated Fictional Objects, What Would They Be?” introduces the artifactual theory in which fictional characters are ‘abstract artifacts’ created by and depend on their authors for their existence. Under the Meinongian Theory of Objects, anything that the human mind can think of or refer to is an object with a certain ontological statues of either existence,…

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    be informed of how the movie Warcraft did, whether good or bad. Audience: The intended audience is for anyone that is interested in movies like Warcraft, I would say that I'm part of this group because I enjoy viewing fantasy type movies. The author doesn't expect the readers to know much, the article doesn't really mention anything about the movie itself, it only goes into detail about how the movie did based on…

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