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Imagine you were in a situation where you had a chance to get away with something you shouldn’t do. Or, had the chance to help someone and maybe change their life. Or, had the chance to take an unfamiliar path path rather than the one everyone takes and only do it for yourself. In the texts “Doing the Right Thing”, “Thank You, Ma’am”, and the road not taken The four college football players, Mrs. Jones, and the speaker have the chance to do the right thing. And every character finds the courage…

Vocabulary List Spurned- reject with disdain or contempt. Adumbrates-foreshadow or symbolize. Recapitulated-summarize and state again the main points of. Progenitor-a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent. obliquely-not in a direct way; indirectly. proleptic-the representation or assumption of a future act or development as if presently existing or accomplished. conjugal-of or relating to marriage or the relationship of a married…

In the first chapter, the author tries to bring the perspective into the eyes of the reader. The writer is trying not to sound bias and wants the readers to see the same way that the writer does. The author in the first few pages takes issues with the way that the American justice system treats the Latinos and Latinas when they are involved in the crime. The author even decides to cite some of the previous empirical research that concluded that the whites made up a more percentage of the…

This quote by Helen Keller is how an author should feel after the revision process of his paper. “The best and most things in the world cannot be seen or even touched- they must be felt with the heart” (Helen Keller). When an author reads his completed paper for the first time, a flood of emotion can hit him. When the author reads his paper, he wants to know what the reader is going to feel when they pick up the piece and discover what the author wants to say. It can be good or bad depending on…

has consequences”(2018), the author Steven Pinker introduces to the general public why the media like to report the negative news and exaggerate it. The author states exaggeration is worse and he explains why it happened. Firstly the author describes what is negative news and he gives some examples of the negative news in history. Then he argues the negative news effects and he believes it is negative forwards to the public. In the last part of the article, the author claims his feelings of…

In this passage adapted from Eliana Dockterman,” The Digital Parent Trap”, the author of the passage strongly advocates the early exposure to technology. By juxtaposing both good and bad possible outcomes, the author indirectly instill a sense that there are more to gain than to lose from early exposure. The author’s passage structure of examining both sides from different perspective, allowed the readers to be engaged as they were able to gain knowledge from both sides. This functioned as an…

The author of “The Benefits of Homework” makes the claim that homework can positively affect student performance in school. To convey this claim the author gives many examples on how homework can benefit students. I think the author effectively supports this claim very well in this article. The author starts off with some of the negatives of homework, “ It takes up time and cuts into family life” also “Homework is too repetitive, too hard, and just too much.” I find this very odd for an…

the contents entirely different from the way the author intended. That is the same with film makers. Authors are often disappointed in the way the movie, based on their book, turns out. Although there are countless authors that appreciate the movie version of their works, there is still disappointment among the fan based community.…

Both authors use similar and different strategies and techniques to describe the causes and effects of super disasters. Each author used text structure, choice of vocabulary, and the use of data and details to help the readers better understand the causes and effects of natural disasters. Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel in "The Super Disasters of the 21st century", use subheadings and rhetorical questions to describe the causes and effects of 3 deadly natural disasters. The authors use…

It would e better to write this paper as a Rogerian argument because it would help the author approach the audience in a way that is open and considerate. When using this approach, it helps the author create a common ground with the audience. While traditional arguments mail goal is to win rather than understand like the Rogerian argument. I believe the author did a good job explaining both positions to the reader without being completely bias about one position than the other. The Rogerian…