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Specific Purpose: To inform my speech class about the different sides of allowing the Bakken pipeline through Iowa. Thesis: Legislators are going to have to put their heads together and weigh the pros and cons of pipeline to make the right decision. Introduction: Imagine a pipe 30 inches in diameter and 346 miles long stretching through Iowa with oil pumping through it. Dakota Access, LLC., an energy company, is proposing exactly that to the Iowa legislator. The pipeline would be transporting…

multiplex words. Truth be told Cambridge English Dictionary defines an athlete by “a person who is trained or skilled in a sport.” This definition makes a fantastic showing with regards to giving an essential outline of what an athlete is: although there is significantly more to athletes than just trained and skilled. While Cambridge English Dictionary definition does not give an all-around comprehension to what an athlete is, the Merriam- Webster Dictionary does not give a good definition at…

Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to: (E) use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words. Content Objective(s): • The students will use a dictionary to find the meaning, and pronunciations of unknown words. • The students will use newly acquired learn vocabulary words to…

1. Introduction: The Industrial Revolution was the introduction of new manufacturing styles, including going from hand production methods to machines. The first industry to use modern production methods was the textile industry (Landes D. S., 1969). It created a major turning point in history where almost every aspect of our daily lives was influenced in some way (Lucas, 2002). Some economist stated that one of the biggest impacts of the Industrial Revolution was the consistent increase of the…

National security vs personal privacy has been a hot topic post-9/11. President Obama gave a speech on January 17, 2014 where he stated “in our rush to respond …., the risk of government overreach – the possibility that we lose some of our core liberties in pursuit of security – also became more pronounced.” (Office of the Press Secretary) Due to the tragic event on September 11th, 2001, our government was placed under extraordinary pressures to find the terrorists and bring them to justice…

missing “it”. Eve was not born of the light thus she is distant from God. Eve is below man but still possesses self-importance with her image in the water, it has “answering looks Of sympathy and love” (line 464 -5). According to the Miriam Webster Dictionary, ‘sympathy,’ within the parameters of this line, means “an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other” Within the text most of the characters are classified as…

The Bill of Rights is certain freedoms Americans have that cannot be denounced away and an Amendment is an official legal document. According to Oxford Dictionaries (2000) The Bill of Rights is a document or piece of legislation setting out the rights or entitlements of a particular group or class of people. According to Oxford Dictionaries (2000) an Amendment is an official change in a law, contract, constitution or other legal document. The Bill of Rights are natural freedoms such as…

word “bedlam”, which is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “complete disorder and confusion”. During freshman year, we confronted a lot of confusing issues, asking ourselves, where is my next class? Who are all of these people? What clubs…

According to the urban dictionary, “Feminism also, by its nature, embraces the belief that all people are entitled to freedom and liberty within reason--including equal civil rights--and that discrimination should not be made based on gender, sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity…

“feminism” has taken on many different definitions, some pertaining to males. For example, a male that has female qualities is considered to be feministic. This signifiant word should only be associated with women. According to the Oxford English dictionary,…