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A thesis statement introduces the main idea of an essay. The thesis statement is typically located in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. The thesis statement usually serves as the focus of your essay and should be developed, supported, and explained. Beyond the introduction of the main idea, the thesis statement tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the essay, foreshadows how “I” will depict the subject of discussion, and makes an arguable statement for the reader to…

prodigious love she has for her husband. She asserts the adherence to her spouse, which according to Puritans, could not be superior than the devotion to God. The opening line of the poem establishes the complete union there is between them and uses the pronoun “we” (1) to assure this fact. In a boastfully manner, Bradstreet states that there is no wife who loves his husband more than she loves him (2), and that there is no wife happier than her (3), implying that their union in marriage is the…

English languages natural tendencies to oppress women through language and connotation. Though she pointed out that a lot of these issue have changed such as addressing someone whose gender is unknown as them instead of just referring to the masculine pronoun. Despite the progress there are still a lot of problems brought about by the english language one Nilsen mentioned that i found most interesting is the calling a man feminine is considered an insult. This ideology that is so deeply…

The English Standard accuse of sexism. Once considered appropriate to refer to a person of unknown gender with masculine pronouns. To rest this issue, I prefer to imply a person as his/her. Referring to a person as his/her is not sexist, either way it is implying they are a person.Using the term “their” is showing possession. Using the term “one” cannot show you are talking about a person, “one” is a number. Using the term “one” is not sexist but is not grammatically correct either. For…

Thousands of churchgoers sit for long hours on wooden pews in stuffy brick-and-mortar churches just to wait even longer to be saved from sin. But, in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation,” a young Hughes’ journey begins and ends in one day with churchgoers pleading with him to stand up, see Jesus, and be saved. So he stands - even when he can’t see Jesus. Hughes uses simple syntax for the audience to read the story from a child’s perspective and thoughts. Through grammatically incorrect sentences, these…

government. Through the use of allusion, Roosevelt draws attention to logos. She states direct citations from preamble and the constitution. This provides the United Nations with facts and implies knowledge that Roosevelt conceives. Roosevelt uses pronouns such as “we” and “our” in her speech to convey an emotional side, which represents pathos. She says “We in the United States” and “Our…

Danielle Safo Ms. Hanson AP Lang 15 Oct 2015 "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards persuadably preached a sermon to the members of the congregation to instill fear in those sinners by informing them that if they don't change their ways, they will endure the "wrath of God." Edwards used his creditability as a pastor to give legitimacy to his message and long sentence structures to describe hell and eternal damnation. To begin his sermon, Edwards used…

As quickly as this quarter has gone by, there has been plenty of things I've learned. My favorite, being metacognition. Although, metacognition may have had absolutely nothing with this course, it seemed to be a very important tool for processing essays. Not only that, the process of defining the word “metacognition”, always managed to stir-up a good educated confabulation. Most importantly, this course has given a lot of confidence in my writing process. I learned how helpful, for me, it can be…

Mike Svigel. In his book Retro-Christianity identified seven core Christian orthodoxy by which evangelicals should be identified. One of them is the doctrine of the Trinity. Trinity doctrine is about believing the triune Godhead God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Understandably so, the Trinity is the foundation of Christian faith. The doctrine of the Trinity is a fundamental element of the gospel it is not claimed that the refinements of theological speculations upon this…

The story “Frankenstein” has a man-made creature that is more man like than the robot. It refers to the creature as him and picture him as following after Henry. Shelly gives the creature a third person nominative pronoun which makes the creature more alive and more dangerous. In the second story the man-made object is a robot created by Dev. Dev creates the robot to do his chores so he can have more free time to work on his technical studies. The thought that a young…