Powerful Writing ** I will highlight each comment according to the above colours (and objectives). 5/8 I woke up, trying to, with my hands, search blindly for the alarm clock. ⎫ Varied range (highlight 1) – the student embeds “with my hands” into this sentence. ⎦ “With my hands” doesn’t flow, as it interrupts the main idea, making it unfit for this sentence. (Highlight 3) ⎦ Adverb: “blindly.” Adverbs modify/replace verbs: the more powerful-sounding word; as a result, this sentence lacks impact
duck, commonly known as a domesticated duck. This duck, unlike normal ducks, cannot fly but is still the eighth wonder of the animal world. Pekins’ description The Pekin Pekin ducks are white, beautiful duck is a very large and superlative, adorable non-flying bird, with the height of about 20 to 30 inches, it is a very Very large in height and immense duck, with a weight of 3.5 lbs. It only comes in one color, white. They can swim and waddle, but no flying. They are such a enormous
Many of us have seen the movies The Great Gatsby and Chicago. Both movies are really entertaining, are excellent adaptations of previous productions, and they both provide superlative acting and drama, but when it comes to the value of both movies, Chicago takes the cake. Criterion #1: The use of music helps illustrate the time period and the mood, which makes these movies more impactful. The Great Gatsby (2013) This movie is based in the twenties, also known as the jazz age. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Aztec’s Empire was the most impressive, prodigious, and superlative civilization, which do well between c. 1345 and 1521 CE. They extended through most of Northern Mesoamerica, in what is known as Southern Mexico. The Aztecs were a tribe of hunters and gatherers, who shared essential cultural traits. The Aztecs were also called Tenochca, which provenance from an eponymous ancestor, Tenoch, and the historical name from Texcoco. From the title of Tenochca was obtained the name of their beloved
The Evils of Discrimination On page 100 in Afloat on the Ohio and poem Willow Grave 's and picture of family on the porch, in their way, they each show bias towards the low income but hard working class known as "Crackers" and "Negros" (Down the River 100). All these actions demonstrate the discrimination of anyone put into this category. We will be talking about a couple of different areas. Discrimination just doesn 't happen at what we call home. It happens all over. We are going to be talking
depict a sense of respect and regard. Churchill also uses strong use of diction in his speech. The use of a strong diction is to emphasize his point and make him seem bold and reliable. An example of the use of strong diction is through the use of superlatives in the speech,
In chapter six of The Great Gatsby, Nick discovers the reality about Gatsby’s past: his real name (James Gatz), deprived childhood in North Dakota, college at St. Olaf, and the beginning of yearning for money with Dan Cody as a role model. Gatsby equates himself to Jesus Christ, since he aspires to become a well-known figure in society and become of significant reputation. In addition to these traits, he craves capital to achieve this status and ultimately gain Daisy’s love. The biblical allusion
family not to marry its cousins” (Lee 173). Aunt Alexandras standards are too high for her family, but her family is known for incestful acts. The last character is Bob Ewell in the Tom Robinson trial. Bob claims he is a great person, and is a superlative white person but he really is not. As someone has stated, “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin” (Lee 227). He lied about Tom Robinson supposedly hitting his daughter but, he hits her and her siblings
growing up has been the ideologies established by living in a town like Rye. Growing up in Rye and living here my whole life, I was raised in a sort of small bubbled society where the dominant focus for young children was the importance of being superlative- the smartest kids; the most known; the most athletic; the most cultured; the funniest- have always maintained glorification while those less-so remain unidentified. In a way, this ideology that being the best is synonymous to being approved of
on their beliefs (Harris, 2014). 2 Corinthians shows Paul defending his apostolic authority against the Corinthians (Harris, 2015). While he was always struggling to preach unity to his followers, at the time Corinthians was written there were “superlative apostles” moving up through the churches to gain power. These individuals used their power and influence to undermine
mystery with earthiness by integrating the two on a higher formal level, and his masterful use of time-honored contrapuntal devices controlled by the dramatic harmonic tension of late-18th-century sonata form, ranks him beside Mozart as one of the superlative masters of musical art in that, or any,
preserve,study,exhibit, and interpret selected aspects of railroads and railroading, with an emphasis on California and the West, for the education, enjoyment and entertainment of the widest possible audience. This museum has been one of the most superlative railroad museums I have visited. My favorite exhibit was a rumbling Pullman car. I enjoyed this exhibit because it took me back through time and made me feel as if I was on it. This museum also had many wax sculptures which helped depict railroad
The qualities of suspense building shown in “The Flowers” by Alice Walker are superlative in relation to the three stories we red. It shows superior suspense than the “The Dogs Could Teach Me” or “The Sniper” by a large margin. The textual evidence will surely convince you of the superiority of suspense found in this story over the other ones. The first quote is from “The Flowers”. It shows the otherworldly and freakish overtones in the passage This quote shows my point, “It seemed gloomy in the
the birth of the seemingly witty, charming, salt and pepper bearded Dos Equis leading man. Not only has the charismatic television commercials boosted the Dos Equis brand, I find myself anticipating new ad commercials in order to hear the elite superlatives Mr. Dos Equis has now conquered. Mr. Goldsmith, the leading actor in the commercials, is so revered that, one ad says, "if he were to pat you on your back, you would list it on your resume," (Shultz, 2012, p.1) while another ad pronounces “He
This letter is written in support of Quineshia Peterson, an applicant of the American University Strategic Communication Graduate Program. As the Director of Admissions at Valdosta State University, I have had the honor of working with and mentoring Quineshia during the matriculation of her bachelor’s degree, beginning in 2011. As a freshman at Valdosta State it became apparent that Quineshia was a natural born leader with praiseworthy ambition. She served on the executive board of her student
Poems by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was a well known American writer, a superlative author of poetry and fiction, and a literary critic whose level of imagination and insight had gone unseen in American literature. Many would say Edgar Allan Poe managed to create a fulfilling and adventurous life before passing at 40, having been said in his lifetime to have wrote around 73 short stories and 53 poems including “The Raven” and “The Bells” (Kinsella). Even though Edgar wrote beautifully, he
Interactions amid the provinces and the federal government, from constitutional issues to the most irresistible topics bang up-to-date in the country, are indemnified beneath the umbrella of “Federalism”. Authorities are shared so that on some matters, the state governments are decision-holders, whereas on the other matters, national government grasps the autonomy. In last twenty-five years, the upsurge of federal fiats on both governments, local and state, has shifted the power amongst state and
extraordinary ambivalence (Fukasawa & Morrison). Specifically, based on the terminology, it could be taken both as an oxymoron that ‘super’ opposes ‘normal’, referring to ‘beyond’ or ‘above’; also a concept of absolute superlative in which the Super Normal determines the superlative of normality to its greatest degree in its ontological form. Although the etymology of what is considered ‘normal’ relates to ‘ordinary’ with no features, in the context of what Fukusawa and Morrison defined as Super Normal
intended to enhance the impartiality entrenched in the Transnet brand but also communicate the revitalisation of the Company, its new corporate structure, its people and the emerging service culture. Refreshing the brand is also provided with a superlative opportunity to communicate the repositioned Transnet – a business-to-business player – and will enable the entities they no longer own to be positioned within the strategies of new owners. Following the monumental brand route, Transnet has done
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