Prayer cannot be taken from schools.

{ February 24, 2009 @ 3:47 am } · { AP English }
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       Even though religious instruction in public schools was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because of separation of church and state, prayer should still be allowed in public schools. A writer from Religious Tolerance declares that although the Supreme Court ruled religious instruction unconstitutional, students may take part in “non-disruptive personal religious expressions.” … continue reading this entry.

Prayer does not belong in public schools.

{ February 20, 2009 @ 5:06 am } · { AP English }
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Prayer in public schools is becoming a great controversy in the United States. In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no place for prayer in public education. The court rulings did not “remove prayer from school,” but the court took away “government-sponsored worship.” School employees, as government workers, should not be able to influence students in religion. … continue reading this entry.

Prayer has a place in public schools.

{ February 19, 2009 @ 4:33 am } · { AP English }
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The issue of prayer being in public schools is becoming a major issue debated in the United States. Should students be allowed to practice religion freely or should religion be restricted in public schools? The First Amendment of the Constitution, which is greatly misinterpreted, can raise several opinions on whether prayer should be allowed or not. As long as we are protected by freedom of religion and freedom of speech, prayer should be able to have a place in public schools. … continue reading this entry.

Should prayer be allowed in public schools?

{ February 4, 2009 @ 4:37 pm } · { AP English }
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Claim:   Prayer should be allowed in public schools.

Data:  Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the 1st Amendment and the freedom of religion is a form of free speech protected by the 1st Amendment. … continue reading this entry.

Decorating With Rhetoric

{ November 30, 2008 @ 7:00 pm } · { AP English }
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As Christmas time approaches, people are bustling around filling their house with the Christmas spirit. Streets and houses are lined with bright lights and tinsel. Decorated trees are seen in almost every window. Every show on television is beginning to revolve around Christmas. Just like Christmas joy during the holidays, rhetoric is everywhere. Some is easier to spot than others, just like picking out the perfect present for that special someone. As a person spends more time learning and studying rhetoric, they will spot an example of rhetoric everywhere they look! Just like people decorate their house for the holidays, writers are decorating their work with the language of rhetoric.

Examples of Rhetoric (all found in the RUNNER’S magazine):

  •   Rhetorical Question: Do you have what it takes?  (Navy Seal Advertisement)                       
  •  Antithesis: Small Changes, Big Rewards  (Cover of the magazine)
  • Parallelism: Train Smarter, Run Easier, Recover Faster  (Cover of the magazine)
  •  Anaphora: There’s the humanitarian who used a kids’ race to help restore peace and hope in Africa. There’s the high school track coach who turned a team of underdogs into state champions – and college-bound success stories. And there’s the double amputee who is forcing us to rethink our definition of disabilities.  (Heroes Article)   
  •  Epistrophe: You went through it. You decided to be a man about it. You decided to be a woman about it.  (Nike Shoe Advertisement)

Rhetoric is all around! Once a person gets an eye for rhetoric, they will be greeted with an abundance of these wonderful examples. Readers often skim pages to find these devices just like a shopper scans aisle after aisle for the biggest and best sales. Try decorating your work with rhetoric!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother Jones

{ July 25, 2008 @ 9:48 pm } · { Summer Assignments }
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     Mother Jones is a magazine that I have never heard of until now, so I decided to subscribe to its feeds to learn more.  As I started reading, I realized that this magazine is not the type of magazine that I would typically read.  I occasionally read the latest gossip and news about celebrities or the current events of the world.  … continue reading this entry.

Los Angeles Times

{ July 25, 2008 @ 9:40 pm } · { Summer Assignments }
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   While searching through several sources of RSS feeds, I came across the L.A. Times.  Knowing that this is a very popular newspaper, I subscribed to two of their feeds: sports and top news.  … continue reading this entry.

Scientific American

{ July 25, 2008 @ 9:39 pm } · { Summer Assignments }
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    Scientific American is the second feed I chose to subscribe to.  Since science is my favorite subject and the field that I hope to go into, I thought that this magazine would interest me.  Although there were several good articles, I was not very impressed with this feed.  … continue reading this entry.

A Good Catch

{ June 27, 2008 @ 2:08 pm } · { Summer Assignments }
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     Every second of every day someone is on his computer blogging his life away.  Millions of various types of blogs are floating around in the cyber world.  Students are hustling at the last minute to submit their homework that is due.  Others are leisurely scanning through blogs in their spare time or just updating their blog with their daily entry.  Each blog has a different personality.  Each blog is meant to achieve something different.  While searching through the blog world, three interesting blogs that are written by students at my high school caught my eye. … continue reading this entry.

Murder Is Not An Option

{ May 16, 2008 @ 6:00 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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        Death by murder is a horrible, gruesome subject.  Murderers kill children not out of love, but out of hatred.  “Murder is wrong, because life is valuable.”

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