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Google Sites Web Design - 4 views
Logos, Pathos, Ethos Braveheart speech - 0 views
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - 0 views
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The master is frequently compelled to sell this class of his slaves, out of deference to the feelings of his white wife; and, cruel as the deed may strike any one to be, for a man to sell his own children to human flesh-mongers, it is often the dictate of humanity for him to do so; for, unless he does this, he must not only whip them himself, but must stand by and see one white son tie up his brother, of but few shades darker complexion than himself, and ply the gory lash to his naked back; and if he lisp one word of disapproval, it is set down to his parental partiality, and only makes a bad matter worse, both for himself and the slave whom he would protect and defend.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - 0 views
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My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,—a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness.
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Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. When I went there, she was a pious, warm, and tender-hearted woman. There was no sorrow or suffering for which she had not a tear. She had bread for the hungry, clothes for the naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within her reach. Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities. Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness.
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door,—a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness.
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Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) - 2 views
Proofreader's Marks - 0 views
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From Prentice Hall, a brief guide on proofreader's marks. Note that I use abbreviated Six Traits terms to focus on a given quality of your writing (I=Ideas, ORG=Organization, WC=Word Choice, SF=Sentence Fluency, VOI=Voice, and CON=Conventions). A check mark during a passage denotes a positive writing quality and may be followed by a proofreader mark. This lets you know what you're doing well, according to my point-of-view.
Purdue OWL: "MLA Formatting Quotations" - 0 views
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A guide for incorporating quotes into sentences, in-text and parenthetical citations included. When considering incorporating quotes, consider if paraphrasing or quoting adds most to your sentence, paragraph, etc. When selecting a quote, consider the "10-word rule," to get to the most valuable information from the quote (anyone can cut-and-past paragraphs), decrease in conventions errors (less unnecessary words = less opportunity for errors), and fluency. Once you've incorporated a quote into your sentence, try reading the sentence out loud, same sentence, without the quotation marks. If it's unreadable, revise how you've placed the quote in your sentence.
MLA Format Model Paper - 9 views
Last.fm - 5 views
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From Time's best websites of 2009: "You seed the online players with your all-time favorite song - or whatever you're in the mood to listen to - and a digital DJ creates a list of other songs you might like and starts streaming them through your speakers.
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My user name is "Gergemel." How can something like this be used to conduct research?
Academia.edu - Follow research - 7 views
Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags - 1 views
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the link, which can point to anything, and the tag, which is a way of attaching labels to links
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The question ontology asks is: What kinds of things exist or can exist in the world, and what manner of relations can those things have to each other?
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The periodic table of the elements is my vote for "Best. Classification. Evar.
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