Written poem analysis

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Rationale TKaM

In order to make this written task more clearer and easier to understand , throughout this rationale I will discuss how, why and to who I write this task.
First of all, this task will consist in a letter to Jem and Scout. The reason why I chose to write to both of them is because they are the ones who have been "followed" by Boo Radley and they deserve to know why he has done all this (throughout the book there have been different events starring him).
The main objective to reach is to try to put myself in Boo Radley's shoes, an able to use his point of view, explaining his feelings on how he felt while everybody was scared of him, without even knowing who he his. Followed by this objective I would also like to mention that by writing this letter to both Jem and Scout, (in this version) Boo Radley's prejudice about being a "bad person" will
be gone from their minds, accompanied by his final act.
To conclude, and start with the letter, I´d like to give my personal opinion towards this topic. I chose to do it from Boo Radley's perspective because I found it more challenging to talk in the position of a man than nobody has ever seen or been in touch with. And thanks to this a hope to make a good task, completing my objective.

Being african-american in Alabama

This article will be discussing the life that african-american people had in Alabama in the 30's. Black people used to be slaves until the year 2

to kill a mocking bird questions

When was she born?
April 28' 1926

Where did she live?
Harper Lee lived in Monroeville, Alabama.

What did her father do?
Her father was a former newspaper editor and proprietor, practiced law and served in the Alabama State Legislature.

What is the cultural and educational background of the author?
Harper lee lived in a society that suffered racism, while her father worked defending black men from murder accuses. This fact inspired her in writing her book.  She was also educated in Monroe County High School.

Argumentative essay

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Task 6 or 7

1.- Pan African is a term that relates to people form all African countries and is usually used as a reference to the Pan Americanism, which is an ideology that tries to conceal the unity of the African country. This concept is important because it reaches to all people so they feel identified with this term, which unifies them.

2.-  idk3.- Thao Mbeki was deputy president when Mandela was the president of South Africa. He was the first chairperson-in-office of the Commonwealth of Nations. Mbeki reduced the unemployment of the population and raised the country's economy by 4.5% per year during his term.
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Repetition: I have seen the corruption(...). I have seen concrete expression(...).  This repetition contrasts the idea he is trying to conceal. He is trying to show people hat he knows what is really going on.
Allusion: "(...) to remind ourselves of the Latin saying: Gloria est consequenda- Glory must be sought after. ". He not only advocates a phrase that makes him sound smart, but the phrase has the purpose to create a feeling on the people, by alluding a concrete famous phrase.
Metaphor (figurative speech): "My body has frozen in our frosts(...)". He is alluding to having lived through the weather of Africa.
This rhethorical devices really complements the speech, giving it more authority and giving it the ability to reach the audience, appealing to Ethos and Pathos, as well as Logos.

Task 5 moodle

In this oral presentation, Vicente Gonzalez and I talked about the speech from the movie "We Are Soldiers". In this speech, The context and purpose of the speech is to prepare the soldiers psychologically to fight in one of  Vietnam War's most important battle of "la drang".

Throughout presentation we could also recognize the different techniques that were used, the context of the movie and how and where it was produced. For example there are some aspects that made this presentation sound the way it was supposed to be. First we used a type of tone that makes the presentation have a important and motivating structure, since the movie is about motivating soldiers for the war. Then we have the persuasive techniques and rhetorical devices that helps the audience to feel connected to the speech. But we also structured our presentation in a typical way, from an introduction to a conclusion. We did it like this because it helps the audience to follow the presentation at the same time we do. 

In conclusion I'd say that this presentation opened myself to a new way of presenting, by showing these techniques mentioned before. So this can actually help us in future presentations.