Folts Name ___________________________ “Writing Introductory Paragraphs” Date ____________________________ Writing Introductory Paragraphs for a Critical Lens Essay Critical Lens: Introductory Paragraphs Best Examples: 1. Henry Ward Beecher was quite wise in saying that “Greatness lies not in being strong‚ but in the right using of strength.” Indeed‚ individuals who seek power and glory through force are not as truly great as those who seek to make a small‚ yet positive impact
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Heaven R. Hess Mr. Kloiber English 9 Honors 4 April 2013 March Challenge Essay “Greatness lies not in being strong‚ but in the right using of strength….” This quote by Henry Ward Beecher means that in order to be great‚ you do not need to be powerful; you just need to know how to use your power appropriately. I agree with this quote because most people that are great are not the strongest. Instead they use what they have to become great. The quote can be seen in The Color Purple by
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to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent‚ tolerance; to a friend‚ your heart; to your child‚ a good example; to a father‚ deference; to your mother‚ conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself‚ respect; to all men.” – Henry Ward Beecher “Deference is the most complicate‚ the most indirect‚ and the most elegant of all compliments.” – William Shenstone “For nowadays deference gets you friends‚ honesty gets you hated” – Terence “Great men always pay deference to greater
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August Pullman is a 10 year old boy in the 6th grade being home-schooled by his mother. Auggie does not want to go to public school because of his face‚ but his parents decide to enroll him in Beecher Prep; a private middle school in upper Manhattan. Auggie visits Beecher Prep and meets the principal of Beecher Prep‚ Mr. Tushman‚ along with three other students: Jack Will‚ Julian Albans‚ and Charlotte Cody. He becomes friends with Jack as well as a girl named Summer Dawson‚ who sits with him during
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etc. Sometimes I will ask her about my painting‚ "What should I do next? " and she replied‚ "If I tell you the next step‚ that will be my painting‚ you have to create your own world on your papers." This sentence affected me very deeply. Henry Ward Beecher said‚ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul‚ and paints his own nature into his pictures.” That’s exactly truth. Artists paintings always express their mood in their works; I also express my feeling into my painting. For me painting
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being complete or undivided‚ purity. Integrity is a powerful and uncommon trait according to today’s standards. One may be defined and known by his or her integrity. “A man is rich or poor according to what he is‚ not according to what he has” Henry Ward Beecher. In the real world today‚ certain levels of integrity are expected in different places. For example‚ where we find the influence of evil‚ we find a lack of integrity. Important issues include: what the Bible has to say about integrity‚ viewing
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Cited: Beacher‚ Henry Ward. Forgiveness Quotations. 25 October 2007. 1 April 2009 http://www.forgivenessweb.com/RdgRm/Quotationpage.html. Boese‚ Paul. Forgiveness Quotations. 25 October 2007. 1 April 2009 http://www.forgivenessweb.com/RdgRm/Quotationpage.html. Holmgren. Forgiveness
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inheritance. He has a sister named Olivia but they call her Via‚ daisy their dog‚ and his parents. He has been homeschooled because of the surgeries to fix his face until he was old enough to be in fifth grade. His parents enrolled in a school called Beecher Prep and brought Auggie to school for a tour around the school. He gets to meet the principal Mr. Tushman and meeting another teacher Ms. Rubin. They talk for a very little time and then some kids show him around the school. The kid’s names were Charlotte
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Respected judges! I am pleased to inform you all that the opponents aren’t charmed at the prospect of clinching that top prize. They are instead happy in trying very hard. Success is a journey not a destination. This is the bone of contention in today’s debate and I’d like to express my views contrary to the topic. Success is a very subjective term. So first and foremost‚ we must understand what it means. According to Oxford dictionary‚ success means gaining what is aimed at. Doesn’t the definition
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The problems faced by old people in our society The old age is an integral part of human life. It is the evening of life. It is unavoidable‚ undesirable‚ unwelcome and problem- ridden phase of life. An old man is full of experiences and even though experiences are of immense help to the younger generation‚ he is taken as an unwanted burden. He himself is caught in a terrible feeling of redundancy. Thinking of old age visions of loneliness and neglect emerge in mind. The picture becomes
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