“The Plug-in Drug”‚ written by Marie Winn‚ consists of effects of watching television as a child‚ and pessimistic consequences followed by doing so. Marie asserts that watching television-even “good” programs-is harmful to children; she reasons her argument with a range of persuasive elements such as asking rhetorical questions‚ providing information suggested by reliable source‚ and accentuating the importance of engagement of the readers. First of all‚ the author’s effective usage of rhetorical
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The television was a device that was thought to bring families closer. However‚ in recent years the idea can be debunked as an old wives tale. In Marie Winn’s book the Plug-In Drug she addresses how television/electronics have actually driven families apart. This topic is specifically covered in her chapter “Family Life”. Winn makes observations which open our eyes to what electronics can actually do to families. Electronics have perverted the idea of family and how they interact with one another
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What is the trouble with television? In MacNeil’s article‚ “The Trouble with Television‚” he states that television discourages concentration. MacNeil wrote this article around thirty years ago‚ so one may ask of the article’s validity today. The claim that television discourages concentration still contains its prior validity today. The variety of different shows becomes somewhat of a narcotic (280‚ 1‚ 1). People constantly have a guide through the many wonders of this world in 30
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Thoreson English 101 18 February 2012 Cell Phone: A Cordless Addiction Marie Winn wrote an amazing article “Television: The Plug-in Drug” in which she introduces the argument about television and its overwhelming affects on families. She opens the minds of readers with explaining that the casual entertainment television was intended for has now become a troublesome problem within families. Winn proposes that the problem lies within the seductive act of TV watching itself. That extensive
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In “The Trouble with Television‚” Robert MacNeil states his viewpoints strong and thoroughly about how he thinks television is harmful to society. Many different things have gone wrong because of television. MacNeil states that‚ “Television is like a drug.” Once you watch so much of it‚ you get addicted to it and then you can’t stop watching it. This is making our world bad‚ and it keeps on going and it’s decivilizing a lot of the world. Television is taking over the world because say if someone
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Winn-Dixie The main character is India Opal Buloni but everyone calls her Opal. Opal is ten years old. Opal’s dad is a priest. Opal’s mom left her and her father when opal was three years old. Opal never knew why her mother left and she was very sad about it. In the beginning of the book‚ Opal moved to a trailer park in Naomi Florida. Opal did not have any friends. Her father‚ the Priest‚ had a small congregation and he was usually busy. Opal didn’t talk to him often. Opal’s best friend is a
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Here at Winn Dixie we are always striving to improve our customer relations and experience. What can we do a company to keep customers coming back and how can we go about targeting new customers to come into the store. We currently offer those who sign up with Winn Dixie a great reward program with the Winn Dixie rewards card. The card gives out loyal customer’s deals throughout the store‚ a chance to win fuel points‚ and a chance to invest in their current or future child’s humble beginnings and
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Winn Dixie Kristina Wagner GEB4891 Brief History William Milton Davis and his four sons founded Winn-Dixie in 1925 in Miami‚ Florida. On February 18‚ 1952‚ Winn Dixie became the first Florida-based industrial corporation listed on the NYSE. In 2005‚ the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in “an effort to address financial and operational challenges that had hampered its performance.” (NYTimes.com) Winn Dixie was having a difficult time trying to overcome competitors‚
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like Marie‚ from the book Lost In The City‚ are constantly living these similar issues of poverty and crime on a daily basis. Often times‚ people seek out to government assistance programs not because they want to‚ but out of struggle due to their given circumstances. We sometimes do not think‚ but act out of anger‚ which can result in chaos. Marie is a woman with a great character but because of life’s chaos‚ Marie has let anger take the best out of her. Tired of the system in which Marie has
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Marie Antoinette was just a young noble girl when she was promised to the future king of France Louis XVI. Then at fifteen‚ she was married and then at nineteen she was crowned queen of France. She was used to a very lavish life style in Austria so when she came to France she expected the same. She was a huge partier and spender; many people believe that she is one of the causes of the French revolution because of those reasons. She was extremely self-fish and although it has never been proven true
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