argumentative essay on corruption in Nigeria​

Answer:

Corruption can be defined as the use of entrusted power to accumulate public wealthy for personal benefit. Corruption is not peculiar to any country, continent or state; it is sure a global issue which is an endemic to all government all over the world. However, corruption is prevalent in the Niger delta region of Nigeria; public officers in this oil producing state of Nigeria are corrupt. Consequently, it has defied the Niger delta from developing politically and economically which has left the states reputation in a mess. Radicalization of youths, abject poverty and -political instability are the three leading effects of corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.

Most children in the Niger delta have little or no education, due to lack of funds from their parents who have lost their lands and have no jobs because of limited opportunities. The Niger delta government and the oil companies have refused to look into the situation; instead they favor their close relations neglecting the masses. Corruption in the Niger delta has led some youths in taking drastic measure in order to put food on their table. For example, Ikechukwu  Efe an indigene of the Niger delta said that some of his friends created their own  “oil refinery”, which is made up of crude oil in metal barrels with controlled heat from fire woods. This is a dangerous process in refining crude oil but the degree of poverty in the state left his friends with no choice. If only the government of the Niger delta have created jobs with the wealth of the state Ikechukwu’s friend would not have to put their lives in danger. Until corruption is put to an abrupt the people of the Niger delta will continue to live in poverty.

 Corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria as resulted in youths becoming militants and kidnappers which have led to killing of innocent individuals.  During the past few years a lot of people have died in the Niger delta due to violent killings because of dispute over oil revenue and compensation.

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Which of these sentences might BEST serve as a topic sentence of a paragraph telling how to write a book report?
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A)
Be sure that your book report gives clear details about the book.
B)
Writing a good book report takes preparation and planning.
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Book reports should be submitted in the correct format.
D)
You may need to refer back to the book while you write your report.

1.3 Advice your class mates on how to effectively implement the following examination
writing skills to help reduce stress when you write an examination:
a) Reading questions
(2)
b) Planning responses
(2)
c) Answering questions
(2)
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So I have to do a presentation on potatoes and how they are the best veggie!

I need feedback on my refutation!

“They say potatoes are boring and flavorless, but I disagree because they have a pleasant savory taste. Therefore the flavor is spectacular.”


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(1) Rachel Carson was an American author and biologist in the 1950s. (2) Carson's research and her books were extremely influential on the American people. (3) She wrote a book called Silent Spring. (4) This book has been credited with beginning the conservation movement. (5) It made many people aware of the problems caused by pesticides. (6) After this book, the environmental movement began, leading to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Which of the sentences above BEST adds sentence variety to the paragraph?

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Which is the best way to be sure your listeners hear and will remember the message of your speech?
Share just one compelling piece of evidence along with plenty of charts and statistical data.
Limit the number of details you provide to the most important and compelling ones.
Select the details that will make your message seem most broad and general in scope.
Present all of the details you learned about your topic while performing research.

Select the correct answer.
Which ideas are associated with the term Edwardian?
A.
restrained elegance in art, fashion, and architecture
B.
overindulgence and lavish spending
C.
equal rights and opportunities for all
D.
a strong belief in fate and predestination

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He gorged on the delicious pizza until his belly was as tight as a drum

Formulas and vocabulary are considered major subject areas.
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What is a Metaphor?

Objectives:

Understand the concept of a metaphor

Identify metaphors in a reading selection

The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.

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Metaphors enliven ordinary language. Creative writers use metaphors as an efficient and economical way to use words, and also as a way to describe subjects and feelings that are complex. By writing "The sun was a diamond in the sky," the writer suggests that the sun is brilliant, shining, sparkling, and many more things that may take up more lines to describe in detail. Let's look at these metaphors;

"This room is an oven!" "Am I saying that this room is actually an oven?" No, I probably mean that the room is too hot.

"The motorcycle was an angry, snarling animal." The sounds and the movement of a motorcycle can remind us of an angry animal.

"Tom was a pig during lunch." I probably mean that Tom ate every bit of his food or he made funny noises while he ate all of his food.

Recall that a simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.

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Example: You are what you eat.

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Activity #1

What are metaphors and how are they used in literature? What makes a metaphor effective?

Metaphors utilize the image of one subject as if it were analogous to another, seemingly unrelated, subject. Figures of speech, such as saying someone is "green" to mean that they are new at something, are often metaphors.

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Read the following poem, Dreams, by Langston Hughes. Can you identify a metaphor in the poem?

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Dreams by Langston Hughes

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Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

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Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

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The poem contains structurally simple metaphors which follow the formula a is b. These can be found in both stanzas. The first contains this line:

Life is a broken-winged bird

While the second stanza contains the following line:

Life is a barren field

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Think about these questions and keep the notes. You will submit these at the end of the lesson.

What is this metaphor referring to in this poem?

How do these metaphors work in relation to the poem's title, "Dreams?"

How is this description different from saying simply that when dreams are unfulfilled life is difficult?

How is it different from saying that a life without dreams is like a broken-winged bird? Would using a simile rather than a metaphor negate or weaken Hughes' poem?

What makes this an effective metaphor and why?

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Activity #2

Read the following poem, You Begin, by Margaret Atwood.

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You Begin

by Margaret Atwood

You begin this way:

this is your hand,

this is your eye,

that is a fish, blue and flat

on the paper, almost

the shape of an eye.

This is your mouth, this is an O

or a moon, whichever

you like. This is yellow.

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Outside the window

is the rain, green

because it is summer, and beyond that

the trees and then the world,

which is round and has only

the colors of these nine crayons.

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This is the world, which is fuller

and more difficult to learn than I have said.

You are right to smudge it that way

with the red and then

the orange: the world burns.

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Once you have learned these words

you will learn that there are more

words than you can ever learn.

The word hand floats above your hand

like a small cloud over a lake.

The word hand anchors

your hand to this table,

your hand is a warm stone

I hold between two words.

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This is your hand, these are my hands, this is the world,

which is round but not flat and has more colors

than we can see.

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It begins, it has an end,

this is what you will

come back to, this is your hand.

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The end

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Concentrate on the following stanza:

Once you have learned these words
you will learn that there are more
words than you can ever learn.
The word hand floats above your hand
like a small cloud over a lake.
The word hand anchors
your hand to this table,
your hand is a warm stone
I hold between two words.

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Think about these questions and keep the notes. You will submit your answers at the end of the lesson.

What does the cloud in the simile represent?

What does the warm stone signify? Is it only the child's hand?

How is this description different from saying simply that the hand is warm?

How is this description different from saying the hand is like a warm stone?

Is this an effective metaphor? Why or why not?

4. Which sentence is correct?
a. The women's soccer team could competed against their rival.
b. The women's soccer team could of competed against their rival.
c. The women's soccer team could have competed against their rival.
d. The women's soccer team can have competed against their rival.
5. Which sentence is correct?
a. The robotics team has won first prize at the fair,
b. The robotics team have won first prize at the fair.
c. The robotics team has win first prize at the fair,
d. The robotics team has winned first prize at the fair.

What is the best comparison of the narration style in
the original version and the adaptation?
Both share a stream-of-consciousness style of
narration, but in the adaptation, the story is being
narrated by another character.
Both are told in chronological order by an
omniscient narrator, and the original text contains the
plot elements of a more traditional narrative.
The original text has a stream-of-consciousness
style of narration, and events in the adaptation are
told in chronological order.
The original text is narrated by a third-person
limited-omniscient narrator, but the adaptation is
narrated by a third-person objective narrator.

Who would be in Erikson's intimacy versus isolation stage?

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Determined not to let my knees tremble, I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed. I knocked on the door. No one answered, so I opened it.


As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis. Their caps were on the table, and in the middle of the table was a radio. The radio was playing an English broadcast. Right away, I recognized the BBC.


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Why is this excerpt suspenseful?

in the passage, which sentence has incorrect spelling, punctuation, or grammar ? “summer break”

Is this sentence in active or passive voice?

As soon as the books were delivered, they were taken to the President.

Passive Voice
Active Voice

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Olivia is writing a report about Yosemite National Park. Which of the following are most likely to be credible and accurate sources for her to use in her report? Check the best resource.
Choose all that apply:

a website about camping in Yosemite National Park sponsored by a company that sells tour guide services

a wiki with user-generated content about Yosemite National Park

an article about geographical features of Yosemite National Park that includes an author’s name and works cited

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What category of literary devices is "symbolism" usually associated with?

A. figurative language

B. literal language

C. allusions

D. metaphors

I need help translating this Latin passage please!

Spero vos discipulos Athenas mox visuros esse. Urbs Athenae est pulchra et pulcherrimum templum Graeciae continet.

In hac urbe est Parthenon, templum maximum in Athenis, et stat in monte qui Acropolis appellatur. Poseidon et Athena certamen habuerunt et, Athena vincente, erat dea urbis .

Ita, hodie scimus templum domus Athenae esse. Statua eius, alitor quam sex viri, in templo statuit, sed pauci eam viderunt. Paci eam viderunt quod solum sacerdotes templum intrare potuerunt. Sunt multae urbes videre in Graecia...Olympia, Mycenae, Thebae, Delphi, sed videbitis urbem Athenas nulli secunda esse.

Which revision of sentence 11 BEST creates parallel structure?

A.
He’s a man who improves our school every day by teaching his classes so well and coaching his team so well, he even gives personal advice and counseling to students who need it.


B.
He’s a man who improves our school every day by teaching his classes so well, he coaches his team so well, he even gives personal advice and counseling to students who need it.


C.
He’s a man who improves our school every day by teaching his classes so well, coaching his team so well, and counseling his students so well.


D.
He’s a man who improves our school every day by teaching his classes so well, coaching his team so well, and he even gives personal advice and counseling to students who need it.

Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta.

"I had a family that I had to support,” Huerta recalled. "And here I was going to go start organizing farmers for no money with all these children.” Huerta had seven children at home – two from her first marriage and five from her marriage to Ventura.

It was a very difficult decision, because it meant she no longer had a job to support her family. Union officials and employees earned $5 a week. Huerta and her family had to depend on contributions of food and clothing.

Which statement describes the main narrator of this excerpt?

The excerpt is told by a first-person narrator who shares an eyewitness account.
The excerpt is told by a second-person narrator who addresses the reader.
The excerpt is told by a third-person narrator who shares facts, quotes, and observations.
The excerpt is told by an omniscient narrator who has knowledge of the future.