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King Hammurabi was known as a wise king. However, above all, he is known for his famous set of laws which were then called "Hamurabbi's code". These codes were used as a tool of fear and justice to establish order in his kingdom. Without them, people would've fallen into chaos and turned to disarray.

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Abraham Lincoln was one of our best presidents, he gave some of the best speeches to lead his men into battle to fight against the south. the reason this relates to reading in writing is the way he was able to construct his speeches in such a motivational way that he was having men ready to lay down their lives for his cause. He articulated his speeches and wrote so well he was able to impact people to complete great and monumental achievements.

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In today's world, many people trivialize the gift of education. While many people in less fortunate areas like parts of third world countries just wish they could have access to the same education even if it was just to learn to read and write.

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Baltimore slaveholder Hugh Auld's wife Sophia taught a young enslaved boy the alphabet. This young boy would turn out to be Frederick Douglass. A 12-year-old boy at the time-defying the ban on teaching slaves to read and write. Douglass knew that reading would lead to his freedom so even when he lost his teacher he was still determined to learn how to read. In just 7 years Douglass taught himself to both read & write. Learning to read and write enlightened his mind to the injustice of slavery; it kindled in his heart longing for liberty. When he was hired out to work for William Freeland, he was teaching other enslaved people to read using the Bible. Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery on September 3, 1838, using the skills he learned. He also helped slaves escape to the North while working with the Underground Railroad and after he published a newspaper called The North Star. In addition to publishing The North Star, Douglass lectured on the subject of freedom.

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
-Frederick Douglass

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Reading and writing are both vital for real life situations such as jobs. In order to acquire a job you will need a resume. Of course, a person has to have the basic knowledge of reading and writing to create one.

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Decoding. in World War II the Germans sent Mexico an encoded message in Morse code. The code asked Mexico to become allies with them to take down the U.S. In order to decode something like Morse code, you will need to be able to read and write, and without those skills, the war would've been lost to the axis powers.

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Reading & writing allows people to express themselves in ways they couldn't without them. Take for instance Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) an enslaved writer who was taught in the house of her master. She used her skills to write poetry and address leaders of government on her feelings about slavery. Not everyone was lucky enough to have the opportunities Phillis had.

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AL- reading and writing help me to find valuable information. if I'm having an argument with someone or writing an argumentative paper I have to look up and read the evidence that I need.

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NJ- Reading aren't things people can force upon us. Reading is the source of what activates people's creativity, knowledge and imagination. When I started reading, I got imaginative and creative as my mind create wild and fun scenarios. It also built a better understanding of the genre and the different concepts within it. Without reading I wouldn't be able to know the things I know today. School and communication would be a struggle if I didn't know how to write papers or send messages to people.

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During the holocaust a girl found a way to express her experience in a diary. Anne Frank lived in a time of discrimination and only because of her book we can understand the viewpoint of the Jews in Nazi Germany. Her work follows her journey up to her hiding to death. Anne Frank is able to inspire people each year and gives us a prime example of why we should all treat everyone equal.

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I use writing and reading in my everyday life. It helps me express what I need in order to be successful in my life. I use writing and reading in many ways. For instance, texting, homework, and journaling.

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My little sibling cant understand and comprehend things. Without that you can express those emotions. During the pandemic it was hard to understand school and it truly shows

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Nowadays and especially throughout this generation, people are more susceptible to reading and writing mainly because they are powerful tools that are used for expressing one's self, a comfort tool, and bring things to light/bring attention to a cause/matter.
Ex. Setting up a GoFundMe post about a loved one that recently had passed away and the family needs help with funds.

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Reading and writing are the backbones of music. Without writing, there would be no lyrics to your favorite song and the artist wouldn't even have a music sheet to translate into music. Without reading, your favorite song artist wouldn't be able to read the music sheet in order to produce a song. Many people personally connect to music because it may be a cultural thing, something to do in your spare time, and a comfort source.

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Growing up, I had always known that my nana had only made it to the 2nd grade and and only knows the spanish langauge. My mom details growing up that she had to always read the menu to her at restaurants and mail in english. My nana did not even know how to read the spanish language properly. Thus, this diminished her understanding and reading basic things even in her own language. It impacted her kids incredibly and them having the opportunity to read and write, allowed them to have much more value in life.

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Through writing, Edgar Allen Poe used writing to push his mysterious short stories and poems this paired with him being a prominent figure of romanticism in the western world. Through writing Edgar Allen Poe wrote important and great poems such as The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. These pieces of writing contributed greatly to some great pieces of poetic and writing history.

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KP & KB-  Reading and writing are how the world progresses and communicates. For how much the world has changed reading and writing has been an influential outlet for people of different backgrounds and natures. It creates major connections between people through ideas and thoughts that impact the mindset.

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Reading and writing are very important because they help you make connections with the people around you. Without reading or writing, you wouldn't be able to accurately express emotions with peers or be able to understand the emotions they're expressing.

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Malcolm X stated that he's never been so truly free except when he was in a library or reading a book on his book. It made time go by faster for him and helped clear his head.

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Historical- Reading and writing have been used for the longest time to vocalize emotions and provide entertainment for people. Shakespeare was one of the first to master expressing emotions through writing. With his plays, he provided entertainment for the community in times when they didn't have electronic entertainment like television, video games, etc.

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Reading and writing are very important because they help you make connections with the people around you. Without reading or writing, you wouldn't be able to accurately express emotions with peers or be able to understand the emotions they're expressing.

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just about every person has at one point learned something new,thanks to someone else's documentation of a piece of information, like someone searching something up for a video game,or even general knowledge about life.

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Reading lets me understand my emotions. It made me feel like I wasn't alone, and there was someone I could relate to or relate with my feelings. Reading made it easier to express myself through writing as well, which could go on to help others that feel the way I did before to find clarity in things they read.

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For thousands of years, and still ongoing today, information has been the key to civilization. All from instruction manuals necessary for the creation of architectural elements, to literature which entertains a person, information has been present in every aspect which keeps civilization going and growing. But how is this information spread exactly? writing and reading of course. The human mind is pretty capable, but there is no living person, at least that I know of, who has the ability to memorize an entire library of history or engineering blueprints or even a pile of stories, and even if they do, I doubt that person will live for millennia in order to make that information available to future generations. That is why writing is important. Writing provides a means of spreading, maintaining, and recording information, in a way that only pure destruction, or in some cases not even, can make it perish forever.

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Reading and writing can be used as emotional and mental outlets to express oneself in a world that's much more accepting than the world we live in on the day to day. In my evidence I'm gonna talk about my personal experience as a kid who struggled to emotionally process and how literature has always helped me understand myself and others better.

Reading allows me to stay stimulated and keep my brain active which is useful to me. Whenever I don't understand something I can read the instructions or read an article. Without that stimulation I can become overwhelmed with boredom and I can prevent this in ways such as after a long test that only allows reading or drawing when done.

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Reading is a skill that whether someone knows it or not, it helps expand their vocabulary. Writing on the other hand, is a great skill to use because it forces you to use that vocabulary learned when reading to express yourself.

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Reading and writing is what helps you comprehend the author's mind. When author's write something is to express something and in order to understand it is a necessary skill.

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Reading and writing are crucial for spreading the message against mistreatment of people in our society. Today, social activists are fighting a multitude of oppressive forces and standing up for equality and freedom for everyone in the world. This ranges from signs in protests to articles explaining the issues/personal experiences with discrimination in society. Writing allows speakers to spread their message and get their ideas across to inflict change and make the world a better place.

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Reading and writing has helped society be aware of things that are going on in the real world. Without reading or writing, no one would be aware about the rights that are being taken from Women. For example, news papers & Roe v Wade. The topic of it being taken away was only because people wrote and read to share what was happening in the world.

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For some people Reading and writing could be a great way to gather information about a topic or even just reading for fun some people gain more. but for some people i could be struggle to help come across information. its generally a good way to get information but i belive that its truly based on the person ad their prefrences

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Reading and writing is very important because growing up I was only able to speak Spanish. But, reading and writing helped me overcome the struggle of not knowing the English language.

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Writting can help us to get to our future goals in life. An example of this is like when you apply for a college and you get an acceptance letter. By being able to read, you are able to succeed in life.

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Reading and writing are every day skills that we subconsciously use no matter how big or small the task is, whether it's reading an article or typing out a text.

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Labels such as stop signs help us realize the rules of the road. This signs can also help us get ideas across to other people, like if there is a construction site ahead, or how fast you need to drive on a road. This saves thousands of lives a day just by communicating different rules.

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Reading and writing helps articulate ways of communication and growth in vocabulary.

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Being able to read and write in a language to be able to connect with family can be meaningful.

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EC - Reading and writing are highly important to me specifically due to the fact English wasn't my first language. Growing up I had to put in extra effort to become fluent in English; without basic necessities such as reading and writing, my vocabulary couldn't have developed and expanded the way it did. Living in America where a majority of individuals speak English, I would've tremendously struggled learning in school and everyday life in general. Reading and writing provides the best way of communication, connection, and education.

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Reading and writing is very essential for everyone's life. Whether it's in English or not, reading and writing educates every individual and gives them more information than they already knew or had. Without these essentials, imagine how society would be. It wouldn't be pretty. Many things in society require some knowledge on reading or writing or even both. For instance, things like jobs, driving, learning a new language, all of them require people to understand the concepts of reading and writing.

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JK - Reading and writing are important because of the fact that when you are agreeing or disagreeing on a topic you can help change others'point of view or see why they think a certain way. Also to help others to become open minded to the topic. Which can cause people to interact with others who agree with them or who don't.

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AC- Reading & writing are one of the most valuable things , Reading and writing allow us to communicate and give us many ways to become educated . Even when it comes to being online in general , if u cant read or write , you can't learn and explore how you would like too , and you're stuck looking at something you cannot understand .

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AC- Reading and writing have allowed me to make friends i'd never thought I've had . Coming from someone who's moved across the country and came to a new state knowing no Spanish , no family , i knew nothing . After even taking classes to learn different languages , I've learned a lot more then I've known before , and it helps me communicate with friends parents allowing me to become closer to people then i have before . Reading and writing in a new language is something just as valuable as learning English .

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CD - Reading has allowed me to travel through different worlds, lives, and experiences. Writing has interested me, being able to express myself in ways I couldn't before.

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Without reading I’d feel completely disconnected from the world. Finding quotes and essays of people putting my feelings into words better than I ever could gave me a way to connect to others. Writing has been my outlet for years and I recommend it to everyone. From journaling to poetry all the way to writing novels, being able to tell my story as I’ve experienced it helped me accept myself and grow as a person.

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When we have bad habits, thoughts, etc, some people like to write those down on a sheet of paper and somehow discard the paper like they are discarding those feelings. This can be therapeutic for many people and I personally wrote down all the bad things I want to change during New Years and burned the piece of paper before 12AM.

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CL- The declaration of independence was a great piece of writing created by multiple important people that was created to unite people and reading it informed many people of their rights. It also helped for  independence of people and nations.

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EV- reading and writing are important because artists and comedians use writing to write poems or songs/ lyrics in everyday use. writing also helps people learn how to read at an early age.

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QA- Reading and writing has a very strong effect, without it Charles Hamilton Houston would not be able to become a big civil rights leader like he was. This refers more to writing because he had played a big role in dismantling the Jim Crow Laws and helped with the segregating schools

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Don't you want to learn how to win an argument? Reading and writing can benefit in that using strong supported claims .

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JK- Reading and writing helps develop and relieve stress. Reading can help one gain a sense of mental clarity, improving moods and productivity. It has direct ties with mental health and the slow, intellectual pace one takes when reading strengthens the brain. When it comes to skill writing can help one express themselves in a way where they feel more confident and can collect their thoughts better. This skill directly translates to many work field areas.

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Reading and writing are important because we need them in our everyday life, whether we like it or not. Even going to a friends house we need their address to get there. We would need to read the streets, we would have to read the text before even worrying about the streets. Even posting on Instagram you don't want to post something without a caption. So reading and writing are important just to get through the day.

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JK - Reading and writing impacted me by being able to learn various topics, which helped me become wiser, where I can get my point across, for instance, in an argument. This also helped me understand and analyze people's opinions through my knowledge gained through reading.

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EV- writing helps me a lot. it helps me escape the real world and go into my own zone. I love writing because you can write down your thoughts on paper and turn it into a story so other people can read it.

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Reading and writing is important in the entertainment industry. For example, actors need to understand the scripts they are given, and people have to read to understand video games they are playing.

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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation which declared freedom for slaves. This is important to writing because he basically wrote slave's freedom and slavery was therefore banned.

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Throughout time writing has helped oppressed communities communicate with each other anonymously and spread messages about freedom and justice in a safe way.

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AR- Writing has helped me express my feelings that I am not able to always share to others.Although I don't like reading as much as I should, the times that I do read have helped me expand my vocabulary and grammar.While reading it shows me the correct spelling and punctuation I should be using in my writing.

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Reading and Writing gives new generations knowledge about what we went through in the past and allows us to see our mistakes and prevent them.

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Writing helps with job applications and writing professional emails to make a good first impression. reading is important because for people with difficulty hearing can read subtitles.

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People can read the same book and experience the same journey but are in completely different time lines. This is due to reading connecting the two people, and possibly millions who have read the same book.

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EH - Because of reading and writing, I am able to express myself in another way minus talking. Having these basic skills allow me to show another side of me.

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CM - Writing helps us illustrate our ideas about worldwide diseases like Covid-19 and the rising of Monkeypox and what we can do as a community to help us through these diseases. Reading helps us know what is going on in the entire world and what is affecting us.

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-Reading and writing has helped people communicate and support one another.If its about mental health or just difficulties in life,reading other peoples stories or writing your own story and realizing nobody is alone is a important thing

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JP- Reading + writing empowers others to build upon worlds that someone makes. Your favorite show, game, book, etc. have all been used writing to make its story and those who favor it build more upon it make theory on who might the killer in a mystery show.

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AI - reading is important to me because its the way i learned the English language, its also a great form of entertainment and a even better distraction from ting happening around us. writing is also just as important because it allows me to non verbally express myself.

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MM- During the 1940's Anne Frank's journal entries have given the world insight into the fear of Jewish individuals during the Holocaust. Her ability to write made that possible.

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A.W, Y.C- Reading and writing throughout my life has helped me to intake information and inspire me to pursue my dreams/ careers. As well and open my eyes to the many opportunities that I’m able to take, without being able to read I wouldn’t be able to learn and without being able to write I cannot express myself and share my thoughts and ideas.

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Reading and writing have a result of being able to communicate with others globally about important information such as Police brutality.

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SR- Reading is important because it can create memories. I personally love reading, growing up my grandma had always encouraged me to go to the library with her. Every Tuesday we would take a trip to the library and select all sorts of books. Originally I had not known how to read, but soon I had fallen in love with the stories written upon the pages. My visits to the Library with my grandma had become the highlight of my week, and now a core memory with her.

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AV & BA - Reading + writing are some of the most powerful forms of communication in our county. In 1787 the US constitution was written and set a foundation for our country and helped influence how we make laws. They both allow us to understand and determine how we want to control future of our country.

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LB,CB- In 1839 women weren't allowed to go to school and get an education due to them being seen as objects so Mary Wollstonecraft fought for women's rights to get the same educational opportunities as men then many women learned to read and write and discovered a love with education and knowledge.

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EL- Reading and writing is used in everyone's everyday lives, for example doctors and nurses use reading and writing to ensure their patients with the best care, if they weren't able to read or write in charts, there is a big possibility that people could die. Also going along with the doctor route, they read textbooks to gain a deeper understanding so they can become the best doctor they could be.

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YL- I never liked reading and writing growing up, it was always so forced. Even though I'm still in high school/college and still forced to read, outside of school, thanks to my greater knowledge, I know more about actual books that are fun, and help me enjoy reading again. Reading is about getting freedom over time.

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ILB: Reading and writing is important it can help you gain knowledge.In things you are struggling in, and help you express yourself when words can't do you justice.There are many books that can help you with your own personal problems.For example, I struggle with anxiety at times and books help me use the knowledge I gained in order to better myself.Writing can be used as a way to express yourself and find out things about yourself you never knew before.

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AG- reading and writing are important because in the real world people need to read something in order to write about it including if they were an author or someone who loves to write about something.

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AC- Reading and writing are essential things that everyone uses and people often forget. Anyone who has a job has had to use writing and reading to apply for that job. Reading also has big effects on everyday things like reading homework assignments or reading an email. Both reading and writing have major effect that people use everyday.

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FSL- Through the skill of reading and writing everyone in life could thrive. School is one of the earliest examples where we learn such an important skill. Through school we absorb knowledge and it allows us to do certain tasks that would be impossible without the ability to read and write.

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JD - Through reading and writing I find a calm place. Sometimes when I can't express my feelings verbally, I write them down and read them. It's an outlet I have been using for years. When I felt like I couldn't be myself or I was comfortable, I would read my favorite comic book, Big Nate. Reading and writing have done a lot for me.

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KG - Reading & Writing benefits people when applying to job applications, communicating with others, keeping in contact, and helps keep people informed.

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YL- Naya Rivera wrote a book on her life experiences. Her truth on how she saw her castmates, her fmaily, her struggle with substance abuse (both independent and surroundings), and her son. She says writing that book was an outlet, and how she isn't sorry to share her world, because that's what writing is.

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S.O- The benefits of reading and writing have allowed my knowledge and understanding of the world to be expanded and more relatable. Having a deeper understanding of reading and writing allowed me learn the other point of views of those around the world.

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AR-Reading and writing are so powerful that we even have Braille. Helen Keller is a great example because she was deaf and blind but she was still an active advocate for women's rights through reading and writing. She even wrote 14 books.

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PR - It was only through effective written planning for his speeches that Martin Luther King Jr. was able to become a major civil rights activist. Through reading we can relive, comprehend, and sympathize with the political environment of the time.

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GT- M.L.K was an activist and a civil rights leader in 1955, who wrote a speech about freedom and how African Americans should stand up and fight for their rights.

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AG-Reading and writing allows us to text and communicate with others. If we didn't know how to read or write,we wouldn't be able to read other people's messages or be able to communicate back with them.

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KY- Reading + writing has allowed us to be able to keep up with important events. We need to be able to write to inform people with the correct information about covid 19 and monkeypox. We must also be able to read to comprehend the information given to us about these viruses so we know how to proceed with safety precautions.

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JD - Through the power of effective writing, Stephen king has become one of the most prestigious writers in the horror genre today. Through his writing we are able to read and connect to him telepathically, even though his books were written years ago, that were meant to inspire more writers.

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MM- Reading + writing allow us to SPEAK UP against injustice. We must be able to read to truly understand what happened in the Robb Elementary school shooting in Texas this May, and we must be able to write to use our voices to make changes so this stops happening.

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MM- It is only through effective writing that Malcolm X was able to become one of the most influential leaders in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and it is only through reading that we are able to be transported to that time we weren't even alive for.