STAAR Essay: Thesis and Development_Eng 1

Actions can be more powerful than words because the way you act shows more affection than words.

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Actions can be more powerful than words? How so may you ask? Have you heard a similar saying, "Actions speak louder than word."

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Words are just words, actions proves alot more.

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Actions speak louder than words, because sometimes saying a simple "sorry" doesn't fix anything.

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The fact is, actions are much more powerful than words than what we were originally led on to in both a positive and negative form.

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We learn with both our ears and eyes, but seeing a good example is more influential than just hearing somebody talk about one.

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The average human mouth is capable of saying anything, the only way to sustain your words as true is by letting your actions mimic your words.

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For example, when people say "They can show better than they can tell you" is a quote that people use.

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I know this from experience. I have a time when I expressed myself in a wrong way and it almost got me into trouble."

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Martin Luther King was a African- American who led the black civil rights movement, Not only did he talk the talk, he walked the walk as well. He believed in civil disobedience or nonviolent protest. Though ridiculed for his color and his beliefs, he took the stand for others who were too scared.

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