In 1938 "The Great Speckled Bird" by Roy Acuff was the first song with lyrics to be performed on the Grand Ole Opry. Up until this time instrumental music was considered "pure" country. But, Acuff introduced lyrics with religious wholesome themes that opened the door to country singers to perform on the Opry. Once vocalists were allowed to perform on the Opry using religious themes, the door was open to moral, or righteous lyrics and eventually the secular songs that dominate the radio waves today. Listen to the lyrics of the "Great Speckled Bird" and identify what Roy Acuff's "Great Speckled Bird" was a metaphor for?

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

umm we do not your answer or what you are talking about

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can