Second Chances Amy Veloz Period 11 English III May 2015 Living in Killian Jones’ hometown wasn't exciting, or easygoing, or safe. And that is what frustrated him very much and made him upset...and surprisingly, he was also very scared. Killian would never confess to anyone that he was afraid, not even to himself. He worked hard at putting up a front of being tough. He made it seem as though nothing could bother him.…
He walked out of the classroom, with his hands crossed over his chest, not looking back at the fiery red face of Mrs. Wilson. Even though he didn’t look back he could feel her rage staring at him, along with everyone else in the classroom, as he silently walked to Principal Robert’s office.…
CURSED When a series of murders haunt the city of Brooksville, Michael is the one who is affected the most. All his loved ones are the target. Will he be able to protect them from this curse? Chapter one “She is dead, Michael.”…
His name was Finch, Wilbur Finch. Dead. He died from a shot to his lower abdomen. His eyes were cold, drained, and dead. Amongst all of the other fallen soldiers, he stood out the most because of his bold brass ornament that hung from his uniform.…
Monologue Some days I don’t think of the incidents at all and other days, such as today, for some reason it’s all I can think about. It’ll come over me like a giant wave in a calm ocean and it’ll take me under making it as if I’m drowning and surrounded by the dreadful memories. It happened when I was 5. At that age I didn’t realize what was happening.…
We are gathered here today to honor the life and memory of Johnny Nolan. Johnny was a man who had a great heart, and was admired by everyone around him. He was a man who valued his family very much and always had good intentions for them, even though it didn't always work out the way he had planned. Johnny desired the finest education available to his children, he understood that his kids taking the route of education was their ticket to escaping from the poverty within in the family. When his daughter, Francie, wanted to transfer to a more pleasant school, he made that possible for her. Johnny saw how important going to that school was for Francie so he did what he could to get her there, even if it meant by making a false change. Johnny also shared a special connection with his son, Neely, through…
The moon was full, but the sky was cloudy, and so it was nearly too dark to see as Ivan made his way across the field. This far away, from the trenches and his fellows, no one would see him partake of his last roll of tobacco. It was a precious commodity, a treasure that the others would harass him for until he gave in and let everyone have a taste. Or rather, let everyone have a taste until Fat Vlad got ahold of it and bogarted it for himself. It was his last cigarette, the last one he might ever get, and so Ivan intended to savor every last acrid kiss.…
One day in jacks ordinary world on the way home from school Jack Rodgers found a pipe, black hat, and a scarf. Jack Rogers wondered how that stuff got there but he didn't care so he ran off and played basketball. Being curious he went back and the stuff was gone the pipe, black hat, and scarf but something else was missing the pile of snow the stuff was on. So he began walking around looking for it. He soon found in front of a hole a carrot. Jack was curious so he reached and grabbed it and there was a note. “Jump in if you want to find me From” but the rest was ripped off and jack thought to himself “should I” he didn’t want to be late for basketball since he would have to run but he was curious then out of nowhere a deerbra knocked him in and he fell and next thing he knew he was passed out. He woke up in a different…
As I rushed through the village I got strange looks, and I heard someone say, Is she the one prince Jarvis brought in yesterday? So that was his name. Jarvis. It was a nice-enough name, but that didn’t make me like him anymore.…
Well, I’m assuming you know all about me, the murderer, the criminal, and all that. The one who killed the famous and incredible Abe Lincoln. Well… do you want to know why I killed him? How bout we start from the beginning, of my story.…
In the speech, “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death,” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies, such as, allusions, parallelism, and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions. Henry institutes effective use of the range of appeals, ethos, logos, and pathos cementing the speech in physical and mental wholeness. These devices and strategies being used result in highly persuasive, motivational, and emotional words and ideas which produce an extremely powerful speech.…
THE AFTER MATH OF MORGAN ~ SCENE I * The oval, lots of kids are running around, screaming and playing. One group of older guys is playing soccer, passing and tackling frantically. But Alicia is oblivious of her surroundings, instead she is sitting on David’s hill, staring into the clouds. She stands up* ALICIA:…
Hi, my name is Roy and am just your Average everyday teen, my hobbies are playing fantasy games and reading light novels, you must be wondering 'Hey Roy, why the sudden introduction?' well that is because I have died, yep you see that bloody lump in the middle of the street, yea thats me or was me before i died. I was just on my way home waiting on the crosswalk light to turn green, i was practically bouncing in place in anticipation of a new game that i bought but sadly it will never be played and to forever rot in my room to never be played and it’s all because i had to be pushed by some guy in a green hoody who seemed to be in a rush. I mean come on WHY??!! why now of all times what you couldn't have slowed down for a second, what did you do rob a store or something.…
It's the year 5016 and I'm afraid the world may be coming to an end. I'm Joe Bump and I have reasons to believe that my brother Bob Bump is trying to take over the world. Bob and I live underwater. This probably sounds crazy, but humans have evolved a great deal in the past 3,000 years. We’ve been living underwater for as long I can remember. We used to get along just fine until... Gunner. Gunner is Bob’s pet eel and he is the ugliest creature I have ever seen in my life. I adopted a dolphin named Henry at the same time he brought in Gunner. Now Henry will help me save the world.…
Oh,it breaks my heart even to think of what their parents would be going through,right now. It’s not easy, to have to bury your child. It’s never easy to see your siblings go 6 feet down and under…..…