Violence destroys the soul in a community‚ consisting of diverse humanity. Brutal and negative events have an increasingly large impact on a human’s personal‚ ordinary life. In the novel‚ “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”‚ Francie‚ the protagonist‚ faces a traumatizing event at the age of 14: an attempt of rape‚ witnessing a murder and loss. These traumatic events can impact someone’s innocent life intensely‚ as fear‚ sorrow‚ and trauma develops over a certain time period. Violent events she faces‚ illustrates
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PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE Good paragraph construction depends mainly on a) thinking through each idea so that you develop it logically and clearly‚ and b) then guiding the reader through your thought processes by using appropriate joining expressions. This means making the sentences fit together properly. Most paragraphs are composed of three parts. I. Introduction: gives background information or provides a transition; should include the topic sentence (expresses the main idea to be developed
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Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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The relationship between a paragraph and an essay is symbiotic; you can’t write an essay without using paragraphs‚ and four or more consecutive paragraphs about the same subject matter become an essay. Both paragraphs and essays have a distinct beginning‚ middle and end. They’re also both composed of five sections: A paragraph typically has five sentences‚ and an essay‚ five paragraphs. Topic Sentence * Both paragraphs and essays begin with a topic sentence‚ or a thesis statement‚ that explains
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Paragraphs 1. Are paragraphs really necessary? Task 1 Read through the following un-paragraphed text entitled ’Coping with examination stress’ in Macqueen‚ C (1998) Getting Ahead in Tertiary Study: A Practical Guide for Business‚ Social Science and Arts Students Sydney: UNSW Press p.4 Examination stress is most effectively managed through good preparation. If you allocate your preparation time so that you also maintain a healthy lifestyle‚ then your stress levels should be minimal. Remember
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Process Paragraph What is a process? A process is continuous series of steps that produces a result. When you write a process analysis paragraph‚ you explain how to do something or how something works. Therefore‚ there are two actual processes: directional process and informational process. In both cases process analysis explains the process by breaking it down into a fixed order of detailed steps. Your process analysis paragraph should: 1- have a title 2- begin with the introduction
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BROOKLYN Colm Tóibín Insight Text Article by Virginia Lee This Insight Text Article is protected by copyright under Australian law. It cannot be copied‚ transmitted‚ or placed on the internet (including wikis) or on a school intranet without the written consent of Insight Publications. One complete copy may be printed for the personal use of the individual who has downloaded this Text Article from the Insight Publications website. The Copyright Act (1968) provides that up to 10% of this article
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How to Write Five Paragraph Essays? Everyone can write. We can write essays‚ summaries‚ letters‚ reports‚ reviews‚ etc. But can we write ‘five paragraph essays’? That name scares all students. The number of words‚ sophisticated language we have to apply. Those are just a few of all the features of essays. It sounds scary‚ doesn’t it? To make it easier I would like to write an essay on how to write such texts. The first thing to remember is to never begin an essay without a proper preparation
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Brooklyn Cop “Brooklyn Cop” written by Scottish poet Norman McCaig‚ is a poem that conveys a police officer in Brooklyn to be an aggressive yet affectionate man. Throughout the poem McCaig uses word choice and imagery techniques to express the dual sided nature of the cop. We see that the way he behaves on the streets of Brooklyn contrasts with how he is at home with his wife. The dual sided nature of the cop is shown through the physical description that McCaig uses to convey him. McCaig does
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K. Dwyer The Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-1957) Brooklyn‚ one of the 5 boroughs in New York and being known as a magnet for immigrants‚ had its greatest amount of people moving into the borough during the 40s and 50s. It was the post-war era and families were sprouting all over New York. During that time the Brooklyn Dodgers were a significant part of Brooklyn and baseball history. Today the Brooklyn Dodgers remain as one of the most historical teams to ever play the game. No team could ever compare
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