NIGERIA The purpose of this essay is to describe Nigeria. Officially it is a federal constitutional republic‚ located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Its three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This
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Megan S Collins Composition March 22‚ 2014 Argumentative Essay Same sex marriage should be legalized The American dream is one of freedom and equality. This is supposed to be branded in the heart of every United States citizen‚ however‚ when it comes to homosexuals this dream is demolished. Homosexuals should be able to legally show their love for each other by having a marriage license. The prohibition of gay marriage is wrong because it is a prominent form of discrimination. Some people
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friend? Not all people are that lucky to have one because of some circumstances. Some are fortunate to found one. But what if the person who you treat as your best friend turn out to be your worst enemy? Best friend can strengthen or can weaken and break people down. We have a new classmate when I was in sixth grade and his name is Lorenzo. He stands 5’2” with an average hair cut. He has black‚ big eyes and a pointed nose. He got an average body type. You can see the skin complexion of a Filipino
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Laquoya Williams William Conville English Comp I 3 November 2013 Vacationing People are always looking forward to their vacation stage. There are numerous options that a person can choose to visit. I assume that the two majority common places people desire for taking a vacation are the beaches and the mountains. Both places offer a variety of amusing activities to do. The beach offers activities that the mountain cannot offer and vice versa. The mountain and the beach are totally different
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for dishes drying on the rack and the outdated‚ lime green toaster that my cousin gave us as a wedding gift. The large table pushed up against the only wall with four chairs blocks the door leading to the water heater. As you turn to the right‚ you will run into the master bedroom. If you’re not careful you will run into the ten year old oak dresser that I had growing up. On top of the dresser sits the perfumes and colognes that we use on a daily basis. A Hawaiian like comforter and a mound of soft
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Descriptive Essay Rubric CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Student Score Title Title is creative‚ sparks interest and is related to the topic. Title is related to the topic but needs to be more creative. Title is present. No title present. 4 Introduction (Organization) The introduction is inviting‚ states the main topic‚ previews the structure of the paper‚ and includes a well-written‚ clever lead that is related to the essay’s topic which attracts the reader’s attention. The introduction clearly states the
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thought about who in your life would be your hero‚ well in my eyes Lewin Canady my dad is my hero‚ he is my rock. In my home town most people’s hero’s come in a military uniform. Mine comes in work boots ‚raggedy old jeans with mortar on his hand and a hard hat. This man is my father he is understanding easy to talk to‚ has a kind heart‚ and he is a survivor. When it comes to being understanding‚ my mom has never been the best at that which for most girls they talk to there moms about everything
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outside. As I lookdown the street I can see the fog setting only feet away from me. It is on this evening when my curiosity gets the best of me. I want to know why my mother never allowed me to go down Cedar Crest Drive. I’ve heard many stories about a haunted house down there. The stories‚ however‚ have varied. I heard somebody had been gruesomely murdered in there. I also heard that a young man had starved himself to death. I heard he literally looked like a skeleton when they took him out. There
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with each passing hour spent in the air‚ high above the earth. Though my sons and I had a planned five day excursion‚ I still couldn’t stop wondering what might still lie ahead. Would it be something about this new culture I was about to experience; or would it be something more‚ something about me? After clearing customs and retrieving our luggage‚ we still had the daunting tasks of maneuvering through the hordes of people and locating our tour guide. The sounds of luggage being dragged across
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Sitting at my desk at home‚ a crushing feeling crept up on me. I didn’t know what to think. I’m not going to make it‚ am I. It was already midway through junior year of high school‚ and having just calculated my GPA requirements for many of the colleges I had wanted to go to‚ I realized that my grades were not even close to what I expected them to be. I guess I had been in denial for so long that I let them slip this far. How could I have let this happen? Where was my mind when I needed to study
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