slight anger in her voice. “Yes I will go with you but it’s on you if I get hurt.” I jokingly respond. I made the choice to go paintballing because I’ve always wanted the experience to go and to prove to my mother that it’s dangerous. We drive down a narrow gravel road to a big grassy field with a small shack near the parking lot. I take a nice deep breath through my nose and smell the country fresh crisp air. My McKenzie and I head to the shack and order our guns and helmets. We put on our helmet and
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Neutral Rights and the War in the Narrow Seas (American Revolution) Blockades have always been employed as a strategy in naval wars. In the simplest of terms‚ a blockade is nothing more than the use of naval forces to deny an enemy the ability to move ships and goods across bodies of water. Though the general concept of a naval blockade is easy to understand‚ the conduct of such a strategy not only involves the deployment of warships but also generates a complex set of diplomatic and legal problems
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grade for my Visual essay. I wanted to focus on staying on topic because that was one of the things that I struggled with and got points taken off because of that. I also wanted to work on my comma splices‚ and punctuation‚ which I usually struggle with and got points taken off. I also wanted to improve working on my tone‚ and the way I write or express myself while writing because sometimes‚ I get comments from the Writing Center‚ and from my professor. In my Rebuttal Essay‚ I think I did a very
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was to write an essay‚ however long‚ on what band meant to them and how it has affected their lives. I instantly knew what I was going to say in my essay‚ how long‚ etc‚ etc‚ because band was honestly my life. Music is my world‚ and I would definitely not be who I am today without it. We had two days to write our essay‚ and let me tell you‚ I revised that essay a million times. I needed it to be perfect. Not only was I after the scholarship‚ but I also wanted anyone that read my essay to know that music
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Harriet Tubman was a phenomenal woman. She helped many slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad. She became prominent as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad during the merciless 1850s. She helped in many ways: Being a liberator of the slaves‚ being a spy‚ and a nurse in the civil war‚ and an Abolitionist. During her time as a slave‚ she was against slavery. She defended a fellow field hand from getting hit with a two pound weight. Even when she was hit in the head with
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Karley Pohlmann Personal Narrative Composition‚ 8am Red‚ that is what comes to my mind when I remember May 3rd of my freshman year in high school. Red was my totaled out car‚ red was the stained seat fabric from my brother’s blood‚ red was the flashing lights and sirens‚ and red was my eyes from the tears I cried. I could not change that day‚ I could not turn back time and so my heart bled out red. As I was a freshman getting ready to get my license within the next year‚ my step dad bought
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Essay 1: Narrative (500-750 words) Complete paper copy for peer review due in class on Wednesday‚ February 4 Final copy due in dropbox on eCampus by class time on Monday‚ February 9 For your Narrative Essay‚ you will be telling the story of how a specific experience changed the way you see the world. You may NOT use outside sources of any kind. If you feel like you need one‚ discuss it with your instructor. You will use a funnel introduction beginning with general statements about the topic and
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sister and I could not resist catching them. The shells we picked were also interesting. Some were shaped like conical hats‚ others like fans and there were some spiral-shaped ones tinted with grey and brown hues. One large‚ grey shell with a long‚ narrow slit produced the sound of sea waves as I held it to my ear. The pieces of driftwood brought in at high tide by the waves were of artistic shapes. These we collected for flower-arrangement. After a while‚ we swam in the sea which was cool and pleasant
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Personal Narrative Essay It began in middle school. The experience that has made me the student I am today–a determined one. Having English as a second language has had a huge impact on how I view things as a student and as a writer. Being bilingual has its ups and downs. One of its downfalls is being placed in ELD class‚ or English language‚ class. Being put into ELD is very different than regular English classes. Having learned Spanish since birth it is a big change from English. For example‚ when
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The Narrative of Frederick Douglass is a memoir of a former slave who is known now as an abolitionist. This autobiography takes place in Eastern Shore of Maryland; Baltimore; New York City; New Bedford‚ Massachusetts. Douglass serves his life on a plantation where life is not thought to be that difficult. Being a child‚ he serves in the household instead of in the fields. At a very young age he was given to Hugh Auld‚ who lived in Baltimore (Douglass 1845). In Baltimore‚ Douglass lives more freely
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