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    The song “Love Story” was written and sung by Taylor Swift. It was published on September 12‚ 2008. Throughout “Love Story”‚ Taylor Swift‚ uses many poetic devices in the narrative in order to make the whole story and lyrics more enhanced as a whole. She creates an allusion comparing her love for a guy and that of Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ they are banned from seeing each other by their parents and they are willing to die in order to be together. Similarly‚ Taylor recounts the time she

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    like no other. I woke up for the loud noise from the nearby carnival. The sun rays were pouring down the room. Swallowing my breakfast with a gulp‚ I got ready and ran off to the carnival. The annual carnival was a day of mirth‚ enjoyed by everyone. Children had rides‚ bumper cars‚ haunted houses and the big wheel‚ whereas adults had aiming games and other activities. The air was crispy agile and smelt of cotton candy. The entire day was crowed. The biggest attention though was the annual car race held

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    Of Love The ’Essays’ of Francis Bacon are the first in date of classics of English prose‚ in proper sense of the term. They are used as class-books almost as much of Shakespeare’s plays. No one in English literature has ever written a greater number of essays packed with striking formulas and loaded with practical wisdom. Bacon’s Essays’ are the fruit of his close observation of human life. They have been described to be the treasure house of wisdom. ’Of Love’ is one of most famous essays

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    In the story‚ “Bernice Bobs her Hair”‚ Bernice is visiting her cousin Marjorie for a couple of weeks. Marjorie has many friends‚ and socializes with her peers very well. On the other hand Marjorie’s cousin‚ Bernice‚ is the complete opposite. Bernice is quiet‚ doesn’t know anyone in town and is very awkward when others attempt to socialize with her. Although Marjorie tries to convince her friends to dance with Bernice at parties‚ no one really wants to be around Bernice. Throughout the story we see

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    Adventure is an important part of children ’s psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in

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    short story titled «The Girl Who Can» presents a well-recognized conflict. Throughout the story‚ every conversation seems to make its way back to a specific topic‚ normally followed by criticism: Adjoa’s legs. Her grandmother always complained‚ «Legs that have meat on them with good calves support solid hips . . . to be able to have children.» (pg. 12) Unfortunately for Adjoa‚ her legs did not fit the mind of the traditional elder‚ for they were the exact opposite. «Ah‚ maybe with legs like hers‚ she

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    Love and Lust are two different things with regards to relationships. Love is when two people like something about each other‚ but having a desire for someone is called Lust. In the book "West Side Story" by Stephen Sondheim‚ two people from different gangs think they love each other‚ but from my point of view‚ they are just attracted to each other. They don’t show true love because they keep on thinking about their looks and they showed desire towards each other. First of all‚ true love is when

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    Does the begging of the story present a realistic view of family relationships? Is the dialogue realistic? Use examples The beginning of the story is very realistic because‚ in any normal family based on the age of Beth and her mother‚ along with the event that was taking place late that night. They were both on a tight schedule with timelines to meet‚ and this created stress and conflict within the family unit. “"Beth‚" said my mother‚ "the day has begun; I suggest you do the same. You have to

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    Life Along the Silk Road

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    Susan Whitfield writes Life along the Silk Road based on character stories occurring between the eight and tenth century‚ all living at different times. She writes this history for several reasons. First‚ she writes it to change the negative perception of the history of Central Asia that we know through the annals of its neighbors. By explaining the history of the region through the eyes of its own occupants‚ it rids the history of any distorted views from neighboring civilizations. She uses the

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    Amy Tan A Pair Of Tickets

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    In the story “ A Pair of Tickets” the author Amy Tan discovers an issue that a vast of people never completely grasp in a lifetime‚ their identity. Amy Tan presents us a story that relates to her own life as a Chinese American student who is traveling to her hometown in China for the first time. Her purpose of this trip in the story is to finally meet her half sisters‚ whom she recently discovered. The setting in “A Pair of Tickets” takes place explores the relationship of place‚ heritage‚ and ethnic

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