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    everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to persons‚ places‚ or things that promise to be more than they really are. The expression‚ in various forms‚ originated in or before the 12th century[1] and may date back to Aesop.[2] Chaucer gave two early versions in English: "But all thing which that schyneth as the gold / Ne is no gold‚ as I have herd it told‚" and "Hyt is not al golde that glareth." The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William

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    Plot Essay

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    Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work

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    On Choosing a Mistress “On Choosing a Mistress” is a letter written by Benjamin Franklin to advise one of his close friends about choosing a mistress. In his 1745 letter‚ Franklin conveys that marriage is the only remedy for lustful inclinations‚ but if the friend is determined to stray outside marriage‚ Franklin advices‚ "you should prefer old Women to young ones." Franklin offers some basic‚ clean advice: they are more knowledgeable‚ they are more discreet‚ they cannot get pregnant‚ and then

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    According to Aesop " Adventure is worthwhile"‚ and traveling is one of the best adventures that people can experience in life. Also‚ by going to places that you’ve never been open up your mind to new things‚ new people‚ and you learn from it as much as you can. In my case‚ I’m fortunate to have been able to visit different cities all over the world‚ but only two of them have completely captivated me‚ San Francisco‚ California and Miami‚ Florida. Even though these two cities are located in the same

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    Priceless Endeavor

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    dea Lontoc‚ Shelah Mae H. BSN 1-1 NSTP 1 Mr. Jing Jay Bautista Priceless endeavor “The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter‚ to be productive‚ to be useful‚ to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.” ~Leo Rosten Attending the assembly for students who are taking up NSTP made me grasp the idea on how vital volunteering is. The event served as an eye-opener for a newbie like me. Through it‚ I learned a lot of stuffs. Societies and communities

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    different opponents at his time. This was also the story of Bernard Mandeville. He was the author who became more famous from the critics about his book “The fable of the Bees‚” than from his overall achievement as a writer. His book went through a process of various editions and was published under different names‚ until it was finally titled “The fable of the Bees.” The introduction of the book consists of an allegory that describes a hive‚ similar to a real state which is shaped by the existence of

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    Aesop‚ an ancient Greek storyteller‚ once said‚ ”No act of kindness‚ no matter how small‚ is ever wasted.” Small acts of kindness can have huge impacts on others. First‚ small acts of kindness might cause the domino effect. Second‚ acts of kindness can make people’s day. Finally‚ doing small acts of kindness makes you a good role model for younger people. As a result‚ a small act of kindness can make a positive impact on another person’s life. First‚ doing small acts of kindness might cause the

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    Jenkins essay “‘Complete Freedom of Movement’: Video Games as Gendered Play Space” convinced me that 13 years ago there was gender segregation in the digital world of video games on who the games where made for‚ girls or boys. From my 15 year of experience playing hundreds of video games I never thought of games being gender biased till now. To me girls didn’t play them because they were just not into video games and would rather play with dolls. Jenkins states that traditional culture in video games

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    Chaucer’s "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale" is at once a fable‚ a tale of courtly love‚ and a satire mocking fables and courtly love traditions. To this end‚ Chaucer makes use of several stylistic techniques involving both framing and content. The tale begins and ends with "a poor widwe somdeel stape in age" (line 1)‚ but the majority of the content involves not the widow but the animals on her farm‚ in particular an arrogant rooster name Chauntecleer. The first mention of the main character does not

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    In both texts "Boy’s Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable" they both have a character in which they have to choose a whether to stay or leave. In the excerpt from the novel "Boy’s Life" the main character Cory Mackenson must decide to stay with Mrs. Neville because he describes her as awfully old‚ sad‚ and wanting to hold her class back and not wanting them to leave. Another thing Cory can do is leave and enjoy the

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