LIN 204: English Grammar – Assignment 1 Due: Tuesday‚ July 21‚ 2009 (at the beginning of class) Please use this cover page to protect your privacy. Only your name(s) should appear on this page. Your mark will be recorded on the last page. Please do not write your student number on this page. (If you are worried that there might be someone else in the class with a similar name‚ you could write the last four digits of your student number at the top of page 2.) Name(s): Please answer
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The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened to Me I was a seven-year-old boy‚ and was fairly close to my grandparents. My family has a strong Chinese background as my grandparents were refugees who fled from China in the 1940s. My grandmother‚ just like most old Chinese people‚ did not understand even the tiniest bit of modern technology. Moreover‚ since grandfather died‚ she started to transform her house into a mini zoo. Her sheer lack of understanding in technology and her wonderful family of animals
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there are things you can’t digest. That is the short‚ unusual simile expressed by narrator‚ Toby Regbo as he accounts for one of the heroine’s love affairs. Charleroi Danses’ Kiss and Cry at the Bluma Appeal Theatre in Toronto is all that unusual‚ amusing‚ magical‚ and much more. It is a story of Gisele - an old‚ lonely woman reminiscing over her past lovers and memories surrounding them. Her first love‚ she recalls‚ was a 14-year-old boy she met when she was 12 and whose hand she momentarily touched
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A Short History of Nearly Everything is a popular science book by American author Bill Bryson that explains some areas of science‚ using a style of language which aims to be more accessible to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the UK‚ selling over 300‚000 copies.[1] instead describing general sciences such as chemistry‚ paleontology‚ astronomy‚ and particle physics. In it‚ he explores time from the
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The princess bride Based on a story written by William Golding in 1973‚ the movie The Princess Bride a 1987 an American comedy‚ romance and adventure film was rated number 50 on Bravo’s 100 funniest movies‚ number 88 on the Americans film institute’s greatest film love stories and 46 in channel 4’s 50 greatest comedy films list. The princess Bride is a wonderful romance‚ comedy and action sequence as it promotes ideal heroes for us to follow. It has a nostalgic feeling that reminds us of our childhood
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The Fall of Advertisting & The Rise of PR: Chapter Summaries Part 1: The Fall of Advertising. Advertising has always suffered from a lack of credibility. An advertisement is the opinion of a company whose motives and judgment are not the same as those of a consumer. Advertising tries to make up for its limitations by massive media expenditures. The emphasis has been on impact rather than on communications. Over the past few decades‚ three developments have seriously undermined the effectiveness
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Ralph‚ the leader in The Lord of the Flies‚ both strive to remain sane and logical despite their chaotic surroundings. The alliance made during the Games as well as the nightly pig activities show how the nagging desire to kill can soon become an amusing game. Cato and Jack‚ the two more savage characters in each story‚ learn to embrace their primitive instincts and accept their imminent success or failure. Peeta and Ralph act as complementing characters of the two books that represent the logical
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FINDING NEMO’S TRAILER Not letting the audiences’ expectation of another successful computer-animated movies like the previous brothers‚ the trailer of Finding Nemo has done a great job to catch the attention of the audient and claim it to be a huge success in the near future when it comes to the theater. With the skillful hands‚ Disney has combined brilliantly the visual images and sound as well as the scripts and dialogs to create the exciting trailer that could stimulate any curiosity to watch
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Wilmore is a “rake hero”. What is his ultimate impact on the audience? Is he to be admired or mocked? Why? Willmore epitomizes the libertine ideal of sexual freedom. He is an ambiguous figure who has charm and is witty‚ however is usually in danger of being mocked rather than the mocker. Attempted rape of one of the heroines in “The Rover”‚ suggests at the very least some mockery of the libertine hero. Wilmore is a sex addict repelled by commitment‚ “I am parlously afraid of being in love”
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Jrome.K.Jrome J‚ the narrator‚ represents a simple middle-class Englishman who is hypochondriac. He believes that he is suffering from innumerable diseases and ailments caused by ‘overwork’. He is a man of decent dressing sense with an inclination towards ‘taste in colours.’ J has a fondness for water and water-related activities like boating‚ rafting and rowing. He narrates numerous anecdotes‚ comic set-pieces and funny incidents from his memory that add to the humour in the novel. He finds
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