Chapter 1: Every trip is a quest (Except when it’s not) Paragraphs: There is five main reasons that authors use to tell why a character goes a quest. There’s the actual person‚ the destination‚ a purpose‚ challenges that will come with going on the quest and a reason for the person to actually go on the quest. Authors never say the reason why the character goes on the quest and usually the character fails. The way the author grabs the attention is by stating a task and making us and the character
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I was chosen by my school‚ along with 30 other students‚ to go on a six-day journey of California; this trip was called the Fourth Grade Heritage Trip. The purpose of the trip was to learn about California’s history and to explore new places. I was from a small city where my life followed a predictable plan‚ so this was very exciting since I was not accustomed to new places or the unexpected. When the day of departure arrived‚ I waved goodbye to my parents knowing I was about to experience something
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Describe an accomplishment or event‚ formal or informal‚ that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture‚ community‚ or family. (650) I just stepped off the school bus. The ground was muddy. The sky was gray. Rain was pouring down on my head like I was standing under a waterfall. I had only been at Algonquin Park for one minute and already‚ I missed home. This was to be a four day excursion where the class would learn about science in “the real world.” The plan seemed
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However‚ in 1953‚ going on a road trip would be completely different than going on a road trip today. The author demonstrates these differences constantly throughout the novel. One of the first differences I noticed was that Harry planned out their journey by hand using road maps to calculate what route they would take‚ as well as how far they would travel (35). In today’s technological world‚ anyone wanting to go on a road trip could plan and route their trip via Google Maps or MapQuest. Google
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IKEA Analysis Today IKEA is progressing towards being one of the top furniture retailers in the world. In 2002‚ they served 286 million customers through 154 stores resulting in $12 billion in revenue. Although IKEA has several stores placed around the world‚ they are not always thought of as the most popular furnishing store in America. All the stores are self-service and are based on a do-it-yourself shopping experience. There are few contacts with customer service representatives within the
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1. What if… there was no more cash; anywhere; for anything? What does a completely cashless economy look like? There are some really big opportunities here for innovation‚ from convenient micro-payments‚ to transportation ticketing‚ payments to street stall vendors‚ and pocket-money for the kids. Some innovations are already seeing their way into the wilds‚ but mostly these are a technological twist on existing concepts. Contactless payments using near-field communication technology (NFC) makes
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WHY CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY? One of the most primary environmental issues today is the conservation of biodiversity. Many factors threaten the world’s biological heritage such as habitat alteration‚ introducing exotic species‚ pollution‚ rapid growth of population‚ and over-consumption of various life form. Concern about global biodiversity loss has emerged as a major and widespread public issue. The natural environment provides many benefits to human life. The Earth provide a wealth of services
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The Walk It all started when we left from the hotel around five o’clock‚ hoping to get to the CN Tower on time. We were on vacation in Toronto in mid July‚ we had just arrived here a day ago from Niagara Falls. When we left we would have never imagined that this would be one of the longest walks some of us have taken. Pleasantly‚ we left for the CN Tower‚ which we thought couldn’t be a great amount of distance from our hotel. We were wrong! The hotness outside made us feel even more tired as we
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Over vacation I.... On Friday after school I had track practice for two hours with a bunch of my friends‚ Brooke‚ Emma West‚ Emma Stilies‚ Ceci Keddy‚ and McGregor ( an eighth grader that I call McGregor because its her last name and I just seem to like it.) After the warm ups and sprints we played capture the flag‚ and then with five maybe ten minutes left we did a core workout. Emma stiles and Brooke came to my house for a sleepover. I have a creek behind my house and we went down and walked
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My family and I went on a trip to Pennsylvania‚ Florida for my little cousin birthday. My heart was rushing and my face was lit up from the excitement that filled the room. I asked my mom can I bring two of my friends Patrick and Camarius‚ she said yes and all thirty two pearls lined up across my face. It was my first time traveling with my family and my last time. I never want to witness anything like the trip to Florida with my family ever again. As we drove up‚ I sat in the hard back seat with
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