EXERCISE A.3 Name:__Matthew gordon_____________________________ Date:___2/18/14_____________ Revise these sentences‚ putting the modifiers where they belong. 1. Sometimes it is profitable to buy an older home that needs a lot of repairs in a nice neighborhood. Sometimes it is profitable to buy an older home that needs a lot of repairs in a nice neighborhood. 2. Hector wrote his report at the last minute‚ in the back of his notebook while riding the bus to campus. Hector wrote
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In the intriguing story of “Never Cry Wolf‚” Farley Mowat shares his experience studying Arctic wolves and caribou on an investigation in the Barren Lands of central Keewatin. What I presumed to be a dull memoir on wolves‚ turned out to be an emotional and nearly humorous text about a naturalist becoming fond of Arctic wolves. Mowat has an elaborate use of diction as well as syntax‚ imagery‚ pathos and anthropomorphism. From a personal experience‚ I find it hard reading out of my comfort zone and
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The title of the book I selected is “Gang Leader for a Day”. In this story‚ Sudhir Venkatesh decides to pay a visit to a low poverty-stricken project in hopes of getting people to complete a survey poll on urban poverty. Venkatesh portrays himself in the book as an inexperienced and unaware graduate student looking to gain inside information on living life in the projects of Chicago. Sudhir Venkatesh was determine to gather information that would explain what life was like for people living in these
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Like being written for a movie‚ Tobias Wolff’s life was written for the big screen. Having grown up with so many triumphs‚ we see a man that went from an unstable environment to a totally different world many years later in California. Wolff has had a past painted with ups and downs. As many of us have read his works we can see how self-determination and the will to overcome can lead to a successful pursuit of one’s dreams. Wolff’s upbringing was mediocre at best‚ instability plagued him. However
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Meanwhile‚ “Teen Wolf” cast member Holland Roden teases in a TVGuide interview the struggles that banshee Lydia Martin will encounter in the second part of MTV series’ latest season. Roden has revealed that Lydia is the central piece of the puzzle but the “Teen Wolf” banshee character will try to figure out why she has been locked up in the Eichen House. “Amplified [powers] in Lydia’s case means she has to go through a lot of pain. She doesn’t get to have fun with her powers‚” Roden told TVGuide
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Even though The Great Gatsby and The Wolf of Wall Street took place approximately sixty-five years apart‚ both books display similar themes such as greed‚ wealth‚ love‚ adultery‚ and corruption. Jay Gatsby and Jordan Belfort used illegal methods to build their fortunes; ones desire was greed‚ and the others was love. The Great Gatsby and the Wolf of Wall Street both utilize setting‚ conflict‚ and symbolism to prove that wealth and class don’t mean anything without love. One of the literary elements
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What is government? The government is the executive branch of the state and has the role to administer the state uniformly in the following aspects: political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ use of natural resources‚ environmental protection‚ national defense and security‚ and foreign affairs. Form of state is defined depending on the constitution drafted‚ generally structure of state can be divided into: unitary state and federal state‚ this probably affects the government in exercising limit on
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Years before the start of the series‚ the thirteen districts attempted to start a revolution against the Capitol. The Capitol won‚ District 13 was destroyed and‚ as punishment‚ an annual televised death match called The Hunger Games was created by the Capitol. Two participants‚ one male and one female‚ known as tributes‚ between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen randomly in a "reaping" from each district. Children may volunteer as a tribute instead of selection by ballot. They are taken to an arena
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For my third major writing assignment‚ I focused on the short story “Bullet in The Brain” by Tobias Wolff. In this assignment‚ I analyzed the story and was able to understand what theme Wolff created and why he portrayed Anders‚ the main character‚ a certain way. Anders was first introduced as an unsympathetic character; however‚ towards the end of the story‚ the reasons for his behavior become understood. Wolff describes the tragic events that Anders has gone through in order to explain why he acts
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understand Australian’s national identity‚ while powerfully displaying the magnificent landscape. “Wolf Creek 2” is a film which fits these criteria. “Wolf Creek 2”‚ directed by Greg McLean and released in February 2014‚ is a film which everyone should see because of the clever way stereotypes are challenged‚ Australian values are shown‚ and cinematography shows the natural beauty of outback Australia. “Wolf Creek 2” is about a couple of foreign travellers backpacking around Australia who are disturbingly
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