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    The World has changed. Progress is coming. Why shouldn’t we enjoy modern technologies? It’s foolish not to accept [ək’sept] new‚ unusual things which didn’t use our parents. It’s created for only one purpose [’pɜːpəs] целью – to improve our life. But nowadays world divided on 2 parts – first are people who accept modern technologies and those who don’t. Personally I belong to the first modern group of people. As a pupil I often use modern technologies and can’t imagine my life without computer‚ mobile

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    Identifying Heroes: The Godfather and Pulp Fiction The form of Classical Hollywood films is‚ first and foremost‚ invisible. In a Classical Hollywood film‚ the narrative is foremost‚ and style serves the narrative. Camera angles‚ lighting and editing patterns such as the shot/reverse-shot pattern aim to give us the best possible perspective on the unfolding events(1). These events are arranged in a strongly causality-oriented linear narrative‚ with one event causing the next. This narrative is

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    techniques he uses such as shots from the back‚ in hallways and opening and closing doors make Quentin Tarantino a well known name. In his films Pulp Fiction (1994)‚ Kill Bill 1 (2003)‚ and a co produced film Planet Terror (2007) which he did along with Robert Rodriguez‚ he uses his techniques to give the viewers eyes a wonderful ride. Pulp Fiction is a film which includes multiple stories that all connect at some point during the film. Kill Bill is a story about a bride seeking revenge on a handful

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    How the Elements of Fiction are Used in Hawthorns Young Goodman Brown Desiree Terry English Composition II 23 February 2012 Outline Introduction Thesis: Hawthorne uses the Elements of fiction in Young Goodman Brown to depict a story of his family’s history and religious background. I Hawthorne uses time periods‚ location and physical structure settings that all relate to the Purity society and his historical family story. A. The first setting in young Goodman brown was set in Salem

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    The Elements of Fiction I. Character A. Revelation of character 1. Direct a) When the traits are mentioned by the author b) When the traits are mentioned by another character 2. Indirect—when only the behavior‚ such as speech or actions‚ from which we infer traits is given B. Understanding character 1. Understanding the function he performs in the story 2. Function of major characters is usually plain; the following apply more to minor characters: a) Does he help or hinder

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    The theme of desire has been portrayed in many novels and stories. Perhaps the most well-known depiction of desire can be found in the Bible. In the Book of Genesis‚ a snake tempts Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge after he convinces them that they will gain God’s knowledge of good and evil and be protected from death. Despite God’s word to not eat of the fruit‚ Adam and Eve did so anyway. Surely‚ this story portrays temptation; however‚ beyond the theme of temptation

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    “Down two and a half‚ forward... forward... Good. Forty feet‚ down two and a half. Kicking up some dust. thirty feet‚ two and a half down. Faint shadow. four forward. Drifting to the right a little. Okay. Down a half.. thirty seconds! Forward drift? Yes! Okay! Contact light. Ok engine stop! ACA—out of DETENT. Out of DETENT. MODE CONTROL—both AUTO. DESCENT ENGINE COMMAND OVERRIDE—OFF. ENGINE ARM—OFF. We copy you down‚ Eagle. Houston‚ Tranquility Base here…… The Eagle has landed. Roger‚ Tranquility

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    jfnjdbfnjdnfvjsdnjfvndjon dnjisdnmncoiasdcnodsvn Task response 1. Addresses all parts of the task 2. Present a clear position throughout the response 3. Present‚ extent and supports main ideas‚ but there may be a tendency to over generalize and / or supporting ideas may lack focus Coherence and cohesion 1. Logically organizes information and ideas; there is clear progression throughout. 2. Uses a range of cohesive devices appropriately although there may be some under/over use {Due to

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    Course Description This course provides a study of representative literary works by early and contemporary Filipino writers. This is a study of the literature of Philippines reflecting the tradition and culture as well as the philosophies of the Filipinos depicted in the literary works. Reference English I (Based on the Basic Education Curriculum) by Josefina Payawal-Gabriel English Communication Arts and Skills Through Filipino Literature by Josephine B. Serrano Week 1 Learning

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    You were already half dead. The Careers were hunting you down like the animalistic monsters they were. Cato was angry at you as you had scored a little higher than him in the tests much to your dismay‚ that was enough to give you a death sentence. Not to forget the headache you were enduring. Peeta Mellark‚ your district partner was nowhere to be found‚ but he was alive. His cannon hadn’t gone off yet so he had to be alive. You had heard that he had allied himself with the Career pack. This was

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