“Okefenokee Swamp‚ primitive swamp and wildlife refuge in south eastern Georgia and Northern Florida…” compared to “Vast and primeval‚ unfathomable‚ unconquerable‚ bastion of cottonmouth‚ rattlesnake and le and leech‚ mother of vegetation…” show you the differences in the two passages describing Okefenokee swamp. The author of passage one gives his readers’ a very factual‚ unbiased report of the swamp‚ while the author of passage two tries to give his readers a enticingly dangerous and appealing
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The True Boredom Imagine staying indoors on a rainy day‚ lying down listening to music softly playing through the stereo‚ and letting thoughts wander off into the unknown. I find this scene appealing. However‚ my friend considers letting the thoughts wander to be dull. My stepfather‚ Mike‚ has a habit of speaking enthusiastically about history and other topics that my mind does not comprehend nor cares to ever find interesting. There is a clear difference between what I find entertaining and what
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[–]damnit_blondemoment 92 points 2 months ago Edit - Sorry‚ I didn’t realize I’d write a novel. TL;DR at the bottom. Early Myspace days. He moves to my extremely tiny town to live with his father for awhile and save money. Searches for people to hang out with. Of all the people he messaged (20+)‚ I was the only one to message back. He was cute‚ why not? We message back and forth. Finally meet. Super cute. He thinks I’m cute‚ too. We continue to hang out‚ he asks me to be his girlfriend a month
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Last week I went to Chollas twice to make-up for the times that I missed the previous week. I noticed that my mentees really anticipate for me to come and I feel really bad if I miss one week of seeing them. However‚ last week it happened to be the opposite. My mentee ended up being absent because she was sick. So instead I helped Ms. Silva do little group activities and made sure that the students were on task. Has your mentee been absent before? If yes‚ what o you do help the classroom teacher
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Attention: Wal-Mart Shoppers “You are making the choice” Attention: Wal-Mart Shoppers Navigating through the aisles of a local Wal-Mart Supercenter‚ shoppers are making choices of one of those “Great Values”‚ could they be sacrificing a hometown business to save some money? Ask yourself: are you contributing to the national medical crisis of obesity‚ is that great bargain an environmental nightmare‚ or is buying that pork chop you are potentially eliminating a much
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difficult to decide what is important enough to view‚ and what isn’t. That job falls into the hands of news sources whose purpose is to gain as much attention as possible. Today the headlining story is the most dramatic story‚ not the most important. Stories beyond the scope of the United States and its interests are unlikely to garner the attention they deserve. The film Nightcrawler captures this idea best “to capture the spirit of what we air‚ is think of our news cast as a screaming woman running
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impact on a children. According to a study of American Psychological Association shows that television viewing has led to shortened attention spans in children. When introducing a good educational programs to the children‚ it can help expand their learning potential in the future. But television viewing can also affect the children learning ability‚ short attention span and teach them to be lazy. Therefore‚ too much television is not good for the children. Most of the time‚ television shows provides
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The Sloth: Paying Attention to Detail Theodore Roethke‚ a twentieth century American poet‚ was a pioneer of poetry by varying his use of form and focus of attention in his writings. Due to intricate childhood history‚ including his father passing away and uncle committing suicide‚ his creative life was affected. Furthermore‚ shaping the way he writes from a young age. In “The Sloth”‚ Roethke insinuates that humans can be lethargic and tiresome through his use of figurative language‚ traditional
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because it is now impossible for her to visualize the world presented within the book. It is also impossible for her to focus on a book because of the short attention span she has developed‚ and reading books just takes too much time for her. Television presents the world to her‚ a different world every thirty minutes‚ which holds her attention. This now leaves her no mental work to do‚ except to decide which channel she would like to watch. Because watching television requires no mental work‚ the
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Date Examples of Good Self-discipline Areas for Improvement Examples of Progression Set backs Sample Diary Entry (not to be copied or used as a personal diary entry.) This was my first week of college and I tried to impress my tutor to show him I was serious about doing the course. I did this by dressing appropriately; buying all the equipment I needed‚ getting to college on time and not being distracted easily by others in the class. I really enjoyed this first week and got to know everyone quickly
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