Chronological:Katharine Houghton Hepburn Lights; Camera; ACTION!... “If you obey the rules‚ you miss ALL the fun!” … Now darling that wouldn’t be any fun‚ would it? Welcome‚ ladies and gentlemen. I‚ Katharine Houghton‚ Hepburn am more than exhilarated to take you on a tour‚ through my life story. During my adolescence‚ I way a very determined‚ success-striving athlete. I played sports since I was able to walk. Those sports included swimming‚ wrestling‚ running‚ diving‚ golf and‚ my favorite.. TENNIS
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I was born and raised in the small‚ rural town of Knox‚ Pennsylvania. I have lived in the same house‚ gone to the same school‚ and attended the same church since way before I could remember. Almost everyone in my community is Caucasian. In fact‚ I only have only one bi-racial friend and only know of two black families within our school district. I remember last year‚ at the beginning of the school year‚ a family from Panama move to our town. They had a son that started at my high school and did not
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My music performance career made a debut when I was very young. The church was my first audience when I began to fall in love with the stage. I always took pride in singing in Christmas and Easter programs‚ and I eventually went on to sing solos. Until middle school‚ church was my sole outlet for music performance. However‚ in middle school‚ I decided to join choir and band. My life suddenly became filled with concerts‚ honor bands‚ and other performances. I consider these the moments that I really
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ published in 1965‚ depicts the struggles and successes of Human Rights activist Malcolm X before his fame arose. The author Alex Haley had extensive research and interviews with Malcolm before his death in 1965. The book shows emphasis on the mindset of Marcus Garvey‚ whom Malcolm favored; where the only way for Africans to be “free” from discrimination and oppression was by handling it themselves. Malcolm accounts many times where not only him‚ but the people around
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1st Lecture: Finding the Ideal Job Review of the book «What colour is your parachute?» By Barbara Kleppinger You are out of work. You hate your job. You aren’t satisfied with your career. You are looking for your first job. Where do you start? If you are like most Americans‚ you’ll probably send your resume to a lot of companies. You may answer newspaper want ads every Sunday. Or you might go to employment agencies. But experts say you won’t have much luck. People find jobs only 5 to 15 per cent
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2 Words and meaning Colin Yallop 2.1 Words in language People sometimes play games with words. People may also recite or memorise lists of words‚ for example when trying to learn the words of another language or to remember technical terms. And they may occasionally leaf through a dictionary looking at words more or less randomly. These are legitimate activities‚ enjoyable or useful as they may be. But they are not typical uses of words. Typically‚ human beings use words for their meaning
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Who knew I would be writing a Cultural and Literacy Autobiography at the age of twenty-two years old? I feel so professional already‚ and yet‚ I still have quite some time before I graduate. In this autobiography I will reflect about myself as a reader and writer‚ so that I can consider some factors that may influence me as an educator teaching literacy to children. I will talk about the cultural experiences I had growing up‚ the classroom and its expectations‚ my point of view and the specifics
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WORD CHOICE A writer’s selection of words as determined by a number of factors‚ including meaning (both denotative and connotative)‚ specificity‚ level of diction‚ and tone. "Word choice often determines whether or not you get your message across. Making poor word choices and not writing appropriately for the audience can distract the reader so much that the message you intended to convey is missed." Definition of Slang: An informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined
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Ariel Rafie Dr. Barbara Blatner Family Literature January 25‚ 2015 Both Dove’s and Wilbur’s poems are written from the perspective of an older writer looking back at youth. Although in “5th Grade Autobiography” the author writes of her own youth from a first person perspective whereas the in “The Writer” the author writes about his daughter’s youth from an outside perspective‚ both wonderfully impart the blissful feeling of childhood through vivid descriptions of the soft and pleasant nuances that
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