English Stage 6 Annotations of texts prescribed for the first time Higher School Certificate 2009–2014 Annotations of texts prescribed for the first time for the Higher School Certificate 2009–2014 COMMON CONTENT TYPE OF TEXT Prose Fiction TITLE The Namesake AUTHOR Jhumpa Lahiri COURSE: Standard and Advanced AREA OF STUDY: Belonging DESCRIPTION This Area of Study requires
Premium Psychology Education Literature
In turn‚ Bush argues that the defensive capabilities of the US need to be transformed. He argues that while the US should remain the world’s strongest military‚ they also need to invest resources into Homeland Security as well as their intelligence services so that they can better predict and foil terror attacks. The most important element of the Bush doctrine‚ however‚ is his belief that “the best defence is a good offense”‚ and that the practice of pre-emptive
Premium President of the United States United States 2003 invasion of Iraq
Furthermore‚ the history of the Bush presidency shows that conservative elements are still dominant within the Republican Party. For example Bush’s strong foreign policy indicated that the republicans were still very conservative. After 9/11 Bush became more and more right wing which in his defence is what the public wanted. However the invasion of Iraq in 2003 highlighted that the Republican Party was still very much conservative. Furthermore the tax cuts that Bush made were very much traditionally
Premium Conservatism Republican Party George W. Bush
Under what circumstances‚ if any‚ does a state’s inherent right of self- defence allow it to take lawful military action before it has been subject to an armed attack? To what extent‚ if any‚ should the right of self- defence be reinterpreted to do so? According to the Charter of the United Nations (1945) any use of force is prohibited by Article 2 (4): “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence
Premium United States United Nations Armed forces
* 2 Ballad form * 3 Composition * 4 Classification * 4.1 Traditional ballads * 4.2 Broadsides * 4.3 Literary ballads * 5 Ballad operas * 6 Beyond Europe * 6.1 Native American ballads * 6.2 Blues ballads * 6.3 Bush ballads * 7 Sentimental ballads * 7.1 Jazz‚ blues and traditional pop * 7.2 Pop and rock ballads * 7.3 Power ballads * 8 See also * 9 Notes * 10 References and further reading * 11 External links | -------------------------------------------------
Premium Ballad
William Paterson (Patterson) was born in County Antrim‚ Ireland‚ in 1745. When he was almost 2 years of age‚ his family emigrated to America‚ disembarking at New Castle‚ DE. While the father traveled about the country‚ apparently selling tinware‚ the family lived in New London‚ other places in Connecticut‚ and in Trenton‚ NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton‚ NJ. There‚ he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods. His prosperity enabled William to attend local private schools and the College
Premium United States Constitution United States New Jersey
our seats. Q2 Examine how the relationship between context and text shapes meaning in one of Henry Lawson’s short stories. Text Summary: ‘The Drovers Wife’ is a short story by Henry Lawson about a woman who is left alone in the harsh Australian bush to look after the house and children while her husband is away sheep
Premium Short story Fiction
NOUNS Nouns * We call nouns naming-words. They are the names of people‚ animals‚ places and things. Each person‚ animal‚ place and thing has a name. E.g. – woman‚ baby‚ cow‚ dog‚ sea‚ beach‚ table‚ cupboard etc. Countable and Uncountable nouns * Nouns which can be counted are called countable nouns. We use a‚ an‚ a few‚ several‚ many‚ some‚ plenty of‚ a lot of‚ a large number of with countable nouns. E.g. – many birds‚ a few cars‚ a lot of flowers‚ a large number of books‚ some
Free Pronoun
William Paterson played a key role in creating our house of Representatives and the Senate because without his proposal‚ we would not have the governing system that we have today. He was prepared to create a system and compromise with other people’s ideas. He had gone to Princeton University and was a very smart man. After school‚ he had begun studying the law in the city of Princeton under Richard Stockton. When the War of Independence had begun‚ he had joined the vanguard of the New Jersey patriots
Premium New Jersey New Jersey United States Constitution
“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic‚ ludicrous side of it‚ and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior‚” (Meyerowitz). Henry Ossawa Tanner was an African American pioneer of art who painted images that displayed tranquil scenes of religion and racial injustice. Tanner used his paintings as nonviolent weapons to fight against the stereotypes that characterized African Americans during the
Premium African American Racism Henry Ossawa Tanner