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    This film demonstrates a wide range of film language techniques that all contribute to help convey the overall messages and themes found in the film. In this scene‚ protagonist Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is being told by her mother the truth about the disappearance of the maid that has raised her her whole life. Motherhood and racism are the two most important themes expressed in this scene. These ideas will be backed up with a range of film language techniques that helped to emphasise these themes. Taylor

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    Homecoming “Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” – Charles Swindoll. My high school years were the best. My freshman year I did very well in school. I made good grades and I played sports. My favorite sport was always volleyball. I’ve always dreamed of playing volleyball since I was in elementary school. We did well that season but did not make the play – offs. We were sad‚ but our coach told us to cheer up and that there always was next year. That same year I met a

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    understand spoken language‚ print‚ writing and digital media” (DES‚ 2011‚ pg.8). Literacy skills begin the moment we are born from listening and observing those around us. Within the first couple of months of a child’s life‚ they are already trying to make words of their own with their first coos and babbles. Educators can extend the child’s literacy skills by reading‚ singing‚ rhymes‚ listening‚ looking and talking about images they see. Literacy is not only about reading and writing

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    Australian Poetry Bruce Dawe has used a variety of literary devices to represent specific marginalised groups in ways that challenge their reader’s perceptions. Two of his poems; ‘Homecoming’ and ‘Weapons Training’ are key and transparent examples of literary devices being utilised to represent specific marginalised groups. Both of these poems were set during the 1950’s‚ with Vietnam being written to represent soldiers pre-war and homecoming to represent soldiers returning to Australia. During

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    isn’t easy at all on the other hand it‚ so hard that many people ignore it until they become very ill. Death can give people the feeling of being not in control of their own life‚ so they give up since they can’t control death. In the beginning of Dawes poem‚ he gives up on death because of his death of his dog. He explains there is no point of praying because death always wins and that’s when faith dies. As for Dickson poem‚ the metaphor of the Funeral gives the speaker an assumption of depression

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    The Dawes Act was a document that authorized the President of the United States to assess American Indian land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who agreed to allotments would then be granted United States citizenship. During this time in the mid 1800s the United States and its citizens had their hearts set on Westward expansion. Americans were strongly encouraged by the belief of the “Manifest Destiny”‚ a widely held belief that settlers were destined by God to expand throughout

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    independence day‚ and it continued for two months. They didn’t talk much‚ they just sent pictures back and forth. Ellie thought Travis would ask her to homecoming‚ but a couple of days before homecoming he stopped snapchatting her. He just ignored her‚ she grew a hatred towards him. He went to homecoming with his ex girlfriend‚ Emily went alone. After homecoming she drove to his house and egged his car‚ She did it two times after that. It was her way of saying f u to him. A month later‚ after a football

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    INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE English is an international language‚ spoken in many countries both as a native and as a second or foreign language. It is taught in the schools in almost every country on this earth. It is a living and vibrant language spoken by over 300 million people as their native language. Millions more speak it as an additional language. English is spoken habitually almost everywhere in the world. English is the associate official language of

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    Dialogue reveals how spoken language expresses meaning not only at the spoken level but through the implied meaning. It can be said that what’s left out of a conversation is sometimes more important than what is put in. Jane Harrison’s Stolen is an honest and compassionate play that follows the lives of five aboriginal kids who have been stolen from their families as part of the governments’ assimilationist agenda. Harrison employs a range of theatrical and written techniques to highlight the notion

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    could the federal government have made the Dawes Act more successful?  by refusing to allow Native Americans to assimilate  by making it illegal for Native Americans to sell their land to speculators  by providing larger land parcels so the Native Americans could grow more crops  by using land speculators as brokers between the government and Native Americans Points earned on this question: 5 Question 3 (Worth 5 points) What was the goal of the Dawes Act?  provide funding for "Indian schools"  assimilate

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