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    Brook Girma

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    Nahom Tariku AP English Practice Essay Advertising both contributes positive and negative effects to society. As advertisements promote prosperity‚ it also is propaganda. Although one effect of advertising is to encourage people to help the less fortunate‚ overall the negative effects of promoting poor decisions about health and creating divisions in society outweigh any benefits. Advertising positively impacts society in that it promotes prosperity by encouraging people to help the less fortunate

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    hern.- The brook starts from a place the coots (a kind of duck) & herns (commonly known as herons) spend most of their times.  I make a sudden sally‚-The brook suddenly rushes down.  And sparkle out among the fern‚-As the brook flows it sparkles because of sun rays‚ and it flows through a ground which mostly have grasses and flowerless plants (ferns).  To bicker down a valley.-The brook flows down a valley making noisy sounds.  By thirty hills I hurry down‚-Here the brook swiftly flows

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    Diary Of Nancy Brooks

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    people who think that AIDS and rape can’t ever happen to them can have a different perspective. The times in which this diary takes place is from April 14‚ 1991 to April 12‚1993. the book starts out when Nancy is getting ready to go to a Garth Brooks concert with her friends El and Red‚ "Imagine me going to a concert! A Garth

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    Brook Trout Essay

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    There are many things that Brook Trout need so that they can survive in their environment. One element they need is fresh water. Brook Trout can have zero pollution in their aquarium. To make that happen we have something called a water filter‚ it cleans and it makes sure that there is no pollution in the water. Another element that the Brook Trout need is oxygen. All trout need 7-10 ppm of oxygen. If oxygen is too low in the water the trout would become slow and would maybe even die. They

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    Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity

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    but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts the speaker who has aborted her children. Abortions can be spontaneous miscarriages

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    Irony Essay

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    Irony Essay In the timeless tragedy Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles implements masterful irony in the forms of dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational ironies‚ which are essential contributions to the theme of the limitations of a man’s potential caused by fate. The dramatic end of Oedipus raised a crucial question of the extent of a man’s impact on society in the minds of the Chorus‚ “Luckless Oedipus‚ whom of all men I envy not at all” (1378). The reason that this question is elevated into the minds of both

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    Macbeth Irony

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    ALLEN| IRONY IN MACBETH There are many types of irony used in Macbeth.. Without the irony‚ the tragedy would not be quite so tragic. Verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational irony was used in the story of Macbeth. One type of irony used in Macbeth is verbal irony. This is when a character says one thing and means the opposite. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo‚ “Tonight we hold a solemn supper‚ sir‚ And I’ll request your presence” or when he says “Fail not our feast". Verbal irony makes

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    Situational Irony

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    Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper

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    The Significance of Irony

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    Significance of Irony Irony is a rhetorical device used to illustrate a discordant situation or verbalization in which the outcome is opposite of what was expected. As a result‚ this writing technique often introduces humor into the storyline‚ depending on the tone of the story. This element of indirectness is partly what makes poetry so interesting. Poetry’s lack of simplicity forces the reader to think independently‚ therefore creating numerous possible interpretations. The techniques of irony used in

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