Valentine Valentine By Carol Ann Duffy By Carol Ann Duffy Valentine is a love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem she compares love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as imagery ‚ word structure and of course by using poetic devices. All these techniques help her make this poem so special and unusual‚ and it helps her to describe her own points of view about love. ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart.’ Is the first line of the poem. The poet creates
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Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas‚ Unfortunately Is it just me or are the holidays in America becoming more and more commercialized? The original purposes for holidays are swept under the rug and it is all about what we can get. It was November 9th and I was driving home from school‚ flipping through radio stations when I heard the Christmas carols. I yelled‚ “NO!” and completely shut the radio off. It was not even Thanksgiving yet and they were playing Christmas music! Since Thanksgiving
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Everyone wants to be intelligent‚ and everyone wants to know the crucial technique to be intelligent. Carol Dweck‚ the psychologist in Stanford University suggests that intelligence depends on the different mindsets in her article “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn.” Also‚ I believe that one of the mindset is the key to develop intelligence and being successful. In Carol Dweck’s article “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn‚” the author emphasizes that different
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In article “Brainology-Transforming students’ motivate to learn”‚ Carol Dweck describes two different types of mindset and how they affect student’s learning profoundly. These types of mindset are students’ belief about themselves or the way they use their basic abilities. Students with "fixed mindset" are stuck with what they know to keep their confidence; they are afraid of challenges and devastated by failures. In contrast‚ students with " growth mindset" believe their personality‚ intelligence
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What is a Story? * a narrative‚ either true or fictitious‚ in prose or verse‚ designed to interest‚ amuse‚ or instruct the hearer or reader; a tale. * a fictitious tale‚ shorter and less elaborate than a novel. * a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated‚ as an anecdote‚ joke‚ etc. * Therefore‚ narrative or story in its broadest sense is anything told or recounted; more narrowly‚ and more usually‚ something told or recounted
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conjunct in the 1st House in Leo with the Moon also conjunct Pluto‚ two minutes into the 2nd House. I wanted you to know this before I begin my story. When I was five I was just beginning to learn the importance of Christmas and Santa Clause. I understood the possibility of actually getting what I wanted for Christmas if I wrote to Santa and sent him my Christmas list. I remember laying on my living room floor and asking my mom how to spell just about every word I printed. I’m not sure if I’m right
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The world’s wife is a compilation of poems published in 1999 and written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ a modern feminist poet. It covers various myths in order to give women a voice. This includes the short monologue like poem: “Medusa”. How do metaphors‚ symbols and allegories contribute in clarifying the meanings of the poem? Primarily‚ they emphasise Duffy’s feminist ideals‚ Medusa’s emotions and aging difficulties. Medusa‚ the protagonist‚ uses the myth metaphorically in order to create a modern and
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ability to describe them. Truman Capote‚ as a grown man‚ took advantage of his vivid memories and composed the short work‚ "A Christmas Memory." The story begins in late November‚ a month symbolic of all the years gone by that Capote could remember beginning preparations for Christmas fruitcakes. The year he has chosen‚ though‚ is that of the last Christmas three friends spend together. A boy of seven‚ Capote has but two friends: his "sixty-something" year old distant cousin and
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The importance of journey in literature In most texts journey is from great importance to the plot of a story. In some texts the whole book is based on the journey characters make‚ like in the book The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy written by Douglas Adams. In others‚ journey is used to indicate changes‚ for instance in character’s behaviour‚ personality or knowledge. Apparently‚ the role of journey differs in texts. It is therefore intriguing to learn how journey is used and what it means to
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This not 100 % perfect it’s just a draft / practise for exam Consider the ways Duffy explores the beauty of relationships in “hour” Hour written by Carol Anne Duffy explores the never ending emotional highs and lows of a shown in a relationship and but also shown is how just spending time with a love one is precious even if it’s just for a little while. A way in which Duffy shows the beauty if relationships in hour is through love and time by creating a strong theme connection between
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