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    The Fever Tree

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    “Tricia‚ in a pale yellow sundress with frills‚ had hung her arm outside the open window and the fair downy skin was glowing red.” (pg 124) Throughout the story‚ Tricia is portrayed as a character who has a child-like personality. For example‚ she disregards the rules and regulations saying “Silly old rules!” (pg 124) and also left the mosquito stuff because it was too bulky.The colors yellow‚ red and green are used often to set the mood or depict a character’s trait.She “shattered” Ford’s illusion

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    Poem

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    Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the

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    and why these limitations exist. The poem describes the adventure and eventual death of Gray’s tabby cat‚ who is frequently regarded as a female character. It appears that throughout the ode‚ Gray is addressing the cat‚ but the first line of stanza 7‚ the author seems to make a moral point and addresses "ye beauties." Clearly this is directed towards the fairer sex‚ and using the word ’hence’ insists that‚ for all the above reasons listed within the poem‚ women like cats‚ are capable of the same

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    issue that is gaining more interest as time goes by. Today more and more people are environmental friendly and take in account the human activity that damages the environment and what are its long term effects. Both‚ Linnea Saukko in her essay “How to Poison the Earth‚” and Gretel Ehrlich in her essay “Chronicles of Ice” write about the environment and their concern towards it being preserved. Though in both essays the preservation of the environment is the main focus‚ and the authors use the same approach

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    Close Toed Observation

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    Safety/Science Foundations 1. Avoid the situation; don’t touch 2. Close-toed shoes 3. Students 4. To protect your eyes from chemicals 5. Before starting the lab 6. Students should not play around and follow directions. Students should clean up after their selves after finishing a lab. 7. Hypothesis - a testable explanation for an observation 8. Observation - statement made using senses. ex. I hear chirping Inference - interpretation from observations. ex. "The chirping is from the bird"

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    Reading

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    IMPROVING READING SKILLS A Research Paper Presented to The Class of Mrs. Irene SF. Canon In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements For the subject English IV By Elaine S. Gayas January 9‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION: Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). It is a means of language‚ of communication‚ and of sharing information and ideas. Like all language‚ it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader

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    Keeping Close to Home

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    Keeping Close to Home By Bell Hooks Bell Hooks essay “Keeping Close to Home”‚ describes her struggles after she was accepted at Stanford University to further her self-realization. In this essay Hooks talks about her journey to educate herself and no losing her sense of where she came from as African American woman from a working class background. Hooks parents wanted her to go to a school close to home‚ a non-diverse like Stanford was. They wanted her to go to a school no just close to home

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    The Giving Tree Reflection

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    Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree‚ a classic children’s book about a boy that grows up alongside a tree and continues to take advantage of the tree’s love for him by taking its resources throughout his life. I reread this book many times throughout my childhood‚ and despite me not quite grasping the story’s message when I was younger‚ I eventually realized what the actual moral of the story was as I thought about it more and more as I grew up. Due to this‚ The Giving Tree was one of the first stories

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    Reading

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    Reading is amusing‚ cheap‚ and convenient for people‚ yet many do not read whatsoever. In my perspective‚ I completely agree with this statement‚ but I am definitely incorrect. According to my data‚ four over five students said that reading is their ideal activity. Students declared that reading is healthy for them‚ entertaining‚ and an excellent form of learning. As some say‚ reading is extremely healthy for you and your brain. It exercises and stimulates the brain cells and may

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    Close to the Water Edge

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    Close to the Water’s Edge Section B In our modern lives we have to form our own identity. We need to make a lot of choices concerning who we are and how we would like our lives to develop. But of course our identity is greatly affected by our childhood. The choices made by our parents and their parents are probably the most important choices ever made for us. The few people who rise in the social hierarchy is a proof of this. The short story is about the importance of our foundations. The grandmother

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