The Most Hateful Words The most hateful words she has ever said to another human being were to her mother. She was sixteen at the time. They rose from the storm in her chest and she let them fall in a fury of hailstones: “I hate you. I wish I were dead.” She waited for her to collapse‚ stricken by what she had just said. She was still standing upright‚ her chin tilted‚ her lip stretched in crazy smile. “Okay‚ maybe I die too‚” she said
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Persuasive Words and Phrases I am writing to... I am speaking to you today because... I have heard a rumor that... This needs to be dealt with We can do without this... It will ruin our quality of life. How unfair! No-one but a complete idiot will believe that... Now... Surely... Obviously... Of course... We can solve this by... Try to use some of these words and phrases in your writing. Local people feel that... I believe that... This will mean that... This will cause..
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Four Letter Word It is the one noun in the world every single person knows of‚ but no one seems to be able to precisely put his or her finger on exactly what it is. This is because to each person it is unique. It has been defined by words but there is so much more to it than just words. This one thing is known as love. There are three common understandings: the love between life partners‚ the love between family members‚ and the love between friends. It is funny that no one really knows exactly
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According to Swati Jena and Nidhi Chandna‚” the origin of the word ‘team’ can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon word for ‘family’ which referred to harnessed animals to pull a load thereby implying common goals and cooperation. With time‚ the concept of team-work gained importance with organizations taking measures to ensure that a team is equipped and empowered enough to function on its own. This situation today is perhaps best described by the term ’self-managed teams’.” “Self managed teams are
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01.10 Macbeth: The Power of Words Worksheet Step 1: Character Interpretation Earlier in this lesson you read two different interpretations of a scene featuring Lady Macbeth. You were asked to view a stage performance of the same scene in order to answer this question: How does this interpretation compare to the others? In a response of at least five sentences‚ comment on the stage interpretation and explain your impression of Lady Macbeth in this scene. Use specific examples from the clip to support
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BRAT seems like an offensive word‚ but believe me‚ it isn’t. The term BRAT is actually an acronym that means Born‚ Raised and Trained. Being born into a Military family on a military base‚ more specifically Fort Hood‚ I have lived in the military for 15 years‚ which is 83% of my childhood. Being raised in the military can also change to how a person reacts to something. For example‚ I had a non-military friend who was afraid that she would move over the summer and my other non-military friends
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The first version of Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie‚ former Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers worked on Xerox Bravo‚ the first Microsoft WYSIWYGword processor. The first Word version‚ Word 1.0‚ was released in October 1983 for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989‚ with a slightly
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OF FORMING WORDS Compounding is the word formation process in which two or more words combine into a single new word. Compound words may be written as one word or as two words joined with a hyphen. Shortening is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened without changing the meaning of the word. Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the original words. Affixing
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face portrays the fact that we are all unique and one of a kind. In an excerpt of Hawthorne’s quote‚ “stamps ineffaceably on all her productions” he is saying that nature gives us our own “stamp” or mark‚ for us to differ as individuals. In simpler words‚ Hawthorne is implying that no one is perfect. We all have our blemishes‚ which make us who we are‚ and that if our focus revolves around the negative we will never truly appreciate the positive. Georgina is a beautiful woman‚ but Aylmer is too determined
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The N-word has become a broadly used word in today’s society. However‚ it is not acceptable to use in your everyday language. The N-word has a historical background. The use of the N-Word was generated out of a hatred for African-Americans‚and is based on the racial advantage in the early times of the United States. The use of the N-word is offensive to many who come from a family that may have black culture. The word stems from negative stereotypes of Black people. Some of these stereotypes include
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