I waddled into English class nervously and received the "Test of Doom‚" which I found myself guessing on ninety-five percent of the questions based on context clues. Two days later‚ when I got the test back‚ I saw the number 13 in a blood stained crimson red color jumping out at me at the top of the paper with the words "See Me After Class" written below it. I panicked and my brain started racing with hundreds of spontaneous thoughts such as what my parents would say; I had almost been positive my
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When the month of August rolls around each year‚ football fans alike rejoice‚ because a new season is about to roll around. In the South‚ we celebrate four seasons: winter‚ spring‚ summer‚ and football. Whether it’s by seeing shirts or by seeing flags fly on vehicles‚ most people in the South know when football arrives. Unlike A Christmas Memory‚ where Capote believes traditions will die off after a period of time‚ college football has continued its trend in the south for over 100 years. Maybe it’s
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The kermes dye was considered to be native to the old world‚ “Used by the Aztecs for dyeing and painting” (Douma‚ 2008)‚ and the Incas‚ who loved their reds. Throughout this time‚ various native american groups throughout Mesoamerica and South America used as dyestuff. It wasn’t until the 16th Century‚ that the Spanish conquest pushed the kermes dye into the hands of the Europeans. In fact‚ “When Spanish explorers discovered [the dye] and Conquistadors invaded Central and South America in the late
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Response to Literature Essay “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst In the fictional short story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ we read about a little boy‚ named Doodle who finds the will to survive and looks at the positive things in life with the help of his brother. In this short story there are 3 symbols that represent the theme of the story. The symbols that you will read in this essay are: Flying‚ Peacock and the color Red. All of the story’s symbols are connected with Brother and Doodle
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Sports Fans Sports! There are around 8‚000 different types of sports in the world! In America‚ out of those 8‚000 sports‚ we participate in only 137. Even though it’s a small amount compared to the total that’s still a very wide variety of sports. With the vast amount sports‚ there are fans everywhere. There are 317 million people living in the United States. Excluding about 20 million for kids age 5 and under‚ 82 percent of the 297 million are sports fans. Meaning there are about 243.5 million
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Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth. This paper will explain the way tides work‚ the different types of tides‚ and the causes of tides. Tides work in systematical ways! They start by the wind pushing the water so that it rolls over itself. once the waves get big enough force‚ it causes the waves to become very‚very large in height and also length. During the day
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Appreciation on The Tide Rises‚ The Tide Falls The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls is one of the famous poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ an American poet of the 19th century. This poet is created in the author’s seventies. Thus‚ there is something of symbolism in the lines‚ but this essay would focus on the relation between the pattern and the idea of the poem. The whole poem has 3 stanzas. The first two stanzas follow the same end rhyme of aabba‚ while the third stanza is in a rhyme of aacca. Generally
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First of all‚ tide is the rise and fall of water caused by gravitational forces of the moon and sun on the oceans of the earth. Generally speaking‚ tidal cycles contain two high tides and two low tides each day. During the time between high and low tides there will obviously be current flow. The time between high and low tides is a little over 6 hours and the entire tidal cycle repeats itself approximately fifty minutes later each day. So if you know that low tide is at 0800 today you can estimate
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Chapter 9 Review Questions Explain why the Sun’s influence on Earth’s tides is only 46% that of the Moon’s‚ even though the Sun is so much more massive than the Moon. although the sun is much larger than the moon and has much more gravitational power‚ the distance between the earth and the moon is extremely further than the distance between the earth and moon. so much that it greatly dampens the effect of the suns gravity. Why is a lunar day 24 hours and 50 minutes long‚ while a solar
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it. Their poems Break‚ Break‚ Break (Tennyson)‚ and The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls (Longfellow) use repetition and loaded words to convey the theme of accepting death in order to truly live. The writers are able to convey their theme through their symbolical/metaphorical use of the sea. In The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls‚ Longfellow uses the sea to represent nature’s consistency. The poem begins and ends with the words‚ “the tide rises‚ the tide falls.” These words are present in each stanza and show
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