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    The way of the world

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    b) What are your fears and how are yo Nirvana was an American rock band formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen‚ Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers‚ the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl‚ who joined the band in 1990. Despite releasing only three full-length studio albums in

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    Henry Lawson

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    My current Year 12 class has been collaborating on an essay response to a previous HSC question for Standard Module A: Experience through Language – Distinctively Visual. We have been working with the short stories of Henry Lawson. Here is the near finished response – some paragraphs still need work. In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through the distinctively visual? Make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least one other related text of your own choice

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    child called it

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    In the memoir “A Child Called It”‚ the author Dave Pelzer’s use of imagery and diction are constantly seen in order to portray the books main ideas. Pelzer tells of his childhood and living with an alcoholic abusive mother. Pelzer enables the reader to create a vivid yet disturbing picture in your head when he tells of the ways his mother would torture him. In Chapter 4 Pelzer’s use of diction and imagery is shown when he writes “A warm sensation oozed from my nostrils. I tried to stop the blood

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    Coraline By Sarah Estes

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    book that keeps you on the edge of your seat and at the same time you will be scared of what’s going to happen next? Well if the answer is yes then Coraline is the right book for you. This wonderful book was written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. I chose this book because I had never read a good scary story in my entire life. This book is supernatural fiction. This story mainly takes place in another world that looks exactly the same as Coraline’s home. Although it looks the same

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    soft melodies and pop music like Duran Duran and Madonna. In these changing times a very special band called Nirvana came on the music scene. Three young man from Seatlle‚ Washington – Kurt Cobain on vocals and on guitar‚ Krist Novoselic on bass and Dave Grohl on drums - they were everything people yearned for‚ but didn´t even knew it. With long hair‚ washed-up jeans and ¨I don’t give a f…¨ attitude people wanted to see more. They defied authority with rough sound later defined as Grunge – a mixture

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    Training Kids to Kill

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    Article 1: We Are Training Our Kids To Kill In the article “We Are Training Our Kids To Kill”‚ Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is very disturbed regarding today’s youth. He starts off by mentioning about the cluster of suicides that occurred in the 1970’s due to local TV reporting numerous teen suicides. This led to numerous copycat suicides by teenagers that had seen the stories on the news. Once they researched this and discovered the rise in suicides were linked to the news articles‚ the networks

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    ’The Loaded Dog’ The goldfields were a setting very familiar to Lawson. The main characters Dave Regan‚ Jim Bently and Andy Page are good-natured. The escapades of Tommy‚ the black retriever dog establish the plot of the narrative. Tommy’s good nature and the challenge of a game with his friends build into a chase scene which has become synonymous with bush larrikinism and legend. The male characters hit on an ingenious plan to catch fish‚ by blowing them out of the water with a special cartridge

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    Nirvana's Music Analysis

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    “With the lights out‚ it’s less dangerous. Here we are now‚ entertain us”‚ is a famous line from a set of lyrics known across all generations. Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”‚ Blink-182’s “What’s my Age Again?” and Coldplay’s “Yellow”‚ created a ripple effect in the 1990’s‚ and continues to inspire heartfelt angst nearly twenty-six years later. Music of the 1990’s was a new breed of expression; the lyrics became raw and the sound was heavy. Almost two decades later‚ the outstanding influence

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    Child Called It

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    Name___________________                        Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer      Review Worksheet Chapter 2-  Good Times Part one:                                                         Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Stephen Joseph = He was David’s father. He was a fireman and stood about 5’10 and weighed about 190 pounds. He had broad shoulders and forearms that would

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    correlation to violence say that Manson’s music promotes “hate‚ violence‚ death‚ suicide‚ drug use‚ and the attitudes and actions of the Columbine High School Killers (D’Angelo). However‚ the other side of the story can be best stated by Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo when he said‚ “We’re telling stories. It’s not actions-it’s just music. It’s fantasy stuff‚ just putting thoughts on paper‚ that’s a crime?” (Considine). Although metal is dark‚ heavy‚ and often times inappropriate‚ it does not have a negative

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