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    winded up and the pitch went pop! The pitch blew right past the catcher’s glove. “Strike one!“ exclaimed the umpire. “It’s okay‚’’ Billy’s dad said. “You can do it.’’ Billy steps back in the box and the pitch comes towards him. Swing! And so there was a miss. “Strike two!’’ yelled the umpire. Now Billy is down and he doesn’t want to let down his team and his dad in the championship game. He must get a hit. This could be the final pitch in the game… here it comes... Bang! The crowd went wild! Billy

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    Tribute Speech Example

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    Ferris CMST 1005 Langseth Tribute Speech Content Outline 9/09/12 Introduction “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person‚ he believed in me.” Jim Valvano. My dad is the best guy in the world. There are two main reasons that I would like to pay tribute to my dad; my dad was there for me when I needed him the most‚ and he also believed in me when I did not. Body I. The first reason that I would like to pay tribute to my father is because he was there for me

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    coming back. My dad had cheated on my mom‚ and now they were divorced. My mom is named Kris Hamilton now‚ because she took my step-dad’s last name. My dad is named Jon David Kuhn‚ named after my papa‚ David Kuhn. My dad and mom’s divorce tore a hole between my two sets of grandparents‚ papa and gran‚ and grandma. I don’t have a grand pa. He died before I was born because of smoking. I can’t tell you the countless times I cried‚ or the countless times I felt the pain of my siblings. My dad had moved to

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    twenties and my dad was thirty. They got married a couple years following the time they started dating. Shortly after getting married‚ they had my older sister Maddy‚ then me‚ and after that they had my younger sister Cassie. I can clearly remember us being a happy family. I had the best parents who worked

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    The Nighttime Conflict

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    not help him grow. In the novel‚ Christopher is a boy who has autism. He lives with his dad‚ and one day he sees that his neighbor’s dog is dead. He decides to be a detective and solve the mystery of who killed the dog. He begins to write a book‚ but his dad finds and takes it from him. When he goes into his father’s room to find it‚ he finds letters from his mom who he is told is dead. He becomes afraid of his dad who has lied to him‚ and he runs away to London to meet his mom. In the novel‚ Christopher

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    Susan Pfeffer's Ashes

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    Ashleigh’s parents are divorced and she is living with her mother. Her dad gave her the nickname of “Ashes” but her mother hated the nickname so they had a fight. Ashleigh did not take her mother’s money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible‚ she knows her mom would be mad if she stole the money‚ and she was questioning her dad’s motives for taking the money. Ashleigh did not take the money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible. In the short story “Ashes” Susan Pfeffer states‚”He’s an

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    comprised of going to school‚ coming home‚ resting for a while‚ waking up‚ going out with friends‚ coming back home‚ sleeping‚ and then repeating the same thing the next day. I didn’t care about my homework‚ or even classwork for that matter. Why? My dad. He was the shelter to my ’whatever-who-cares’ lifestyle. He gave me designer clothing‚ watches and accesories more expensive than many of my classmate’s whole attire‚ an extremely comfortable and stylish ride to go to school with- i had everything

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    My Hunting Experience

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    of the leaves‚ a sound I thought I would never hear‚ finally happened. This was my very first experience in a deer stand. It all started when my dad would show up at home with his trophies that he had killed. I always wanted to be like my daddy‚ I wanted to be a hunter‚ fisher‚ and a firefighter. One Saturday afternoon my dreams finally came true. My dad had gotten up very early to go hunting‚ when you hunt in the mornings you have to get up and be in your deer stand so that you won’t scare the deer

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    Hero Essay

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    the comic section of the newspaper‚ he is found at home. Who could this hero be? It’s my dad‚ Todd Gladysiewski. I think my dad should be placed in the hero hall of fame. He is my hero because he works hard‚ is a family man‚ and has saved someone. First‚ heroes are diligent workers and they are hard to find. My dad is a very hard worker. He has worked his whole life to get where he is now. For many years my dad has been the sole provider for the family. After my mom quit her job to take care of us

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    reason why I can’t wait for summer to get here is so we all can get a break from going to school. The reasons why I have chosen to write about why I can’t wait for summer break is no school work‚ spend time with my brother‚ and I get to visit my mom and dad during summer break. First of all‚ why I can’t wait for summer break is because we don’t have to do school work. I really don’t like school work because it is really boring and school work makes you really tired. Second of all‚ I get to spend

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