NIGERIA The purpose of this essay is to describe Nigeria. Officially it is a federal constitutional republic‚ located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Its three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This
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blush. Next I felt it in my stomach.Those butterflies had come. Everyone trying to look‚ trying to look for the boy who fell behind the bleachers‚ the boy who knocked down the backdrop. It all started at Providence Elementary’s Winter Concert. It took place at Kempsville Middle‚ home of the Chiefs. The classes were getting ready for our songs. Getting in costume‚ and mingling with friends. The boys were dressed in dreidel costumes which were blue boxes with the usual dreidel letters on it. They were around
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origin from the word Supervīvere super- (over‚ beyond) and –vīvere (to live). The phrase survival of the fittest was used in the seventeenth century to replace Darwin’s term natural selection‚ “to kill or be killed”. Although the term survival has various meanings‚ in reference to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games‚ survival is used a verb to describe the act of surviving. Katniss enters the hunger games as a volunteer‚ and is expected to fight until death‚ and if she so happens to survive she and her
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the meaning of life‚ they both have very different perspectives when it comes to this matter. Taylor seems to argue that the meaning of life is about an result of satisfaction. Taylor begins by observing that it is difficult in the first place to even cope what it means to question whether life has meaning‚ and that the question is too challenging to answer. Taylor argues that all life as we know it is whether viewed from a very big perspective‚ or at the level of one person and that life is nothing
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Descriptive essay is one of the many types of writing styles that provides a detailed description for a particular person‚ place and things. Descriptive essay is purposely created so readers can readily imagine its particular subject matter. There are many different ways of making a descriptive essay really effective. Here are some of them: 1. Imaginative language – this makes a descriptive essay really effective. The power of words is immeasurable if it is appropriately used. The art of playing
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Skateboarder Girl Stacy has been skateboarding for years as recreation. She has many tricks under belt from all the practicing she does. Skateboarding has been a passion for her for quite some time. It has also been a stress reliever for her‚ a way to escape the troubles in her daily life. She likes to do it the morning by herself‚ when the sun is rising and glistening on the tree leaves and grass and the air is crisp‚ clean‚ and so refreshing. She practices everyday. After the last run
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stand of bags‚ t-shirts and collectibles. When we got into the main aquarium‚ it was so packed with people on their way to 4 distinctive places to visit. We hiked our way up the stairs to first go visit the beluga whales and whale sharks. Lewis 2 As we walked in‚ we saw open pools with coral reefs‚ which were colored blue‚ and pink with a slimy feel when your fingers slide across them. Soon we arrived to a tunnel‚ which took us under the tank where we had underwater views of the fish. Above us were
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A Powerful Escape The vast expanse of blue seems to be as endless as far as the eye can see. Its unique sounds‚ gorgeous views‚ and unparalleled symbolism provide comfort in times of distress; this place is the definition of tranquility. The drive there is filled with unaltered excitement and exuberance‚ whereas the journey home is always a somber one. Anticipating the first views of the line of blue-white water fills me with hopefulness. Something changes when the sound of the waves hits the
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Childhood Memories Can Be Positive Reinforcement My favorite childhood place was at my grandparent’s house. My grandparent’s last name was Mountain. Their property had the nick name‚ “The Mountain House‚” I remember wonderful memories of spending time there with my family; eating grandma’s famous potato salad‚ tasting grandpa’s fabulous barbeque ribs‚ and most of all eating those wonderful Mountain family cherries. The sounds and smells are truly alive in my memory. These memories are incredibly
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Important Person in my Life We all have someone that is really important to us‚ someone that has influenced us in our lifetime at some time or another and thanks to that person we are the person we are today. In my case that someone is my mother. My mother is really important to me because thanks to her I exist today‚ she gave me life .My mother is my best friend‚ my confident‚ she is the person that I trust the most in my life .I consider my mother as the most important person in my life
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