sweeping view of the surrounding countryside. Being from the American Midwest‚ I had never seen anything like it. After driving for several hours through the picturesque Italian countryside‚ in 90 plus degree heat‚ we arrived at the town where our vacation home was located. The private drive to the house was lined with immense poplar trees that rustled in the breeze and offered a respite from the blazing sun. We arrived at the house and took it all in. To one side‚ there were golden fields of mown
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Something any soccer player wants most than anything in the world‚ a President’s Cup championship. Practice is the reason for these types of tournaments. All the practice and extra work I put in payed off. I put in so much hard word and dedication‚ you wouldn’t believe. We had to do a lot of conditioning and drills to get to this point. My team and I worked ourselves to the point of breakage. We worked all summer for this moment. We played against higher level teams to make us better‚ and that was
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The adrenaline pumped through my veins. My heart was beating so loud and fast. There was the ball‚ held in the referee’s hands‚ about to be thrown up into the air. I stood a few feet behind the boy on the opposite team‚ poised and ready to catch the ball when my teammate smacked it toward me. Oh‚ I was so nervous. Suddenly the basketball hit my stomach with incredible force. It bounced off and rolled away on the floor to be picked up by the opposite team. The game had begun‚ and I had already dropped
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Cory Hansen Van Alphen English 101 141 11 October 2012 Childhood When I was a baby‚ the world was a lot different. Everything was incredibly bright‚ or awfully dark. I was remarkably happy‚ or I was terribly scared. I lived in a world of extremes. I was trapped on an elevator that soared to the top floor in an instant‚ and plummeted to the basement the next. Nothing‚ not one feeling‚ not one moment in time‚ lasted long enough for me to explore. Then‚ as I stood up for the first time‚ the elevator
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Reaching the 10 mile mark to get back to the original camping site got everyone happy but the happiness soon died as the dark clouds caved our heads and tiny little droplets fell down like bullets. The strong wind howled through the river and the thunder roared. Trees on the side started dancing and leaves clapped their hands. My canoe started rocking harder and harder from side to side allowing the big waves to come into my canoe. Three canoes was already ahead of us and another just went past
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so but my time was always packed with homeworks and school activities. Do you know that last month was my birthday? My father took our whole family on a vacation for a weekend as my birthday present. I was so axcited when he informed us that we’d visit the famous Jeju Island located in South Korea as it was my dream place vacation after all. It feels like a dream comes true and I can hardly describe how am I feeling that time. Jeju Island is one of the most visited place in Korea. A
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This Short story by Ambrose Bierce is excellent in terms with the plot‚ sense of time and descriptive writing. After reading the story what I favor most about this story is the use of time and how it keeps the reader interested from the start to the end with its imagery and exquisite description. In the beginning‚ the outlook appears to be dark as the main character Peyton Farquhar‚ is being hanged. “The man’s hands were behind his back‚ the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his
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A vacation is a time for me to relax and enjoy my free time. It is a time when I can escape the stress of my everyday life and relax my body and mind. My grandmother’s house in Florida is where I can accomplish that peace of mind. The weather‚ surroundings‚ and feelings experienced are only some of the many wonderful things about Florida. It is one of the best vacation spots and a priceless experience to enjoy. The time of the year that I usually travel to Florida is May. My grandmother’s house
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Hey‚ I am writing this letter as a hope of a solution to the problem of students losing good‚ valuable education time during the summer vacation and other vacations. Educators are proposing the idea that students should go to school all year round and shortening the breaks during the year. I think that this is an acceptable‚ yet bad idea. There are a few ways in which this can hurt the students and their educations. There would be problems with getting stressed out and over loading them with
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Descriptive essay Kite Surfing Finally‚ the wind was in the perfect direction. The conditions were also perfect. The nerves were growing inside me like an agitated ant farm being threatened. All I could think of was the clear blue water and the waves powerfully crashing down on the see. The sand blowing against your skin giving off a slight wiping pain which felt good even though it hurt and that fresh smell of seaweed all of those factors were part of the experience. This wasn’t just another
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