The ocean was angry and the waves thrashed at the beach like a rabid pit bull at the end of its chain‚ desperately looking to bite into anyone or anything. A hurricane was off the coast of Ocean City. It wasn’t close enough to cause evacuations‚ but it kicked up the surf to the point where it wiped out most of the beach. The lifeguards were still keeping watch‚ ready to blow their whistles and call for back-up through their radios and long-distance flag language. If rip currents pulled someone
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the excitement is lost. The tornado that occured on May 20th‚ 2013 was a great example of how a tornado can turn from exhilirating to terrifying. This past tornado season‚ the weather was naturally stormy‚ but nothing of great concern had taken place. Finding out that the weather was going to be severe was no surprise; in fact‚ it was a source of excitement for some. For example‚ working at a daycare‚ when the weather is severe‚ parents pick their children up earlier than usual‚ resulting in the
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descriptive essay house on fire The House on Fire That cold night of December 2004 had left behind a memory which will stay in my mind for a never ending period of time. That night was not the same as the rest of the days in my life. Instead of going to bed‚ that night I was standing in the middle of the road‚ in complete terror. My heartbeat was accelerating
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American accent. Manypeople think that fluency is speaking more number of words per minute‚ which iscompletely wrong. Fluency means speaking without having breaks. Speak at a reasonablepace quite clearly. Your tongue should touch the hard palate of your mouth strong enoughfor your voice to sound clearly to the audience. “Brit or American‚ flaunt that accent only if you know how to do it correctly‚ else you could just end up making a fool of yourself ” -an excerpt from an article on fake accent
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“Which Path Should You Take?” Paul Arden once said‚ “If you always make the right decision‚ the safe decision‚ the one most people make‚ you will be the same as everyone else.” The truth of this quote not only applies to everyday life‚ but also compliments the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In this particular poem‚ the speaker of the poem must make a decision when he/she is faced with one road that diverges into two separate paths. They can either choose the path that has been heavily
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Jade Creel K. Haswell AP English-2 3-7-2013 A Walk through the Ocean When glancing through a door‚ a spacious room folds out. Clean none the less‚ but nothing which gives it an eye popping quality. Although it may look mediocre compared to other rooms‚ this room has possession. Light filters into the room from the multiple windows surrounding it. The windows are spotless with no trace of dust‚ heavily veiled with black meshed curtains. Tinting the walls is the colors of sea mist greens
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It’s early in the morning and my mind and body try to connect to wake up. I move as slow as a turtle‚ maneuvering across my clothes-piled floor. Delicious salami and butter sandwiches are packed‚ Euros are stowed‚ and shoelaces are tied; everything is ready for my Paris adventure to launch. Cramming into my host family’s blue‚ shrimp sized car felt like caged bird. Speeding through the narrow streets made me feel like a bumble bee‚ shifting so quickly and searching for a destination. Not a single
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When the term ‘self-harm’ is mentioned‚ of what do you think? Depressing thoughts; suicidal victims? You don’t think of me‚ do you? Six months ago I would never have dreamed I would have so many scars on my formerly undamaged skin. Now things are different. Now when I look in the mirror I see the evils twisting themselves around my arms. I’ve marred myself trying to bleed them out. They clouded my brain and tainted my bloodstream. There seemed only one way to get them out. It would work and I would
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we saw each other; he stepped like a person that never reached his destiny. He came near me and broke the silence with a sincere voice that slipped through his throat‚ as it approached the cavity regarded with the gift of sound‚ said to me “I missed you”. My grandfather is a worn and skilled man. His ancient body unveils the arduous work he has gone through. The integument of the upper part of his head has lost most of his shiny hair like the leaves of an old tree succumbing by the pass of the
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him speak to our class‚ and even more after having him for a few blocks‚ I found that he is an amiable and whimsical man. My first impression of Mr. Watrous is nothing at all as his true personality. He’s actually quite an interesting teacher and very different from the majority. Mr. Watrous appears to be middle aged‚ as his dark brown‚ short hair is filling in with gray. He doesn’t seem to have wrinkles. Instead he has a clear‚ healthy looking face‚ impressive green eyes‚ and dark stubble from
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