The First and the Last Visit To Cedar Crest Drive There is a full moon. It is pitch black and raining outside. As I lookdown the street I can see the fog setting only feet away from me. It is on this evening when my curiosity gets the best of me. I want to know why my mother never allowed me to go down Cedar Crest Drive. I’ve heard many stories about a haunted house down there. The stories‚ however‚ have varied. I heard somebody had been gruesomely murdered in there. I also
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Sitting at my desk at home‚ a crushing feeling crept up on me. I didn’t know what to think. I’m not going to make it‚ am I. It was already midway through junior year of high school‚ and having just calculated my GPA requirements for many of the colleges I had wanted to go to‚ I realized that my grades were not even close to what I expected them to be. I guess I had been in denial for so long that I let them slip this far. How could I have let this happen? Where was my mind when I needed to study
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Keegan Padyk Mr. Tracy ENG 4U February 19‚ 2015 Feel the Beat Drums are essentially the skeleton (Allusion) of modern music and the most commonly known instrument in the percussion family. They establish the rhythm and tempo of most musical pieces and come in all shapes and sizes‚ very similar to clothing (Analogy)‚ with each having its own distinct style and intended sound. These include the hand drum‚ kit drum and oversize drum (Repetition). Being considered the most important part of many genres
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story All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury is about how the power of jealousy can cause people to do bad things. Every time Margot tries to tell about the sun from earth she does not get believed and gets downplayed from the students. Another theme is about how desire can cause people to hurt or be cruel to the people they are jealous of. The children got wanted to see the sun‚ but when the sun did not come out they thought Margot lied and put they put her in a closet. All Summer In a Day is a harsh
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TIPS TO WRITE A DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY • Write down in any order about things that strike you. • Put it down in black and white. • Depending on the train of thought and association which the essay forms itself. • Use vivid language that brings out the principle features. • Comparing with some other thing will allow the senses of reader act. • Effective time should be used to show change or evolution. • Free play of emotions and feelings adds essence to the essay. • Use adverbs and verbs to show
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theme of Ray Bradbury’s story “All Summer in a day” is people who are different will always be treated differently and wrongly‚ also others see it and let it happen. By those who are different the author means‚ the smaller group of people who are not like the larger group of people. In Ray Bradbury’s story “All summer in a day”‚ the human race has found a way to make Venus habitable for mankind‚ therefore‚ people live on Venus. In Venus‚ it rains every single day except for once every seven years
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In the short story “All Summer in a Day”‚ the author Ray Bradbury uses sensory imagery such as sight and sound to describe the setting of his version of planet Venus and to describe the children. He then uses the absence of sensory imagery when describing Margot to create contrast which helps us understand the idea that people who are different are ostracised and hated. With the use of sensory imagery‚ Ray Bradbury paints a picture in our minds of how the planet Venus in his story looks and sounds
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All Summer in a Day teaches readers that sadness is an important key in life because you can’t always be happy. In paragraph two we are Ray Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day teaches readers to be thankful for what they have. If the children in the story would just think about what they have‚ they would appreciate it more. They would no longer crave more and would not do unnecessary things to get what they want. The kids are so Jealous and unthankful for what they have they will do anything to get what
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A late December night Like many other nights; it is late and I am tired‚ leaving the bar after my shift and driving home. It must be close to 4o’clock in the morning now; the roads are covered in snow like a cozy white blanket on a cold black night. I seem to be alone on this two lane highway; my headlights are the only ones shining‚ like two beckons in a lighthouse searching for others in the dark. The roads have just been plowed‚ very little is on the pavement but the snow is falling fast‚ within
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My Great-Grandparent’s Farm My Great-Grandparent’s farm is tucked away in the rural village of Mt. Calvary‚ Wisconsin. Mt. Calvary is a small densely populated village consisting of primarily dairy farmers of German Catholic decent‚ that lies in the vast rolling green hills of South-East Wisconsin. My Great-Grandparent’s farm has always been a very special place. It is also a place to go to find peace and serenity when life is overwhelming and hectic. My Great-Grandfather hand built the
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