College Graduation Spring is here you and I know you’ve heard of the saying “April showers bring May flowers”. I had been waiting for this morning to come for four years. In a few hours it came and went‚ but it was an important time in my life. Graduation day was the end of one life and the beginning of a new life with different problems‚ worries and joys. While walking in the theater‚ I had seen hundreds of parents‚ grandparents‚ children‚ and even alumni students’. My family
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Bloody Mary ENG121 Bloody Mary “She’s hideous!” Said my best friend Brando‚ short for Brandon. “Just do it!” he kept saying‚ along with his brother Kevin. I was afraid. “Don’t be such a pussy.” Kevin yelled as he pushed me forward‚ almost knocking me off my feet and into the cross street at the top of our cul-de-sac. That was where the house stood. Directly across Mountain Ave. That was where she would appear‚ the “hideous” woman. The one we all called Bloody Mary. All you had
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A hero is defined as someone who overcomes adversity. The Movie “The Hurricane”‚ directed by Norman Jewison is based on a true story about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was wrongly imprisoned for murder but eventually becomes a hero. Hurricane’s heroism in the film is revealed through techniques such as camera direction‚ lighting and particularly the script. Rubin Carter was an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However
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The new day The purpose of a descriptive essay is to describe a person‚ place‚ or thing in such vivid detail that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. The author may accomplish this by using imaginative language‚ interesting comparisons‚ and images that appeal to the senses. Read this sample descriptive essay‚ and then read the notes below. The subject of the sample essay is fairly ordinary—a ride on a Ferris wheel. The author makes it interesting
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Gustavo Reynoso Professor Paige English 101 28 October 2011 Choosing a Good Smartphone Choosing a smartphone in today’s market can be extremely challenging. So many good phones are available and deciding which phone is the best is always difficult. Since phones are marketed by different companies such as Motorola‚ Blackberry‚ Sony and many more. Also the number of phone carriers that are available for each phone such as T-Mobile‚ AT&T‚ and Verizon just to name a few. Smartphones have
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It was an autumn evening. A girl was staring blankly out the window in her night gown. Her astounding eyes sparkled with sadness. Although nothing couldn’t be concluded from her complex and expressionless face‚ her baggy eyes told the stories of many sleepless nights. Her gaze shifted here and there‚ stopping at each spot only for a few seconds. It was as if she were searching for something‚ anything to distract her mind from the terrible ache in her heart. She had a deep-set of blue eyes
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Is That Orange Juice? As far back as I can remember Thanksgiving was one of my favorites‚ not for the fall decorations‚ or the plethora of Football games‚ but for the food. Ah‚ the food‚ when I was a little girl‚ I used to be awakened by the smell of the savory butter that was melting atop the stove‚ as I heard the sweet onions being chopped‚ I knew it was starting; the beginning of the Thanksgiving feast. As I got up and wiped the sleep dust from my eyes‚ I anxiously ran into the kitchen
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Love at first sight is a hopeless romantic’s dream. Do I believe in it? Fifty eight percent of Americans do according to vanityfair.com. Even still I’m torn on the issue. Love is hard to define but to strip it down to one exact moment in time adds another complication to the already complicated matter. Is it possible that within a blink of an eye you can experience love? That question makes me think back to a party I attended. There was this guy I met a few years back at a house party full of misfits
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Asparagus 1 Walking up to a cozy‚ tan ranch-style house in southern California‚ my stomach was howling for attention‚ waiting for a scrumptious meal to help ease its hunger. My aunt’s house was filled with the rich scent of roasted chicken and garlic‚ a smell that would drench my taste buds when I would have eaten mammal flesh. I could almost smell the tenderness of the succulent meat as it baked in the oven while mashed potatoes churned in melted creamy butter. The smells of a fulfilling feast
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It was the strangest thing I had ever seen; with tubes and wires. I’m telling you this thing was freaky. In my town we are very old fashioned; we don’t like technology or any sort of thing like that. So‚ when my cousin from another state sent my family a gift such as this one‚ we just didn’t know what to do with it. When we took it out of the box it had all these things attached to it. The box said ‘vacuum cleaner’‚ so automatically I knew it was meant for cleaning. I read the instruction manual
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