Essay #1 Descriptive Essay 10/26/14 American Dream Right before I started high school we were building our very own customized house on the five acres my parents had just bought up on five mile prairie. I was definitely enjoying picking out the carpet and paint colors for my room and bathroom. It was 1996 when that house was finished and we moved into it. Everything was put together just as we’d asked and everything was brand new and untouched. I was a sophomore and my only concern was how much
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Ana Castillo Mrs. Elliott English 11 9 October 2012 Descriptive Essay: Tattoos Tattoos are created by inserting colored materials beneath the skins surface. The skin is penetrated with a sharp too. Today colored ink and an electric needle are the material and instrument of choice. Today the practice is popular with a vast cross section of the population. Within the United States‚ tattoos can be found on anybody from gang members to fashion models. The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word
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Descriptive Essay Loud explosions were popping off everywhere. Debris was flying up in the smoke covered sky. Gun shots where screaming from every direction whistling by my head‚ my adrenaline was pumping‚ I had to stay calm as machine guns fired off and grenades blowing up‚ you could hear grown men crying. As I ran for cover bullets ricocheted off my helmet; I knew I was in for it‚ but I could not stop I found a beautiful tree with green and brown leaves at the bottom was a bunch of bushes that
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Say? Free speech zones are designated places for public expression of one’s ideas‚ beliefs‚ or convictions regarding politics‚ religion‚ etc. primarily on college and university campuses. While colleges and universities have selected to incorporate these specific areas on their campuses for many years‚ not everyone supports the idea of the free speech zones. However‚ free speech zones are advantageous for a college campus. One advantageous reason for having a free speech zone on a college campus
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Descriptive Essay Example We all know college is hard; if it were easy‚ everyone would have a degree and no one would ever ask for help. But here at Crafton Hills College‚ tutors are available to help out students in any way‚ so that those who struggle can do well and be successful. These mentors don’t just lecture‚ they take the time to make sure students understand and comprehend what is being taught. Tutors are at hand for a variety of subjects‚ some have
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their surroundings. Mary Louise Pratt describes this as creating a contact zone where parody‚ critique‚ and unseemly comparisons create social disruptions in which students are challenged. In her essay “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she proposes that classrooms should take up this style of educating. What would a contact zone in a classroom perform like? Out of all the elements that are capable of creating a contact zone‚ parody is one of the more familiar choices that would behave well in a classroom
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Descriptive Writing Structure 1. Setting (If you are describing a place‚ it is appropriate to set the general scene of location‚ surroundings‚ atmosphere‚ time of day‚ week‚ month‚ season‚ weather‚ temperature. Either time or distance can be used as the framework for a descriptive composition. Descriptive compositions must have some kind of framework to give them a shape and structure and logical progression to involve the reader.) 2. Positioning (The observe takes up a position with
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The concentric-zone model is based on concentric rings with specific characteristics in the metropolitan area. The first study of variation of crime was carried out around the 1920’s. Shaw and McKay learned that the crime rate is at the highest point in the center of the city. The crimes include delinquency acts‚ crimes that include adults‚ and infant mortality. The heart of the city had the most crime happen‚ but on the out skirts of the city it decreased. They thought that the delinquency problem
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The term "stabbed me in the back" is a recognized vernacular for someone who was betrayed. Well in my case I was "stabbed in the chest." I knew how my cousin Ann could be and somehow I was still shocked that she would hurt me how she did. She was my best friend from the time I was eight to that dreadful night she nearly had herself killed. It is during this time that she changed from the person I knew; the outspoken‚ rebellious‚ fearless woman that lived life to the fullest and took no prisoners
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Original Title: Descriptive Phrase The American Civil War Hurt and divided the nation in such a great number of ways. From the division of family‚ the horrifying conflicts‚ and the events that occurred throughout the course of the war‚ the effects on America were all the same‚ painful. The harsh division of family‚ brought on by the war led to hard personal conflicts making the war that much harder to fight. The many conflicts that happened over the course of the war led to great amounts of destruction
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