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    Greasy Lake

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    Smells Like Teen Spirit: An analysis of the characters in T. C. Boyle’s Greasy Lake Three nineteen year-old boys drunk with alcohol and high on life on the third night of summer back from college are looking for a place to let loose and be themselves. They make the drive past the strip and into a place where there the “trees crowding the asphalt in a black unbroken wall” (Boyle 125). It was a place of muddy and murky waters where broken glass bottles‚ beer cans‚ and charred bonfire remains were

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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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    intertwined with human nature. In the story "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time‚ the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness‚ but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing‚ Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter. The lake itself plays a major role throughout the story

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    lake district

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    LAKE DISTRICT Source: (Google maps) PRESENTER: MJ WONG History of Lake District: * Lake District is famous for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and Lake Poets. * Historically‚ Lake District shared by the counties of Cumberland‚ Westmorland and Lancashire. Location: * Lake District is located in north west England‚ it lies entirely within the modern country of Cumbria. ATTRACTIONS: 1) NATIONAL PARK 2) BLACKWELL: THE ARTS

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    Anna and her Best friend Jess go camping at Lake Moogerah for the weekend. They’ve been best friends since they were about 3 months old as their parents were good friends growing up and the girls are now 15. There bond is stronger than ever now and this camping trip will only bring them closer. As the sun starts to go down Anna and Jess have an argument about who’s having a shower first at the camping grounds. The day had been quiet hot and they were sweaty and exhausted. All they wanted to do was

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    Narrative and Descriptive

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    Narrative and Descriptive Essay The purpose between a narrative and descriptive essay differ from each other because of how you want to convey the story and how to accomplish the purpose. In How to Say Nothing in 500 Words‚ by Paul McHenry Roberts‚ the intended audience is for students and writers‚ and in Once More to the Lake‚ by E. B. White‚ it is for readers who had experience with sharing a moment with their loved ones‚ which both stories accomplish a specific audience. Other similarities between

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    observations using behavioural categories. Content analyses can also collect quantitative data. These data can be interpreted fairly easily with averages‚ measures of dispersion and graphs (pages 52–53) and are typically objective. Qualitative data are descriptive‚ e.g. answers to open questions from self-reports (page 41) and detailed findings from observations and content analyses. They are harder to analyse as you need to look for

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    Lake Baikail

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    Lake Baikal is the largest fresh water lake and the deepest lake on the planet. This lake is located in the south-eastern part of Siberia. To the Russians Lake Baikal is spelled Ozero Bayka. Baikal is is a word from the Turk language. The meaning behind the name of the lake is wealthy lake. The word “bai” means “wealthy” and “kul” means “lake”. This lake is one of the most beautiful places in the world; it is home to 1‚085 species of plants and 1‚550 different species. Baikal is very old roughly

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    then finally finish off the trip with yet another little green cab. But it wasn’t over yet. The cab ride was about an hour‚ give or take. Under normal circumstances it might take maybe two hours‚ but in Mexico‚ where there is no paved road‚ there is no speed limit. Instead‚ the driver‚ well-acquainted with the winding‚ deadly path‚ would drive his little stick-shift car at about 60 or 70 miles per hour. As many times as I have taken that trip‚ I am still to this day afraid that something could

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    Crater Lake

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    Carter Lake is a stunningly scenic lake located in Oregon United States. It occupies 183‚224 acres as a national park the lake itself covers a 21 square mile area and is 594 meters deep. It has wide marine flora and fauna diversity. Around the lake unusual plant species are also found such as botrychium pumicola‚ mosses‚ western anemones‚ dozen types of cone bearing species of trees‚ shrubs like mountain ash and others. There are many types of different vegetation as you walk around Carter Lake National

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