Voice of Democracy Speech Hour 5 Madeline Kinney PRE-AP LA10 10/25/12 An old‚ fragile woman sits on a park bench while she takes a short break from her afternoon stroll. It is warm and shady where she sits. Large trees and beautiful memorials surround her. Off in the distance‚ there are tall‚ admirable buildings‚ one of which is the Supreme Court Building. This is a building that the women knew very well‚ since she was the first woman ever in American history to be appointed as a Supreme
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February 1st 1994‚ a hero was born. Though to some he is no hero‚ if you look past his music and into his heart‚ I believe you will be proven wrong. This young man has saved‚ inspired‚ and enriched millions of lives. This man’s name is Harry Styles. I believe Harry is a hero for various reasons. Firstly‚ he is very generous. During his trip to L.A. in 2012‚ he bought 2-3 thousand dollars worth of pizza and handed it out to the homeless. Also‚ during his trip to Ghana early 2013‚ he bought vaccines
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people would rather watch a movie than read a book: It doesn’t take as much time and you get to the point a lot quicker. In the case of the Harry Potter books and the Harry Potter movies‚ the books definitely win the award for being better. Reading a book gives you so much more detail on the story or subject‚ and you can let your mind and imagination wander. The Harry Potter books have no problem keeping me entertained for hours at a time along with millions of others. Don’t get me wrong‚ I’m not saying
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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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a major theme in the Harry Potter series‚ mainly The Deathly Hallows. More characters die in this novel and there is more mention of death than in any other Harry Potter book. Through Rowling’s process of portraying murders‚ we come to the realization of the theme of death in her series of novels. Evidence through multiple accounts of encounters with the actual face of death put Harry Potter in a position of taking a stand against the common villain. Rowling shows how Harry learns to deal with the
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Successful writers create a voice with which we can identify. The novel Atonement by Ian McEwan is about a girl named Briony Tallis and the false accusation she made against Robbie Turner. It then follows the consequences to all their lives that this accusation had. I partially agree with the statement ‘Successful writers create a voice with which we can identify.’ Partially‚ because we can’t identify with Briony after what she does‚ but we can identify with Robbie and Cecilia Tallis as we respond
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________ Harry S. Truman _____Report By Clarisse Castaneda. Truman was born in Lamar‚Missouri in May 8‚ 1884. His parents names were John and Martha Truman‚ He also had brother named Vivian and a sister Mary Jane. to Independence a country-seat town which was ten miles east of Kansas city. Harry’s childhood and young adulthood were at times quite trying. He worked really hard to make friends‚ but was very shy and uncomfortable
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The Life of Harry Houdini My book report is about the life of Harry Houdini who was born on March 24th 1874. In Budapest to Mayer Samuel Weiss and Cecilia Weiss. Houdini’s father who started out as a lawyer but ran into issue’s because he couldn’t practice law in his native city because. He was a Jew. Houdini also had 4 other brothers. Nathan William Theodore and Herman which was the oldest son from a previous marriage but Houdini would have another brother Leopold and a sister Gladys born in the
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Voice Plagiarism Plagiarism is the purloining and publication of another author’s language‚ thoughts‚ ideas or expressions‚ and the representation of them as one’s own original work. The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal‚ emerged in Europe only in the 18th century‚ particularly with the Romantic Movement. This concept for artist is to “copy the masters as closely as possible” and avoid unnecessary invention In the 18th century in the sectors of academy and
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR The Passive Voice THE PASSIVE VOICE INTRODUCTION The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. The subject of the active verb becomes the ‘agent’ of the passive verb. The agent is very often not mentioned. When it is mentioned it is preceded by by and placed at the end of the clause. Active: My grandfather planted this tree. Passive: This tree was planted by my
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