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    are entitled [The passive voice is a form of "be" (are) and a participle (entitled). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs tedious to read and officious. Try to use the active voice most often‚ e.g.‚ the student completed the

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    Women’s Equality and Finding Their Voices In each of the three texts‚ the married women look to find equality between their spouses as well as a voice in which they do not have in their outside communities. Mrs. Wright‚ a character whom never is shown to the reader struggles silently living with her controlling husband. Nora Helmer is a young mother longing to be her own woman and find her way. Like Nora and Mrs. Wright‚ Janie Crawford struggles to find her inner voice and fights for equality with her

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    Beloved is a novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–1865)‚ it is inspired by the story of an AfricanAmerican slave‚ Margaret Garner‚ who temporarily escaped slavery during 1856 in Kentucky by fleeing to Ohio‚ a free state. A posse arrived to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850‚ which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders. Margaret killed her two-year-old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured

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    L.P. Hartley and Sylvia Plath both use the first person narrative to evoke a sense of tragedy for their protagonists‚ however‚ with Leo‚ Hartley uses the first person narrative to allow the reader to understand the unfortunate event in the life of twelve year old Leo. Some may say that the first person narration of Leo is both more personal and detailed than that of Esther. The reader sees the sophisticated world of Brandham Hall‚ contrasted with the closeness of Leo’s relationship with his mother

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    adenoidal adjective if someone’s voice is adenoidal‚ some of the sound seems to come through their nose appealing adjective an appealing look‚ voice etc shows that you want help‚ approval‚ or agreement breathy adjective with loud breathing noises brittle adjective if you speak in a brittle voice‚ you sound as if you are about to cry croaky adjective if someone’s voice sounds croaky‚ they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat dead adjective if someone’s

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    "A chill goes through her‚ for she feels it in her bones‚ the future is now beginning. By the time it is over‚ it will be the past‚ and she doesn’t want to be the only one left to tell their story." Chapter 1‚ page 10 Dede feels this chill as her family moves inside from under the anacahuita tree‚ where they have been relaxing‚ after her father mistakenly mentions Trujillo’s name in an unfavorable way. For Dede in 1994‚ this is "the moment she has fixed in her memory as zero‚" when the events

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    The Capability of Sabila (Aloe Barbadensis) In Curing Burns and Scalds Life Science: Individual A Science Investigatory Project In Partial Fulfillment in Research II Of Marjelyn L. Tumaca Reseacher Ms. May Ann Dimaano Adviser Leuteboro National High School Leuteboro‚ Socorro‚ Oriental Mindoro June 9‚ 2009 ABSTRACT In this time of crisis‚ we face economic problems due to high cost of medicine. Other than these

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    This semester I am currently working with Patient Voices Network with another one of my colleagues. Patient Voices Network is a network that works by connecting interested volunteers that are a variety of different age groups and giving them a voice in health care. Health care partners are the facilities that can utilize these volunteers for their projects. The focus of the last student group to work on this project was to identify barriers to volunteering and engage the college population. Our focus

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    Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)‚ The What‚ Why‚ and the Competitive Advantage You may have heard about the VoIP project‚ or better yet‚ you may have received a new telephone with additional features and functionality. CITS has been working on upgrading and advancing the voice and data communication infrastructure and deploying new VoIP telephones. There will be nearly 1000 new VoIP enabled telephones in use in UMB schools and departments this fall. CITS will continue to roll-out these

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    writer‚ it is essential that you employ the right voice in your writing in order to connect with your readers and hold their attention. A little role-playing in your mind to access your target audience and set the scene in which you will speak to the reader is an effective way to find that voice. Here’s how: Get to Know Your Target Audience Identifying and understanding your intended audience enables you to find and convey the appropriate voice in your writing. How can you do this? Consider these

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