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    Should video games be a sport Should video games be a sport it is not a new subject in high school. And do i thank video games should be a sport yes it should be a sport but in some schools they don’t say it should be a sport. Throw out history it will grow into the minds of the kids and they will try and get it to be a sport. Schools should let videogames be a sport. For kids that don’t like to play contact sports‚ they would get another chance to play.Schools should let videogames be a sport because

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    Elizabethan Poetry

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    Drama was the chief literary glory of the Elizabethan age. In the beginning‚ these dramas were not so well- written‚ though the comedies were better than the tragedies. Ralph Roister Doister is taken as the first regular English comedy. It was a kind of farce in rough verse written by Nicholas Udall. Another comedy was Gammer Gurton’s Needle acted at Cambridge University in 1566. Lyly improved the comedy in his prose comedy Compaspe and Edimion.       Gorboduc‚ written by Thomas Norton and Thomas

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    good at video games? Do you agree that is should be a actual sport? If yes‚ Then you agree that video games should be a sport.. When playing timed puzzle games it will increase the players focus. Gaming involes a lot of things like‚ eye hand cordination‚ muscle memory‚ focus‚ and teamwork. A lot of people Think this shouldn’t be a sport because you’re sitting on a couch or a chair. yet there are motion sensor devices that can track your moves‚ and it even works on a lot of games. Products

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    Elizabethan Sonneteers

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    Elizabethan Sonneteers Like some other literary genres the sonnet in England was imported from abroad. Most probably it was originated in Italy in the 13th century with Dante who wrote a number of sonnets to his beloved named Beatrice. A sonnet is according to M.H. Abrahm‚ “A lyric poem of fourteen lines that has a specific rhyme scheme written in iambic pentameter.” The flowering of the sonnet came with Petrarch‚ a generation later. It was Wyatt who introduced the sonnet in England. He wrote

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    Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like

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    Elizabethan Drama

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    Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama From Elizabethan Drama. Janet Spens. London: Metheun & Co. Of the three types of plays recognized in the Shakespeare First Folio -- Comedies‚ Histories‚ and Tragedies -- the last has been the most discussed annd is clearest in outline. 1. Tragedy must end in some tremendous catastrophe involving in Elizabethan practice the death of the principal character. 2. The catastrophe must not be the result of mere accident‚ but must be brought about by some essential

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    How Witches Were Misunderstood during the Elizabethan Era Witches‚ during the Elizabethan Era were a dangerous‚ evil menace to society that made pacts with the devil and had supernatural powers that were used to commit unspeakable crimes against humanity. Witches were held responsible for sudden deaths‚ illnesses or accidents. The public hated the witches for these calamities that the witches had no knowledge of or control over. Many times they were burned at the stake or drowned. Witches were

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    English examination paper Summary of "Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy" The Prime Minister David Cameron wants sports in a new primary school. He thinks it is the Governments job‚ after the The Olympics in London 2012‚ to give inspiration to more competitive sport in the schools. He means that how the primary school are now it has to many rules and no recognisable sport like you see in the Olympics. He is working on a new Physical Education programme for

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    different sections‚ each representing different era of the British history. The sections were the Elizabethan era‚ the Jacobean era‚ the Georgian era‚ the Victorian era and the modern era. The staff was also dressed according to the era they’ve been in. It felt so realistic that in every section I felt like I really was literally back in the time. * ------------------------------------------------- The best part – eating! In the Elizabethan era section the dishes were mostly desserts‚ which

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    Elizabethan Gender Roles

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    Gender Roles: Shakespearean and Modern During the Elizabethan times‚ there were many issues facing common people and William Shakespeare. An important issue that played a part in everyday life for Elizabethans‚ whether rich or poor‚ was the difference between men and women. Gender roles have been debated throughout history and are changing everyday. Although modern American gender roles are much more defined and different than Elizabethan times‚ if Shakespeare were to live today‚ his writing

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