government‚ I fully agree that the SPM examination does more harm than good. The low standard of one of the most important subject in the world‚ English which is without a doubt the actual universal language is insulting and ridiculous. The standard of the questoins asked in the examinations are fixed easily by the ministry so that students from rural areas who are struggling with the language can atleast pass the subject. Approximately 375 million people speak English as their first language and 470
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Writing an English Essay Planning out and writing an English essay certainly is quite difficult to achieve in 50 minutes. Here are some tips and the essay outline to help out with the planning part ☺ When you first look at the question + Intro • Be sure to look at both questions and evaluate: which is the one that is easier/more familiar to me? Can I find a definite theme for me to argue about as well as determining a measurement for the terms? Then choose the question • If the question is a
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literacy and language. The writer Helen Keller wrote The Day Language Came into My Life‚ an essay where she tells the reader her experience with how she learned how to speak‚ read and write even though she is blind and deaf. Amy Tan wrote Mother Tongue‚ an essay where she talks about the trouble of speaking English as an immigrant in a new country. Frederick Douglass wrote Learning to Read and Write‚ an essay where he talks about becoming literate during a time when slaves were not allowed to read
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Jaimes Alfredo The English Patient The English Patient is a novel written in 1992 by Sri Lankan-Canadian Michael Ondaatje‚ whose novel won the Booker Prize for best novel of 1992 and was adapted into an award-winning film in 1996. This book was written in a non-linear narrative‚ so that it provides the reader a different way to go through the reading of a novel‚ and which sometimes creates dynamism in the novel narrative‚ but also it could create confusion in the reader. «The story tells about
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Why? Why are you in that? Why are you in Honors English? Having been asked this question a lot‚ I have had a lot of time to contemplate my answer and to put forth my answer. I am in Honors English to become a better person. I want to grow as an English scholar and to reach my full potential because I know that I can always achieve more education and to start achieving the necessary expertise I need‚ I have to take one step at a time and a great starting place is in high level honors classes. Who
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English Placement Assessment Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment Arlene M. Dunmyer Allied American University June 24‚ 2014 Author Note This paper was prepared on June 24‚ 2014 for English Placement Assessment‚ Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment April 30‚ 2011 will be a date forever forged into my memory. This date of the resolution to a long tragic story. The characters of the story are all members of my family and no one member suffered
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English Essay Notes! Intro: Drugs is a very big problem in the world many deaths are caused by taking drugs‚ over dosing and suicide. In this essay i will highlight the arguments for and against drugs and state my own opinion. Drugs are a very big problem in the world. Everywhere you look people are affected by them but even though they are common it doesn’t make them harmless.A drug is a chemical which is taken into your body if you are in pain or have an ilness which is legal‚ but other drugs
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Final Exam Essay My English teacher during my senior year of high school constantly preached‚ “You guys better listen up and work hard because high school writing is easy compared to college writing.” When I heard this I thought ‘great‚ I already dread writing and think it is challenging‚ now it is going to be even more intense in college.’ As I picked my classes for the second semester of this year‚ I knew I had to pick English 101 and I was not looking forward to it at all. I was a pretty decent
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Who doesn’t have a cell phone these days? The amazing thing about cell phones is that they are no longer just used for calling or texting. They have become an indispensable multi-tool wonder. Today’s cell phone is cutting-edge technology at your fingertips. With this in mind‚ should students be permitted to use cell phones in school? I believe they should not just be permitted to use cell phones; they should be required to use them. Cell phones don’t just allow students to stay connected with family
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Gloria Lopez 5th period 19 Nov 2014 2nd English Essay My sister is going to be a freshman next year. People compare us all the time. When they meet her‚ however‚ the find out that she’s actually completely different from me. I am more obsequious‚ while she is often more brazen and jejune‚ and not in a particularly good way. My sister is sporadically vocal about her feelings‚ or generally more vocal about things that I wouldn’t say aloud‚ whereas I’m more taciturn‚ albeit I’m gradually starting to
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