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    The Lesson – Roger McGough (1937-) General assignments  Paraphrase It’s about chaos in the classroom‚ and how to solve this. The teacher is using violence to control the students (swords and all) and The Head is supporting that. The writer tries to make this story funny‚ but still wants it to have a deeper meaning and make you think.  Meaning The meaning is that you shouldn’t use violence in the classroom (it isn’t a solution)‚ but you should be able to control a class.  Intentions The

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    followed several similar stories‚ often written in letter or diary form‚ about troubled youth. Since then‚ he has written or edited over 40 books and has sold over 5 million books throughout the world. Marsden portrays violence and evil without euphemisms. Best known‚ he has become the adventure series that begins with Tomorrow‚ When the War Began (1993)‚ about a group of Australian teenagers who are forced to form a guerrilla group to survive since their country has been invaded by an alien power

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    Brent Staples uses vivid language and rhetorical devices to express and convey the elements of fear‚ anger‚ and violence. We all make many decisions based on past experiences. That’s how we learn to avoid touching a hot stove burner for example. It’s also about how we learn to do things that bring us pleasure. So we all develop discriminating behavior‚ but when that discrimination is based purely on the color on that person’s skin‚ or his ethnicity‚ without knowing anything else about that person

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    Carl Jung's Individuation

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    plus hopes and dreams During periods of extreme stress that is associated with the early days of grief and bereavement‚ reality becomes non-existent and the self is forced into a strange land of rhetoric‚ words of comfort and often misunderstood euphemisms along with overpowering emotions that can evoke feelings of panic and terror . The spoken word cannot heal the brokenness and distress of those that are left behind and day to day living is often replaced by profound feelings of loss and sadness

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    Basic Notes on English

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    BASIC ENGLISH NOTES SENTENCE: A group of words which expresses a complete thought. A sentence must contain a subject and a finite verb. There are four types of sentences: (1).STATEMENTS (2). QUESTIONS (3). EXCLAMATIONS (5). COMMANDS (IMPERATIVES) Sentences can be classified as simple sentences‚ compound sentences‚ or complex sentences. A Sentence may be divided into a subject [ (who or what

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    Elizabeth Montelongo Mrs. Haag English 1302 07 March 2013 Title In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemmingway‚ a short conversation between a young woman and her significant other about her recent pregnancy and possible abortion are described. The young man‚ identified as the American‚ is the epitome of masculinity with his rugged portrayal and his apparent control over himself and the matters at hand. When confused‚ the American still feigns indifference and

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    Vintage Clothing

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    VINTAGE CLOTHING Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from previous era. The word “vintage” is copied from its use in wine terminologies‚ as a more elegant seeming euphemism for “old” clothes. Most vintage clothing has been previously worn‚ but a small percentage of pieces have not. Vintage does not only have to do with clothes‚ we have vintage house interior decorations‚ vintage cars‚ vintage beads and lots more. Vintage clothing is what that is in vogue

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    Animal Imagery in Othello

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    and his consistent desire to reduce men and their actions to that of beasts. 

 

"Ere I would say I would drown myself for the love of a guinea-hen‚ 

I would change my humanity with a baboon." (1.3.312-3) - Iago uses the derisory "guinea-hen"‚ a euphemism for a prostitute. 

"drown cats and blind puppies" (Iago 1.3.332-3) 

"[Othello] will be as tenderly led by the nose / As asses are." (Iago 

1.3.395-6) 

"with as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as 

Cassio" (Iago 2.1.165-6) 

"indeed

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    introduced‚ they think it can bring them many benefits and improve their living standards because they can get advanced goods from other countries. However‚ the fact contradicts their ideas. As Klein says‚ “the economic process that goes by the benign euphemism ‘globalization’ now reaches into every aspect of life‚ transforming every activity and natural resource into a measured and owned commodity”(197). Globalization means interaction and interconnection among nations facilitated by trade and investment

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    Robert Austin English 12 December 2011 Fuck-Boy “Shut up fuckboy‚” my best friend Rickey said to my irritating friend Brandon. As everyone was laughing at what Rickey was saying‚ Brandon was sitting in his chair with a stale look on his face. Then Brandon replied back by saying‚ “I’m far from being one of those.” Rickey just said‚ “Okay.” My friends like talking trash. They love calling each other a fuckboy which come from the word fuck. From the Dutch word for mocking‚ to scratching

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