Kyle Jordan: English 9 – Chapter 19 Descriptive Writing: Create a Monster Descriptive Essay: 1. You will generate a list of 10 characteristics common to monsters. 2. You will plan and write a descriptive essay on a monster you create including the following: what the monster looks like‚ what the monster eats‚ where the monster lives‚ what the monsters personality is like. 3. You will identify‚ interpret‚ and create sensory descriptions‚ also called imagery. Repulsive looks‚ incongruous
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I absently look at the time on my watch‚ “Sure. I’ll meet you around eight or so. Stub and Herbs?” “Stay strong‚” he salutes with a fist. “Army strong‚ Sergeant‚” I smile and continue walking toward the Arby’s down the street. I check the time on my phone‚ class started fifteen minutes ago. May as well make a few bucks to get by‚ I shrug. I cross the Arby’s parking lot and walk next door where a gaggle of crackheads‚ homeless and welfare check recipients all chain smoke in front of the small
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Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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George Wing Instructor: Abby Wolford English 101-004W June 12‚ 2013 Cramer Lakes The Cramer Lakes are nestled six miles up a gentle incline from Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho. The jagged‚ irregular peaks of the ridges surrounding the lakes form the horizon. Mt Cramer towers over the rest at an elevation of 10‚715 feet‚ the second highest mountain in the range. Each of the three lakes has a short outflow into the next‚ eventually reaching the South fork of the Payette River
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perspectives are represented by the composer in a way that conveys their personal opinion with the aim to influence their responder’s perspective of the issues and themes presented‚ not in an unbiased and even-handed manner. This is evident within both Snow Falling on Cedars written by David Guterson and the 2008 film Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood within which the negative and ongoing impact of racial tension and prejudice is shown‚ and the differing perspectives and understanding of human values is explored
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love A character that refuses to dominate anyone and offers himself to any person from his humble nature is a faithful servant of the world and all who belongs to it. I don’t think I have to explain what the historical context was in 1940‚ but is the filming year of The Great Dictator‚ one of the masterpieces of Charles Chaplin. We have seen‚ throughout history‚ that in difficult and tragic times‚ great personalities rise and bring out the best of themselves in order to give a lesson to the most
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English 111 A 10/7/12 Imagine if you had a dreadful disease that took away your memory and you could no longer remember familiar people‚ places or events. This is what is happening to my Grandma. She has been diagnosed with vascular dementia and it has been detrimental to her life and her mind‚ and I hate to think about what it will do to her in the future. She is 80 years old and is still able to live alone‚ however her son lives across the road from her. Other than having dementia‚ she is
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Evelyn Blackwood’s 2010 ethnography Falling into the Lesbi World is worthwhile read for any interested in gender and sexuality studies in Indonesia. It takes a complex look at the understandings of lesbi desire‚ tomboi gender expression‚ kinship loyalty‚ and the nuances of adherence and defiance to hegemonic sex/gender systems. Despite some limitations‚ Blackwood manages to illustrate an elaborate network clearly‚ displaying a valuable knowledge of the linguistic practices of the lesbi she studied
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Love For some people love is a complete devotion and endless adoration‚ for others is a temporary feeling that will disappear in time. For some people it is a fairy-tale and for others it is a dream come true. Some people say love is once-in-a lifetime thing and others believe that after one love comes another. The more you think about what love is the more you get closer to the true meaning of this feeling- the more you realize that the definition of love is probably your own‚ unique and sincere
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Love is an incredibly powerful word. But what exactly is love? According to Webster‚ Love is “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties” or “warm attachment‚ enthusiasm‚ or devotion.” But is something so overwhelming really as simple as these definitions make it appear to be? No‚ love is an extremely complex word that can’t be summed up into a few short sentences. Though love isn’t effortless‚ “true” love is gained by practicing numerous virtues that include trust‚
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