Mohamed Hatab‚Ibraheem Sattour‚Rahim Fazil‚Tarik Ahroui Simple sentences‚compound sentences‚complex sentences‚compound complex sentences Simple sentence:Contains a subject a predicate‚and expresses a complete thought Ex.Some students like to study in the morning Identify the subject and predicate in these simple sentences Ex.1 1.Bill and Bob auditioned for the lead role in the play. 2.The kittens were adopted by the family. 3.Peanut butter
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Death Sentence There are many people in the world who given the right situation would take a life; for example if someone was trying to kill a person the person would defend themselves and if by accident the attacker is killed the victim would think it is alright that the person is dead. One less criminal in the world. But is it okay for a person to decided who lives and who dies? Is there any reason that justifies taking someone’s life? There is nothing‚ no reason that justifies taking someone’s
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Amusing Ourselves to Death Jordan Ammon 2027489 #2036 10/19/14 In today’s society‚ we are fed breaking news in a matter of seconds. We are limited to 140 characters on social media networks and we can literally listen to books instead of reading them. In Neil Postman’s book‚ “Amusing Ourselves to Death‚” Postman recognizes the potential harm of today’s electronic society. The main idea of Postman’s thinking is that the image-based media affect’s the quality of information
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The second amendment protects one of the most important rights that an American has‚ which is the right to keep and bear arms. However despite the second amendment clearly stating that “... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” we the people are constantly under the threat of having one of our essential and fundamental rights stripped from us by authoritarian leftists who continually minimize the rights of Americans. The original purpose of the second amendment
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Name : Model : 2 Title : An Amusing Incident I Witnessed Last Saturday‚ I witnessed an amusing incident as I was walking home. I stopped at the traffic lights‚ waiting for the green light for pedestrians to cross the road. It was quite a busy road and there was a long line of vehicles waiting to turn right. The car in front was a flashy orange sports car‚ being driven by a young man. There
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Dream Deferred”) by Langston Hughes has many similes and instances of personification. The poem’s first simile is a question about what happens to a dream that is put on hold: “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun”. This comparison suggest that just as a raisin loses its physical substance‚ so too does a dream deferred lose its meaning. The “dream” that Hughes probably has in mind here is for African Americans gaining equal rights. The poem’s third simile occurs in lines 5 and 6:“Does it stink like
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A Second Chance Ashford University A Second Chance Choosing to pursue a college a degree at the age of 33 I had prepared myself for obstacles like scheduling conflicts and how to balance five kids and school‚ I was not prepared for the fact that my past and my self-esteem would be the biggest obstacle in my way. I have started and stopped school more times then I care to count or admit. Every single time my reasons seemed good‚ from having a baby to my job‚ to not being able to give
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10 Mary St Essay In Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘10 Mary St’‚ the poet expresses a strong sense of belonging towards his family home and garden. The use of the first person perspective‚ enjambment‚ simile‚ metaphor and alliteration in describing everyday routines create vivid imagery of the family’s activities and reinforces the concept of belonging. The recount poem utilises effective images of the family’s daily routines‚ such as securing the house “each morning... like a well-oiled lock”. The concept
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literary devices to help portray a theme. One of the most common used literary devices is Simile. A simile is comparing two things using like or as to describe or explain a setting or action to better understand the story. Ray Bradbury uses simile numerous times in his novel Fahrenheit 451‚ which displays a dystopian society set in the distant future All things considered‚ Ray Bradbury demonstrates the use of simile many times in his novel Fahrenheit 451. This example
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1.Meaning of bombastic (adjective) pompous; wordy; turgid; inflated; exaggerated Example The bombastic woman talks a lot about herself. 2.Meaning of mettlesome (adjective) courageous; brave; fearless Example Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy‚ and the effect - I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day - was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks. 3.Meaning of obtrusive (adjective) thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence; invasive
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