Augustus Waters from the book‚ The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ can be described as thoughtful. First‚ he is thoughtful of other’s feelings. For example‚ when Isaac’s girlfriend dumps him because he is going blind‚ Augustus invites him over to his house to talk and play the video game of Augustus’s favorite character‚ Max Mayhem. Shortly‚ he listens to Isaac cry and rants about Monica‚ his ex‚ breaking their promise to always stay together‚ and he then lets Isaac get his anger out by destroying
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This familiar anthem The Star Spangled Banner is America’s long-standing and unchanging tradition that is played at every sporting events nationwide‚ school events‚ assemblies‚ Independence Day events‚ etc. It was invented when the U.S entered World War 1 by a man named Francis Scott Key who gave his poem to his brother‚ who noted that key’s poem fit the melody of The Anacreontic Song. It started out playing at the World Series game in 1918‚ where from that point in time it has been playing every
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Five-Point Linguistic Star: A Linguistic Approach Ashly Paul Grand Canyon University: ESL-533 Wednesday 17th September 2014 Five-Point Linguistic Star: A Linguistic Approach We’ve allowed a natural approach to language instruction to dominate our schools‚ hoping our English learners “will just figure it out.” (SCOE‚ 2009) This approach suggested by Kevin Clark proposes that teachers explicitly teach ELL by giving them a set of skills. Teacher will have to teach students not just vocabulary‚ but
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He was Khan in film star trek into darkness. He was Sherlock Holmes BBC drama Sherlock. Time magazine put him on its cover on October ‚2013. The person is Benedict Cumberbatch. A lot of people ‚like me doesn’t know him until 2010‚he seems like overnight fame because of he play the role of Sherlock. I still remember my friend recommended it to me . As a reader who just like the original stories ‚i could not believe ‚the stories from victoria’ period can be brought to the modern TV drama .but
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In The Fault in Our Stars and All Those Things We Never Said alcohol consumption possesses a cultural connotation for the American culture. For instance‚ in the United States of America the legal age for alcohol consumption‚ acquisition and possession in all the fifty states in twenty-one years old . Whereas‚ in France the legal age for alcohol acquisition and possession is eighteen years old . Therefore‚ the distribution of alcoholic beverages to a minor is illicit in both nations. However‚ the
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Advertising killed the radio star summary page 1 Advertising Killed the Radio Star Summary Page 2 In this article Josh Sanburn is exploring the evolution and merging of commercials and popular music. Commercial music made $2.5 billion last year and aired during the most popular shows on television. This is much different than when commercials started as short‚ informative jingles. There was no way to mistake a commercial jingle for any song on the radio. In the 50’s and 60’s jingles morphed
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In Jon Green’s novel‚ The Fault In Our Stars I strongly agree that people with terminal illnesses can explore beauty in each other and can find connections just like healthy human beings. While hazel and Augustus think the cancer side effects are an imperfection‚ they both understand the beauty in each others imperfection and this lets them connect an a high level. Firstly I will discuss how Hazel and Augustus meet for the first time and when this happened‚ it was if they were made for each other
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“Twinkle‚ twinkle‚ little star….” The gentle afternoon breeze crooned outside the window‚ along with the melodious singing of a young woman. The voice was soft and delicate –as soft as the flitting of butterfly wings‚ as delicate as a mother’s touch. It echoed in the cool azure sky‚ almost like the shrine bell in the January sky‚ distance yet clear as it was being soothed by the cozy siesta breeze. The sunshine was being filtered through a canopy of leaves‚ warmth radiating through and into the
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In the immensity of the universe‚ Earth is an insignificant star but in this star‚ you can find mankind. It wasn’t doubted that humans are a kind of very strong living beings on the earth. Which thing can make humans achieve this successful circumstance? I think that their emotions and persistence support them to be done which is their goals. Just like me‚ when I’m a child‚ I don’t know these details because I like to do some interesting things I think but I never pay attention to end what is good
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Summer Reading Test: The Fault in Our Stars Directions: Select the best possible answer to each question. __B___ 1. As The Fault in Our Stars begins‚ the narrator‚ Hazel‚ states that depression “is not a side effect of cancer.” According to her‚ depression is actually a side effect of _________. a. smoking b. dying c. living d. loving e. laughing __C___ 2. Hazel talks about her new friend Gus having a harmartia. What is a hamartia? a. a bad habit b. a small disfigurement c. a tragic
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