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    Jane Doe Ms. X English I Honors 24 September 2013 The Glow of First Love: Color Imagery in Gary Soto’s “Oranges” The poem titled "Oranges" by Gary Soto is about the flush of first love and all the small‚ quiet gestures that create a love story. Throughout the three-stanza‚ fifty-six-line love poem‚ Soto paints all of the intricate gestures of first love with a palette of colors culminating in an image of fire representing the “warmth” generated by young‚ unsullied‚ innocent affection. Soto’s

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    Women Talk too much

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    Analysis of “Women Talk Too Much” In “Women Talk Too Much” Janet Holmes debunks the stereotype of the garrulous woman‚ which reflects sexist prejudice rather that objective reality (301). Holmes dispels the “language myth” that women talk too much. Holmes provides proverbs from different centuries‚ cultures‚ and countries to show that the perception that women talk more is a universal stereotype. Holmes provides research studies and facts to prove the amount of a talk depends. From this article

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    Daytime talk shows are certainly controversial there are those who find some of these types of show informational and helpful. There are others who view these shows as pointless and inappropriate. Daily viewers turn on there television and are bombarded with images of sex‚ drugs‚ and violence on some of the talk shows. The essay "Talk TV: Tunings into Trouble‚" written by Jeanne Albronda Heaton and Nana Leigh Wilson is about TV talk shows that are influencing many people. In their essay "Talk TV: Tuning

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    The term “talk story” originates from the Hawaiian pidgin language. This language developed throughout the 19th century when laborers from China‚ Portugal‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Russia‚ and several other countries came to conduct business on Hawaiian plantations. Since the plantations consisted of many different foreigners‚ a common language was needed. As a result‚ the Pidgin Hawaiian language evolved. These new immigrants adopted Hawaiian words and phrases. In an interview with Susan Brownmiller‚ Maxine

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    BREAD TALK GROUP (Bakery) Number of brands under Bread talk group ( bakery) 1) Bread talk 2) Toast Box 3) The icing room 4) Bread Society Macro- environment: * Economic: There is a rise in income for most middle and lower income earners‚ making the bread sold price inelastic as it is a smaller proportion of the salary earned. Bread talk will always enjoy a demand for their bakery products. * Demographic: There is an increase in Singapore’s Population (overcrowding) from

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    Do you believe onions buried underground are the cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to

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    Commentary for “Soldier’s Heart” Author‚ Gary Paulsen The book Soldier’s Heart‚ is based on a true story about a fifteen-year-old boy in Minnesota named‚ Charley Goddard‚ who lies about his age to join the First Volunteers of Minnesota to fight in the Civil War. Some of the events and time sequences are not completely factual‚ but the essential elements of the books story are true. Charley Goddard is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in the farming community of Winona‚ Minnesota‚ in 1861‚

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    The book “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a good book that should be read by kids that are interested in stories about challenges. It should mostly be read by middle school students. It takes place in El Paso Texas‚ a dry and hot area near canyons. Brennan Cole‚ an older boy in highschool goes camping in the canyons and finds a skull and takes it home. The skull is getting to Brennan and is bothering him so he decides to do something about it and goes to Mr. Homesley‚ his biology teacher‚ for

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    In the novel Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt‚ a possible theme could be that one will occur multiple conflicts and will have to overcome them to continue life. In the novel‚ Franklin’s father was “sitting alone in the bay window” with “no work” on his desk and his pipe was “cold and unsmoked” (Schmidt 143). In the following days after Franklin’s desk‚ Henry’s father is not overcoming his son’s death and will not continue on with his normal life. This quote relates to the theme because it shows that

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    Video Analysis: Ted Talk

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    I never knew what Ted Talk was before this class. I was amazed of how many short but very power presentations they have. Almost all of their speakers are well knowledgeable about the topics they presenting‚ and they all have personal experiences related to their topics. All the presenters used different techniques to keep their audience engaged in their topics. Some were asking their audience questions. Others were showing images to keep their full attention. It is very hard to keep someone’s full

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