r b Sign In Sell Your Art Top of Form Bottom of Form etchagirl › Portfolio › Wake Up Call (a ghost story in about 500 words) Wake Up Call (a ghost story in about 500 words) The lake closed over her nose and mouth as Sara sucked in a lung-full of cold‚ black water. On her next breath‚ she opened her eyes and saw the red LCD shining: 12:02 AM. Again. Three nights in a row‚ same dream‚ same time. Sweat dripped from her hair and drenched her nightgown. Sara stumbled to the bathroom‚ turning
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Name: Janene A. Davison – sample outline . Pick Three Presentation Outline Topic Choice: My favorite sport: baseball Introduction Topic sentence previewing main ideas: Main Idea #1 My favorite sport is baseball. Though I’ve never played the sport I still have an appreciation for it because it brings my family together‚ there’s always a game to watch‚ and it’s a great form of entertainment. Support detail: It’s a family affair • • • Main Idea #2 Support detail: It’s played March-October
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Characteristics Of Effective Ghost Stories The ghost story genre is one that is very complex. Each ghost story can be told in a different way and still be effective. A ghost is a supernatural force. Supernatural themes are often associated with paranormal and occult ideas. Supernatural comes from the Latin word “supra” and means the above nature‚ anything above or beyond what holds to be natural and exists outside natural law and the observable neighborhood. Jamesian and Freud both developed
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Role Of The Ghost Of The Hamlet The ghost in the play Hamlet has great dramatic significance . The play opens and Hamlet ‚ the prince of Denmark is shown in mourning. He is wearing black clothes and the sad look on his face bears an evidence of grief he is feeling at the death of his father. His uncle Cladius succeeded his father. Soon after‚ Hamlet’s mother (Queen Gertrude) married Claudius. Hamlet hated Claudius because he (Claudius)
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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde is a hilarious and playful look at the spirit world. It takes place in an 1800 British Castle‚ known as Canterville Chase. Residents in the area think a ghost haunts the castle. The story has an unexpected ending as Mr. Simon’s ghost eventually befriends Virginia‚ the daughter of the owners of Canterville Chase. An American minister and his family live at the castle. These people especially the father‚ Mr. Otis‚ do not believe in ghosts. The twins play all
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Ghost Multicasting allows one computer‚ the Ghost Server‚ to download a Ghost image from the Server and then redirects the image to other workstations‚ the Ghost Clients‚ through the use of TCP/IP settings over the network. The main advantage of Ghost Multicasting is that the downloading time is extremely shortened as only one PC is downloading the image off the Server which dramatically reduces the risk of heavy network traffic. The only disadvantage is that the PC chosen to be the Ghost
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Recipe for a persuasive speech Ingredients: 2 x bold statements 5 x rhetorical questions 3 x strong‚ justified arguments 3 x facts/examples to support each argument 1 x backed-up counterargument for opposing views 20 x emotionally triggering words (at least) 1 x statement to challenge the audience Method: 1) Have a clear idea in your head of your opinion on the subject before you proceed in writing the speech. 2) Research to find examples to justify your opinion. An easy way to
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Unfinished Business: Ghosts and Spirits The average person may think of ghosts and spirits as something disguised in a white sheet with holes for eyes‚ a ragged figure dragging chains and moaning. In addition‚ something floating through the air and that can enter and exit rooms without the need to open doors. This is an example of the way ghosts and spirits are usually described in stories or depicted in movies. It has been said that ghosts and spirits are souls that cannot pass into the next world
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------------------------------------------------- Setting The story of the Canterville Ghost takes place in an old English country house‚ CantervilleChase‚ which has all the accoutrements of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscotting‚ the library paneled in black oak‚ and the armor in the hallway characterize the Gothic setting and help Wilde clash the Old World with the New. Typical of the style of the English Decadents‚ the gothic atmosphere reveals the author’s fascination
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The Ghost Dance In January 1889‚ Wavoka‚ a Paiute Indian‚ had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was the genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the Ghost Dance. It was this dance that the Indians believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. The legend states that after prayer and ceremony‚ the earth would shatter and let forth a great flood that would drown all the whites and enemy Indians‚ leaving the earth untouched and as it
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