A HOUSE ON FIRE It was the month of October. The weather was delightfully cool. I was sleeping soundly. All of sudden‚ I was disturbed in my sleep by loud cries of ‘fire ‚fire’. I sprang out of window. I was people with pails and buckets‚ running out of the burning house. On enquiry‚ I learnt that the palatial double-storeyed house of my neighbour‚ Mr. Sharma ‚ was on fire. I ran downstairs with a bucket. I no time‚ I reached the place of occurrence. It was a heart-rending sight. The newly-built
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Fire prevention is a term being heard more and more today in America. It is starting to become a standard in today’s fire departments. Fire has the ability to keep us warm and also has the ability to make us homeless. As we grow as community and the technology changes‚ Fire Prevention needs to be made more of a necessity in our homes today. More homes are being built out of lighter material along with being built closer and closer together. Each can lead to extreme destruction‚ homes being lost
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Fire and Ice written by Robert Frost uses three figures of speech. It uses alliteration‚ anaphora‚ and paradox. Alliteration is the use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Alliteration is used in the lines “Some say the world will end in fire‚ some say in ice (Frost‚ lines 1 and 2)”‚ and “I hold with those who favor fire (Frost‚ line 4).” Alliteration is used by repetition of "S" in some and say. It is used in the "H" in hold and the "H" sound in “who”
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destination in the UK‚ I have chosen to do London. I chose London because it is the Capital City of England and because of its enormous range attractions to see and things to do such as see the London dungeons to go on the London eye‚ it attracts hundreds of thousands of people. Tourist Generating Areas (TGA) These are areas of the world where people originate from and go on holiday else where‚ such as London‚ USA and Japan. The figures of tourists coming to London in 2002 are as follows In my assignment
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“London” by William Blake has a lot of symbolism but it also has theme and tone. The tone of this poem it could be a sad and angry tone but also biblical. The speaker has a very negative view about London but is also offering a prophesy of the terrible consequences that this city is going to experience unless changes are made. In other words Blake wants to let the reader know that death is all over London. There is no doubt that this poem has a lot of tone and attitude because in the lines "the Chimney-sweeper’s
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FIRE What is fire? For a fire to occur‚ three elements need to be present; 1. Heat 2. Fuel 3. Oxygen The three elements are normally described as the triangle of fire and if the three elements come together‚ a potential fire will occur. Oxygen is generally always present; the other two elements vary depending on the environment. In a working environment fuel is present in four types of groups: Solid fuel Liquid fuel Electrical Gaseous Paper Alcohol gel Computers Propane Cardboard Oils Televisions
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Scientists have studied forests and fires to determine the secret of Nature’s success in attaining this necessary balance. They have learned that a "natural" fire results from a certain fuel condition. Some forest types produce and accumulate fuels faster than others; some decompose fuels more readily than others. However‚ at some point in time‚ every forest type has fuel of the right quantity and quality for that forest to be "ready" to burn. In the past‚ forest fires would benefit the whole forest
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Abdul Kalam popularly known as people’s president. “Wings of fire” is one such autobiography of a person who had the courage to dream big and the passion to keep striving till they are achieved. The book gives best insight about the life of a small town boy who dreamt to make India strong and prosperous – a DEVELOPED Nation and gave us “Vision 2020”. The book is a journey of dreams‚ hopes‚ successes and failures. The life of this great personality was none different than the normal person‚ only
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Mercury Reader said‚ “ London is one of the world’s top tourist attractions‚ it attracts up to 15 million people each year” (Dearsley 1). London is a tourist attraction located in England which has a variety of places to see and history behind them. London’s attractions that are most visited each year are London Eye‚ Tower of London‚ and the Buckingham Palace. The London Eye is the first place that is most visited each year. There are numerous facts to the London Eye. The London Eye is 443 feet high
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vulnerable. On Sunday evening‚ October 8‚ 1871‚ just after nine o’clock‚ a fire broke out in the barn behind the home of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary at 13 DeKoven Street. How the fire started is still unknown today‚ but an O’Leary cow often gets the credit. The firefighters‚ exhausted from fighting a large fire the day before‚ were first sent to the wrong neighborhood. When they finally arrived at the O’Leary’s‚ they found the fire raging out of control. The blaze quickly spread east and north. Wooden
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