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    Task: Describe the place you like the most Purpose: - language: informal - content: describe Audience: My classmates. OUTLINING Topic sentence: On the last summer‚ I have visited my friend in Singapore. I deeply impressed by her house Body: 1 – Geogarphy • North of Singapore • On the Elizabeth street • Next to the Tracy shop. 2 – Total area and first floor • 1500sq • a living room 3 – Second

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    English 132 1 April 2012 “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Briens “How to Tell a True War Story”‚ is a compilation of war stories and some experiences that men have had while away from home‚ at war during a battle. The theme of O’Briens short story is to always look at the positive side of all things that may happen in one’s life. There is a positive side in every single action that takes place in people’s lives. O’Brien tries to explain a war story as best as he can but‚ most believe that to actually

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    do sports. After finding out that I couldn’t play sports until I was in seventh grade I got kind of mad but waited it out and when the first day of school started so did my volleyball try outs. I came to school not excited‚ for the first time in my life‚ to being going back to school but because I was going to be on the volleyball team. I mean I hadn’t made the team but I wasn’t thinking about that. I just told myself that I was going to make the team and then when volleyball was over I was going

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    The Most Vital Thing in Life Vs A Poison T. The Perrine’s Literature structure‚ sound & sense define poetry‚ “Poetry as a kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than doe’s ordinary language”. Some of the cases poetry tries to teach‚ or deliver messages‚ which can be advice before we do something in which we can’t regreate what we did in the past making the poem fail. According to Perrine’s a poem fail if a poem is sentimental‚ rhetorical and didactic. In this case‚

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    by Tim O’Brien shows how the soldiers are themselves and can also be serious. O’Brien also sees how Vietnam changes the soldiers and how they see the world now. There will be people that will ask if it’s true or not true they can asks what happened. There can be different ways to tell a story but they can ask what happen. O’Brien would know which story he really believes. O’Brien will give use by looking at Rat’s point of view‚ and Sanders point of view of Lemon death and how Rat copes with a letter

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    always been the most important facet of my life. I never knew how important they were until I moved away. I have been away from my family for close to three years now‚ particularly my mother‚ and it is hard being all alone out here. It is a tough experience from being a “mama’s boy” to only seeing her twice a year‚ if I’m lucky. When you’re forced to be on your own at such a young age you learn how valuable the small things are. However‚ you have to take the good with the bad‚ and I have learned

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    Chapter 1 Question 1: What are the qualities of a "gentleman"? Work with your partner and complete the following web-chart by listing the qualities of a gentleman. Answer 1: Question 2: Based on your discussion above‚ what do you think the story is about? * ________________________________________________ * ________________________________________________ Answer 2: The story could be about whether the protagonists are truly gentlemanly or not‚ based on the qualities listed above

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    Who is the most influential person in your life? Influence can give a person a whole new perspective of life. No matter what stage in life people are they are subjected to influences. Throughout life we tend to meet good and bad influences. A persons influence on how he/she perceives life will stay with them for the rest of his/her life. Influence in one’s environment impacts his or her personality. Throughout my life‚ there has been many good influential people guiding me. This frequently

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    For many people the most meaningful experience of their lives is well defined‚ clear and concise. One given occurrence‚ at a given time and in a clear setting can change the meaning of life for a person. One late night I sat down in a quiet room in my house to think about my personal experiences‚ the only sound in the house came from an old mantel clock‚ which I like to keep wound and on time. I very much enjoy listening to the rhythmic tic-tock‚ and I regard it as a remainder of our time here on

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    In the essay‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien tells several stories of war to illustrate to his readers the criteria for truth in storytelling. O’Brien offers his readers a guide to telling and determining war stories that are true‚ for the author‚ true does not necessarily mean actual or real. Instead‚ O’Brien tells us what a true war story is‚ but his requirements are not always clear precise—a true war story “never seems to end‚” (O’Brien 273) “embarrasses you‚” (270) “are contradictory

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