A STUDENT’S GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS Accumulation: The enumeration of words (attributes) having a similar meaning. ”The process is wasteful‚ dangerous‚ messy‚ and sometimes tragic.” Acronym: A single word‚ formed from the initial letters of other words (NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Act: The act is the major division of a drama/play‚ often divided further into scenes. Acting time: The acting time is the time from the beginning to the end of an episode or episodes in a fictional
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the bed. There was a form which he remembered never filling out. ‘Fox Courts Community Living Centre – Application Form for Foster Home.’ His first day at Fox Courts had been a sunny one. Jennifer Cormier‚ his carer‚ had shown him around the place. When she had dropped him off at his room‚ she had said to him ‘If ya ever need anything‚ gimme a shout yeah? It’s not easy adjusting‚’ before winking and leaving him to his thoughts. She had given him the form two days later and he had promised to fill
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July 15‚ 2013 Speech Communication I am what I am Have you ever heard about people who claim that they seem to exist in this world in different personality? In one place you’re defined as the one who loves to talk about anything except girl stuffs. Then later on in another place you would be the one to open the conversation that deals with these ‘girl stuffs.’ In one place people know you as someone who’s very conservative that don’t talk that much. But in another world you’re described
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NARRATIVE WRITING I realized he was only human when… It is our annual camping time of the year‚ 4 of us‚ James‚ Tom‚ Benjamin and myself will go camping at different campsites every year. It is to foster strong relationship and bond with one another. The campsite was as Woodsville marshlands‚ it is a quiet and calm forest covering an area of 200 hectares with certain areas of swamp‚ it is recommended for seasoned campers like us. We spent a week to gather our supplies that contain foodstuffs
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In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people--the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town‚ and in an aimless‚ petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter. No one had the guts to raise a riot‚ but if a European woman went through the bazaars alone somebody would probably spit betel juice over her dress. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever
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Brooks‚ M. "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up"; Paradise Café and Other Stories‚ Thistledown Press Ltd.; Saskatoon‚ Saskatchewan; 1988 Martha Brooks’ short story called "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" is about a 14-year-old junior high student‚ Andrew‚ who has to take the public bus to his orthodontic appointment every third Thursday of the month. After this particular appointment‚ for which he was late‚ he got sick on the bus on the way home. A man that he’d seen on the bus a lot of times before
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has been deeply missed since the day she died in 2010. I remember the day it happened like it was yesterday. I came into the house while my mom was on the phone with my aunt. I could sense the tension in my mother’s voice as she received the horrid news. This was no surprise because my grandma had been extremely sick for a while‚ but I was still shocked because now it was real. I went into my room and turned up some music to try and escape from reality. I couldn’t take all the sorrow and the tears
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Perhaps the best way to approach this essay would be to first differentiate between the statements. "I think therefore I am" is a translation from Rene Descartes’ original French statement‚ "Je pense‚ donc je suis" or as it is more famously known in Latin‚ "cogito ergo sum". This famous quote effectively refers to Descartes’ belief that since we know that a thinking process and thoughts are present‚ then it only concurs that there should be a thinking thing‚ or an existing self‚ for these thoughts
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What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then The books Love and War by John and Stasi Eldridge and The Mystery of Marriage by Mike Mason were hard books to read‚ not because of the writing style itself (although the writing style of the latter was harder to read than the writing style of the former)‚ but because they really made me stop and think about my failed marriage and brought to light some hard truths about myself. In the
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Being Heard Being heard is something important because it gives your audience a chance to see different sides of yourself. Being heard could do as little as make someone feel content or very important. Listening to one another could be very useful in that we obtain information‚ understand‚ listen for enjoyment and last but not least learn. In a recent article that I’ve read‚ “Talking a stranger through the night” by Sherry Amatenstein‚ a great portion of the message that she sends out‚ has all
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