OUR OWN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL‚ ABU DHABI GR.8‚ HISTORY NOTES TOPIC: REVOLT OF 1857 ❖ GREASED CARTRIDGES INCIDENT: 1. New rifle introduced-Enfield‚ cartridge covered with greased paper wrapper. 2. Sepoys had to bite off the cart.‚ before loading the cartridge into the rifle. (it had gunpowder and an iron ball) 3. News spread that the grease was made from fat of cows and pigs. 4. Hindus consider cows: sacred Muslims consider pigs: dirty
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Journey Essay By: Jordan White A journey is when one has experienced a dramatic transition in their life‚ which as a direct result has changed them physically‚ mentally or emotionally. Throughout Peter Skrzynecki’s poetry‚ he expresses all types of journeys during his childhood and how he‚ through very few words in his poems‚ dealt emotionally with these alterations. In the poems “Crossing the Red Sea”‚ “Immigrants at Central Station” and “Leaving Home” Skrzynecki explores the use of poetic
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Project in English (Collection of Poems with Poets) Submitted by: Khenno E. Abellana IV- Newton Submitted by: Mr. Omaña English IV Teacher Biography of Theodore Roethke Theodore Huebner Roethke was born in Saginaw‚ Michigan‚ the son of Otto Roethke and Helen Huebner‚ who‚ along with an uncle owned a local greenhouse. As a child‚ he spent much time in the greenhouse observing nature. Roethke grew up in Saginaw‚ attending Aurthur Hill High School‚ where he gave a speech on the Junior Red
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English 1 Rutendo Masasi Group L 28 March 2014 Thursday 12:20 Cam du Plessis These two stanzas are an introduction therefore they can be considered as a preparation for the reader‚ they prepare the reader for what is to come. This preparation is done through the effects of tone‚ atmosphere‚ setting and through the use of an elaborate stanza scheme. The first aspect‚ tone
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Angus Bills English 101-004 18/3/2013 Tameka Johnson “I honor Parkland’s core values by affirming that I have followed all academic integrity guidelines for this work.” Career Planning My ultimate dream job is to be a Fireman. There are many qualities a Fireman must embrace‚ and some of the crucial assets include: Critical thinking‚ active listening and complex problem solving. This field embraces respect from all members of the community‚ whilst they risk their lives everyday.
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In dramatic construction there must be variation of pace and rhythm‚ monotony of any kind being certain to induce boredom. Comparing at least two plays you have studied in the light of this statement‚ show how variations of pace and rhythm have been used to attract of heighten the interest of the audience. Within Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller s The Crucible variations of pace and rhythm are utilized in order to attract or heighten the attention of the audience. However
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Gothic Literature Comparative Essay In the movie ‘Coraline ‘ and the texts ‘The Red Room’‚ ‘The Yellow Wallpaper”’ and ‘Northanger Abbey’‚ there are many aspects of gothic literature present‚ gothic literature is used to create mystery and a sense of something odd to come. Coraline is a movie about a young girl who discovers a parallel universe in the new house she moved into‚ The Red Room is about a supposedly haunted room‚ Northanger Abbey is about a girl who is spending some time in an old
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Paul Nguyen Mr. Ostrovsky A3 ELA III 1st October‚ 2013 Bless Me‚ Ultima Essay In the novel of Bless Me‚ Ultima the young protagonist Antonio is pitted against many obstacles. Of the conflicts he encounters‚ his parents’ were one of the most influential. With the help of Ultima and much guidance‚ Antonio discovers that he must mediate for the Marez and Lunas. In the novel‚ Anaya uses the conflict between the Marez and Lunas to explain the struggle of Antonio and how he copes with them after
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present at that time have used reason and not emotion to solve moral decisions. It is not only reason which solves our problem but in a few situations emotions too are useful. For example let us imagine the problem which is now a major disaster in the world overpopulation. Simple reason to eradicate this or stop this is too reduce human population by killing them. Logical reasoning in this case proves to be wrong as it provokes the inner feelings of the humans that is the emotions of a person who is involved
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Personal Essay Tony Zheng “Statistics tells us that an average teenager spends an average of 4 hours on his or hers cell phone per day” (The Toronto Star). If I can change one thing in the world‚ I would choose the day I bought a cell phone. Cell phones do not only distracts students from their daily learning‚ but they are extremely harmful to the human body‚ expensive‚ makes us lazy and creates distance between parents and kids. Firstly‚ cell phones are a major distraction
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