“My Country” Persuasive Speech Have you ever wondered about what it means to be a ‘True’ Australian? Does it mean to be “Fair Dinkum’ or does it mean to be of Australian Blood? Does it mean to live in the bush or desert and wear an Akubra with jeans and an old shirt? Hello fellow students. Today I am standing here to discuss how and why ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar best represents Australia. Although some may argue that this poem was written in 1908 and since then Australia has changed in
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The first time I went to California was insane.The plane ride‚the weather‚ and the beach was the best. So on to the story. One day my parents decided we would visit our frends in California. So we gave them a call. “Ring ring ring.” ”Hi Dee‚” my mom said.”Hi‚ how’s it going?” “good good‚ you” “ I’m great‚ never been better” “We were thinking of visiting you‚ that is if it is ok with you?” “yes yes that is perfect with us.we’ll even pay for it” “really‚ I’ll tell the family.” “Bye.” “Bye”.
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Preparing Your Family for an Orphanage Visit: Is Your Child Ready? C h e c klis t A d vic e f r o m T h e r a pis t s a n d E x p e rie n c e d P a r e n t s By Jean MacLeod An orphanage visit can be a beneficial event for an adoptee‚ providing a link to personal history and a grounded understanding of her life circumstances. It can also be an unpleasant‚ or even traumatizing experience‚ filled with anxiety and shock over what abandonment and institutionalization really mean. As Jane Liedtke stressed
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My Little Bit of Country In ancient times man lived in union with nature. Gradually human being became less connected to nature and in our days most people have sought away from wild nature in favour of urban life. The essay “My Little Bit of Country” written by Susan Cheever deals with two different ways of living: the intense‚ humming and multi-cultural city life‚ and the classic family suburb life. It puts the main characters eternal love for New York and especially Central Park in perspective
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If I could create a country of my choosing‚ I would create a Union State similar to the defunct Soviet Union with some important changes. The country I would create would be composed of the same countries that formed the former Soviet Union: Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Azerbaijian‚Tajikstan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Kyrgyzstan‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ Belarus‚ Moldova‚ Kazakhstan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Ukraine and Russia. This state would also be a one party country dominated by the Socialist Union Party. This is where the
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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One of the most transformative experiences in my life came while in El Salvador during my freshmen year of high school. My family traveled to the country to visit family members and while there I along with my siblings volunteered to help our uncle at his medical clinic. While volunteering I witnessed first hand how the lack of health care affects developing nations‚ especially the children in these regions. Growing up half of my life under low socioeconomic standards‚ I believed that I understood
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(Character Sketch) – My friend Lianna My friend Lianna is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we are destined to be sisters. We met on the first day of high school in English class‚ we were paired up to work on a project and then we introduced ourselves to each other and then we found out that we had a lot in common. Both of us were terrified of the massive size of the high school. She had the locker right next to mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody
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MY COUNTRY: ANALYSIS Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’ is a poem expressing Mackellar’s deep passion and love for her country‚ Australia. The whole poem’s intention seems to evoke the sense of praising for the country and express Mackellar’s deep relationship and passion with her land. Mackellar attains this response from the audience by using numerous language techniques such as; Juxtaposition‚ personification‚ sound patterns including alliteration and assonance‚ imagery‚ and paradox. The use of
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Your letter written to a friend for his comfort‚ beloved‚ was lately brought to me by chance. Seeing at once from the title that it was yours‚ I began the more ardently to read it in that the writer was so dear to me‚ that I might at least be refreshed by his words as by a picture of him whose presence I have lost. Almost every line of that letter‚ I remember‚ was filled with gall and wormwood‚ to wit those that related the miserable story of our conversion‚ and your unceasing crosses‚ my all.
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