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    through limitless mortifications and thankless domestic chores. She looks on the different household objects used for carrying out different chores. First‚ there is a laundry machine used to wring out or iron damp clothes. It is used to iron even those clothes which require no ironing like bed sheets‚ towels and her father’s undergarments. Lines 8-14: She looks at an old style vacuum cleaner standing vertical on the ground with its filter bag stuffed with dust. She recalls the roaring and loud sound

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    Using Appositive Phrases Practice 1: Matching An appositive is a sentence part that identifies a person‚ place‚ or thing named in a sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a‚ an‚ or the. They always answer one of these questions. Who is he? Who is she? Who are they? (people) What is it? (place or thing) Appositives occur at the beginning of a sentence (opener)‚ between a subject and verb (s-v split)‚ or at the end of a sentence (closer). Examples of Appositives Opener:

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    electricity wisely. 1. Way is only use electricity when needed. 2. Replace all of your inefficient incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient CFL bulbs. Replace halogen spotlights with much more efficient and longer lasting LED Spotlight. 3. Hang your clothes out to dry rather than using an electric tumble dryer. Ideally use a spin dryer before using the tumble dryer. 4. Cook many items at the same time when your electric oven is hot. 5. Use a microwave to reheat food or to cook small portions. Although

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    The 3ps and how they are managed: The marketing mix is probably the most famous marketing term. Its elements are the basic‚ tactical components of a marketing plan. Some of the marketing mix applied are people‚ process and physical evidence. People People are the most important element of any service or experience. Services tend to be produced and consumed at the same moment‚ and aspects of the customer experience are altered to meet the individual needs of the person consuming it. People

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    “Sh_t H_pp_ns” (Lauren Bailey 2016) will emphasise the claustrophobic toilet cubicle the protagonist Julia will find herself in. Her discomfort will be shown in her facial expressions and body language. In terms of audio-visual signs‚ there will be virtually no dialogue by Julia which will further emphasise her awkward situation. Julia will be dressed as a stereotypically prissy young lady. Her clothes will symbolise tidiness (fitted skirt‚ ironed shirt‚ hair pulled back into a neat bun). As her need

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    form‚ a struggle between good and evil”-Anon. From what the reader can understand from previous knowledge (of reading literature) most conflicts are based on the fight between good and evil. For instance‚ in a book entitled Before we Were Free by Julia Alvarez‚ there is one main character name Anita‚ and her family‚ her mom‚ her dad‚ her sister- Lucinda all live in family compound with an American family called the Washburn’s (Has one daughter and on son). Anita’s family and the Washburn’s live in the

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    two facts are very true. The readers realize that languages evolve and take on many forms as time progresses. We also realize that as we change things in our life we are changing our identity and molding ourselves‚ whether for better or worse. Julia Alvarez‚ native of the Dominican Republic‚ further proves the theories by Ian Buruma in her work “My English.” Through this piece she was able to exemplify how she went from Spanish‚ to Spanglish‚ to English all together. She became just another individual

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    Classic Novel: Theme Essay A beautiful‚ captivating‚ and revolutionary story‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ was written by Julia Alvarez and is a true account about struggle‚ courage‚ and love between four sisters‚ their families‚ and the people they encountered in their lives. I believe the central theme is to push back for what is right‚ even if it’s hard or you stand only‚ in this case they stand as a family. The family has to deal with entrapment in the Dictatorship in the Dominican Republic

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      On the other hand‚ men are more active in gardening and pet care‚ where they spend twice as long as women‚ and maintenance and DIY‚ on which they spend 15 minutes more than women. Women account for almost all the time spent on washing and ironing clothes. This takes

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    Spanglish: low culture versus high culture? There are numerous critics of Spanglish among both Spanish-speakers and American-English-speakers. It is commonly assumed that Spanglish is a jargon: partly Spanish and partly English‚ "with neither gravitas nor a clear identity" . It is spoken by many of the approximately 35 million people of Hispanic descent in the United States‚ who‚ "no longer fluent in the language of Cervantes‚ have not yet mastered that of Shakespeare" 3. The defenders of pure

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