pauses that dictate how the words are read and even the way certain words are emphasized throughout the piece. In “Sadie and Maud”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks creates a sing song rhythm that is easily discerned when read aloud: Maud went to college. Sadie stayed at home. Sadie scraped life With a fine-tooth comb. She didn’t leave a tangle in. Her comb found every strand. Sadie was one of the livingest chits In all the land. (1-8) The rhythm in this poem reminds us of the songs we would
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I. Name of Book/Author A. 11/22/63 B. Stephen King II. Why did you choose the book? A. I chose this book because I am interested in the science fiction genre and I have so many things about the author Stephen King. I was at first reluctant to read the book because of the magnitude of pages; however‚ as the story progressed I could tell that it was worth it. III. Book Summary A. Jake Epping is a high school teacher in Maine. Jake is also the narrator in this novel. One day in his class he assigns
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Henrietta Lacks had a large‚ religious family who lived their entire life in poverty. She and her husband‚ Day‚ grew up together on a tobacco farm‚ and received little education as children. Day was a handworker and provided for the family as best he could; however‚ he was unfaithful to his wife on multiple occasions. Throughout their marriage‚ Day had affairs where he would pick up sexually transmitted infections and spread them to Henrietta. They began having children when Henrietta was only
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a lyric baritone during the 1900s. A German native‚ Fischer-Dieskau‚ had a large voice full of resonance. He lived a long‚ successful life and would come to be known as the most influential singer of the 20th century (Sadie 6: 614; Kettle). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was born in Berlin‚ Germany on May 28‚ 1925. At a young age‚ Fischer-Dieskau enjoyed making music. His mother taught him how to play piano‚ and he continued to play all throughout his youth. After years of
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was Francesco Landini; he provided 145 pieces for the Codex and some of those pieces are only found recorded there. “The manuscript contains over three hundred songs—madrigals‚ ballatas‚ and caccias—of which almost half are unique to this source. (Sadie) Pieces in the codex are arranged chronologically by composer with some pages left blank for the later addition of works. Each composer’s entry is accompanied by a full-color portrait of the composer‚ illuminated in gold accents (Harman). The manuscript
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had was the “R. James Memorial Mental Institution.” It held the wealthier people that went crazy. Now kids go there to do illegal things. There are many people that died there. It was more of a death row than anything else. “Aunt Sadie‚ are you home?” I questioned “I have
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THE GARDEN PARTY (1921) By Katherine Mansfield And after all the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party party if they had ordered it. Windless‚ warm‚ the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold‚ as it is sometimes sometimes in early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn‚ mowing the lawns and sweeping them‚ until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants had been seemed to shine. As for the roses‚ you
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the doctors would always tell her that was she was fine and that they didn’t see anything. Then a few weeks after saying she was healthy the doctors found a huge tumor in her abdomen. A quote that really backs up this title is this one right here‚ “Sadie would later describe Henrietta’s decline like this: “Hennie didn’t fade away‚ you know‚ her looks‚ her body‚ it didn’t just fade. Like some peoples be sick in the bed with cancer and they look so bad. But she didn’t. The only thing you could tell was
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Pyramid is yet another phenomenal adventure and fantasy novel by Rick Riordan! This book starts a new epic adventure following the premise of Egyptian mythology‚ titled the Kane Chronicles. Carter and Sadie Kane have not seen each other in several years‚ despite being close in their early childhood. Now‚ Sadie lives with her late mother’s parents while Carter travels the globe with his dad‚ who is an Egyptian archaeologist. Their dad‚ Dr. Kane‚ takes them to a museum to show off one of his archaeological
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Unit 4222-237 SADIE LEWIS Outcome 1 1.1 Dementia is the progressive decline in the cognitive function‚ involving all aspects of perception‚ thinking‚ reasoning and remembering. This is largely to do with damage or disease. This is progressive and leads to the deterioration of the mind‚ affecting an individual’s ability to concentrate on daily tasks. The memory is often affected‚ causing them to forget people‚ dates and events that are recent to them‚ behaviour can be erratic
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