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    My Best Gift

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    My Best Gift Gift is an object which is given freely without expecting anything to the nearest and Dearest on particular occasion as a token of Expressing their gratitude‚ love and friendship‚ Gifts will be remembered for longer time or life time. Some of the common occasions are Birth Day‚ Marriage‚ Anniversaries‚ Festivals‚ Personal Celebrations etc.‚ Prior to Summer Vacation‚ My Mom and Dad have promised me that they will get some surprise gift for me. Around the same time‚ My mom was looking

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    The Gift That Keeps On Giving As human beings‚ we gifts and presents giving are part of our daily life. People give or receive gifts to show appreciation or how much one is loved or remembered. Annually‚ we receive all gifts and presents during holidays and the several special occasions that litter our calendar year. Some the gifts we receive throughout the year are dear heart because they came from a special person or because of their monetary value. While other gifts or presents with no attached

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    Special Gift Poem

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    dad. Moms are so important that god says they come first three times before father’s. In the poem I chose “Mothers Are A Special Gift” it compares mothers to gifts from god and I for one wholeheartedly agree. This poem incorporates so many different techniques in four stanzas‚ that made the experience of reading it all the more enjoyable. In “Mothers Are A Special Gift‚” it uses both simple and complex vocabulary. I enjoyed that‚ because if you fill up four stanzas with with words that many people

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    Different Kinds of Birds

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    different kinds of birds and how many different species we have in the world. Birds adapt to different places. For example there are owls‚ bluebirds‚ parrots‚ canaries‚ red bird‚ woodpeckers‚ finch birds‚ toucans‚ chickens‚ roosters‚ ducks‚ pigeons‚ eagles‚ black birds‚ robins‚ ravens‚ egrets‚ pelicans‚ All these birds live through out the United States of America. Some are small or big. Each kind of bird has a process of making their own nest. If you want to find out about different kinds of birds

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    My Kind of Writing

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    Merola Page 1 of 2 Lyndsay Merola English 1100-05 My Kind of Writing There are many different types and styles of writing with their own purpose. I can express myself and others in all different kinds of ways. For example there is expository writing‚ descriptive writing‚ Narrative writing‚ persuasive writing and creative writing. Yes‚ they are all ways of writing but they each share their own purpose. Expository writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to inform‚ describe‚ or explain

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    destruction‚ portraying Oedipus as a helpless pawn of fate. The most prominent literary device is dramatic irony‚ primarily of the spoken word‚ through which--especially in the Prologue--Sophocles captures audience attention‚ illuminates Oedipus’ arrogant personality‚ and foreshadows the events of the final scenes. It is not difficult to understand why Sophocles resorts to dramatic irony in the construction of his play. He is working with much the same problem a modern-day playwright would face

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    Irony In Barbie Doll

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    poem “Barbie Doll”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ the use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and irony expresses a tragic‚ cruel society that emphasizes appearance above personality and unrealistic beauty ideals above health and happiness. Throughout the poem a young girl is raised and bullied to believe that her appearance is the most important aspect of her self. Her self worth is torn apart until she dies. The use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and irony works to deliver a heartbreaking message about the flawed society that existed

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    Irony: Oedipus, the King

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    Irony: Oedipus‚ the King. Irony: The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Oedipus‚ the King is a story full of dramatic irony. The irony gives the plot a well rounded shape but also helps the readers‚ or audience follow the story much better. It makes for an extremely interesting read. Oedipus from the start is doomed for failure‚ but what makes this story so “interesting” to the reader’s or audience is

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    Irony -A Rose for Emily

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    Irony -A Rose for Emily The actions of the town drove her to do what she did and how they criticized her for not being social when they were the cause of her being ostracized. Also there is irony in the southern gentility and aristocracy. The people despised her for her inclusion in that high social class yet you need society to create this illusion of a higher class. You can’t be atop the social hierarchy if society does not recognize you as part of that social hierarchy. A good example is

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    Unrevene Gift Sparknotes

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    Emmanuel Gift is a story about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah‚ who was born Ghana‚ which is in west Africa and he was born with a severely deformed right leg. Emmanuel story very sad however it also inspirational. When Emmanuel was child his father left him and his mom. Also‚ in Ghana people with disabilities are not treated nicely since most people‚ who are born with disabilities in Ghana are left for dead by their parents or poisoned. Since they believe there is no point for a person with a disability

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