Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1.The sample below is an opening paragraph from a student essay on the development of entertainment media. In it‚ she describes TV-watching in her family to make a point about how central TV was as a form of entertainment in the 60’s. (1) As I was growing up in the 60’s‚ television was the only entertainment my family knew of the electronic sort. (2) The 7 o’clock nightly news was such an important part of our family that my dad knocked a wall down and
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a belief that in a hierarchy you are promoted until you reach your level of incompetence. There are many places where this principle comes to pass‚ in businesses‚ work and school. One place that I saw the Peter Principle put to work was at my own summer job working as a lifeguard at an outdoor pool. There‚ you could start out as a lifeguard‚ move up to head guard and then to supervisor. But‚ some people were just not fit for the higher roles. One way that one became incompetent to become a supervisor
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The 2012 Summer Olympics‚ officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad‚[2] and also more generally known as London 2012‚ was a major international multi-sport event‚ celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games‚ as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ that took place in London‚ United Kingdom‚ from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event‚ the group stages in women’s football‚ began two days earlier‚ on 25 July.[3][4] More than 10‚000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs)
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It is commonly asserted that cencorship is necessary for some reasons such as protection of children or govermental secrets‚ it is definitely against the human rights and freedom of press. Newspapers and news are the only way which let people know the situation in the country or even outside of the country. Ann Cooper who is the Executive Director of CPJ claimed that in the countries which practise censorship‚ people are separated from other people and everthing because of the dictatorial behaviors
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Feliks Skrzynecki: Identity: 1. Peter‘s father Five years of forced labor in prisoner of war camp during World War II “did not dull the “softness of his blue eyes”. The juxtaposition of the words “forced” and “softness” show Peter is different from his father in the face of the discomfort his father has endured the suffering. This negative experience has helped to define the father’s identity but also highlight the composer’s different perspective. 2. “remnants of language/ I inherited
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Viewers love action packed movies which are full of suspense. In 2005‚ the best television series drama was Prison Break by Paul Scheuring‚ and another action packed movie in 2013 is Escape Plan by Mikael Hafstrom. These two have similar plots‚ and the genres are action and drama. The main character of Prison Break is Michael Scofield who is a structural engineer‚ and Ray Breslin‚ the main character of Escape Plan‚ is also a structural engineer. They are both leaders of break outs‚ which they planned
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The most effective way for institutions to respond to dissent and difference of opinions is to let the students know these differences openly and to raise them in accordance with the good religious values. The first thing that each institution must do is introducing the students to those differences no matter how many are they or how significant they can be. By doing this the students will widen their knowledge of the world knowing the various types of people‚ languages and areas which will be their
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Tiffany Caldwell Exploring the thematic link between the epigraph and the “Greasy Lake” The ’’Greasy Lake" seems to be influence by Bruce Springsteen ’’Spirit in the Night". It is like used an epigraph from his song even though its not about the characters of the story. The characters and actions are completely made up. The ’’Greasy Lake’’ seemed to just imitate the song and take on its a free spirit. The "Bad boy" image in the "Greasy Lake" was admired and planned as the boys days
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1. What examples of irony do you find in the last five paragraphs of "Story of an Hour" (at least two examples)? Briefly explain the type of irony. A.) It is ironic that when Mr. Mallard “dies” Mrs. Mallard felt free‚ and almost joyful. “There was a feverish triumph in her eyes‚ and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of victory.” (Chopin pg.654) B.) It is ironic that the doctors’ think she dies from being over joyed‚ when really she wasn’t happy at all to see that her husband
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Summer Training Project Report On Marketing strategies & promotional activities of Coca- Cola Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the award of degree in Master of Business Administration (Session 2009-2011) Submitted to: Submitted by: Controller of Examination MANOJ KUMAR M.D. University‚ Rohtak. Roll No-09/MBA/028
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