Should all grade 10 students be studying ‘Looking for Alaska’? John Green‚ author of the novel ‘Looking for Alaska’‚ writes about a normal teenager’s journey through high school. Therefore‚ it would be accurate to say‚ this book will relate to many elements of how a grade ten student might feel. All grade ten students are eligible to read ‘Looking for Alaska’. This novel is also appropriate for all level readers. John Green describes many situations a high school student can relate to‚ the novel
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Hanif Technical and Business Writing HU-101 27th April‚ 2013 What I’m looking forward to? This life is full of excitements and no one can imagine spending it without any aim. Everyone has desire to do‚ to be‚ to take or to achieve something. The whole world is looking forward to something that wants. As being a part of this world I’m also looking forward for something but for my goal to be good petroleum engineer. There was a time when I hadn’t even a slight
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Do you like animals? Are you looking for a small pet for yourself or your child? While many people would automatically get a cat or a dog‚ those aren’t the only choices. Here are some reasons why you should also consider looking at lizards for sale near you: Easy to care for: While some lizards for sale may have a reputation for being difficult to care for‚ others may be even easier to care for than other small animals.For example‚ depending on the species of lizard you get‚ they may only need to
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Critic’s Choice Review of Looking for Alaska by John Green Miles “Pudge” Hatler’s boring obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the ‘’Great Prehaps’’ (Francois Rablais‚ poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy‚ and anything-but-boring world of Cluver Creek Boarding School‚ and his life becomes the opposite of safe because down the hall is Alaska Young; the gorgeous‚ clever‚ funny‚ self destructive‚ screwed up‚ and utterly fascinating Alaska Young‚ who is an event
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accompanied by only the last words of the already-dead‚ so I came here looking for a Great Perhaps‚ for real friends and a more-than-minor life. And then I screwed up and he screwed up and we screwed up and she slipped through our fingers. And there’s no sugar-coating it: She deserved better friends. I just finished reading a book that my girlfriend (we’ve actually been dating for exactly a year‚ so yay!) loaned me - Looking For Alaska by John Green. A fantastic read‚ it is about a junior in high
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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In Looking Backward‚ Edward Bellamy argued that one of the most significant problems facing America in 1887 was the struggle of class and the values that the everyday citizen lived by and portrayed. In the past‚ everyone looked after himself or herself and did not live selflessly. The view of honor was skewed and people lived for currency rather than their countries and neighbors well being. A sense of equality is never reached like it has been in the utopia of the year 2000 that Bellamy portrays
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The novel Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy is a social commentary on the problems of late 1800’s society. Bellamy compares the negative afflictions of his time to an imagined utopia of the future year 2000 in order to open the eyes of the reader. By doing this‚ he hopes to create a social awareness for the poor cultural and economic values so that future generations can change for the better. One of the conditions that afflicted America in 1887 was in regards to labor. When asked what he thought
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The two essays I chose for my final portfolio were Maira Kalman’s “Back to the Land” interpretive essay and Josh Neufled “A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge” interpretive essay. I found it quite easy when it came to deciding which two interpretive essays I would have to choose for evaluation because I was able to analyze both the purpose and audience clearly in the two essays. Also‚ with both Kalman and Neufeld’s essays I received positive responses‚ and felt that I could confidently write about both
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Chun Nam Yip Robert Reeves Eng 114-17 7th Sep 2011 Looking for work 1. Why is the narrator attracted to the kind of family life depicted on TV? What‚ if anything‚ does he think is wrong with his life? Why do his desires apparently have so little impact on his family? Responds: The family life on TV attracted the narrator because the family on the TV show was so uncomplicated in its routine. The narrator thinks that his life was complicated and was broken. He thinks that he didn’t
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