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    Raymond Chandler‚ a fiction writer‚ once said‚ "The most durable thing in writing is style." True‚ the style is often defined as one of the most important elements in writing. In Amy Tan’s novel‚ "The Joy Luck Club"‚ the style significantly contributes to the development of both the tone and the theme of the influences that a mother can have on her daughter. The author effectively portrays the somber tone and the theme by using a concise style of diction‚ images‚ details‚ language‚ sentence structure

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    Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” and the “Good Night‚ and Good Luck” are similar. Both deal with unfounded accusations‚ defenseless victims and paranoia. Edward R. Murrow‚ the star of the movie “Good Night‚ and Good Luck”‚ is fighting against Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950’s phenomenon labeled “The Red Scare” in which McCarthy is accusing many Americans of being Communist. Arthur Miller shows this same sort of fight in his play “The Crucible”. The book deals with the Salem Witch Trials and

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    man healthy‚ wealthy and wise. * It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. * Laugh and the world laughs with you‚ weep and you weep alone. * See a pin and pick it up‚ all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie‚ bad luck you’ll have all day. * ‘Tis better to have loved and lost‚ than never to have loved at all. 2. Humorous Proverbs * The early bird catches the worm‚ but it is the early worm that gets caught. * The early bird may

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    Mark of Athena

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    Book One: The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus‚ Book Two: The Son of Neptune ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Seán Hemingway‚ curator of Greek and Roman antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ New York‚ for helping me follow the Mark of Athena to its source. Copyright © 2012 by Rick Riordan All rights reserved. Published by Disney • Hyperion Books‚ an imprint of Disney Book Group. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic

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    force themselves to become mature but there are certain characteristics that define a mature person. Maturity is a collection of characteristics that molds the way people live their lives. In the article “The Marks of Maturity” by Tim Elmore‚ Tim addresses what he considers to be the marks of maturity. Tim breaks down maturity into three main characteristics. A mature person is developed “intellectually‚ emotionally and spiritually.” (Elmore). The list of characteristics that Tim created covers most

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    Pulse and Marks

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    –3– M12/5/MATSD/SP1/ENG/TZ1/XX Maximum marks will be given for correct answers. Where an answer is incorrect‚ some marks may be given for a correct method‚ provided this is shown by written working. Write your answers in the answer IGCSE  Revision  3   boxes provided. Solutions found from a graphic display calculator should be supported by suitable working‚ 1. 1. The following six integers are arranged from smallest to largest 1 ‚ x ‚ 3 ‚ y ‚ 14 ‚ z The mode is 1 ‚ the median is

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    Logarithm and Marks

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    Pastoral Care Group: 10 Maximum mark Your mark Grade % mark Class average % 60 Graphics calculators are permitted provided you answer the questions as asked Show all working clearly. Unless otherwise stated in the question‚ all numerical answers must be given exactly

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    Mark Twain's Flaws

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    ~Ernest Hemingway. Mark Twain is quite possibly the father of the American novel. The books he wrote were and still are popular among the rich and the poor alike. He introduced the ‘epic adventure’ style‚ (like the Iliad and the Odyssey) into American literature. Throughout his long and eventful life‚ Twain saw many flaws in his society and reflected upon them in his writing. His most popular and criticized novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ emulates these flaws. In the novel Twain criticizes the

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    Inflation and Marks

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    question. [5 marks] 2. Use the loanable funds model to explain what happens to interest rates and investment if a government moves from a balanced budget position to a budget surplus. [10 marks] 3. Suppose that the T-account for The Open Campus National Bank (OCNB) is as follows: Assets Liabilities Reserves $100‚000 Loans 400‚000 Deposits $500‚000 (a) If the central bank requires banks to hold 5% of deposits as reserves‚ how much in excess reserves does OCNB now hold? [5 marks] (b) If OCNB

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    PUNCTUATION MARKS EXCLAMATION MARK (!) 1. Use an exclamation mark after an interjection or after an exclamatory sentence. 2. Do not overuse exclamation marks because they will introduce an almost hysterical tone. PERIOD (.) 1. Use a period to indicate the end of a declarative or an imperative sentence. 2. Use a period or periods with a Latin abbreviation or abbreviations that appears or appear in lowercase. Do not use a period or periods with an abbreviation or abbreviations that appears

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