Fifteen-year-old Amari loves life in her home village in Africa. She spends her days strolling along the stream‚ daydreaming about her handsome future husband‚ teasing her little brother‚ and avoiding chores. But everything changes the day the pale-faced visitors arrive. Everyone contributes for the celebration to welcome the strangers. Amari helps her mother arrange the food‚ her storyteller father shares his tales‚ her fiancé plays his drum‚ and everyone dances. But then their world shatters
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This training course is called English for Winners‚ and before you delve into it‚ we should find out together if it is for you. Do you want to be a winner? Most English learners are unhappy with their English ability. If you ask the average English learner to assess their skills‚ you’re very likely to get one of these answers: "I studied English at school for more than 5 years‚ but my English is not so good." "I speak a little English‚ but I think it’s just ’school English’." "I understand it a little
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English Language and Linguistics 16.2: 261–280. C Cambridge University Press 2012 doi:10.1017/S1360674312000056 A bit of this and a bit of that: on social identification in Early and Late Modern English letters MINNA NEVALA University of Helsinki (Received 10 December 2011; revised 29 February 2012) This article deals with the use of deictic pronouns this/these and that/those as demonstrative determiners in person-referential terms in Early and Late Modern English personal letters. The
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English II- H‚ 1st period December 11‚2012 In “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe. The main character Okonkwo is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a central or main character who is usually of high noble birth and demonstrates a “fatal flaw”. A fatal flaw is a characteristic that prompts him or her to take an action or make a decision that ultimately leads to his downfall or death. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero has four parts in order to be in order to determine if okonkwo
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A Raisin in the Sun: The play that changed a generation If you’ve ever thought about black history‚ chances are you may have heard of A Raisin in the Sun. Set in the south side of Chicago the story of Walter Younger and his family Ruth‚ Travis‚ and Lena. This story has many connections to the events that was happening at the time of the 1950’s. The author Lorraine B‚ thought this story would not be successful‚ But instead a deep look at society "all art including theater‚ is related
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ANEST MAROLLI READING V 03/09/2015 SPRING TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A POWERFUL TOOL Nowadays the world is becoming smaller by globalization. It is becoming so not only for the fact that you can be transported easily‚ and in a few hours or days to the farthest location on Earth‚ but also for the incredible speed you can be deliver and receive information from anywhere in the world. But these new features that our global society is experiencing‚ need also a skilled and well approved language
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using your phone while driving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3x7K3EOTk How many of you have cell phones? How many of you drive? Honestly‚ how many of you use your phone and drive at the same time? In my experience of 10 years working in this field I have spent countless hours studying the effects of texting while driving and can tell you‚ it is very dangerous. The great majority of people are constantly on their phones‚ whether they are at school at home or even while they drive. Mobile
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Such as his biological father‚ George Myers‚ and his Uncle Lee who got released from prison. One bad thing that Walter did was on page 39‚ when he and his friends wanted to beat up a kid named Richard Aisles after he was seen hurting his eyes from the sun. Then‚ after reading a newspaper article about a black man being hanged in the South‚ they wanted to hang
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The British Empire “The sun never sets on the British Empire”‚ is a well-used phrase about the old British Empire‚ where Britain ruled almost one-quarter of the world’s population. They had colonies in all the continents of the world. How did Britain manage to get all these colonies? And why did they suddenly lose the whole Empire? What have the colonization had to say for the countries involved? And does the old British Empire still have any effect on Britain and the world today? In this essay
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demonstrate parallels‚ yet discrepancies during the book The Sun Also Rises. Brett is a young woman who enjoys drinking and nights-out with her male friends. Frances Clyde is a writer who travels to Europe to try and evolve herself into a successful novelist. I believe that Brett and Frances are polar opposites because Brett is carefree and Frances is controlling. Brett and Frances are mostly different‚ but have some similarities in the book The Sun Also Rises. Brett and Frances are comparable because
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