‘So this is Nebraska’ is a poem by Ted Kooser in the postmodern age. The poem had been written in present tense‚ probably to emphasize the current state of rural Nebraska‚ which is a small village in America. The poem describes a Sunday afternoon in July in Nebraska and this is mentioned in the third stanza of the poem all the other descriptive language in the poem is used to explain this setting. The very first paragraph is a compound complex sentence. The purpose of this is to slow the pace of
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Street East Providence‚ RI 02914 Dear Ms. Jones: I would like to inform you of a conference that will be being held on the day your son Stephen returns after his three-day suspension‚ as well as address a few other things in this letter. To clarify‚ Stephen was not suspended for an overdue library book. He was suspended for the theft of a reference book in the library used by all Social Studies students that is a primary source of information. Stephen’s social studies teacher‚ Mrs
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Chapter I Introduction Defense of the Ancients (most commonly known as DotA) is one of the hottest and most popular games in the world of video games. But first‚ what is DotA? For starters‚ DotA is an extension map of the game Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. It has gained international fame among young people‚ especially here in our country. But is it more than just a map? Is it more than just a game for weekends? Is it really just for entertainment and amusement? Or is it something more
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Does Long-Distance Relationship ever Works? A relationship is said to be a connection‚ as in thought‚ concerning or regarding something or someone. Therefore a long-distance relationship (LDR) is similar to a normal relationship but differs in terms of geographic location of the couple; such location can range from 100-1000 miles‚ 100-3000 mile apart etc. Any dating or intimate relationship with so much distance between both parties is no doubt challenging‚ but that one of the things that comes
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BA202 OUTCOME 1: Understand how to improve own performance 1. 1.1 Explain the purpose and benefits of continuously improving performance at work The purpose: * To exceed your limitations. * Achieve personal goals. * Impress corporate officials. * Increase income if on a piece-rate. * Self-motivation. * Satisfaction. The reason: * To attain standard performance * To exceed one’s actual performance * Benefits * your efficiency and effectiveness increases
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"Abnormality of Stuart" In Raymond Carver’s "So Much Water So Close to Home"‚ Carver exposes to the reader that Stuart has some emotional problems. Sudden outbursts and verbal eruptions are not uncommon for Stuart‚ as he continuously yells at his wife throughout the story. From this I am able to infer that Stuart has a dual personality‚ one side being normal and the other as a disturbed person. In this analysis of Stuart‚ I am going to show that by the following textual clues that he is not
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female‚ being the more dominant of the species‚ must eat 30% of its body weight and up to 200‚000 bamboo leaves a day due to slow metabolism (Delaney‚ Cameron). The Red Panda has long‚ soft‚ reddish brown fur on the upper body and a darker‚ blackish fur on the lower parts. The pelage of the Red Panda is made up of long‚ coarse hairs with a mat of very dense under wool to keep the Red Panda dry in a moist and cold climate (Mcdonald 94). The Red Panda has a light face with tear marking and is similar
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Michelle Algya Algya 1 Ashley Dolan English December 9‚ 2012 Miss Not So Perfect She was asked one question. She had thirty seconds to answer. With her long blonde hair‚ perfect complexion‚ never ceasing smile‚ and sparkling blue dress‚ Miss Teen North Carolina‚ one of the last contestants left‚ plunged into the glass bowl for her question: “Recent polls have shown that 1/5 of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?” Taking a deep breath‚
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second. Because when Mrs. Lippett (the matron) wanted‚ she always kept her at home to scrub. Jerusha never complained‚ only once she wrote an essay‚ entitled “Blue Wednesday”‚ trying to ridicule the life in the asylum. Later on in her letters to Daddy-Long-Legs she wrote that hated the John Grier Home‚ that she would rather die than go back. She wrote that the asylum supplied the orphans only with food and clothes‚ but never took care about the children’s souls. The John Grier Home’s aim was
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in life you have to be willing to make great sacrifices‚ work long nights‚ pretty much are a boring stick in the mud. I say‚ just like a great role model of mine “why so serious?” Elbert Hubbard said “Do not take life to seriously. You will never make it out alive.” We spend our whole lives working so hard and doing things that we have been told to do our whole lives that we have lost our sense of humor. We make every situation so serious that nothing is fun anymore. I think that every situation
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