Going to Santa Cruz First‚ I was going with my family we were going to go Santa Cruz because it was my ninth birthday so we went to Santa Cruz it took three or four hours ( I was bored so I slept in the car when we got there) to get their when we got there we went on a ride which was a boat you can ride when you go on it‚ you can pick a seat anywhere but I pick the middle‚ when it started it was going front and back really fast I almost fell off the ride but it was funny then‚ I just closed
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eaten for days” (136) Boo uses a simile to describe the character’s hard working nature. By using a simile‚ Boo characterizes the person in a more meaningful way. “An urban‚ college-going girl was a firework in the village.” (140) Boo’s use of a metaphor shows how out of place an urban‚ college girl is in a place like that village. It helps the reader compare their normal life to the poverty-stricken lives of the characters in the story. “...constables enlisted other scavengers to load the body into
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In Didion’s essay‚ "Los Angeles Notebook‚" she characterizes the Santa Ana winds as motivation for evil. Didion expresses this view through her imagery and diction. Didion also justifies her characterization through the structure and tone of her essay. She attributes the acts of individuals all over the world on the effects of wind. She claims that certain winds trigger a mechanistic switch that causes humans to act irrationally. Didion connects a natural phenomenon with the cause of an unconscious
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The Great Dome One of the biggest questions in archeology has been how the dome on top of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was built. Scholars know who built it‚ but they don’t know the means of its creation. Filippo Brunelleschi was the man and mind behind the creation of the dome. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore has managed to raise several questions and curiosity amongst scholars. In the early 14th century a feud between Florence and other emerging cities began‚ each trying to
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requirement as an applicant for graduation. …Ma’am ____‚ Sir _____ and the entire Housekeeping and Kitchen Staff (MG’s)‚ for their generosity‚ support‚ coaching and companionship during my OJT. I would also like to thank my fellow trainees at the Chateau Santa Isabel. Again‚ I would like to thank the all of the persons behind all of this. As I continue my journey in life‚ I promise that I will not
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk‚ the best beach in the world with food‚ roller coasters‚ and an extraordinary view of an ocean. Everywhere smelling either like fish or funnel cakes. Screaming and yelling with full of joy going down a steep hill on a rollercoaster. Saltwater waves crashing into the golden‚ rocky sand. People everywhere chilling in their colorful tents with barbecue cooking with a slight burning smell. Laughing and smiling with friends and families in all directions. Walking with my Aunt
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The article “Hey Mom‚ Dad‚ May I Have My Room Back?” by Cristina Rouvalis‚ talks about graduated and current students; going back to live with their parents. According to this article‚ there are about fourteen million adults between the ages of eighteen – twenty four that still live at home‚ and the number will keep rising. The article also states that these adults are moving back with their parents because some cannot find jobs after college‚ and are not able to pay rent or pay student loans. I
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Homelessness in Santa Fe‚ New Mexico Name: Tutor: Institution: Course: Date: Contents Introduction According to Klein (2005)‚ local problems refer to the issues that impact on the society either positively or negatively. Klein (2005) provides that local issues often impact negatively on one group of individuals while at the same time impacting positively on another group of individuals on the society. Local problems affect a small group of individuals
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definition of metaphor as‚ “consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else; the transference being either from genus to species‚ or from species to genus‚ or from species to species‚ or on grounds of analogy” (Lan‚ 2005). This explanation of metaphor emphasizes on its distinctiveness as being a rhetoric phenomenon or rather a device that is transference from one word to another in enhancing the forcefulness and complexness of the expressions. In simpler words‚ metaphor is a figure
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“Metaphors We Live By” As suggested by Lakoff and Johnson in Metaphors We Live By‚ “Concepts govern our everyday functioning‚ down to the mundane details” (Johnson‚ 1980). What I found interesting while reading this article is that Metaphors We Live By gives us examples that demonstrate metaphors used in everyday language. Lakoff and Johnson explained‚ our culture has significant influence on how we use metaphors; where we as Americans see arguing in terms of war‚ they want to get the high ground
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