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    Recycling Good morning to our beloved teachers‚ Puan Rusni and my dear fellow friends.Standing here today‚I would like to deliver a speech entitled‚"Recycling." According to the Asian Development Bank‚rapid development‚rising personal consumption and unprecedented levels of waste in Asia where cities will generate on estimated 1.8 million tonnes of rubbish per day by 2025.In Malaysia alone‚we produce over 15‚000 tonnes pf rubbish daily and it is a matter of time before we run out of space to

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    father were opposites. It wasn’t until she was older; she realized she wanted a bond with her father. It was in that longing she began to realize how much a like they truly are. In her writing the reader can see how the proper usage of similes and metaphors can enhance ones writing. “…our home for the Civil War Battleground it was.” (154) is a prime example of one of the ways Vowell uses similes to enhance the readers understanding of her surrounding at that time. She is talking about her house

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    Dear Santa‚ This Christmas is one‚ which is like no other. Overseas in Europe‚ dictators are rising to power and it seems that the countries over there are preparing for another war. Meanwhile in my own country‚ the collapse of the stock market has sent my country’s economy in a downward plunge. Therefore‚ what I would like is for you to help the economy get back to where it used to be. Immediately after World War 1‚ my economy rose up to great heights as the war had helped create jobs and our

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    Rationale Metaphor‚ based on the association of similarity‚ is one of the two basic types of semantic transference that have been an interest for many linguistic researchers. Galperin ( 1981: 139-40) states that the term ‘metaphor’ can be understood as the transference of some quality from one object to another. Metaphor is widely used to designate the process in which a word acquires a derivative meaning. In theory‚ there are at least three communicative functions that metaphor might serve

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    The concerns of the colonial period portrayed through the works of the different writers deal with their religion and their health. In To My Dear Children‚ Anne Bradstreet writes about both of these issues for her children to read about when she is dead (452). She mentions her relationship with God‚ not only telling her children about her beliefs with in Christianity‚ but also her questions (Bradstreet 453-455). Bradstreet wanted her children to be able to take from her experiences and benefit from

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    Dear Diary‚ Ever since the fight for the throne between my two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices ‚ nothing has been right. They fought for the throne‚ but the outcome came to be that they killed each other and the throne was left to my uncle‚ King Creon. My uncle is a selfish man who only cares about himself and when he became king of Thebes he got to do whatever he wanted to. My uncle ‚King Creon‚ decided to have a burial for only one of my brothers ‚Eteocles and did not want to bury my other

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    120 W Lee St‚ Louisville‚ KY 40208 May‚ 8th 2013 Dear Freshman‚ You are in for a treat. I am about to give you a backstage pass to everything you need to know about surviving DuPont Manual High School. In the beginning things will be pretty crazy and yes you will probably be scared. Do not worry‚ by the end of the year you will not remember what stupid thing you did on the first day of school or how bad your hair looked. Just remember that High school is going to both the best times and the worst

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    forever be the all-important‚ unchanging‚ institution of learning that would make me amount to something. Wait‚ what was that? You have not changed? Oh‚ that’s right. You haven’t changed‚ and therein lies the problem – according to Gideon Burton. “Dear Students: Don’t Let College Unplug Your Future” talks about how the Internet is becoming an essential tool for our lives‚ and that colleges and universities are not adapting in sync with the web. Using repetitive and colloquial diction‚ real-life examples

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    The Dear Boss Letter was dated September 25th‚ and was received on September the 27th‚ 1888‚ by the Central News Office. two days later‚ the letter was sent to Scotland Yard. “Though initially viewed as a prank‚ the Dear Boss Letter quickly gained attention after Catherine Eddowes’ murder on September 30th” (Whitechapel Jack.) In the letter‚ the author said that he was going to cut off his next victims ears. Catherine Eddowes was found with a severed ear lobe. After the Dear Boss letter went public

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    Comments on English Poetic Metaphors ABSTRACT The painters keep the scenery on the drawing board via pigment while the poets create the feeling of grace and depth via metaphors. Metaphor is a commonly-used figure of speech both in English and Chinese poems. With metaphor‚ poems become vivid‚ colourful‚ artistic and moving. The use of metaphors in English poems shows the nature and culture factors are quite influential in literature works. Nowadays‚ metaphor is more and more being concerned

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