What is your favorite word‚ and why? My favorite word is callipygian. It is a Greek word‚ originally derived in the 1640’s or 50’s to describe a statute of Aphrodite. It is an adjective. It means having a well-shaped buttocks. It’s essentially a more sophisticated way of saying “DAMN‚ look at that ba-donk-a-donk!” After reading that‚ you may think I am a perverted animal. Please‚ let me explain. It started when I was a junior in high school. My friend came rushing down the halls laughing‚ his
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Website: www.cbse.nic.in Phone: (011) 2324324 Email-id: sadhanap.cbse@nic.in (An Autonomous Organization under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development‚ Govt. of India) CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION “Shiksha Sadan”‚ 17-Rouse Avenue‚ New Delhi-110 002 Circular No. Acad-8/2012 CBSE/ACAD./ DIR (TRG)/ 2012 26. 04. 2012 INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH NOVELS FOR LONG READING IN CLASSES IX TO XII All the Heads of Institutions affiliated to CBSE Dear Principal‚ Good reading habits
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My Words of Wisdom We are all human beings who need to live together on the same earth‚ but different environments have different characteristics that can help us achieve goals. Some of us like to stay in the safe zone and enjoy the tranquil moments; some of us like to conquer the Neverland of our imagination and enjoy exciting moments; some of us with creative spirits enjoy taking extraordinary journeys. No matter which type of life we choose or which type characteristics we have‚ challenge always
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My Quality World My quality world is something many people dream about of what they expect achieve in life. Many people keep trying ‚but never get to the point in life where they actually want to be.They just settle for anything else easy even though it is not really where they want to be in life at all.As William Glasser said ‚ there are different steps to reach our goals‚ and only perseverance ‚ hard working‚ social life and terms goals ensure success.In order to reach my goal I will always
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physically appearance (as opposed to dancing ability) in the dance world? Do you agree with the prevailing attitude? Why or why not? Mikaela Esquivel Advanced Dance Silver 2 Topic 9 Physical appearance Introduction: Include a hook (Grab my attention! Make me want to read on!)‚ summary of the topic (Why are you writing – give me an overview‚ nothing specific)‚ and a thesis statement (e.g. “There are three differences between dance and an aesthetic sport‚ [1]‚ [2]‚ [3]…”) Topic 1 –
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My senior year I played soccer it didn’t start out good. My team was on a losing streak we were 5-0 so far‚ we had to do something different. We did just that and we ended up winning our first game it felt great. My junior year I played soccer also we made it to the final. My sophomore year we went to the final and won it. It was a good feeling knowing that all of our hard work paid off. My senior year playing soccer we didn’t start out good. We were not playing as a team. Everyone wanted to do
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My Satire Every fall thousands and thousands of young adults head off to college to gain the skills they will need later in life. How do these young adults gain these skills? By copying peoples’ answers‚ stealing tests‚ and all this texting in we do in high school i guess that just helps us read and spell‚ but then again does it is because the saying "i don’t know" is now spelled "IDK". This is definitely how their parents want their hard-earned money to be spent. Why do we go to college anyway
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Jarred Mayo GEOG 200 8/22/2012 REFLECTION ESSAY I live in a major city for Tennessee‚ particularly West Tennessee. Jackson has many landmarks‚ as I look through this fair city the items that I see and feel have made an impact and are of importance are the buildings. There are numerous businesses‚ schools‚ shopping‚ housing‚ hospitals‚ and other buildings in my city. I see all of these buildings‚ but very little forestry and what little I do see was planted by man in a square in concrete
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someone describes their selves they usually say a ton of words that best fit them. Although many words help describe a person sometimes just one word is enough. The word that would best describe me I think would be pursuer. One thing that makes me a pursuer is my family‚ they raised me to never give up on my dreams and I want to do achieve my goals to give back to them. Along with that another reason is I am a pursuer because I try hard for my own benefit. In addition a third reason is I want to be
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Expository writing is writing that explains‚ sets forth‚ or defines a given topic. Expository is the adjective form of the noun exposition. Both words are derived from the verb expose‚ which means to make visible or known‚ to lay open‚ to put forth. Basically‚ all the writing you do in school is – in one sense or another – expository writing. You are always in the process of trying to explain something‚ whether it is your view of a particular work of literature‚ the causes of a particular historical
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