mental picture in words. Some types of figurative language are the following: Simile: a direct comparison of two things‚ usually employing the words like or as. “He watches from his mountain walls‚ And like a thunderbolt he falls.” (Tennyson) “My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit.” (Christina Rosseti) Other examples: clouds like fluffy balls of cotton; snowflakes like soft white feathers; a motor purring like a kitten; a lawn like a green carpet; thin as a
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my brother my executioner I.BOOK DATA: Title of the book: My brother‚ my executioner Author: F. Sionil Jose Publisher: Solidaridad Publishing House Date Published: 2006 Number of pages: 192 pages II. GENEALOGY Luis was a illegitimate son of Don Vicente. Trining was his first degree cousin and also his lover. Ester was just a fling partner of Luis and also Trining’s classmate in school. Victor is Luis’s half brother. III.LITERARY MAP Baclaran Church‚ it is where Luis and Ester
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Essay: My Bondage‚ My Freedom First published in 1855‚ this book tells the story of Fredrick Douglass ’ life first as a slave‚ then as a fugitive‚ and finally as a free man working to free the rest of the slaves in the American South from bondage. My Bondage and My Freedom is widely considered to be one of the most historically influential documents produced in the midst of the abolitionist movement. Written by a former slave‚ the memoir served as a moving argument against the inhuman institution
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There are many things about the past and the present that I could talk about‚ but I thought that we might talk about the toys of my youth and the toys of today. Do you remember the toys of your youth? I remember mine‚ they were much different then the toys of today. They were durable and could take a beating. Just like the saying “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”‚ you could play with them for hours and they wouldn’t break. The toys that I had didn’t break as easy as the toys of today. I had
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My Favourite Author “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth‚ but if you have good thoughts‚ they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” -Roald Dahl Roald Dahl has written numerous children’s books in his career as a writer. He had fun playing around with
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“There goes my hero‚ watch him as he go”. Foo Fighters’ song My Hero keep playing in my head as Madam Alindayu talks about the preparation for the Teachers’ Day with the theme MY TEACHER‚ MY HERO that is celebrated by the whole world. Of course‚ as a student‚ this is the right time to give thanks to our beloved teachers who brought us to where we are now. “Grabe‚ sobrang terror ni Sir! Lalo na yung si Madam sa isang subject ko! Hay!” phrase that somehow bugs me out knowing that teachers only do
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was slim to no chance for this nomads’ child to ever live in such a great country or ever succeed in the life outside farming and local merchant customs. For Angel the typical day was waking up when roosters crowed and to the smell of his mother cooking beans over an open fire in their little shack. After household chores Angel‚ would then get prepared for school. It was about a four mile walk with his mother and three siblings on dirt roads to school. After which‚ when school was over‚ he would
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My Teacher‚ My Hero Teaching is an option. Sainthood is a preference. Heroism is a choice. Have you ever wondered what a true hero is like? When people say hero‚ they usually think of cartoon characters like Superman‚ Spiderman‚ or SpongeBob. If you mean a hero in cartoon or movies‚ then someone who is the strongest person around who wants to bring peace and justice. Heroes are not like real superheroes‚ people who could fly‚ who could hold a car using their forefinger‚ not even fighting villains
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My Brother‚ My Executioner was set on a time when the Hukbalhap was still fighting their questionable fight‚ and in two places‚ namely Manila and of course in the little town of Rosales. The book is one of the Rosales series after all. The Rosales part of the setting shows us a world torn in half: one is seemingly blissfully prosperous part that is under the shadow of the great Don Vicente Asperri‚ and the other one being the epitome of blight who’s farming community decided to oppose the evil feudal
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MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM The diet as well as the daily nutritional meals of the slaves‚ is made up of a huge quantity of ash cake‚ and two salt herrings or a small piece of pork. The slaves added a little water to their meal‚ to be thick indeed so that a spoon would be able stand vertically straight in it; and after the wood had burned away to coals and ashes‚ they would place the dough between oak leaves and lay it cautiously in the ashes‚ covering it completely‚ therefore‚ the bread is called
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