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    Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural On March 4th‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln stood up in front of a battered‚ angry‚ divided America to deliver his second inaugural speech. As any great president would do‚ Lincoln constructed his speech in such a way that would lead to healing and rebuilding for this bleeding and scarred country. Through the use of inclusive word choice‚ parallelism‚ repetitive references to the bible and encouraging phrases Lincoln masterfully crafted and shaped his dialogue

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    Name___________________ Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer Review Worksheet Chapter 1- The Rescue Part one: Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Dave =________________ __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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    Module A Sometimes Gladness x 3 Poems + Additional Texts - Road to Paradise + The Gruen Transfer MUST DO 3 POEMS!! ONLY DO 2ND ADDITONAL TEXT IF YOU HAVE TIME!!! Introduction • Answer the question • State poems I am using Dialogue can be defined as an attempt by the writers to mimic spoken language‚ by using written language features to represent verbal language features. Dialogue can be direct‚ which is verbal‚ or indirect‚ which is shown through thoughts‚ non spoken‚ in novels

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    Napoleon is the most charismatic general in French history‚ famed for his military successes and (at the same time) for not quite conquering Europe. Starting as a second lieutenant in the French artillery‚ he rose quickly through the ranks until he staged a 1799 coup that made him First Consul of France. (In 1804 he went further‚ proclaiming himself emperor.) He led his armies to victory after victory‚ and by 1807 France ruled territory that stretched from Portugal to Italy and north to the river

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    sees himself as an individual who practices non conformity. He is a hero of consciousness more than a hero of action. These qualities of the Byronic hero are demonstrated in Lord Byron’s description of Napoleon. Byron begins his description in Stanza 36. He points out that Napoleon is "Extreme in all things!" I believe that this trait means that the Byronic hero is neither to the left nor the right‚ but eternally caught in the middle of both worlds.

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    Top 10 Greatest Empires In History FREIKORPTRASHER JUNE 22‚ 2010The definition of an empire is: when a single entity has supreme rule and power over a vast area of territory‚ which consists of peoples of different ethnicity and nationality. This list is based on the influence‚ longevity and power of the various empires‚ and‚ as you will see‚ it contains at least one or two entries that may strike some as controversial. My one requirement for this list is that the empire must have been ruled – for

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    Author: Dave Pelzer Title: A Child Called It Genre: Non- Fiction – Memoir Audience: Older - mid teens - adults A Child Called It is a very moving and unbelievable journey of a young boy (David Pelzer) who manages to somehow survive his mother’s unpredictable and torturous games. A Child Called It‚ the first of the three covers his life as a child 4 to 12 years. The book is brilliantly written and full of suspense it’s as if your eyes are glued to the page.

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    He was born Napoleone di Buonaparte (Italian: [napoleˈoːne di bwɔnaˈparte]) in Corsica‚ to a relatively modest family from the minor nobility. When the Revolution broke out in 1789‚ Napoleon was serving as an artillery officer in the French army. Seizing the new opportunities presented by the Revolution‚ he rapidly rose through the ranks of the military‚ becoming a general at age 24. The Directory eventually gave him command of the Army of Italy after he suppressed a revolt against the government

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    Book report ‘A child called it’ by Dave Pelzer This book is based on the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable‚ alcoholic mother. A mother who played tortuous‚ unpredictable games; games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son‚ but a slave; and no longer

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    Basketball’s Greatest Players There are many great players who had the talent to be all pro and lost it in the streets. Probably the two most famous to fail are Lloyd Daniels and Earl Manigult. Both could of been all-stars but let the drugs and inner city life destroy there chances. It’s been said that Earl Manigult’s best feat was being able to jump up to the top of the backboard and take a dollar bill and replace it with four quarters. One other rumor was he once dunked a basketball backwards

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