Passage 1 utilizes a mixture of long and short sentences‚ though most are lengthy and loose. For example‚ the loose sentence “exotic flowers‚ among them floating hearts‚ lilies‚ and rare orchids‚ abound‚” offers additional description of the plentiful exotic flowers. Furthermore‚ the lengthy sentences found in Passage 1 serve to provide the most detailed image of the Okefenokee as possible. Because of the thorough depiction of the swamp presented
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long. Fruit is green to greenish-yellow when ripe‚ fleshy‚ hanging on short stalks from the main stem or from large branches in old trees‚ oblong with pyramidal projections‚ 25 to 60 centimeters long. Dancing Lady Orchid (Oncidium sp.) The Dancing Lady orchid or Yellow Oncidium orchid has multiple blooms of bright yellow with a reddish brown center. The flowers can have large‚ bright yellow labellum or lip which people likened to the skirt of a ballerina. As the flower stems sway in the breeze the
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A Warrior’s Triumph The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston presents the story of a girl trapped between the cultures of her surrounding environment and that which her mother and family have forced upon her. Knowing only the Chinese way of life‚ this girl’s mother attempts to familiarize her daughter‚ whom is also the narrator‚ with the history of their family. The mother shares this heritage through the use of stories in hopes the narrator will be prepared for her ultimate return to China
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leathery to reduce water loss in the strong sunlight. Some trees grow large leaves at the lower canopy level and small leaves in the upper canopy. Other plants grow in the upper canopy on larger trees to get sunlight. These are the epiphytes such as orchids and bromeliads. Many trees have buttress and stilt roots for extra support in the shallow‚ wet soil of the rainforests. Over 2‚500 species of vines grow in the rain forest. Lianas start off as small shrubs that grow on the forest floor. To reach the
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In BBC’s film The Cell: The Hidden Kingdom Dr. Rutherford takes the viewer on a scientific quest to find the secrets of the cell‚ a story that is often left untold. For this reason (because it contains important information that is generally unknown) it is absolutely necessary and I highly recommend for everyone to watch it. At first the film may sound unappealing to some who don’t enjoy these sorts of films but that is probably because the film’s title is rather generic and as a result it may deter
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Prefer nature? No worries! I know just the place. The Singapore Botanic Gardens. This nature reserve has no admission fee and is filled all different sorts of beautiful plant species. Also located inside the park is the National Orchid Garden which houses over sixty-thousand orchid plants‚ consisting of four-hundred species and two-thousand hybrids.
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Unit 205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1 1&2) Physical abuse is typically described as the use of physical force against another person that may in turn cause injury‚ pain or impairment. This type of abuse could be perform with or without an object. possible signs of physical abuse may include the following; bruising other marks on the skin nervous behaviour depression unexplainable weight loss Sexual abuse is the forced and undesired sexual behaviour
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The Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth of Selected Major Pharmaceutical Units in India CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF DIVIDEND PAY OUT TREND 4.1 Introduction Dividend policy has been a concern of significance in financial literature since inception of Joint Stock Companies. Dividends are commonly defined as the distribution of earnings (past or present) in real assets among the shareholders of the firm in proportion to their ownership.xxxix Dividend policy connotes to the payout policy
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If it’s an uncomfortable topic‚ Jackie Kay can make it sound beautiful. She builds up her poems with meters almost like music‚ only to make the twist at the end more dramatic. Her heritage and orphan past are incorporated in her work – they are personal experiences but Kay describes her images so well‚ it’s universal. She’s the speaker and uses her feelings and experiences to teach lessons on acceptance and pain. “Even the Trees” is a stanzaic poem made up of non-rhyming couplets. The steady flow
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family to a dowager empress‚ changing and affecting Chinese life forever. Ci Xi was born on November 29th‚ 1835 to the parents of the middle ranks Manchu society and her given name was Yenhonala‚ meaning little Orchid‚ oh little did she know she would be far from being a ‘little orchid’. Ci Xi’s father‚ was a minor Manchu official‚ but had a “bloodline of the ruling race" which gave Ci Xi the chance to serve in the Forbidden City as maidservants or concubines to the emperor.
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