How I became a bookworm My sophomore year‚ around April I started reading "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins. I only got somewhere around the 100th page and then stopped reading‚ because I was always busy with school work. we read a book in class called "Looking for Alaska"‚ I truly enjoyed reading it‚ that is when I started slowly getting more interested in reading. When school ended for the summer‚ I had to take summer school‚ and for my English class I had to read a book and give a presentation over it
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Lecture Two The nature of the rules - the underlying patterns (rules) of language are not obvious - we have unconscious knowledge of patterns and rules of our own language If a linguist identifies a sentence as "grammatical" this means that the sentence conforms to the hypothesized rules of the mental grammar When a linguist uses the word "Grammar" they mean: mental grammar: is in our (individual) heads - shared by speakers if a language‚ with some variation‚= linguistic competence - a
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Comparison and contrast are thought processes we go through constantly in everyday life. When we compare two things‚ we show how they are similar; when we contrast two things‚ we show how they are different. We may compare or contrast two brand-name products ( for example‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola)‚ two television shows‚ two cars‚ two teachers‚ two jobs‚ two friends‚ or two possible solutions to a problem we are facing. The purpose of comparing or contrasting is to understand each of the two things more
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A man is spoilt for choices when it comes to food and fruit. A casual look-in at the fruit section in the mall will give you the impression that you have a wide variety of fruit choices. But in reality‚ the abundance of mother nature’s bounty far exceeds the sampling you see in the mall or in the fruit market. The world is full of fruits that will stagger you in its size‚ shape and colors. Here are 16 exotic fruits that will challenge your imagination and make you salivate. Ackee or Ackee apple
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The Roman Empire was the most successful ancient civilization.They created many inventions.Second‚They had very great food.Third‚ they had the best army. Inventions The Romans invented toilets‚they invented toilets in the bronze and iron age‚Indoor plumbing was not for everybody‚only the richest could afford them in their houses‚all toilets were public except the people you bought them in there house.They built numerous concrete structures that still stand today.They built numerous concrete structures
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1973 in a Motorola Factory. A cell phone is that it is actually a radio‚ an extremely sophisticated radio‚ but a radio nonetheless. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876‚ and wireless communication can trace its roots to the invention of the radio by Nikolai Tesla in the 1880s. It was only natural that these two great technologies would eventually be combined. The first cell phone weighed 2.5 pounds‚ had a talk time of 35 minutes‚ took 10 hours to charge and had no display. Technology
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Although it was many years ago‚ ancient empires contributions are still used today. The invention of paper‚ the development of the roman justice code/Inca road system‚ and the writing system are a major impact on our world today. Even thousand of years ago empires thought of many inventions and codes. The world may not have been the same without the philosophers‚ scientists and math people they had. Where would this world be without paper? Paper was made by drying pulp on screens
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Renaissance invention S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M what kind of word is this? But more importantly‚ how the heck am I supposed to pronounce this‚ I frustratedly thought to myself. “Trying to read again”. Dad asked as he walked in my room with a fabricated smile face. “Yep‚ Can you help me again? I asked in a wary voice “Maybe later‚ you know our neighbors Johannes Gutenberg? “Yeah” I responded “what about him?” “He’s working on some printing press that I’m helping him with”‚He added. “See you at dinner”. He
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have a camera which would let them edit the images using the computer. Kodak‚ the current major camera producer‚ and the company that Steven Sasson works at‚ was the first to oficially introduce to the global market the digital camera. The invention has a large impact on the human society‚ and to be more specific‚ all the photography specialization in the world right now. As I mentioned before‚ it is giving photographers all over the world a better experience‚ giving families an opportunity
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5 Paragraph Assignments 1. The American Revolution resulted in a Democratic government based on popular sovereignty while the French Revolution resulted in a popular authoritarianism under Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S. Constitution is focused on representation‚ electoral procedures‚ limited executive powers‚ and the equality of the federal and state governments. In 1799 the French Directory‚ established during revolutionary unrest to represent the people‚ was toppled by a young general‚ Napoleon
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