For the Wrong Reasons I arrived at practice with my shoes laced‚ hair pulled back‚ and the mindset that I was unstoppable. I could play against every member of my team and come out the victor on any given day. It was the first day of practice that week‚ and challenge matches were scheduled to begin. The team went through our daily shuffle of drills‚ conditioning‚ and running to prepare for what was lying ahead. While warming up with my friends‚ I felt great‚ talking about homecoming‚ boys‚ and
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All my life I’ve felt like I was constantly reaching‚ constantly pushing myself to work hard and achieve goals that to me‚ didn’t seem difficult to obtain. I never believed that I couldn’t do it. But for 10 of the 17 years of my life all I was doing was reaching‚ never actually grabbing a hold of whatever it was that I was reaching for. Throughout my childhood‚ I participated in many sports. The first thing I participated in was ballet‚ at the age of 5. At that age‚ I had set the goal for myself
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How I came to America? Have you ever been through an experience where you moved to an unfamiliar location by yourself? I had the opportunity to do just that when I left my hometown in Hong Kong and come to America for a better education. I was only thirteen years of age at the time. Giving me the chance to come the U.S was the greatest gift that my parent has ever given me in my life. I appreciated them for providing me this valuable and precious chance for my thirteen years old birthday present
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Farah Ballestreros. COMP 101. Tuesday‚ January 28‚ 2014 FINAL . “Graduation‚ the hush-hush magic time of frills and gifts and congratulations and diplomas.” You weren’t lying when you said that Maya Angelou. May 19th‚ 2013 I had dreamt of that day for almost four years. I know I can’t be the only person who feel this way. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. So many different emotions going through my mind all at once. Happiness‚ Sadness‚ I felt relieved because it was almost
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Their last breathe I take a seat on the cold stone bench of the arena. The rumble of the crowd fades into my head; the thick July air makes it hard to breathe. It is not my fight but my nerves acts as if it is‚ shaking in anticipation and fear. The competitors take their places on opposing ends of the field. I’m too far away to see their faces behind their masks but I can feel the adrenaline flow through my body and know that it doesn’t compare to what they must be feeling; knowing that this could
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ENGL 1301 – Section 4 Narrative essay June 13‚ 2012 The Making of Christmas Dinner “Caitlyn‚ get downstairs now!” frantically screamed my mother. The sound of her nervous voice made me spring from the bed and quickly scramble down the stairs to the kitchen. As I slid around the corner and headed toward the kitchen‚ I encountered a large‚ foggy cloud of strong smoke. “Mom‚ what’s going on?” I screeched. She was grabbing the bright red
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Writing a Personal Narrative Story Organizer Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? ______________________________________ Where? ______________________________________ Details 1. ___________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
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Writing a Personal Narrative Purpose and Audience Personal narratives allow you to share your life with others and vicariously experience the things that happen around you. Your job as a writer is to put the reader in the midst of the action letting him or her live through an experience. Although a great deal of writing has a thesis‚ stories are different. A good story creates a dramatic effect‚ makes us laugh‚ gives us pleasurable fright‚ and/or gets us on the edge of our seats. A story has
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Personal Interest Research: Learning and Memory Donna Hoffman BSHS 371 November 9‚ 2012 Kimberly Anderson Personal Interest Research: Learning and Memory As people develop into middle and older adulthood many begin to take an interest in doing the things‚ which pertain to keeping his or her bodies and faces looking fresh and young. Some people will buy exercise equipment‚ start gym memberships‚ and change their diets. Other people will buy facial products‚ hair dyes‚ and may contemplate
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Grade 8 LA--Heritage Essay #2 Personal narrative writing is writing about a discovery. Write a story about how you discovered something new about yourself‚ a specific family member or your family in general. The point is to make sure that your story has a lesson learned and that it’s something deeper than the following: • I learned that moving is difficult • I learned that playing with matches is a bad idea • I learned that big sisters are annoying • I discovered
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