A Focus on Setting The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) Part 1 – Lines 1 to 16 From the very first description of the story’s setting‚ the audience is already presented with a comparison of mood to atmosphere. “Our house is high up in the Yorkshire coast” (line 1) is the very opposite of the “low cliffs of the loneliest and ugliest little bay” (line 3-4). This contrast in landscape cleverly demonstrates the characters’ contrast in mood‚ behaviors and mindsets. Although the word high may
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Chawin Pathompornvivat Mrs. Sarr-Lewis Advanced Placement English Language & Composition 21st August‚ 2013 Summer Assignments 2013 Word count: 313 words “Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis” Close reading informs a writer writing by revealing something new each time we read them. The process of close reading develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves. The skill called “close reading” is a fundamental for interpreting literature. Reading
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The summer i had was amazing. I did so many different things. I went to camp‚ went to USA‚ and went to the beach. I had so much fun. I just hope next summer is as exciting as this one. First of all I went to my camp with tons of my friends. (name of camp) was so much fun! I spent money on ______ and me and my friends did so much different things. The only problem is that i had to wake up early. That was a bummer. Secondly i went to USA. I woke up early‚ and took a long bus ride. That wasnt that
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South Africa‚ South Brazil‚ South and Central China‚ South Japan‚ and New Zealand’s North Island). Nearly half of these forests are in the Central and South America‚ mainly the lower Amazonia and along the coasts of Columbia and Ecuador. Tropical rain forests are the most complex and diverse ecosystems‚ and sustain the greatest concentration of biological diversity (half of all species of animals and plants) on the Earth. The tropical rainforest ecosystem can be found in places near the
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Levine’s another poem “Lights‚ I Have Seen Before” probes social isolation and social terror with tremendous eloquence. It opens with daybreak and closes at dusk‚ and firmly locate at urban life. The children are “off somewhere‚” the speaker is isolated‚ the television and refrigerator provide only muffled and inhumane- perhaps even deathly sound: I hear only the buzz of current in the TV and the refrigerator groaning against the coming day. (3-8) This sound makes him remembers the sound of
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Queenie 1097300104 E5B Data Analysis First Part Personal information: including the participants’ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ marital status and monthly income. Gender As Figure 1 showed‚ there were 45% of female participants and 55% of male. The numbers of the participants of each gender were very close. Age The respondents were all my friends on Facebook; as the result‚ the majority (73%) of their age was in the range of 16-20‚ as seen in Figure 2. Figure 1: Gender
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An The Commentary - a rough guide What is a ’commentary’? A commentary is a close analysis of a passage or a short work. More than a summary‚ it must investigate both the content and the language‚ i.e. WHAT the passage/poem achieves and HOW it achieves it‚ and the relationship they have with each other. It describes the writer’s intentions‚ effects and how he or she accomplishes them. In addition to detailed analytical skills‚ you need also to demonstrate an ability to construct a line of
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Acid Rains There are three gases which could cause acid rain‚ which are Sulphur Dioxide (sulphuric acid)‚ NOx (oxides of nitrogen which produce nitric acid) and also perhaps Carbon Dioxide (weak carbonic acid)‚ produces these acids because these gases dissolve in rain water/ precipitation and this forms a weak version of the acid‚ as the gases dissolve it lowers the pH of the rainwater. I think that there has been a increase in the production of acid rain‚ due to the fact that the country as a
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thought to be gay. | In 1855 Whitman published at his own expense a volume of 12 poems‚ Leaves of Grass‚ which he had begun working on probably as early as 1847. It was criticized because of Whitman’s exaltation of the body and sexual love and also because of its innovation in verse form—that is‚ the use of free verse in long rhythmical lines with a natural‚ “organic” structure. | His poems lack much of the standard of recognized poetic measure. He has a style peculiar to himself
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to catch fish. I like to go fishing every weekend‚ but it is difficult now that I am studying a lot. Fishing is very special to me. 4. _________________________________________. It dsn’t rain very often in summer or winter. The sun usually shines all day. In winter‚ it general gets cold in desert‚ but in summer it gets cold in desert and the cities. I love hot weather. 5. _____________________________________________. Many children begin learning to play football when they are very young. You often
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