“(love song‚ with two goldfish)” Commentary “(love song‚ with two goldfish)”‚ by Grace Chua‚ is a humorous take on the kind of stereotypical romance that is often represented in popular music. In Chua’s version of the love song romance‚ goldfish seem to replace actual humans which gives her an opportunity to poke gentle fun at the genre as well as use some particularly fishy clichés and puns. In the poem we meet two young lovers who seem to be hitting it off. The male of the pair makes the first
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It is never a bad thing to have a rainy day because usually the next day is sunny. Well‚ On the planet Venus it rains for 7 years straight. But‚ when the rain does stop‚ there is only an hour of sunshine. It had been raining for seven years on the planet Venus‚ and the rain has finally stopped. The kids had all never seen the sun since they were about two years old and we’re excited. But‚ one 11 year old girl named Margot stood apart from them‚ remembering when she lived in Ohio the sun was out almost
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------------------------------------------------- Summer. A field during summer in Belgium. | | Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons‚ between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice‚ the days are longest and the nights are shortest‚ with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate‚ culture‚ and tradition‚ but when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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Commentary Essay Purpose: The purpose of commentary is not simply to report things but to give readers a way to make sense of them. A commentary will help you write critically about a topic and will help you analyze this topic within a larger societal context. Audience: Your audience for this paper should be one who has a stake in the topic. For example‚ if you are discussing your understanding of a topic like ISTEP testing‚ your audience could be administrators. Genre: For this paper
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‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words
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Miranda Lucas L.A. Per. 2 June 5th‚ 2012 Social Commentary in Literature Characters in pieces of literature are often influenced by the societies that they live in‚ and many authors do this to comment on certain social ideas. The story‚ “The Bass‚ the River and Shelia Mant”‚ the author focuses on how people in society should be able to take pride in who they really are and not feel the pressure to be something they are not. The author of “The Handsomest Drowned Man” wrote this story to show
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Introduction: Acid rain has proven to be a big problem for Connecticut. It has had a great impact on builders‚ wildlife‚ and the water sources. Acid rain has many components in it such as pollutants from plants to sulfuric acid from burning coal. Problem: Which stone is the most resistant against acid rain? Hypothesis: If we test the different stones against acid rain then red sand stone would be the best because it is heavier and cannot be easily broken. Independent variable: Type of stones
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Is there really such a thing as rain with acid in it? Yes‚ acid rain is a very real phenomenon worldwide‚ and it’s been documented since the 1800s‚ as the Industrial Revolution caused the burning of fossil fuels like coal‚ gas and oil. When these fuels or any other organic material like wood or paper are burned‚ they release compounds like sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxides (NOx) into the air. Are SO2 and NOx the causes of acid rain? Indirectly‚ yes. When SO2 and NOx enter the atmosphere
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ISP film) U5A2 – ISP Thesis/Outline U5A4 – Final ISP Essay ISP TOPICS FILM CHOICES NOVEL CHOICES Personal Liberation/Redemption Gran Torino Rocky Balboa Albert Camus‚ The Outsider Carol Shields‚ The Stone Diaries Ernest Gaines‚ A Lesson Before Dying Ian McEwan‚ Atonement Jane Urqhart‚ The Stone Carvers John Irving‚ A Prayer For Owen Meany Khaled Hosseini‚ The Kite Runner Margaret Atwood‚ Surfacing Margaret Laurence‚ The Stone Angel Miriam Toews‚ A Complicated Kindness Oscar Wilde
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Acid rain is considered precipitation in the form of rain‚ snow‚ or fog. It is not regular precipitation. It is precipitation that is polluted by acid. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere cause this precipitation to become acidic. These emissions are released into the atmosphere by human activity‚ such as automobiles‚ industries‚ and electrical power plants that burn fossil fuels like coal and oil. When these gases are released‚ they mix with water vapor in the clouds
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