Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts
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Kin stretched out the gaming poster and slotted one end into the stand‚ he took a look at the pile of posters he had and heaved a sigh. The work was much drearier than he thought and after spending three days in Hewat and hundreds of repetitions of the same activity Kin didn’t think it could get any worse but Kin knew he would rather be efficiently slotting posters all day than having to be the waste collector that removed radioactive liquid from heating cells. He sighed in relief as the meal bell
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After spending so much time cooped up in a cell with someone‚ their face and behaviour become normal to you but to any passing onlookers my cellmate is anything but normal. When I was first thrown into the cell‚ Marigold was the first thing I saw‚ it was kind of hard not to‚ she could be standing in a room full of diamonds and she would be the brightest thing there. This shine she possesses isn’t due to beauty but rather a peculiar mix of clashing features. She has a wrinkled forehead that always
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Lady of Letters’ in 1987. It is a dramatic monologue from the ’Talking heads’ collection and was written for Patricia Routledge. This satirical tragic-comedy is about a middle aged woman called Irene Ruddock who writes letters of criticism and the short period in her life when her letter writing is most malicious and trouble making. She is judgemental and likes to look down on people‚ as if she is better than everyone‚ when really she isn’t. Her mixed up life leads us away from the irony near the
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I watched as Reedfang disappeared into the bush with Leafwatcher by his side‚ until their tails vanished from my line of sight. My eyes momentarily closed as I gathered my bearings‚ praying to Starclan that I wouldn’t have any needs for my claws. In front of me‚ I only heard the orange tom’s breathing‚ otherwise the forest had fallen silent‚ as if it could sense the explosion that was about to happen with our conversation. Taking a deep breath‚ I reopened my emerald eyes‚ bracing myself for the
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Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
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SENTENCE PATTERNS: SAMPLES 1. S--Vi--(Adv.) (Subject--Intransitive Verb--Adverb‚ usually optional) The man coughed (loudly). The audience laughed. The guest has arrived. The children walked down the street. The waiter hurried away from the door. Note: An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not require a direct object or a complement to complete its meaning. The word "intransitive" literally means "does not carry across." Therefore‚ the action of the verb does not transfer
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Response to “The Story of an Hour” The story mainly talks about complex emotions of Mrs. Mallard towards the news of her husband’s death along with her inner reflections upon living‚ death‚ and freedom. The emotional change of Mrs. Mallard is an essential clue throughout the whole story. At first‚ she was deep in sorrow after hearing the bad news that “she wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment”. Then‚ she realized that her husband’s passing away actually set her free physically and mentally
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Genesis Begins with two accounts of creation. In the creation stories God creates the world in 6 days and sets the 7th aside as a Sabbath to keep holy as a day of rest. He creates a man and a woman named Adam and Eve. He places them in a place called The Garden of Eden along with all the other Creatures that he has created‚ however he places them with dominion over the other creatures. In this Garden there was a tree called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God instructed Adam and Eve to not
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Silence fills the room and for a moment you can nearly hear everyone’s heartbeat‚ as constant blood flows into their bodies. Alicia grew impatient and says “ So is no one going to speak?” Alicia looked at everyone‚ then proceeded to look in her bag‚ pulling something out and unwrapped it and asked. “Whose pregnancy test is this?” While the look of confusion fills everyone’s face‚ but Rosey’s. Rosey once filled with color became white as snow. Her face looks as if she had left her own body. Rosey
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