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    1) Works Cited Foer‚ Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Boston‚ MA: Mariner‚ 2005. Print. 2) Annotation This book is told through the eyes of an extremely smart and funny nine-year-old who is also the narrator‚ Jonathan Safran Foer. He tells a story of the effects of his fathers tragic death‚ in the 9/11 terrorist attack‚ on his father‚ Oskar Schell‚ and his family as a whole. Oskar’s father not only endured the pain of being trapped in the towers‚ but was killed due to

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    The Raven: A Close Reading

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    The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore

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    A Passage to India In this excerpt from the novel A Passage to India‚ the author explores several themes through the use of figurative language‚ linguistic features‚ and literary devices. One theme is the triviality and evanescence of mankind’s order and plans when juxtaposed with the splendor and immutability of the universe. This comparison draws attention to itself when the narrator begins his description of the sky: “Some kites hovered overhead‚ impartial‚ …and with an impartiality exceeding

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    Ricky Grayson English Chadwick and Kelly 6/31/10 Journal Entry 1: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close pgs 1-75 Summary: In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ Jonathan Safran Foer writes of a nine year old boy‚ Oskar Schell‚ who is both inquisitive and humorous. You see‚ Oskar lost his father in the 9/11 terror attacks and cannot adjust to his new life. Oskar is both surprised and hurt that his mother‚ who he thinks should be grieving over his father’s death‚ is‚ in fact

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    these feelings. Such sensations are examined in depth in Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita. The provided passage poignantly addresses this issue. While on its surface it appears to be merely a mellifluously worded memoir‚ it is actually a cleverly disguised commentary on the desire for the childhood experience. Though this is not immediately obvious‚ close examination of the diction of the passage reveals the central message. Nabokov includes words that accomplish several things‚ including evoking the

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    Car Accidnent Passage

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    In January this year‚ I had seen a car accident happen for the first time. The accident HAPPENED on Sydney road. I was being driven to my friends house by my father‚ I had witnessed a car go out of control and crash into the side of the road into the shops. The car was a large and black. Fortunately‚ the shop that the car crashed into was closed so no people were injured. The driver was hurt because the car crashed in speed. The front windo was broken and the car was crushed. Because of the

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    “If you had a clear conscience‚ why were you scared?” “Like I says before‚ it weren’t safe for any nigger to be in a—fix like that.” “But you weren’t in a fix—you testified that you were resisting Miss Ewell. Were you so scared that she’d hurt you‚ you ran‚ a big buck like you?” “No suh‚ I’s scared I’d be in court‚ just like I am now.” “Scared of arrest‚ scared you’d have to face up to what you did?” “No suh‚ scared I’d hafta face up to what I didn’t do.” “Are you being impudent to me‚ boy

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    Reginalds Choir Passage

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    "The usual‚ Reginald?" Questioned the bartender. "Yes please do‚ and keep em’ coming‚ I’ve had a rough day." After he finished four drinks‚ he noticed that The room was particularly quiet‚ besides a sort of ruckus going on in the field behind the tavern‚ he decided it was best to satisfy his curiosity. As he stepped outside he and he couldn’t believe his eyes‚ they were playing Bandy Wicket‚ being intoxicated‚ he had the audacity to run up and ask to play‚ but as he got closer‚ they seemed less welcoming

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    Every One Gets Close

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    The Campaign Strategy for Close Up Toothpaste Introduction: The Unilever group is responsible for the creation and maintenance of thirteen successful global brands. Close Up is one of two oral health care brands under the Unilever umbrella‚ and is fairly unknown in the U.S. market and comparatively lacking marketing support. The American company that owns the licensing rights to Close Up‚ Church & Dwight Co.‚ also leads the way in marketing some of the bigger name brands. The oral health care market

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    To what extend did the slave experiences in the Middle Passage (of the 17th to 18th century slave trade) led to great loss of lives? T he reason for choosing this topic is to allow person to visualize‚ and to even come close to imagining the hardships that the Africans Slaves encountered in the atrocious Middle Passage. The Middle Passage made the researcher‚ as an historian‚ want to do further investigation and to fully analyze

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