In a big city on a hot summer day‚ police roamed the streets‚ seeing little children eat their ice cream. Suddenly‚ one day‚ there was a scream around the block. The police deputy that heard this wasn’t a normal police deputy‚ he was Super Cooper‚ the talking weiner dog. He ran to the crime scene as fast as he could and found a group of young children crying with ice cream stains on their shirts. He asked them what was wrong and they said “A big man stole our ice cream” then continued to sob. Super
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THOUGHTS: Good Thoughts‚ but bc of pressure and insecurities causes him to not know how to act- forces him to act His conscientiousness Is Holden a good role model for people your age today? Instinctively and attitude wise-no However‚ he has got the “right idea” Which takes over (action or thoughts?) However‚ ideas carried out with action to the extreme are never good Holden is experiencing the pressures that come along with adolescence‚ ergo does not know how to cope with his feelings
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• Now consider similes and metaphors; what semantic areas do they belong? What is the poet’s aim in using them? Simile compares soldiers to beggars because of appearance (ragged‚ dirty) but also has connotations of being uncared-for‚ homeless‚ impoverished. Simile compares soldiers to hags because coughing‚ slow‚ infirm as if they were old; also has negative connotations (ugly‚ witch). Simile describes sensations the reader may be more familiar with to show the pain the soldier is going through
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his love is expressed at the beginning of the poem even though she has not revealed her insensitivity comments about the family until the end. The man has no idea of the girl’s mind at this point – he is describing his own feelings when seeing the ragged poor people “not only was I touched…but I was even a little ashamed…” (Baudelaire 53). Then‚ it is only right after this when his lover emitted his words full of hate towards the vagrant family. This contrast makes Baudelaire realize the absolute
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Catcher in the Rye In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” Salinger writes the story of Holden a character who narrates his story after experiencing a break down. Holden is a teenager who has recently been expelled from his school for failing his studies. He decides to leave but the isolation he faces in the school continues to escalate when he immerses in the adult world. Holden has a hard time accepting adulthood which he finds ‘phony’ and unlike the innocent and niceness of childhood. The narration
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The salt will definitely make the cranberry more salty and sour‚ but still it is more desirable than what I prefer him to eat if he loses. I told him that he would eat a half-hatched duck egg if his team loses. This exotic food is called balut‚ which originated in Philippines. Balut is a famous street food and delicacy especially for the guys because there is an old saying that balut makes knees stronger. Balut is honestly not so pleasant
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country. Her use of metaphor is particularly strong “ An opal-hearted country is a great example as it gives us a clear picture of the magnificence of Australia’s colours‚ from the sapphire mountains‚ jewelled sea‚ white ring barked forest to the ragged mountain ranges. “The drumming of an army” helps us to imagine the pelting of rain on a drought ridden land. The poet often refers to the country as a
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Topic: Century egg Specific Purpose: To introduce what is century egg and the history of it‚ and how to eat it. Thesis Statement: Century egg is complicate to make‚ but easy to eat. Introduction: I. When you hear the name “Century Egg”‚ you must be thinking that the egg has been preserved for a hundred years or even longer. II. Is it edible? III. The answer is of course. IV. Today‚ I’ll talk about a Chinese traditional egg product‚ what it is‚ what is the history of it‚ and how to eat it. Transition:
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market vendor...’was once a duck that stretched its neck...in hopes of becoming a goose and now look. It is too beautiful to eat‚’” (Wang & Markey‚ 1993). Stemming from The Joy Luck Club‚ this intro to the movie adaptation‚ describes the history‚ culture‚ and experience of Asian-Americans. The quote describes of a woman that aimlessly strolls through a market when she stumbles upon a swan. As she looks at it‚ the vendor comes up to her and explains how the swan used to be a duck‚ but as it stretched its
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Elephant culling is not bad‚ but it is actually good for Africa. Adult African elephants eat an enormous 130kg of food a day‚ and they eat anything. They trample crops grown by humans and eat them. This is devastating to an already starving African population. This is only one of the reasons to cull them. I personally feel that elephant culling is not even a choice for Africa‚ but a necessity. It is a necessity for Africa because if the elephant population gets too big‚ Africa’s biodiversity will
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