Title: "The Computer Nut" Author: Betsy Byars Setting: "The Computer Nut" takes place in Kate’s small town. Overall‚ the different settings are in her house‚ in school‚ at a carwash‚ at Willie Lomax’s house‚ her dad’s office‚ a pep rally at her school’s football rally‚ and that’s basically where all the action takes place. Most of the time‚ the action takes place during the day. Towards the ending‚ however‚ most of the action takes place at night around 8 pm- 9pm. Major Characters: The main character
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people that has a special place in my heart. I have a lot of bonds in my life that make me happy or sad. Bonds affect your lives no matter if bad or good. One of the bonds I have is with my parents. My parents have always taken care of me. They all ways loved me and I love them. They have always looked after me. They have kept me well fed‚ put a roof over my head‚ and loved and care for my when I’m sick‚ sad‚ depressed‚ etc. They have always try to cheer me up when I’m down. My parents have done‚ so much
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death of his son. The main character Lona start surrounded by cab drivers‚ yet no one cares to pay attention to his suffering and pain. His son had passed away recently and he is still mourning his death. He then runs into an officer who made a joke and encourages him to speak‚ by asking how the boy died. Lona tries to explain‚ yet the passenger wants to the driver to keep his eyes on the road‚ which discourages Lona and loses all sense of hope for understanding the situation. The frustration
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Owen wrote this poem while he was in a military hospital. In the poem Owen reveals the chilling truth about what WW1 was really like. Icarus was written in the tension of the Cold War. In the poem Roger McGough turns a very serious (fake) event into a joke. Dulce was written in 1917 and published in 1920. It was written to show that Jessie Pope’s poem ‘Who’s for the Game’ was a whole pot of lies. Icarus Allsorts was written in 1964. It was written to get residents of planet Earth to understand how dangerous
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show the girl that you’re worth being around. Get a sense of humor. It’s no secret that girls love guys who can crack a joke or be funny. Practice jokes on your friends every so often‚ and learn the jokes that work and the ones that don’t work. When you’re alone with a girl‚ telling a joke can be a great way to break the tension. Remember: if you’re not good at jokes‚ you can still have a good sense of humor––you just have to love laughing and being around people who are funny. Be playful.
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Psychological Barriers Are More Important My View# Yes I agree. * Psycological barriers are those barriers which are related with emotions.In communication emotions are very important.At a special time‚the way a person communicating with other people is related to the present emotions of that person.The way of communication changes from situation to situation dependind upon the emotions of communicator and emotions are related to psycological condition at that time.For example a man has an
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food‚ they mainly contributed kumara with them which now is eaten widely around New Zealand and cooked in various ways. In art‚ they contributed their own way to carve bones and jades. These carvings‚ also made out of wood‚ can be seen almost every marae throughout New Zealand. In history‚ they contributed their own story of their ancestors. One of the famous stories was Maui and the Sun. In addition‚ Maori arrival had a great impact of naming of places. Because they were the first people to arrive in
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laughs at himself first before anyone else can. Dick Gregory learns the power of a joke while growing up. He is raised on welfare and kids in the neighborhood give him a hard time about it. For instance Dick gets made fun of a lot‚ but he learns that if he can make jokes about himself first‚ then the other kids will not climb all over him. Dick Gregory writes‚ “They were going to laugh anyway‚ but if I made the jokes they’d laugh with me instead of at me. I’d get the kids off my back‚ on my side. So
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makes this book keep you up all night. I loved this book because it wasn’t just serious‚ it also made you laugh. Whenever there was a grim part‚ Sherman Alexie would throw in a joke. For instance‚ Junior’s Grandmother has just passed away‚ and he makes it sad‚ but right as you think that the book has changed‚ he adds in a joke like this; “Grandparents are supposed to die first‚ but they’re supposed to die of old age. They’re supposed to die of a heart attack or a stroke or of cancer or of
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knight (homophones) 8. face – face (Homonyms proper) 9. see – sea (homophones) 10. bread – bred (homophones) 11. left – left (Homonyms proper) 12. lead – lead (homographs) 13. drink – drink (Homonyms proper) II. On what linguistic phenomenon is the joke in the following extracts based? What causes the misunderstanding? 1. Grammar – grandmom (homophones) 2. 3. too – two (homographs) 4. 5. Berne – burn/froze (homographs) 6. Fine – fine (homograps proper) 2. "Yes‚ Miss Janes‚ it’s true my husband has
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