ONCE UPON A TIME THE speaker in this poem reminisces about a time when people were sincere and caring in their dealings with one another; he speaks regretfully about the present time‚ when people are not like before. He seems to feel that people have lost the innocence and openness which he now sees in his young son; he wants to regain that innocence. The poem starts with the well-known words "Once upon a time"‚ suggesting that what the speaker is going to say is a fairy tale‚ something so far-fetched
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Writing stories Introduction and tips: ANSWER THE QUESTION PLAN your story. REVISE your story to correct mistakes. Give your story a TITLE. Make sure you have at least 4 paragraphs. Paragraph 1 – background information. Paragraphs 2 and 3 the main part of the story. Paragraph 4 – EITHER the climax OR key moment of the story OR what happened after the climax. Don’t change the words you are given at all. (If there are words given) Read the words you are given carefully. Sometimes
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MEMORANDUM FOR: xxxx SUBJECT: xxxx 1. The book I selected was Myrer‚ Anton. Once an Eagle. New York: HarperPerennial‚ 2002. Myrer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the invasion of Guam where he was wounded and later discharged. Interestingly‚ he was born in Worcester‚ Massachusetts‚ not far from For Devens. This book has been described by some as an anti-war novel. Given the experiences of the author‚ there are understandably many real and graphic descriptions of the
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they choose. So how can the author’s choice of words shapen the devolvement of the story? Richard Ford’s story‚ "Under the Radar‚" and T.C Boyle’s‚ "Greasy Lake‚" are great examples of how astute word choice provide depth in establishing the setting‚ developing characters‚ and as a catalyst for how the events will unfold. T.C Boyle’s‚ "Greasy Lake‚" focuses on the conflicts of three 19-year olds‚ set in the 1960s‚ between their perceived self-image and the true self within. The story tells the tale
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is a modernist poem published in Yeats’s second volume of poetry‚ entitled “The Rose” (1893) and‚ although simple in form and imagery‚ it has managed to earn its place as one of his great literary achievements and one of his most enduring. The poem represents a nostalgic description of a concrete‚ geographical place‚ the lake isle of Innisfree‚ which the poet manages to transform into
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Carlo is tranced as he walks slowly towards the lake. The water’s level is at his waist; he slowly lowers his head ‚ sipping a bit. Carlo likes it. Carlo likes it a lot! The sweet earthy herbal taste gradually elicits ecstacy. The brew is thick‚ rich‚ with floral and grapefruit notes. He can sense a slight sourness and mysterious enchanting undertone deep within yellowish hue. He started swimming...slowly‚ in a very phelgmatic manner. Once every minute‚ he can’t control himself from sipping
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how much a like they truly are. In her writing the reader can see how the proper usage of similes and metaphors can enhance ones writing. “…our home for the Civil War Battleground it was.” (154) is a prime example of one of the ways Vowell uses similes to enhance the readers understanding of her surrounding at that time. She is talking about her house is divided like it was during the Civil War. With her usage of “little death sticks” (157)‚ “elaborate took of death“(157)‚ and “Satan I rebuke
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lifestyle where to others it is seen as nothing more than a waste of time and yet to others still it opens the door to numerous opportunities for a better life. On the most part though‚ our society as a whole seems to agree that education is the pathway to success. Not coincidentally‚ this is also the stance taken by most authors in modern day literature. This theme of education is clearly presented within two completely different texts: Mary Lawson’s Crow Lake‚ and David Auburn’s Proof‚ though not necessarily
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left in this world. We are named as screen generation‚ it means we all depending on electronic stuffs to complete and help us out in our daily life. We use air-con‚ television‚ refrigerator‚ fan‚ lamps‚ iron more over we use electricity to charge our gadgets those we probably have more than one like phone‚ laptop‚ tablet etc. We never really care about where the energy came from and are we wasting it? Main energy source is fossil fuels including coal‚ oil and natural gas. Many of us are uninformed
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The film‚ Once Were Warriors foregrounds the issue that Maori are a culture that has lost its way .The invited reading is that the Maori community deals with domestic violence‚ poverty‚ gangs and alcoholism. The film positions the viewers to believe that Maori men are violent‚ as the film portrays them in a negative way. By exploiting the representation that Maori men are brutal alcoholics and dangerous‚ viewers are positioned to agree with the expressions of the film. This representation is evident
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