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    Shirley Jackson‚ author of “The Lottery”‚ choice of character actions‚ setting and plot events contribute to different moods throughout the story. The peaceful mood at the story’s beginning‚ followed by the gradually building tension‚ and the shocking end at the story’s conclusion demonstrate mood changes in the short story. In the beginning of the story‚ the mood is happy and cheerful; this is portrayed through the setting. It states “The morning of June 27 was clear and sunny‚ with the fresh

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    In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson many of the beliefs in the story are giving the lottery a bad meaning. In this story The Lottery is a huge event of stoning winners of the lottery. Many of the lottery winners think maybe the drawings are very unfair. Normally the first thing that comes to a persons mind when they think about the lottery is a large sum of money‚ in the story “The Lottery” it is not the same. This story makes the readers mind wonder and see two aspects of the story

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    In The Sea of Monsters‚ a 13-year-old demigod Percy Jackson goes on a quest with his friend Annabeth‚ a daughter of Athena‚ and Tyson‚ a Cyclops‚ who happens to be Percy’s half brother. They go to save Thalia’s pine tree‚ which has been poisoned mysteriously ‚ and to save Grover‚ Percy’s best friend. In order to get the Golden Fleece‚ which will heal the tree‚ he must travel across the omious Sea of Monsters to an island guarded by the Polyphemus and his man-eating sheep‚ where his friend Grover

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    On the 13th of May‚ in 1787‚ the British Government sent a fleet of 11 ships on a mission to start up a new colony led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Captain Arthur Phillip was born on the 11th of October‚ 1738‚ in London. Phillip went to school at Greenwich and later served an apprenticeship in the merchant navy. He was then transferred to the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War but then retired to become a farmer in Hampshire. After he served his time as Captain in the Portuguese Navy‚ Phillip re-joined

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    Exploring Microsoft Office 2010 Volume 1 Word Chapter 2 Testbank 1) Typography can be defined as the process of selecting all EXCEPT: A) typefaces. B) type styles. C) type formats. D) type sizes. Answer: C Diff: 3 Reference: Text Formatting Features Objective: 1 AppChap: Word 2: Word Document Presentation 2) Which of the following is most synonymous with "font"? A) Typeface B) Typography C) Type style D) Styles Answer: A Diff: 2 Reference: Text Formatting Features

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    Guidelines for Microsoft Office 2010 Nancy Muir • Anita Verno Student Data Files Folder Name: Module2-Windows M2-C2-S8-RecycleBin.docx Folder Name: Module4-Office M4-S2-Sales.xlsx M4-S3-TravelDeals.docx Folder Name: Module5-Word M5-C1-ExA-ComputerPurchase.docx M5-C1-ExC-Chocolate.docx M5-C1-S5-FundraisingLtr.docx M5-C1-S8-FundraisingLtr.docx M5-C2-ExA-Formatting.docx M5-C2-ExB-Calories.docx M5-C2-ExC-NativeLang.docx M5-C2-S1-MayanCulture.docx M5-C2-S8-MayanCulture.docx M5-C3-ExA-PartyGuests

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    MBA Integrative Module Sustainable Decisions and Organisations N14M94 Semester 2 2012 – 2013 April 15 - 19 2013 Module Convenor: Simon Wright Table of Contents Teaching Staff Module Outline and Reading List Provisional Session Summary Assessment and Criteria for Assessment Session 1 Module Introduction Session 2 Business Briefing: Sustainability at J Sainsbury PLC Session 3 Sustainability and Business Strategy Session

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    According to the critic and what he/she believes to be true about “Charles‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ is "even the most careless reader is sure to see through Laurie’s lies before his parents do."This would most likely to be true because in the story he comes into his home after the first day of school crudely asking if anyone was home‚ he spoke rudely to his father‚ and he was acting at the start almost exactly as would Charles. To begin with‚ he came home after school crudely asking if anyone was home

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    solidity of the people was shocking. The Lottery was simply something that needed doing‚ a line to check off of the honey-do list. Murder‚ gruesome murder‚ became normal to these people‚ it went unnoticed. This is what made it was horrific‚ and Shirley Jackson knew exactly what she was doing‚ and did an admirable job of

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    Ray Bradbury’s‚ “ The Illustrated Man.” Domination In Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man‚” Bradbury writes a series of short science-fictional stories. While all of these stories take place in different worlds such as Venus‚ Mars‚ and Earth‚ all of them convey a different message. Bradbury takes his fictional writings and makes them real for his readers. He skillfully does this by tying the stories within‚ “The Illustrated Man‚” to controversial issues being faced in America at that period in

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