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    Elthem: A Short Story

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    Prince Cyrillus‚ but he had nothing in common with Aloysius. "You must be the Disgrace of Elthem." The crown prince of Elthem who became a treasonist when he unlocked the doors to the impregnable City of Walls and allowed Tyné to conquer Elthem thirty years ago. Currently‚ he was the cardinal of the Emperor’s Church. Lightly‚ the cardinal said‚ "Emperor Leroy would have slaughtered the million he held hostage." Still unable to move his limbs‚ Ramses settled for a dismissive slant of his head and said

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    Mccarthy: A Short Story

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    you late?” Mrs. McCarthy asked as Alyssa sat down in the seat beside mine. “I’m sorry ma’am‚ I woke up late.” Alyssa mumbled. She looked worn out. I was going to ask what happened but decided that it wasn’t the best thing to do. I’ll just ask her after school. School had finally ended and Alyssa and I were walking home when we heard some yelling near the courthouse. We walked that way and saw a huge crowd standing outside of the courthouse. They were chanting some words but I didn’t catch what

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    The Chase Short Story

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    Reading the story “The Chase” took me back to an event I feel if I had to judge anything that grossly affected my life this event without a dough takes the cake. Picture this am twelve years old and it is the first day of summer. It is the day my friends and I waited for all winter‚ opening season for swimming. Each day my friends and I took the long anticipated walk to the local swimming area “Lake Sona Vista”. This was the recreation area the black families who lived in Hartsville‚ South Carolina

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    Red Grief People use literary devices in their speech every day. However‚ few people know what they’re called. In his short story “The Whirligig of Life” O Henry demonstrates five common examples of literary devices. The first example of figurative language is in the very beginning of the excerpt‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief”. O Henry ironically uses the simile “as flat as a flannel cake” to describe the town of Summit. The irony is that the flat town of Summit doesn’t contain a single summit. The

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    Short Story and Venn Diagram

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    Read the story Can you make any links to the poem we have already studied? What are some differences? Complete a VENN diagram using TWO pages of your book: Close read the short story together Activity Two: Preliminary Activities 1. Re-tell the story in your own words (don’t look at the story)- what words or phrases can you remember? 2. Read the story again. 3. Summarise the short story in exactly 19 words. 4. Draw a SIX box cartoon to represent the story- it is up

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    Short Story Ambush

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    over the years killing has always been the solution to our fear of the unknown‚ according to the author of Ambush he said “I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the enemy” he didn’t see the young man who was coming out of the fog as an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him? We are forced by the laws we obey to disobey our own will. The story “Ambush”

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    Gone: A Short Story

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    Gone “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in life is what dies inside us while we live”-Norman Cousins. I think half of me died along with him too. It has been 11 years since my dad passed away. I was brainwashed when Dedicators bought me into the city. They’d said I’d never get over his death‚ honestly‚ I didn’t. He was fighting back‚ from what exactly I couldn’t place. I saw my face in his full of a rare savage. He was on the ground full of agony and pain. I was weeping

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    Kanye: A Short Story

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    clip...”‚ explained Jack. “Rather a short movie”‚ James added. “Yeah well‚ either way‚ when you do this kind of thing you are basically forced to add some plot twists to gather attention. I presume many of you predicted Kanye to be the main character in this‚ don’t you?” he continued whilst looking at the crowd. *nodding crowd* “Well folks‚ it has been a huge pleasure having you here Jack on the Late Late show. The following part will be released later this year‚ with a bunch of other characters

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    The Deafer: A Short Story

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    “ A surfboard?” question Brad “So when I grow up I can be just like you” Josh said. It warmed brad’s heart knowing his son admired him so much. “I think we should head home‚ your mom must be waiting for us.” Brad said. They told a warm shower and started getting ready

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    Short Story Of Antigone

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    Here’s a story of woe within the royal family of our beloved Thebes. Our story begins when a battle breaks out or more like a war between brothers‚ who fought to be the king of Thebes. The war consisted of bloodshed in which sent many people to Hades‚ the god of the dead and the king of the underworld. Among the battling men was the god who bends and breaks the battle-line‚ Ares the god of war. But the war ended and Oedipus’ children’s uncle Creon became king. Later on when the sisters‚ Antigone

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