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    The Island

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    The Island In the film ‘The Island’‚ directed by Michael Bay there are many scenes which include various techniques to show a theme. In this scene Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan two-Delta decide to go back to Dr Merricks Biotech facility and attempt to save their clone friends and destroy the biotech facility. Their moral and compassionate actions allow them to do this and in doing so risk their freedom and lives. In the end it’s their actions that make us understand the system was not right. Bay

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    1. In what ways and to what ends do authors create a distinct narrative voice? In the novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’‚ Muriel Spark uses a chronological narrative structure‚ running from the 1930s to the 1950s to tell the story. Within this framework‚ she creates a distinct narrative voice in a number of ways. There is much debate over who the voice is. One might argue it is the consistent and overarching voice of an omniscient narrator who can relate to the plot as a whole‚ moving back and

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    Australian voice

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    The Australian voice is distinct as it expresses uniquely Australian values‚ such as ‘mateship’ and ‘support for the underdog’. This distinct voice also expresses multicultural and indigenous values‚ as part of the Australian identity. It may bevoiced publically or privately through effective language features. “The Castle” directed by Rob Sitch highlights the characters’ voices as reflective of Australian attitudes and values. It is through these numerous voices that we collectively create a distinct

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    Distinctive Voices

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    Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in Burn’s poetry and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. Joanne Burns uses satirical free-verse such as ’public places’ and ’echo’ to expose and criticise society’s ways of thinking. Burns creates a distinctive voice in her poems by examining the themes of psychology‚ obsession and paranoia through the use of various techniques such as humour and irony. Similarly‚ Danny Katz’s article "Christmas: a time for peace‚ love and corpses decaying

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    Voice of Democracy

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    Ebin Mathew Mr. Bloete ELA 4/ Pd.3 October 18‚ 2012 Voice of Democracy What makes America the great country that it is? Why‚ for over two hundred years‚ have people from all over the globe come to America to seek freedom and a better life? The United States Constitution is arguably the most influential and important document in the history of our country. The Constitution grants us the freedom of speech‚ the right to bear arms‚ and the freedom of the press. As the Founding Fathers rebelliously

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    I belong to a small island community‚ Kwajalein Atoll‚ Marshall Islands. This small island in the Pacific Ocean is home to a United States military base where my parents work as government contractors. I attend the only high school with my small graduating class of 13. I have lived here for just over a year‚ but I have easily involved myself with the community and created relationships with fascinating people. This island is home to about 1‚000 people; many move frequently and a rare few have spent

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    Distinctive voices

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    Composers use distinctive voices within their text’s to enable us to think about significant issues within the world. Marele Day in her novel " the life and crimes of Harry Lavender" uses the literary form of a detective fiction genre to challenge our perceptions of the roles of men and women in society and presents us with characters who use distinct voices in different situations revealing much about themselves and their relationships with others. Whereas Andrew Patterson challenges city life to

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    The Republic of Cabo Verde is a Small Island Developing States‚ or SIDS‚ which characterized by isolation‚ susceptibility to natural disasters‚ absence of mineral resources‚ repetition of drought‚ small business size‚ and vulnerability to the outside world. Since Cape Verde received its independence in 1975‚ it has developed into a stable democracy‚ making significant improvement in growth of gross domestic product‚ or GDP‚ income per capita‚ and Human Development Index‚ or HDI. According to the

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    Voice Browser

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    Project/ scenario name: Custom scenario description: Voice based Web Browser Internet has brought about an incredible improvement in human access to knowledge and information. Voice browsers allow people to access the Web using speech synthesis‚ pre-recorded audio‚ and speech recognition. This can be supplemented by keypads and small displays. Voice may also be offered as an adjunct to conventional desktop browsers with high resolution graphical displays‚ providing an accessible alternative

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    Voice Recognition

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    that of voice recognition. Voice recognition is commonly used to operate a device‚ perform commands‚ or write without having to use a keyboard‚ mouse or press any buttons. The user is able to talk to a computer with automatic speech recognition (ASR) programs and tell it what to do.(5) The computing innovation was created with the intention of being user-friendly and helping people with a variety of disabilities. My artifact illustrates this by going through the basic functions that all voice recognition

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