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    speaker’s first stanza‚ he or she’s use diction such as describing the river as “brimming” (5) and the crowds as “fields of harvest wheat” (4) alluding to the eventual death of the people in this crowd since wheat is harvested with a scythe and the Grim Reaper‚ a symbol of death‚ also uses a scythe to “harvest” his victims. This portrays the speaker’s woeful tone is combatted however with the arrival of a lover singing to his or her sweetheart presenting a second speaker in the poem so far.

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    ADHD Commentary

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    ADHD the “Misused” Disorder There are nearly 11 percent of children that goes to school that have been diagnosed for ADHD according to the 2013 information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This percentage reflects a tremendous increase over the past 10 years and is causing fueled concerns among doctors that ADHD medications are showing a trend of “misuse” in American children. According to studies there are more than an estimated 6 million kids aging in the range of 4 to 17

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    Commentary Essay

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    Children Raising Children. When thinking about today’s generation‚ all that comes to mind is teen pregnancy. In almost every high school‚ in every state‚ there is at least one teen that is or has been pregnant. In 2006‚ a study was given to sum up the average number of pregnant teens in the US. Nevada and Arizona have the most‚ averaging at about 230‚000 pregnant teens. Many years ago‚ youths were ashamed if they ended up pregnant‚ and most of the time changed schools to prevent the

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    Madeira Commentary

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    "Madeira" by Ogden Nash This poem is another piece of work written by Ogden Nash. The title of the poem indicates the setting. The author focuses on disclosing two particular areas of production‚ ‘wineries’ and ‘embroidery’. The main tool Nash uses to reveal his idea is imagery. This is so because when seeing the word ‘wineries’ in reader’s eyes it is associated with the grand grape fields spreading out on a great distances and seeming endless in a way. The ‘embroidery’‚ in comparison‚ is a local

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    The Moonstone Commentary

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    A Focus on Setting The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) Part 1 – Lines 1 to 16 From the very first description of the story’s setting‚ the audience is already presented with a comparison of mood to atmosphere. “Our house is high up in the Yorkshire coast” (line 1) is the very opposite of the “low cliffs of the loneliest and ugliest little bay” (line 3-4). This contrast in landscape cleverly demonstrates the characters’ contrast in mood‚ behaviors and mindsets. Although the word high may

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    Commentary on Feet

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    Analysis on Feet Feet is a prose talking about a little child looking at his sister’s death. The story is set in a post war period‚ when poverty and diseases are everywhere. We can know this by looking at the date written under the title‚ “September 1948”. The story happened in a working class family in Ireland. We can know that it is set in Ireland from the little sister’s name. From the sentence in line 7‚ “ Una. My younger sister‚ Una.” We know that her name is Una‚ which is an Irish name‚

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    Persuasive Commentary

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    Forgive but why? April 6‚ 2014 marked 20 years after the Rwanda genocide in 1994. Most people today have heard about the genocide in Rwanda. 20 years later‚ Rwanda can show us how to forgive and live on. The Hutu and Tutsi’s are two‚ not so different‚ ethnics that live in Rwanda together. The people were classified as two different ethnics when really there isn’t any difference‚ only one is generally taller (Johnson 1). The tension and history between the Hutu and Tutsi’s rivalry shocked the 20th

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    Macroeconomics Commentary

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    The Bank of England (BoE) finds itself at a crossroads in terms of its record low interest rate that stands as an attempt to spur Aggregate Demand (AD)‚ The overall demand for all products in an economy at any given price level‚ in spite of an inflation rate of 2.7% that is above the target rate of 2%. BoE recognizes that in a period of extended economic contraction it is important to spur AD as any decrease in AD results in a loss of real output (RGDP). BoE only has the ability to do this using

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    Moonstone Commentary

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    In life there is no turning back into the past to try to change what could have happened‚ for it is physically impossible‚ and the future will always be affected by the choices we made in the past. Wilkie Collins main focus was to show that even through all the mistakes we made in the past and how hard we try to forget and cover them up‚ they will still remain a part of us forever. In the beginning of the Moonstone a brief but very detailed description of the setting is given‚ establishing a well

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    1984 Commentary

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    Isolation Winston lives in a world where everything is done in worship of Big Brother. All thoughts‚ feelings‚ and accomplishments are given and credited to Big Brother. However‚ the people of the Party are left with little and they dedicate their lives to Big Brother creating a lonely existence for themselves. Winston Smith does not want to be alone; he wishes to be able to share his thoughts and opinions with someone. Through rhythm‚ figurative language‚ and imagery George Orwell creates a

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