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    Solar Storms

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    Solar Storm Informative Speech Topic: Solar Storm Organizational Pattern: Cause and Effect General Purpose: Speaking to Inform Specific Purpose: This speech is to inform the public‚ including my fellow students‚ and instructor on the dramatic effect of a Solar Storm on society. Thesis Statement: When the Solar Storm hits earth it will eliminate all electricity and communication. The most recent recorded history of a major Solar Storm was in 1859 when their were no electrical grids‚ satellites

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    The Power of Solar Storms To Our Fragile Planet Natural disasters occur when least expected all over the world. Disasters affect countless lives and cost millions of dollars. Hurricanes‚ tornados‚ and tsunamis occur with such regularity throughout the world that society has developed warning systems and is prepared to rebound from these disasters as quickly as possible. One disaster that most people do not think about is solar storms. Research shows that solar storms have been documented since the

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    'the Perfect Storm' Essay

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    How does the Director create tension in the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”? In the storm scene of “The Perfect Storm”‚ the director‚ Wolfgang Petersen‚ creates a large amount of tension to try to make the film more exciting and realistic. It is important for this film to be quite realistic because it is based on a true story. This is how tension is created in this dramatic‚ exciting scene using Cinematography and Mise-en-Scene. One of the many tense moments in this scene is when we see a tilt

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    Comparison The Perfect Storm and The Wreck of the Hesperus seem very similar because they sound so much alike because they are both about ocean storms and are tragedies. The way they are written‚ the two captains attitudes‚ the theme and the time period are very different in each story. The story‚ The Perfect Storm‚ it was about a crew ship that sets out at sea and loses contact with their communication team. They had several rescue teams come look for them while on the water‚

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    Irony in “The Storm” The use of Irony in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”‚ is used through the plot of this story in several situations. Calixta four-year-old child‚ Bibi‚ was calm and kept his composer through the storm‚ he laid his little hand on his father’s knee and was not afraid compared to an adult‚ Calixta‚ who is about to lose all control due to her inner fear. The author also hides the immoral behavior of her characters behind the fear of the storm or lack of. In this story Chopin tries to

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    Meg pulled her fluffy black blanket close to her‚ so she can actually feel some warmth during the dismal storms of winds and at high speeds of rain and air. Ordinarily‚ the storms that weren’t usually this harsh‚ typically she would doze off right though the night. However in this storm‚ her mind continued to ruminate about her stress at school. The wind was loud as those sport announcers‚ she watches on tv sometimes‚ they shouted when somebody on the Red Sox hit a homerun. The rushing droplets of

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    The Storm is a short story written by Kate Chopin around 1898 but was not published until seventy years later‚ in 1969. This short story contains four characters; a boy named Bibi‚ his father Bobinot‚ his mother Calixta and Alcee his mother’s lover. The story begins by placing Bibi and Bobinot trapped by a Louisiana storm and waiting it out at a local store. Calixta was left home alone by her husband and son and was coincidentally visited by Alcee. They find themselves trapped at home by the storm

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    StormBy Kate Chopin The storm begins and Calixta’s family is separated. In a classical novel beginning‚ danger lurks from that old titan‚ Mother Nature herself. The man of the house‚ Bobinot‚ is away from home and can’t protect his wife. Readers are given the impression that a woman is alone and possibly in danger back at the ranch. Calixta’s old lover arrives at her house just in time to be trapped there by the storm. It would be one thing if Calixta had to wait out the storm alone in the big house

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    ‘Storm Catchers’ Essay

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    The novel ‘Storm Catchers’ is about a kidnapping of the youngest daughter of the Parnell family ‘Ella’. The term tension means intense emotion either good or bad e.g. when opening a gift it creates tension which is exciting. This is appropriate to the novel‚ because it’s about kidnapping which creates tension and it’s effective throughout the novel. Atmosphere is the mood of your surroundings e.g. when you enter a dark room it creates a scary atmosphere. This essay will consider of how tension and

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    becoming a better catcher and the drills and tools you can use to achieve your goals of being a better catcher. Catching isn’t for everyone. It’s like volunteer work; you have to work hard and it isn’t very rewarding. A majority of the time volunteer work is unpaid and in the MLB catchers are the lowest paid position players. But when people step back and see what volunteer workers do they are impressed by what the workers are willing to do for such little reward. The same goes for catchers‚ people are

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