FCAT Writing Prompts TYPE PROMPT MAIN IDEA Narrative Everyone has been alone at one time or another. Think about a time you were alone at home or someplace else. Tell about a time you were alone so the reader feels that he was there. Being Alone Narrative As the students entered the room‚ something strange happened. Each student became smaller until they were only 12 inches tall. Now tell about what happened the day you became only 12 inches tall. 12 Inches Tall Narrative The teacher
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The government’s back in business. Woohoo. As if we should all congratulate members of Congress for doing their jobs. Sort of. The politicians‚ of course‚ will congratulate themselves for ending the budget impasse that began on Oct. 1‚ as if they’ve accomplished something other than shaving already-weak economic growth by several basis points and trashing what’s left of America’s global reputation. Not so fast‚ guys. The shenanigans in Washington have pushed real priorities further into the background
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Samatina Essay on “Complexion” by Richard Rodriguez and “Life Principles Integration” by Bill Harris. In the essay‚ “Complexion”‚ Richard Rodriguez describes the effect of his dark complexion on his self-image as he grew from a child into a man in order to heal himself‚ understand how his dark complexion became the governor of his existence and also to help readers interpret their own beliefs regarding their own metaphorical “complexion.” He uses a surprisingly light tone to describe his feelings
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The Story of stuff is about the cycle of “stuff”. The cycle of “stuff” consists of extraction‚ production‚ distribution‚ consumption‚ and disposal. This is my analysis of the story of stuff. One major theme of this video is to explain how the U.S. is using up all of our natural resources. The first way that we use up our resources is deforestation. This is when we cut down a large number of trees in order to make it into products to sell. The next major theme is production. This is the stage where
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Mikayla Reidt Mrs. Ross ENG 4U Monday June 3‚ 2013 Worlds Apart Happiness in the nineteenth century was not in having an iPhone or a PlayStation‚ all that was needed was a ‘bosom friend’ with a ‘kindred spirit’. The comparison of the novels ‘Twilight’ by Stephenie Meyer and ‘Anne of Green Gables’ by Lucy Maud Montgomery are an interesting study of contrasts and similarities. They not only span time and traditions but also lifestyle and culture. Written in widely different time periods
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Dies and its Types: Die: The die may be defined as the female part of a complete tool for producing work in a press. It is also referred to a complete tool consists of a pair of mating members for producing work in a press. Types of dies: The dies may be classified according to the type of press operation and according to the method of operation. (A): According to type of press operation: According to this criterion ‚ the dies may be classified as cutting dies and forming dies. 1: Cutting
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Disrupting class‚ talking out‚ sleeping‚ or any other type of misbehavior is disrupting not only the education of myself‚ but it also disrupts the education of my classmates. When I disrupt the teacher from having the opportunity to teach‚ it denies the student the opportunity to learn. When I deny a person from learning‚ I am actually preventing them from pursuing their dreams and goals. It should not matter if there is a substitute in the room or‚ any teacher in the room at all. I should always
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From attending both city council meetings I found it very interesting and didn’t know these types of meetings were held. I attended the meeting on September 18‚ 2012 based on an update on police responses to recent crimes and gang activities. Since this meeting was a continuation I found that there have been 39 homicides in 2012. Some issues that were discussed were police department’s goals and priorities‚ as well as‚ the actions that have been attempted in reducing crime activity. Some of the police
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Story of stuff is a video made by Annie Leonard who has been looking up for 10 years about where all the stuff we buy comes from and where it goes when we throw it out. She says that in the planet is set “the materials economy” that is composed by five stages: extraction‚ production‚ distribution‚ consumption and finally disposal. However‚ this system is in crisis because it’s a lineal system and we live on a finite planet‚ therefore we can’t keep this system indefinitely. We
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The story of Stuff. “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. The story of stuff is basically about the causes and effects of production‚ distribution and disposal on people and the world as a whole. Annie Leonard‚ an environmental activist clearly states ways companies in the United States misuse our natural resources through deforestation and so many other ways to feed their selfish needs. In the
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