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    Tell me about blood

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    1. Hematocrit is what measures the red blood cells in blood. Red blood cells are important for transporting iron and oxygen and for creating energy. If the red blood cell count is lower-than-normal it could indicate several diseases and problems within the body. It may be due to anemia‚ bleeding‚ destruction of red blood cells‚ leukemia‚ malnutrition‚ low iron‚ folate‚ vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 or overhydration. A bacterial infection causes white blood cells to increase‚ since they are the cells

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    Death and Slant Rhyme

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    not sung but melodiously said. Poetry has elements that are used to cross the limits of everyday spoken words. One author that uses these elements to unveil her eerie thoughts is Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson used personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ slant rhyme‚ and dashes to express her dark and light side of death and sorrow in “I heard a fly buzz.” In I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ she uses personification to define her aspect of death. “And breaths were gathering firm/For the last onset –when

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    Setting Analysis: How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien Set in 1965-1974 era‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” by Tim O’Brien utilizes reoccurring stories set throughout the jungles‚ mountains‚ and deserted villages in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Written in a meta-literary form‚ and based on what can be defined as a self-conscious work‚ O’Brien uses the art of story-telling with a keen sense of detail to insert the reader alongside for the dramatic beauty and inevitable hardship that comes

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    As the old saying goes‚ “Reading is not generating the same result as seeing.” You can see from the meaning that we value seeing more than reading in terms of communication. The three most important elements in all forms of communication are sender‚ message and receiver. (Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee‚ 2006) Messages can be sent in several ways. Texts and images are two efficient ways of being sent. However‚ no one can deny the fact that‚ these days‚ we seem to pay more attention to images than

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    Oedipus the King Why Didn’t His Foster Parents Tell Him The Truth? Oedipus the King is the story of a man who was betrayed. Betrayed by the very people who gave him life and the very people who raised him. Oedipus was born to Laius and Jocasta the king and queen of Thebes. When Oedipus was born‚ they consulted an oracle that told them that he would grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. Fearing for their safety and the safety of their kingdom they had a servant take the infant

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    “True! - nervous - very‚ very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them‚” (Poe‚ 89). This is an expert from the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. This is a classic of the horror genre‚ written for that same reason. The horror genre is an appropriate unit for middle school student to study‚ because students need fear‚ fear can motivate students‚ and students can learn lifelong lessons. Students

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    How to Tell Lies and Excuses Our parents would tell us when we were young to not do this. They would tell us that is that is right and that it is wrong. But most likely everyone had done it before. The parents most likely did it to their kids themselves. It has become part of life. Many people get into trouble for things that they have done on a daily basis‚ whether it is at work‚ school‚ home or anywhere. But there are ways how to avoid this. There is a simple technique that anyone can use to

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    How to Tell a True War Story

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    In the essay‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien tells several stories of war to illustrate to his readers the criteria for truth in storytelling. O’Brien offers his readers a guide to telling and determining war stories that are true‚ for the author‚ true does not necessarily mean actual or real. Instead‚ O’Brien tells us what a true war story is‚ but his requirements are not always clear precise—a true war story “never seems to end‚” (O’Brien 273) “embarrasses you‚” (270) “are contradictory

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    Tell Me About Yourself

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    PERSONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 1. Your name - Houston McCullough 2. Phone number Home -NA Cell - (870)-807-3308 E-Mail address: houston.mccull@yahoo.com 3. Place of birth - Columbus‚ OH Places lived - Camden‚ AR Presently living on campus (where) or commuting (from where) - Camden Fairview High School 4. What is your class schedule for this term?: (High School Schedule) 1st- Band 2nd – East Lab 3rd- AP Chemistry 4th- College Algebra 5th- French II 6th- AP English 7th-

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    In “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” Poe uses an eye and beating heart to reinforce the overall theme of guilt causing a descent into madness. The narrator begins the story by admitting that he is nervous‚ yet denying insanity. The narrator admits‚ “I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes‚ it was this!” (Poe 330). The eye symbolizes the part of the narrator’s identity and conscience that he refuses to accept or

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