Picture this. It’s Thanksgiving day and you whole house is filled with the aroma of a cooking turkey. It’s been in the oven since you got up to at seven o’clock and your whole family is patiently waiting at the dinner table for it to be done. Stomachs are growling and everybody is excited to dig in. You go to open up the oven‚ and huge waft of grey smoke comes out. You reach inside to grab the tukey and pull it out. But‚ it’s completely black and burned to a crisp. Everyone sees the turkey and groans
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Good Afternoon‚ thank you for coming to our 8th grade promotion. 9 years ago I walked onto this campus for the first time hand in hand with my mom. Being only 5 years old‚ I had no clue regarding what would happen in the years to come. All I knew was in that moment‚ I was utterly terrified. Looking back on it now though‚ I had nothing to worry about. These past years have been eventful‚ exciting‚ and strange. I have formed new friendships‚ and left some behind as I’ve grown. I have been challenged
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“On the fourth Thursday of November‚ Americans celebrate Thanksgiving‚ a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States‚ the area was inhabited by many Native American tribes. The area surrounding the site of the first Thanksgiving‚ now known as southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.” People that incorporated in The Plymouth Colony were groups of English people that
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after Caesar is murdered by Brutus and the other conspirators he and Mark Antony give speeches. Brutus’s speech is over the reasons that he and the others murdered Caesar. Mark Antony’s speech the surface telling the citizens of Rome to not go against Brutus but is actually designed to stir up the people of Rome so that they will go into rebellion against Brutus and that so Mark Antony can Rome. Both these speeches give a huge amount of insight into not only the characters of Brutus and Mark Antony
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Have you ever dreamed of having Adam Sandler over for Thanksgiving dinner? I definitely have! This Thanksgiving‚ Adam Sandler will be coming over to my house to spend the holiday. Why would I invite Adam Sandler to come to my house is a question a lot of people would ask. To answer that‚ my family and I adore Adam Sandler’s movies‚ and his funny personality that is proved and showed during his movies. If you ever go to one of his movies on premier night‚ we’ll be the first ones there! To
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Thank you for the opportunity you have given me to be apart of the National Honors Society. Throughout my high school career I have committed my time and efforts to creating a better community around me as many of my friends and family have seen. I have exemplified service‚ leadership‚ and character through my honesty‚ confidence‚ and dedication to others. I am often described as an honest person‚ willing to speak the truth‚ even when it may be challenging or unpopular. I believe that as a leader
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Growing up I never thought I’d have the strength‚ determination‚ and commitment to dance en pointe‚ yet here I am today‚ proving myself wrong. It all began when my parents put me in my first ballet class at age four. Even at such a young age‚ I loved every minute of dance class and knew I wanted to continue with it. Subsequently‚ I joined other styles of dance and thrived in those‚ but I always seemed to struggle with ballet. Not having the strongest core‚ most flexible arches‚ or longest balances
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Abraham Lincoln’s use of Language in his Speech Abraham Lincoln uses many different language techniques in his speech ‘The Gettysburg Address’‚ these techniques help engage the audience into what is being asked from them. These language techniques are: Positive and Negative Connotation‚ Personal Pronouns and Repetition. These demonstrate the Rhetorical Triangle: Pathos‚ Ethos and Logos. A variety of personal Pronouns are used in Abraham Lincoln’s speech‚ ‘The Gettysburg Address’. Lincoln often
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HEADLINE: Thanksgiving Cooking Tips – How to Ensure A Safe and Fun Holiday With Thanksgiving days away‚ there are three things that are absolutely certain: time with family‚ football and food‚ most importantly. According to the United States Department of Agriculture‚ over 51 million turkeys will be consumed on Thanksgiving Day this year. Some may choose the traditional oven-roasted turkey‚ while others will choose to deep fry it. Risk Management and Department of Public Safety would like to remind
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The Truth about the first Thanksgiving Notes America’s origin myth about the first Thanksgiving tells us the Pilgrims were the first settlers. Landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 “they went about the work of civilizing a hostile wilderness.” Hundreds of college students didn’t know the myth from the truth. The Spanish abandoned a settlement in 1526‚ leaving African slaves in South Carolina. Few Americans know that one third of the United States as we know it had been Spanish longer than it had
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