Imagery “A water snake glided smoothly up the pool‚ twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head‚ and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.”(CH. 6). Throughout the entire book‚ Of Mice and Men there are many uses of imagery. This is one of my favorite‚ because I feel like you can image the snake itself
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(tentacles) around their head that they use to capture prey. They are pouch-shaped‚ look like jelly‚ have a beak and two developed sensitive eyes‚ which provides them with keen eyesight. Octopuses have complex reflex action and excellent sense of touch. Many people are not aware that octopuses have a radula‚ a hard tongue covered with tiny sharp teeth. The radula is located inside the beak‚ which is located at the mantle at the central part where the arms meet. They can actually taste what they touch
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As I said before the farmers drug the animals to make the process go faster but in the end it can possibly kill or severely injure the animals. Sometimes in severe cases farmers have to cut of chickens beaks so that when the chickens get in a fight they will not kill each other with their beaks. When the animals are stuck in a stall all day they do not get to experience the outdoors or do normal animal activities. The animals get very stressed and do not produce as well as they would if they did
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Conquerors by Henry Treece 1933 ‘Conquerors’ written in 1933 by Henry Treece is a poem about the horrors of the aftermath of war in the point of view of a victorious soldier. Throughout the text the persona is a soldier as there is a sense a teamwork shown by the author’s use of “we” or “not one amongst us” eliminating one’s individuality. Also the last sentence implies that they are away from home as they are thinking about it rather than looking at it. By saying “No one told us victory was like
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vertical bird-shaped handle at one end and the wide-open canal-like spout at the other demonstrate an unspoken stateliness. The existence of the handle is very noticeable on account of its strange appearance: ears or maybe horns on top of the head‚ exotic beak‚ and curly tail that makes it more like a short-tailed dragon. Except the wings‚ the bird almost can’t be recognized as what it is. Frankly speaking‚ the handle and the body of this vessel are not a great match in terms of details. Unlike the
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Dodos and Passenger Pigeons are both extinct birds that died by human hands. They are both birds that look similar‚ but they were two different type of birds. They lived in two different areas of the world and their habits were different. The reason why they became extinct are two different stories. There are differences between the Dodos and Passenger Pigeons such as are how they became extinct‚ in their body size‚ and where they lived. Their extinction was caused by humans who were hunting them
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mostly pink. Their beaks are brownish black and the inside parts of their wings are black feathers. However‚ their eyes‚ legs‚ and feet are all pink. They have long‚ pink chopstick - like legs‚ and big‚ webbed feet. Flamingos are usually 120cm in height‚ and weigh 2~5 kg‚ with an average wingspan of 140cm. Flamingos are pretty tall‚ mostly because of their long legs and neck. What do flamingos eat? What eats the flamingos? Flamingos have a very special tool for eating: their beaks. They stamp their
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[pic]Effective Reading skills Reading daily‚ Reading deeply‚ Reading widely are the few important skills of reading from which we can enhance our understanding of passage‚ ameliorate our vocabulary‚ correct our grammatical mistakes‚ increase our thinking capacity and helps in improving or learning any part of a language. The more you read the one thing you realize the key to doing well in the examination‚ and the key to perform or present any task in a well equipped way. There are many techniques
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be found in the United States and Canada‚ nine more in Central and South America‚ and three in Australia. * | Description Eagles differ from many other birds of prey which] mainly by their larger size‚ more powerful build‚ and heavier head and beak. Even the smallest eagles‚ like the Booted Eagle (which is comparable in size to a Common Buzzard or Red-tailed Hawk)‚ have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings‚ and more direct‚ faster flight. Most eagles are larger than any other raptors
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species‚ and if we don’t make a change to help them they will go extinct. What is the Hawksbill turtle? The Hawksbill turtles have a thin shell. The shell has elaborate colors patterns. The name Hawksbill comes from its pointed beak‚ that resembles much like a birds beak. The turtle is a carnivore so it eats sponges‚ jellyfish‚ shrimp‚ and squids. The Hawksbill turtle is endangered due to the decreasing in pollution in waters. People when they go to the beach to enjoy the sun and sand‚ they don’t
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