The Windy City This past summer‚ I went on a trip to what I now call one of my favorite places. The spirit of Chicago embodied me. I had always wanted to visit Chicago. I had seen many photos of the beautiful Windy City‚ and my friends often spoke of their visit to the city. Once I arrived‚ I did not want to return home. I was ready to leave my old life behind and start over. Going to Chicago opened my eyes‚ and taught me that I am meant to live in the city. Walking downtown made me feel like an
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positioned on a high cliff face of an escarpment which is the usual nesting position of several birds of prey. In conclusion‚ the Taung child was likely the prey of eagles. A large bird probably picked up the Taung child by the head using its talons and beak for a long distance back to its cave. As mentioned before‚ large limbs of mammals were found in the cave‚ this is typical behaviour for animals that are not predators. They usually take a piece of the hunted animal back to their home because they know
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There are many animals in the world. Some of them as small as ants and some are even bigger than elephants. These animals live throughout the world‚ some in the gigantic oceans‚ some in the coldest of Antarctica or some in the hottest of deserts. These are the classes of animals‚ mammals‚ amphibians‚ birds‚ reptiles‚ and insect. Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates. They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates‚ and they usually lay eggs. Reptiles can be classified into three groups‚ turtles
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class after recess. It was sorta embarrassing as well during recess‚ but not as much. While all the other kids were out in the field‚ Jennifer and I were sitting on the blacktop with our friend Adora. Adora had a keychain sized penguin toy where it’s beak would open and close. Jennifer asked Adora if she could borrow her toy and of course Adora said yes. Jennifer was fascinated by this toy penguin. She kept playing with it. After a while‚ I saw the light bulb go off above her head. Jennifer decided
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In Perry’s words‚ he explains his dream from when he was seven years old‚ “that the parrot appeared‚ arrived while he slept‚ a bird “taller than Jesus‚ yellow like a sunflower‚” a warrior-angel who blinded the nuns with its beak. Fed upon their eyes‚ slaughtered them as they “pleaded for mercy‚” then so gently lifted them‚ enfolded them‚ winged him to “paradise” (Capote 93). The brief description of Perry’s feelings‚ shown by using an anecdote‚ represents how Perry’s emotions
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Name: ________________________ Ms. Gill/ Humanities 8 “Raven Steals the Light” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Y38Oy4AM4 Story of creation. Of how The Raven steals the light to save the world from darkness. Back in time when there were no stars and no moon‚ to light up the evening sky. In the beginning the‚ earth was veiled in complete darkness. You can imagine it was very difficult to get anything done‚ but one animal in particular The Raven was pretty frustrated with the state of
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raised for meat and after they are born they are killed crushing or suffocation. When these animals get stressed from being crammed together in one area this leads to fighting. So in order to resolve this‚ the farmers tend to slice or burn off the hens beaks (http://www.aspca.org/animal-cruelty/factory-farms/animals-factory-farms ). Turkeys are given hormones and when they have the urge to fly‚ they can’t because they are too big and can’t carry their own
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Andrew Day Bio Extra Credit Two weeks before Charles Darwin died he wrote a short paper about a clam clamped to a water beetle in a pond in the English Midlands. The man’s son that sent him the beetle worked together with his son and discovered that what Darwin said about evolution was correct. The vindication came from a book that said every organism has a certain chemical code called DNA. Darwin surmised that all Galapagos finches were close cousins and he explained this in his book
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1. Diction Diction is very important in the given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We
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Evolution: Science and Religion In 1895 Charles Darwin published a book describing his theory of evolution‚ and his theory of the natural selection process. This theory caused much uproar in the religious community because Darwin’s theory went against the story of creation portrayed in the Holy Bible. His theory claimed that all life currently in place had evolved and adapted from a single organism in the beginning. Over time and by process of natural selection only the dominant species were left
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