however cliché‚ cheesy‚ or over-used that phrase may seem‚ I learned it to be very true a few months ago. In March I went on a school trip to New York City with my high school and I had an incredible experience. We all took a lot of pictures throughout the trip but none of those pictures can sum up the entire week by itself‚ much more would need to be said before someone could at least faintly understand the significance of that week. I learned that the phrase‚ or truism‚ “A picture’s worth a thousand
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I looked up at the black sky. I hadn’t intended to be out this late. The sun had set‚ and the empty road ahead had no streetlights. I knew I was in for a dark journey home. I had decided that by traveling through the forest would be the quickest way home. Minutes passed‚ yet it seemed like hours and days. The farther I traveled into the forest‚ the darker it seemed to get. It was very hard to even take a breath due to the stifling air. The only sound familiar to me was the quickening beat of my own
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choice of my research project is “Weight Training”. I chose this topic because I am very interested in weight training. I am very active in weight training as an individual. I wanted to learn how it helps the body and how it can harm it. What are the proper techniques for the lifting? Can it have a bad out come if you do the improper techniques? The research that I did relates to my project because it explained in deep detail all the information I needed to know. It answered all of my questions‚ how
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Christina McGrath Redgum – I was only 19‚ Notes This is a very powerful song about what all Vietnam veterans went through in the Vietnam war and all the emotions and experiences they have gone through This song has so many language techniques and powerful lines It emphasizes the fact that composer of this song was only 19 and he was so young and frightened to go to war The power illustrated in this song is War The use of repetition is used almost after ever verse‚ “God help me‚ I was only nineteen” the
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Tyler Jones Brown Eng. 12/ p.2 When I was One-and-Twenty In the poem‚ When I Was One-And-Twenty‚ by A. E. Housman‚ the author begins by describing the setting around the time when he was twenty-one. He mentions how an older man had given him some advice. The wise man could possibly be a mentor‚ father‚ grandfather‚ or another male figure in the author’s life. The wise man tells the author‚ “Give crowns and pounds and guineas‚ but not your heart away.” The man means that you can give away
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Art as a Second Language Bernice Eisenstein’s novel I was a Child of Holocaust Survivors uses both art and modern language to express the feelings and emotions associated with her family’s traumatic history. Eisenstein blends images throughout her work to help the readers gain a better understanding of the emotional journey that she has undertaken through writing this novel. Not only does she tell the story of her life but she also incorporates the life stories of her family and community. She
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Saturday‚ April 3‚ 1990‚ became a day that I could never forget. After a long night’s sleep‚ I started the day with a smile on my face. On that day‚ I planned to be going on a simple bike ride with a friend. First‚ after I awoke‚ I was to call my friend and plan the ride. My friend and I had planned the bike ride to a place in town that we had never seen. Quicker than ever he arrived at my house. Upon arrival‚ we took two Gatorades and headed off on our way. While riding we saw a bike
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to when I was outside with my neighbor just playing like two normal kids would do on any other night after school. While we were outside‚ he had gone to use the bathroom inside and I stayed outside just moiseying around. When he came back outside from using the bathroom‚ he said‚ “lets try to shatter this pen I found with my bat.” Shortly after I had responded to him with just a simple vague “ok.” As the night went on he had gone to fetch his bat and proceeded to walk in front of me. At I didn’t
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A Day of an Opposite Gender Its 7:30am in a Friday morning. I can’t wait for the weekend. Left my Xbox on last night‚ chips all over the room and dirty laundry everywhere. I get up take a shower‚ eat and get dressed. I pick whatever I find first thing on my dresser. After all those things‚ I usually play COD on my Xbox. I play with my friends and online gamers. It’s been 30 minutes since I started playing. Its 8:50am‚ I’m going to be late I thought while getting my shoes and bag on. As I arrived
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Ken was my voice teacher. I never admired anyone more than him. He meant the world to me. It would be safe to say that we did not have a typical teacher/student relationship. I was infatuated with him. He was tall dark and had the voice of an angel. But he was eleven years older than I was‚ and he was my teacher. I learned from him‚ I confided in him‚ and I trusted him. I never pictured myself being with him. I never dreamt he would think of me as a ’woman’ and not just a love-stricken seventeen
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