English 1101 8 February 2013 My Greatest Loves of All Brainstorming: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Mom Point 1: Workmanship * Saw how she worked hard to support family Point 2: Teaching * Didn’t do verbal teaching‚ more “watch and learn” Point 3: Quality Time * Loves spending quality time together; going to movies‚ out to dinner‚ just having girl talk Point 4: * Was supportive of all my decisions
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Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural On March 4th‚ 1865‚ Abraham Lincoln stood up in front of a battered‚ angry‚ divided America to deliver his second inaugural speech. As any great president would do‚ Lincoln constructed his speech in such a way that would lead to healing and rebuilding for this bleeding and scarred country. Through the use of inclusive word choice‚ parallelism‚ repetitive references to the bible and encouraging phrases Lincoln masterfully crafted and shaped his dialogue
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Willy Loman‚ the protagonist of “Death of a Salesman”‚ doesn’t believe in working hard yet expects success. In 1945 when Arthur Miller wrote this play‚ America was going through the Great Depression. Many immigrants were still looking for the American Dream when they had moved to the U.S.‚ but not every dreamer became successful. "Death of a Salesman" is a tragic play. Some critics think it indictment of the American lifestyle‚ criticizing everyone from an ordinary worker to the capitalist system
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The Maya: Greatest Achievements The Mayan tribe are an ancient people who lived around 1800 BC to 900 A.D. The most remarkable thing that the Mayans did was their money system. The second most important achievement that the Mayan had was their calendar. The Mayan made two main calendars‚ one for rituals called tzolkin‚ and a solar calendar called haab. Based on this they made their years and times. The Mayan were extremely smart and way beyond their time. “The Maya priest-astronomers collected
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN Study Guide for Teachers World-Class Theatre in the Heart of Vermont 703 Main Stre e t ‚ W eston‚ V T 05161 www.westonplayhouse.o rg The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company The 2010 WPTC Teacher’s Workshop and the School Matinee and Touring Production is made possible in part by grants from: The Bay and Paul Foundations Mountain Room Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Shubert Foundation The Vermont Country Store and The Orton Family Vermont Humanities Council
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Death of a Salesman Boston Hotel room (Act 2) In Arthur miller’s death of a salesman‚ Biff and Willy had a complicated relationship along these years. This all happened and started when Biff caught Willy having an affair with other woman. From that moment‚ Biff gave up on this future and his dream of getting into the University of Virginia‚ and his relationship and admiration to his father. The Boston hotel room retreat scene late in Act 2 is significant because it changed Biff’s goals‚ his
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My greatest achievement in my life When someone asks me what the greatest achievement of my life has been‚ I look at my certificates and awards‚ searching for the one I like best. However‚ each time‚ I end up with an answer that has nothing do with these certificates‚ and everything to do with the person I am today. That moment I remember a saying "When you make a mistake‚ don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom
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[pic] The Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid in about 2560 B.C. to serve as his tomb. The pyramid is the oldest structure on the original list of the seven wonders of the ancient world‚ which was compiled by Greek scholars about 2‚200 years ago. It is also the only remaining survivor from the original list. The Great Pyramid is the largest of three Pyramids at Giza‚ bordering modern-day Cairo. Although weathering has caused the structure to stand a few feet shorter today‚ the pyramid
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My Greatest Fear My greatest fear would be losing one of my three older brothers. The reasons why this would be my biggest fear is as follows. I would have no one to turn to. Losing any one of them would be losing one who matters most. My brothers have always been my rock; without them I would no longer have my rock. These are the reasons why losing one of my brothers is my greatest fear. First‚ I would have no one to turn to because; my brothers have been the only ones there for me no matter
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Basketball’s Greatest Players There are many great players who had the talent to be all pro and lost it in the streets. Probably the two most famous to fail are Lloyd Daniels and Earl Manigult. Both could of been all-stars but let the drugs and inner city life destroy there chances. It’s been said that Earl Manigult’s best feat was being able to jump up to the top of the backboard and take a dollar bill and replace it with four quarters. One other rumor was he once dunked a basketball backwards
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