Journal Entries; AP Eng Ch: 1 In the first chapter of his book‚ Foster lays out the conventions for a quest‚ stating that in most literature‚ modern and classic‚ "every trip is a quest." the novel "the Help" by Kathryn Stockett is not perhaps seen by the unaware reader to be a quest‚ however as it details a journey‚ it can in actuality be broken down into the conventions Foster cleverly recognized: every journey or trip a story embarks upon follows a pattern‚ and that pattern is a quest.
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and very depressed because he can’t live a day without his children so he trying to find the way to spend more time with them. Soon he learns that Miranda wants to hire housekeeper and he decides to pretend that one. His brother Frank who is a costume designer disguises him like an old British woman who is experienced housekeeper. Daniel named her Mrs. Doubtfire. Miranda was captured by Mrs. Doubtfire since their first talk so she hires her immediately. First day of that job isn’t perfect: there
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Amistad Movie Summary The film begins in the depths of the schooner La Amistad‚ a slave-ship carrying captured West Africans into slavery. The film’s protagonist‚ Sengbe Pieh‚ most known by his Spanish name‚ "Cinqué‚" painstakingly picks a nail out of the ship’s structure and uses it to pick the lock on his shackles. Freeing a number of his companions‚ Cinqué initiates a rebellion on board the storm-tossed vessel. In the ensuing fighting‚ several Africans and most of the ship’s Spanish crew are
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cannot write a good summary essay of a source that you do not understand. One such technique is the reader’s summary‚ which you write for yourself‚ as a way of understanding the text you are reading. But there is another type of summary‚ the summary essay‚ which is written for an audience other than yourself. The purpose of the summary essay is to convey to others an understanding of a text you have read‚ without their having to read it themselves. Thus for your readers‚ your summary essay functions
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How to Write An Executive Summary? Whether you’ve put together a business plan or an investment proposal‚ you’re going to need an executive summary to preface your report. The summary should include the major details of your report‚ but it’s important not to bore the reader with minutia. Save the analysis‚ charts‚ numbers and glowing reviews for the report itself. This is the time to grab your reader’s attention and let them know what it is you do and why they should read the rest of your business
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Writing Summaries Summary writing may be the most familiar writing task so far. We make summaries of many different things. In this paper‚ we are going to explain about writing an assignment summary. Writing an Assignment Summary A good assignment summary has three principal requirements. 1. It should be focused on the relevant aspects of the source text or texts. 2. It should present the source material in an accurate fashion. 3. It should condense the source material and be presented in the
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DAILY LESSON PLAN Teacher’s Name: Class/Period: 7th Grade English Unit/ Lesson Plan Topic: Summary Writing Date: 10/8/08 Agenda: What is a Summary? Why do we summarize? Summarizing Expository Text California Content Standards: Writing Applications 2.5 Write summaries of reading materials: a. Include the main ideas and most significant details b. Use the student’s own words‚ except for quotations c. Reflect underlying meaning‚ not just the superficial details. Objectives: When
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Executive Summaries are much like any other summary in that their main goal is to provide a condensed version of the content of a longer report. Definition of Executive Summary The executive summary is usually no longer than 10% of the original document. It can be anywhere from 1-10 pages long‚ depending on the report’s length. Executive summaries are written literally for an executive who most likely DOES NOT have the time to read the original. • Executive summaries make a recommendation • Accuracy
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Books 1-4 Book I Summary: The narrator calls upon the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. We pick up ten years after the fall of Troy in the Trojan War (the subject of The Iliad). In trying to return home‚ Odysseus and his shipmates had numerous adventures‚ but now Odysseus has been left alone on the island of Ogygia for the last eight years‚ captive of the beautiful goddess Kalypso. We are told that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ will make Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaka even more difficult
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in the Philippines where it also experience a conflicting issue about the fallen standard of education. The government under President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is yielding much attention for more investment on education. A lot of teachers and professors are complaining on students’ low performance at both internal and external examination. Poor academic performance is a performance that is adjudged by the examinee and some other significant as falling below an expected standard. Poor academic
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