A visit to the dentist It was a cloudy and cold morning when I woke up to take Roald to the dentist. I woke him about half hour after I woke up. I cooked his favourite bacon and eggs for breakfast. We had a 10:30 appointment with the dentist and it was nearly all ready ten o’clock and I thought we’d better get going. The next minute Roald was ready to go so off we went. It took us a good half hour to get all the way up the hill and to the dentists and by the time we got there
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relates to learner-centered procedures in literary instruction. Text study: Focuses on an analysis of particular texts. It complements an experience of the texts. 2.2) Description of story Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Author: Roald Dahl Type of story (e.g. detective‚ adventure‚ animal story): Fantasy Concise summary of story: Charlie Bucket is living in poverty and his luck changes for the better when he wins a lifetime supply of candy and a chance to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate
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productive life. Her most outstanding award would be the Canadian Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1966. Her work has been an inspiration to many and she will be recognized for many years to come. The three poems that I am going to discuss are: The Landlady‚ Rat Song and Song of the Worms. All three of these poems use strong imagery to show Margaret Atwood’s view of the way that women are treated. She uses several tones in her poems‚ the tone that she generally uses for these three poems are frustration
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References: Dahl‚ Roald and Blake‚ Quentin (2007) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Puffin. Economy Watch (2010) Liabilities. Stanley St Labs. Accessed June 23‚ 2010 from http://www.economywatch.com/budget/india/liabilities.html Ellis‚ M. et al. (2007) The Hershey Company
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family but the entire animal community‚ which eventually unite to fight against farmers determined to capture the audacious Mr. Fox. In the end‚ he uses his animal instincts to save his family and friends. The story is based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl‚ author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The film is directed by Wes Anderson director known for directing films such as The Royal Tenembauns‚ The Life Aquatic‚ The Darjeeling Limited. He has been nominated for best animated film and best soundtrack
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conflict either. The conflict that was identified in this story was not very important. There were many other ways to solve their problem‚ and also avoid the situational irony that occurred at the end of the story. “Man from the South” written by Roald Dahl was not the best written short story using literary terms such as a strong situational irony as well. For situational irony‚ it wasn’t shocking that the old man was up to something suspicious. From the beginning of the story‚ you could tell that
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searching for his love in a furnished room. He meets the owner of the furnished room that his love has rented recently. In the latter part of the story‚ the young man commits suicide in the same room where his love committed suicide‚ too. Moreover‚ the landlady tells to a friend that she knows the girl that the young man is looking for but she does not tell him because she is greatly taking care of her reputation and her business. She wants no one to know that someone committed suicide on her room because
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References: Carrier‚ R. (1985). The Hockey Sweater. New York‚ NY: Tundra Books Dahl‚ R. (1975). Danny‚ Champion of the World. United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape Fitzhugh‚ L. (1964). Harriet the Spy. New York‚ NY: Harper & Row White‚ E.B. (1945). Stuart Little. New York‚ NY: Harper & Brothers.
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hypnotic effects of television on children may have seemed alarmist in 1964 when Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published‚ but now its lyrics seem almost understated. In Roald Dahl’s story‚ television addict Mike Teavee pays for his obsession by getting shrunk to the size of an actor on a television screen. Dahl exaggerates the effects of excessive viewing‚ but for children glued to media screens today‚ the consequences may be more insidious and just as hazardous. Decades of research have
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different to the humour in TC‚ which is a dialogue written in typographical form where different fonts represent the different participants. The landlady has her words capitalized suggesting a crass and unpleasant character‚ which contrasts with the reasoned voice of the poet‚ which is represented in conventional lower case. The contrast between landlady and the would-be tenant (between capitals and lower case) is used through out the poem to amplify the ridiculousness of racism and Soyinka’s humour
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