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    Congratulations. Five syllables. One word. A million sparks of energy surge through my body sending my every nerve into a hypnotic awe. It was as though you were falling in a dream and being kicked out of it. A moment of realisation… this must be just a dream‚ and for that reason alone I refuse to let it sink into my conscience. The world will remain a tone‚ a sound wave having happened to penetrate through my very existence‚ bouncing off the walls of my ears. Those alike to me filled their faces

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    Three reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information are as follows * Whenever you touch something hot or cold‚ the sense of touch & feelings detects it & sends a message to brain and in response you act and remove your hand from that hot or cold material * Your sense of sight helps you see & thus respond accordingly. When you see something dangerous you response by moving away from it & similarly when you see some vehicle coming your way‚ you wait to cross the

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    I think an effective poem should include a location‚ images‚ similes‚ or metaphor because that you need to show what you are trying to explain in the poem. We use imagery to expose more about the landscape or scene. I do believe that my writing has changed during this semester. In my third poem‚ I explained the natural side of ancestry and it was nice to challenge myself to find out humans and birds have in common or differences. I learned that it is in your best interest to read your poems out

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    entirely correct‚ due to neglecting the modern society’s value for family and structural changes that have emerged from technology. In this modern day and time‚ families range from traditional to modern. The traditional family is a vulnerable mirage‚ holding on to values once strongly deemed necessary. The modern family is a deviant reflection of traditional family. The composition of traditional nuclear family members no longer exists only in traditional sense. Participants in modern families

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    Golding uses the conch in the novel to symbolise democracy and civilisation. Golding wrote the novel as a parody to R.M Ballantyne’s novel “Coral Island” in which a number of boys are placed on an island‚ their behaviour is civilised and Ballantyne suggests though out his novel that the Pirates and savages are the only people on the island that had the potential for evil. Golding contradicts this as he wrote Lord of the Flies after WW2 and the ‘Cold War’ he was horrified at mans capacity for evil

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    A spectral being appears and tells of a land unseen by his kind. “This land bares great feasts on four legs‚ rivers of pure transparency‚ and elements of perfect moderation”. Calfus‚ unknowing of the mirages truth‚ had some skepticism towards these promises. “How am I to be sure that these things you say are true?”‚ Calfus replies. In an act of conjuration‚ a sleeping baby deer formed in front of him. The spirit answered‚ “The lands I speak of are like

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    Ashes of a Fallen Hero Jason‚ although often mistaken as an epic hero‚ portrays a tragic hero in the ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. To be a tragic hero‚ one must first be considered a hero with noble characteristics. In the prelude to Medea‚ Jason sets off into a quest in a ship full of noble heroes after the denial of his claim to royalty. Even with fate leaning heavily on the opponents’ side‚ Jason overcomes many trials lain before him in order to achieve his goals. He is portrayed

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    ELL 207 Short Story Course SHORT STORY CRITICAL REVIEW Student’s Name: Date of Presentation: Story : The Bet Author: Anton Chekhov (1860 -1904) Central Character (Protagonist) : The Lawyer and the Banker (no names – generalization? You may mention this kind of ideas in your presentation) Setting : 1870s – 1880s in the banker’s mansion Narrator : Third Person‚ Limited Omniscience Events in Summary (Plot) : “Perhaps it was the sweetness of their

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    Well I was born in Pueblo‚ Colorado; lived their for 10 years. Then we ended up moving to Yoder‚ Colorado; which we stayed their till I was 10. I had quite a lot of friends they’re‚ my best friend would be Elizabeth Oatman. I met her in preschool‚ she didn’t do good on the slowly walking to the restroom. So when I went there; she would raise her hand to use the restroom‚ but would always take off running;but she attended to not turn; and she would always slam right into the wall. So one day she had

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    (PUCK‚ hidden behind a tree‚ observes three women varying in age‚ presumably sisters‚ chanting within reach of a devilish flame. The women toss a gravel-like material into the hearth of the fire). WITCHES: (squawking) Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair. PUCK: (emerging from the shadows‚ teasingly) Three maidens fair in splendor halt my trek here in Birnam Woods. WITCH 1: (studying the intruder) What say you‚ sisters? The primitive baboon which jests so imperils his own tongue? WITCH 2: Aye‚ his frivolous

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