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    government‚ country or community‚ throughout history individuals have also been rejected by them‚ and forced to be outcast. The concept that government and communities are amongst the greatest sources of belonging AND rejection is explored in the three texts I have chosen‚ which are‚ As you like it by Shakespeare‚ Refugee Blues by W.H. Auden‚ and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s “sorry speech”. As you like it involves the concepts of: rejection from government creating a sense of not belonging that is extrinsically

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    Qiang (John) Wang http://umbc.uoregon.edu/eteacher/ Liming  Vocational  University‚   Quanzhou‚ China Volume 2‚ Number 2‚ Winter 2011‚ E-Teacher Projects Gallery Course: English for Specific Purposes‚ Best Practices‚ University of Oregon Author: Qiang (John) Wang‚ Liming Vocational University‚ Quanzhou‚ China Final Project: College-to-Corporation Training Program Part 1: Target Situation Analysis (TSA) Task A. Who is your Target Learner? Be specific. International trade coordinator

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    Fred D’aguair the longest memory essay text response The Longest Memory Fred D’Aguiar 11A Dylan Demtschyna Vocabulary Words that have something to do with literary devices | Words that have positive connotations (the words make you think of good or nice things) | Words that have negative connotations | Narrative/NarratorIrony

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    Speech Text Analysis In 1872 women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally voting in that year’s presidential election. She gave a speech following the incident‚ in an effort to persuade her audience of her innocence and of the injustice done against her. Susan B. Anthony’s speech on Women’s Right to Vote is an excellent example of what a good persuasion speed should be. She uses a circular pattern of organization to state her purpose in a tasteful and direct manner that

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    In the excerpts George and Lennie are two friends‚ one smart the other intellectually disabled‚ both on a ‘mission’ to achieve the American dream. Their journey reveals a lot about the two. Lennie is a follower‚ in that he follows and imitates George’s every move. Lennie also suffers from a mental disability. It is also understood that they are from a working class upbringing. In the case of Lennie‚ it becomes very clear throughout the novel that he is a ‘follower’. He follows George everywhere

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    events we can better understand why Old English sounds like a foreign language compared to Modern English‚ whereas Middle English seems much more similar. With the help of an excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer’s book Canterbury Tales‚ we can reflect upon the text and explain how and why Middle English has the vocabulary and grammar that it does. To understand the transition from Old English to Middle English‚ it is important to know who or what caused it. In 1066 there was an event known as The Norman Conquest

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    Alexeeva Alina‚ Fl-312 Analysis of text “Art for heart’s sake”. This extract is taken from the novel “Art for Heart’s sake” by Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970). Famed American cartoonist‚ sculptor‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ author and composer‚ educated at the University of California with a BS degree. He was born in San Francisco. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices

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    Response to Text: Carlitos Way The film Carlito’s Way directed by Brian De Palma uses visual and verbal techniques to show the idea of world of crime. The main aspects of world of crime are loyalty‚ betrayal and can’t escape your past are all shown in the film. Together visual and verbal techniques are used to show the main idea of the film which is world of crime. An important idea in the film Carlito’s Way is the idea of loyalty. Loyalty is shown throughout the film by Carlito to his friends

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    Juan Martinez 19 September 2012 Professor Joyce English 099 American Beauty Beauties are qualities that bring pleasure or satisfaction to a person or an animal. People have their own opinions on how they define beauty. True beauty is not about physical appearance but also the goals and morals they have in life. With the combination of having problems in people’s lives it is hard to find their inner beauty. While watching the movie American Beauty by Alan Ball it describes problems

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    Practice Exam: TEXT PART A – Multiple Choice Questions Please‚ place your answers here: 1 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 5 15 6 7 8 9 10 1. On December 15‚ 2009‚ the board of directors of Cross Corporation declared a cash dividend‚ payable on January 8‚ 2010 of $.80 per share on the 2‚000‚000 common shares outstanding. On December 15‚ 2009‚ Cross Corporation should A. not prepare a journal entry because the event had no effect on the corporation’s financial position until 2010. B. decrease retained

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