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    A Process Paragraph A process is a series‚ a sequence‚ an orderly progression. One step or event follows another: first this‚ then that‚ then something else. You generally write a process paragraph to accomplish one of two tasks: 1. To describe how to make or do something (directional process) 2. To describe how something works (informational process) The Structure of a Process Paragraph 1. The topic sentence names the process and indicates the reason someone should be interested in knowing about

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    talk about why his work was important and the purpose of his work. Christopher Columbus was born into a family of wool workers near the one supreme Mediterranean port of Genoa. Columbus turned to the sea as a very young man he establish a plan to find a better route to Asia. Christopher took 4 major voyagers between 1492 and 1504. These voyagers were a large serious of disappointments and disasters. One of Columbus main reason for travel was fame and fortune. In 1492 Columbus and his crew set sail

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    Marigolds Paragraph Most of the time‚ there’s a moment in life where one realizes that they have lost their innocence and gained compassion in the absence. “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier shows how one young girl changed from a child to a young adult through her life experiences. Lizabeth is a 14 year old girl living in poverty with her parents‚ her 11 year old brother Joey‚ Miss Lottie and her son‚ and the neighborhood kids. As the leader of her group of friends‚ Lizabeth takes part in throwing

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    but it also led to the children’s misfortune as displaced persons‚ and the trauma left to fill the void of their losses. As news of the transports spread‚ in a month’s time‚ 1‚950 children travelled from Germany and Austria to England (Fast). The first Kindertransport‚ organized by Norbert Wollheim‚ left Berlin on December 1‚ 1938. 196 children rode on the train‚ all from an orphanage demolished in the aftermath of Kristallnacht. Wollheim arranged about

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    ENG 112 Body Paragraph Chris McCandless‘s admirers are wrong to believe that he was a deeply honest person. At some moments in Into the Wild‚ he was not an honest person. According to Westerberg‚ a McCandless’s friend‚ said‚ “He never explained why he’d changed his name” (Krakauer 18). When McCandless decided to make a trip into the wild‚ he changed his name; he did not even bring any identification with him. During the trip‚ everybody knew about him under the name Alex. Westerberg was a friend

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    AP Lit‚ Period 7 Hamlet Paragraph In the classic play Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses diction and imagery to help align the reader with Hamlet and the Ghost’s hatred towards King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. ! In this passage of the play Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses an abundance of negative diction to clearly let the reader see how much hatred there was‚ coming from Hamlet and the Ghost and directed to the King and the Queen. “Ay‚ that incestuous‚ that adulterate beast‚” (13-14). This quote

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    Mary Hyland  11/18/14  P.3  Poem Reaction Paragraphs    Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest”­  This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. ​ The message is  those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack  something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded.​  The poet says “those  who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it  “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army

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    Joseph Yang May 25‚ 2016 2220 Biblical Literature II The New Testament in the Bible has many distinctions because of the four Gospels. The Gospels consists of Matthew‚ Mark‚ Luke‚ and John. The Synoptic Gospels comprise of first three Gospels in the New Testament. Those Gospels entail Matthew‚ Mark‚ and Luke. These three meticulous Gospels spur up the theory of the Synoptic Problem‚ that all of them share similarities in content and expression. This is where source criticism is applied because this

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    Joshua Wilson ENL 095-206 Illustration Paragraph I think my biggest fear this semester would have to be the fear of failure. Don’t misunderstand me it’s not the everyday little things that I’m afraid of failing at. I guess more than anything it’s the fear of failing at college as a whole. Now I realize that a select group of you guys will shrug and have a good laugh about how someone could be afraid of that. Okay tough guys let’s see if I can’t shake you up a little. Picture yourself

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are still considered two of the most influential writers of their time. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ who was a lecturer‚ essayist‚ and poet‚ Henry David Thoreau is his student‚ who was also a great essayist and critics. Both men extensively studied and embraced nature‚ and both men encouraged and practiced individualism and nonconformity. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay "Self Reliance" and Henry David Thoreau’s book "Walden" and essay "Resistance to Civil Government

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