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    1770s. He said this quote to describe the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were trials of laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of these laws were to punish the colonists for throwing a large shipment of tea into the Boston harbor. The first of these laws‚ the Boston Port Act‚ was passed on March 31‚ 1774. The purpose of this act was to punish the colonists who lived in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. The port of Boston was closed because of this act. However‚ colonists

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    unwittingly fulfills his tragic fate by trying to escape it. Oedipus was the king of Thebes‚ the city he escaped to run away from his fate. When the priest informs him that the city is going through a terrible plague that Apollo cursed the city with due to injustice and That the only way to save the city from the plague is to find the person who murdered the previous king that’s when complication starts to rise. The search for the murder turn into a search for himself and his identity and leads him

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    Illustration Paragraph Final Template Step 5: Illustration Paragraph Final Draft Directions: Turn off the “Track Changes” feature. Copy and paste your edited draft. Select the entire paragraph and choose “Accept Changes” if the document does not automatically make the changes for you. Save the changes to this document; save it as “Illustration Paragraph Assignment.” Then use the link provided in Blackboard to submit the document to your instructor. The instructor should then be able to see the

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    Paragraph Structure Introduction (one sentence – either a question‚ quotation‚ or statistic): We often see pictures of floods on the television news. Topic Sentence (one sentence – Topic + Controlling Idea): The floods can be very damaging. Points of Development: 1. Financially 2. Physically 3. Emotionally BP1: Topic Sentence (POD#1): First‚ the floods can cause a heavy financial loss to the victim. Explanation One(one sentence): The victim has to pay for property and possessions

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    Task: The exemplification paragraph. We all like to rest and one of the most widespread forms of rest is tourism. Everyone can find in it something that he or she likes. Some like mountains and rivers‚ others like to lie on a beach or to visit museums‚ and certain people prefer extreme tourism. Strangely enough however tense nerves can actually help some people to remove their weariness and help them to relax. With every passing year more and more people aspire to see the beauty of the

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    Assignment for Teaching ELLs The Florida Consent Decree was established in August of 1990. The purpose of the Florida Consent Decree is for the Florida Department of Education to make sure that every school can and will provide instruction of the English language to those students whom are not proficient in it. This Consent Decree is not reserved solely for those students from another country such as Mexico. It also applies to those from American Indian and Native Alaskan families. Also‚

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    In what ways does Larkin’s poetry show his attitude to death? In Philip Larkin’s poetry there is a profound sense of unease about death. Larkin‚ throughout his poetry‚ obviously contemplates the inevitable end that is death. In his poetry Larkin uses great observational skills‚ noting and writing about everyday circumstances in cinematic detail. With death‚ though‚ Larkin has nothing to observe. He cannot draw any precise conclusions about something that he has not directly experienced. I think‚

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    American singer‚ songwriter‚ and actor. He worked with many other great artists such as Kanye West‚ Jay-Z‚ Alicia Keyes‚ and many others. Before his song “All of Me” got famous he best was known for his song “Ordinary People” which won him a Grammy award back in 2006. But back to the song and also the music video “All of Me” this song was dedicated for his wife‚ Chrissy Teigen who is an American model. They got married back in 2013 and shortly after he wrote this song for her. Personally I believe

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    Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist‚ poet‚ and practical philosopher. He was best known for his beliefs in Transcendentalism and civil disobedience‚ he was also a dedicated abolitionist. He attended Harvard College (now Harvard University) and graduated in 1837. Once out of college Thoreau befriended Ralph Waldo Emerson who was also an American essayist‚ lecturer‚ and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century. Emerson was a mentor to Thoreau‚ he became Emerson’s

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    the difference between direct facts and imagined conjectures. The reasonable man cares for his neighbor’s welfare. He does not steal. He does not lie. He acts responsibly to others and to himself. He follows the Golden Rule. He is not required to throw his life away attempting to rescue the widow’s parakeet from a marauding cat. He is allowed to exercise self-interest. He is not required to give his money to the poor. He is required‚ however‚ to act in a way that will not adversely affect

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