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    reason‚ outlines should be among the tools which every writer knows how to use. Outlines help writers to organize what they are going to say before they write it. 2. What are the kinds of outline? The most common type of outline is called the Alphanumeric Outline. Alpha as in alphabet and Numeric as in Numerals - it ’s the one that uses a combination of numbers and letters to organize your thoughts. I. Start with Roman Numbers for Largest Headings A. Then use Capital Letters 1. Then

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    The Hobbit is a fantasy novel written by J.R.R Tolkien in the between the years of 1929 and 1936. The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins‚ and his adventures with Gandalf the Gray and a group of Dwarves. The book was released 21. September 1937. This is a story about Bilbo Baggins‚ who started out as a very cautious little hobbit from a very nice place called the shire; He never did nor even think of doing anything unexpected or go on some crazy adventures. Bilbo just wanted to be at home in

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    The radiant rays of the morning sun filtered through the canopy of leaves. My friend and I had gone to the park to play a small game of soccer before retreating home for breakfast. From a distance‚ we could see smoke in the air. However‚ thinking that it was a barbecue someone was having at the park‚ we took no notice of it and happily continued to chat and giggle away. It was when we approached nearer to the park that we realized that there was no barbecue going on. As we looked around‚ we realized

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    Anyone who had something of great value stolen from him would try to get it back. Even if that person had to go to high risks to reclaim what was theirs. In the book The Hobbit‚ a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins‚ a wizard named Gandalf‚ and thirteen dwarves have to get back their lost treasure that a character named Smaug stole. To reclaim their treasure they have to travel a long distance to the Lonely Mountain where Smaug is hiding . Throughout their journey they encounter many life-hindering experiences

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    In J.R.R Tolkien’s book‚ the Hobbit‚ Bilbo Baggins goes on a long treacherous journey to retrieve the dwarves treasure from the dragon‚ Smaug. Bilbo is terrified to go on this adventure but is soon persuaded to go. This story is an epic that states all of the steps of a “hero’s journey”. With this being said‚ the three steps of a “hero’s journey” are the departure‚ initiation‚ and the return. Through Bilbo’s misadventures‚ he goes through all of these steps. Bilbo and all of his companions learn

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    In the 1920’s‚ the United States economy boomed‚ bringing with it a new generation and way of living. A “New Morality” was taking over the nation and replacing old traditional values (Appleby 612). New Mortality expressed youth and personal freedom (Appleby 612). This created a lifestyle based on parties and spending money (Hensley 4). This new way of life came with new inventions and technologies. The radio‚ phonograph‚ and movies were all invented during the 1920’s. The automobile also became

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    Plot "Two Kinds tells of a woman and daughter expecting a great life in America. The daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ wants desperately to become a "Chinese Shirley Temple" by making a career in singing and dancing. Her mother is consumed in the belief that Jing-mei is a genius‚ thus making her do pointless tests that she sees other prodigy children doing in magazines such as standing on her head and reciting world capitals. All of this proves to be useless and the idea begins to fade away until Jing-mei’s mother

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    Hobbit Battle of the five armies. In this epic ending of the three Hobbit movies originally made from the Hobbit books written by JRR Tolkien. Bilbo and the dwarves watch from a mountain as the dragon known as Smaug goes down to Laketown to destroy everything with his fiery rage. As Smaug terrorises the town Bard the bowman breaks out of prison and is out to make sure his family is safe. Once he found his family he realized that the black arrow could kill the dragon‚ so he sets off the the bell tower

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    Tolkien has experienced a resurgence of interest in the last two decades-in a large part thanks to Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. However I do not wish to look at the movies‚ or indeed at any of Tolkien’s more prevalent work. I wish to focus on his poetry‚ the poems woven into the narrative of his popular novels (including revised versions published in The History of Middle-earth series) as well as his stand-alone pieces that may have little to do with

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    Liberation The decade of the 1960’s was an era of spiritual journey for many individuals and a cultural crusade for others. This enlightened outlook and newfound brazen behavior was a stark contrast to the conformity and repression of the 1950’s. Liberation was the buzzword used by those seeking to break out of the stereotypical roles that society had forced them into from a young age. Women began to protest the mainstream thinking that “barefoot in the kitchen” was their destiny. Ethnic groups

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