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    A Beautiful Day

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    Beautiful Day The weather forecast predicted a forty percent chance of rain. But as the early morning sky laid a canvas for the sun‚ I arose to the dawn of a beautiful day. After months of meticulous planning and preparation‚ I was ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime. On that twenty-sixth day of February I was going to marry Jerome Leon Wilson. And as I sat up in that cherry oak canopy bed‚ I came to the sudden realization that my life as Kim Desir would cease to exist after that day. But

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    Tone and metaphors play a critical role in the poem‚ "A Litany in Time of Plague". The tone of the poem helps set up some of the metaphors‚ and the metaphors help to reinforce the tone. Throughout the poem‚ one can find readily find examples setting the tone and several distinguishable metaphors. In this poem the tone and metaphors complement one another very well and go hand in hand in making this poem dramatic and meaningful. The tone in‚ " A Litany in Time of Plague"‚ is prayerful and gloomy

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    Founders Day Essay

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    During Texas Southern University 85th years Founders Day Assembly I wasn’t able to hear all of what was said but from what I can hear I learned a lot of new things about my school that I didn’t know before. Texas Southern University was founded December 14‚ 1927. We haven’t always been Texas Southern University. Our school was first named Houston Colored Junior College from 1927 -1934‚ Houston College for Negroes 1934-1947‚ Texas State University for Negros from 1947-1951‚ then finally it became

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    By using the metaphor of a “ valley of the shadow of death” David speaks of seemingly hopeless situations through the use of a grave tone. The psalmist uses this metaphor to further show the shepherd character of God because through that dark place the psalmist says‚ “You are with me”. In the final stanza of the poem‚ the speaker uses the metaphor or his cup running over to symbolize

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    the story it tells readers about him witnessing another soldier dying a gruesome and horrible death. The author’s tone of this story is‚ sad.The tone of the story is sad and happy because he just watched a guy die‚ but the guy died for his country so there are two sides to the poem. A detail in the poem that leads me to believe that the a tone of the poem is sad‚ is when it says “ dim through the misty panes the thick green light‚ as under a green sea‚ I saw him drowning.”This show that a tone is

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    Tone Colour - Music 1 Analysis 1. What typical materials are most instruments made out of eg wood? An instrument can be grouped into six main categories‚ which all have specific individual sound. These are wood‚ metal‚ string‚ skin‚ electronic and vocal. The qualities of the sound in each category are primarily similar. 2. List FIVE methods of producing sound eg hitting. The five ways of producing a sound involves hitting‚ blowing‚ shaking‚ scraping‚ and plucking. 3. What is the

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    In the poem “Tableau‚” Countee Cullen openly conveys a tone of innocence through his use of metaphors and simile. Cullen goes on through the poem to explain the significant difference yet similarity between the two boys‚ such as “The black boy and the white‚ The golden splendor of the day‚ The sable pride of night.” (lines 2‚3 and 4). This suggests the two boys are obviously quite different‚ but speaks of them as one like Cullen says in line 8‚ “In unison to walk”. Cullen also displays a sense

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    In a response to sixth-grader Phyllis Wright’s inquiry about prayers in scientists’ lives‚ Albert Einstein employs rhetorical appeals to character and reason in order to encourage thought from her but ultimately answers her question insufficiently. Since it is already understood that Einstein is the writer‚ he does not need to establish his credibility. However‚ he does take advantage his reputation to make broad‚ encompassing statements about scientists that few others could. For example‚ an amateur

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    A Day to Remember

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    A day I will always remember is the first day of middle school‚ which was the first day of 6th grade. I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect‚ but I was also very excited at the same time. Everything was so new to me‚ the campus‚ the schedule‚ and the people. But the first day of middle school will always be a day I will remember. It was the first day of the 6th Grade and I was very anxious. I had been waiting for that day all summer. It all started when I got of the school bus. The

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    a few individuals believe that one of a cheerful relationship between a son and the father. And also other individuals trust that this sonnet has a shrouded message of parental misuse. In my perspective‚ the symbolism and dialect‚ the imagery‚ and tone in the pome gave me the impression of the affection between the son and father‚ not of an oppressive relationship. You might get the response of misuse in light of the fact that; the line‚ "Whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy" proposes

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