Assignment: A Day During My Favorite Season The most important aspect of descriptive writing is focusing on precision. Precision begins with word choice. When writing‚ ask yourself: which word can I use that is the most exact concerning what I am trying to describe? Which words are the most accurate for creating the same image in the imagination of all my readers? Assignment: Think carefully about a day you have spent during your favorite season (spring‚ summer‚ autumn‚ winter.) What do you see? Are
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My Joys and Pains in my SPES Summer job 2012 School year ends‚ different plans comes our way. Vacation here‚ gimmicks there‚ or even party everywhere. These are few of the things which drive the satisfaction of students when school is over. But practical students have better idea of spending their vacation wisely and this is to apply for a summer job. Special Program for the Employment of Students or better known as the “SPES Summer job Program” is a program spearheaded by our ever-dynamic Governor
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mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebration is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month‚ it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. there are two legends
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turns into a cold and rainy day in my hometown of Autumn Burrow. Damp and mellow was what my town felt like today. Autumn Burrow’s the place where everyone works day and night‚ and urban myths and rumors of weird encounters with weird creatures. Such as vagabonds‚ shadows‚ or any other type of phenomena. I never have actually seen a ghost roaming around town‚ but it would be a weird experience if I ever saw one. Today‚ I plan to make a trip to Autumn Burrow’s deep forest to find even more mysterious
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America was focused on eliminating social inequality and injustice‚ but rapid urbanization continued racism‚ and most importantly the Vietnam War‚ had created a stark contrast of the promises and reality of the time. If we apply Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions to 60’s there’d be two contrasting cultures which are almost mirror representations of each other. The majority culture was on the right characterized by older age‚ a high power distance‚ masculinity affinity‚ and uncertainty avoidance‚ and individualistic
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Reasons for the success of Four Seasons in Paris Four Seasons Goes to Paris: “53 Properties‚ 24 Countries‚ 1 Philosophy” Jun Suk Yang 210193423 INTL1300 Section S 8 pages (excluding title page‚ appendices‚ references) Abstract This paper is designed for exploring the reasons for the success of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Paris (Four Seasons). Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is Canadian based international leading operator of midsized luxury hotels. Four Seasons has enabled guests to maximize
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A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler is about a 12 year old girl named Jenni Green who goes on a family vacation with her best friend’s family. In this book‚ young Jenni Green learns a valuable lesson about being careful for what she wishes for‚ because once you get it it may not be as expected. In A Year Without Autumn Jenni faces the problem of her best friend‚ Autumn going into depression and tries to get her out of it. It all started when Jenni and Autumn decided to do a activity together at
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and the unjust alike” [Foster 71]. Seasons. They may be very subtle in many stories or movies‚ so much that you really do not notice the seasons unless it is based on them. During these seasons weather can also impact the story‚ such as in many stories if it is raining that normally means something tragic has happened in the plot. Many stories use the seasons to show how time passes. In many stories‚ you rarely notice the slight change in the weather or in seasons because of the actual story going
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the four seasons and from there to the nature of human existence. Taken literally‚ the poem is essentially a very eloquent description of the four seasons of spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter‚ applied to the "mind of man" or the human demeanor. If interpreted in a more metaphorical sense‚ the poem takes on a distinctly different meaning. Keats opens the sonnet by establishing the fact that "There are four seasons in the mind of man". This could be taken to mean that this ’changing of seasons’ affects
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Mid-Autumn festival’s Background What is mid-autumn festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival also known as the Moon Festival or Moon cake Festival. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. When was mid-autumn festival first appeared? A description of the festival first appeared in Rites of Zhou‚ a written collection of rituals of the Western Zhou Dynasty from 3‚000 years ago. The celebration became popular during the early Tang Dynasty. The history and origins of mid-autumn
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