Early on in "Eat‚ Pray‚ Love‚" her travelogue of spiritual seeking‚ the novelist and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert gives a characteristically frank rundown of her traveling skills: tall and blond‚ she doesn’t blend well physically in most places; she’s lazy about research and prone to digestive woes. "But my one mighty travel talent is that I can make friends with anybody‚" she writes. "I can make friends with the dead. . . . If there isn’t anyone else around to talk to‚ I could probably make friends
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on
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Transitions and Organizational Patterns Part 1 Writers don’t let their thoughts wander aimlessly. They think logically. They organize details in patterns. In the written language these patterns help you follow ideas more easily and‚ therefore‚ improve your understanding of the text. Authors use transition words and phrases to create patterns within their writing. The following are common patterns of organization and transitions used in writing. Time Order/Process Pattern Ideas or events are presented
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CASE STUDY “Trouble with the Terrorist Watch List Database” 1. Please read the case study that starts on the next page. 2. Answer all 5 questions below. 1. What Information Systems concepts are illustrated in this case? 2. Why was the consolidated terror watch list created? What are the communication benefits of the list? (Comm) 3. Describe some of the weaknesses of the watch list. What management‚ organization‚ and technology factors are responsible for these weaknesses? 4. What steps would
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The idea of the neighborhood watch is one which has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to decrease crime within a neighborhood community. The basic idea of the neighborhood watch centers around neighborhood residents paying attention and identifying suspicious happenings and alerting and reporting crimes to police department. Through Neighborhood Watch groups and standardized surveillance techniques‚ residents and neighbors can assist and help the law enforcement authorities catch kidnappers
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Nicholas is approaching his t=sroom-based center by the time he turns 3. Transition Team: The transition team will consist of several therapists‚ speech‚ adaptive‚ and behavioral. Each therapist will give a report on how Nicholas has improved‚ where he needs more help‚ and what they feel best suits Nicholas’s education. This evaluation will incorporate the year of education Nicholas has been receiving in home. This transition will take 3 weeks to complete. Nicholas will need each of his specialized
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TRANSITIONS Transitions serve as a bridge between ideas. They provide connections between words‚ sentences‚ and paragraphs. There are many examples of transitions in your textbook. Also‚ notice how professional writers use them to improve their style and to add emphasis. Below are a few examples of transitions (some of these words/phrases could be placed in more than one category). Add to these lists as you think of other transitions. To give examples for example‚ for instance‚ to illustrate‚ in
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Watch essay I am going to compare 4 watches each by different designers. I will compare the watches‚ look at the materials‚ colours and special features‚ who would wear the watch‚ compare the shapes and find out the differences between classy and sport watches. The first watch that I have been looking at is a classy ladies watch. It is made by Lorus and is silver with a mother of pearl face. The watch would be worn by a sophisticated lady who is quite wealthy. She would probably be in her early
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My beautiful new watch had run eighteen months without losing or gaining‚ and without breaking any part of its machinery or stopping. I had come to believe it infallible in its judgments about the time of day‚ and to consider its constitution and its anatomy imperishable. But at last‚ one night‚ I let it run down. I grieved about it as if it were a recognized messenger and forerunner of calamity. But by and by I cheered up‚ set the watch by guess‚ and commanded my bodings and superstitions to depart
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