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    SECOND SLIDE: Nathuram Godse’s motives of killing Gandhi is because he was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS (National Volunteers’ Organisation in English) that was and is a hardline Hindu nationalist group that believes India only belongs to Hindus and they felt that Gandhi was getting in their way to take over India. THIRD SLIDE: The direct motive for the assassination is usually recognized to Gandhi’s January 13‚ 1948 decision to fast to the death unless the Indian central

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    What does describe mean? This is easy to define: To give an account or representation of a place‚ a person or an event‚ real or imagined. If you are asked to describe something‚ make your description as clear and as vivid as possible. Part 1: Writing About Places A. Look at this example of an actual students’ work. This first description is of a place: I was born on a small island in the Caribbean between two French islands. The land is named Dominica‚ it is a small mountainous

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    another’s soul.” This quote more or less sums up the sole main purpose of why many people read fiction. The reasons why a reader likes or dislikes a work of fiction may seem to be random‚ or even shallow‚ such as its ability to grab attention or keep a reader hooked with on stereotypical drama. However‚ when a work is actually examined further‚ deeper levels of understanding can be discovered. There are always conscious decisions made by authors of fiction in order to captivate the reader‚ in connecting

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    of “The Great Gatsby”‚ gives his readers signs on why Gatsby will not reach fail and lost his mind in a fantasy world‚ insisting himself to relive the past life with his former love Daisy. Even though Gatsby is blinded by his past‚ he is able to gain the American Dream‚ to obtain the wealth and power to win Daisy’s heart back. Although he has forgotten‚ it has been five years since he has reunited with Daisy. When time passes‚ memories are made and decisions are formed to each individual’s future

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    Classification of Written English Correspondence § 1.4 Genre and Register of Written Correspondence Chapter II. Analysis of § 1.1 § 1.2 § 1.3 § 1.4 Chapter III. § 1.1 § 1.2 § 1.3 § 1.4 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter I. Interaction in Writing § 1.1 The Language of Correspondence: Epistolary Identity or Overview Today English is the most popular international language in the world. According to the ethnologies‚ there are over one billion people who speak English as a first or

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    boy was all over the vulnerable looking kid. If I had listened to the siren call of the chocolate biscuits that were sitting on my desk‚ it would have been too late by the time I opened the classroom door. I would not have had to pull the boys apart. My God‚ I thought one was going to claw the other to bits! I had to call the parents in of course; we can’t have that kind of behaviour on school premises. But I was a bit thrown by the parents’ reaction‚ they didn’t seem to want to know what had lead to

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    English Essay Draft The poems‚ Anthem for Doomed Youth and The Send Off are both based on the real life experience of World War 1. As the poet‚ Wilfred Owen fought in World War 1; he wanted to use his experiences to make them into poems. In Anthem for Doomed Youth the format of the poem is written as a sonnet‚ in the style of Shakespeare‚ whereas in The Send Off it is written as an eight stanza poem. In Anthem for Doomed Youth‚ the title reminds us of a celebratory song or as if it’s a celebration

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    November 4th‚2011 Should English be made the Official language of the U.S? People in the last two decades have been divided on the issue of whether the official language of the United States should be English. Although making English an official language would alleviate some problems ‚ its disadvantages clearly outweigh its advantages. The linguistic diversity‚ tradition and culture immigrants bring to this country enrich the United States. This is why English should not be the official language

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    GCSE English Language – Unit Three Spoken Language Study – 10% AO2 i. Understand variations in spoken language‚ explaining why language changes in relation to contexts. ii. Evaluate the impact of spoken language choices in their own and others’ use. Example One Example Two Task Band / Grade Mark Description 5 24 23 22 21 Perceptive understanding of the way spoken language works. Perceptive understanding of the ways spoken language changes according to context and why these

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    NARRATIVE A narrative (or story) is any account that presents connected events‚[1] and may be organized into various categories: non-fiction (e.g. New Journalism‚ creative non-fiction‚ biographies‚ and historiography); fictionalized accounts of historical events (e.g. anecdotes‚ myths and legends); and fiction proper (i.e. literature in prose‚ such as short stories and novels‚ and sometimes in poetry and drama‚ although in drama the events are primarily being shown instead of told). Narrative is

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