What the text says What the text means Rhetorical Devices I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life‚ and see if I could not learn what it had to teach‚ and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived. Thoreau wanted to get the most from his life by determining what was really important. In this quote Thoreau uses the rhetorical device‚ aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth‚ such as‚ “if it ain’t broke‚
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Write a story: “And I decided that I would never do it again!” I hate when my mother questions me a lot. “Oh please! I have my own life‚ leave me alone” I shouted on my mother. She got irritated with my rude behavior and slapped me. I ran out of my house with my car in anger. I was driving so fast that I did not realize when I crossed the speed limit. Suddenly a cat came in front of my car crossing the road . trying to save the cat I pushed the break but the car was in such a speed that the tires
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like to visit. However‚ most of all I would really like to visit Hollywood for which I have a great deal of reasons to do: to see how the films are made‚ meet famous actors and actresses and to feel the vibrant atmosphere of Los Angeles. To begin with‚ Hollywood is famous for making films. For example‚ I like films and spend a great amount of my free time watching new and sometimes even old films‚ especially made in Hollywood. And when the film attracts me I wish to know how the director managed
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January 2014 Where I Live and What I Live For There are many places that I could say that I live: a house‚ Twin Falls‚ or even America. None of those places are where I put my life and devotion to every single day. I live in the band room‚ not physically but in the way were my head is always overflowing with new ideas of how to make the previous piece I just played even better‚ full of how to conduct the piece I am listening on the radio or on my Ipod. The band room is where I go to let all emotions
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English Homework November 1‚ 2012 Personal Essay Topic- If I Could Change the World If I could change the world I would get rid of cancer‚ drugs/alcohol‚ and cheaters. I have personal reasons for this list‚ and not so personal reasons. First‚ I would get rid of cancer because it hurts a lot of people. People everyday suffer from cancer‚ not only the people dealing with it themselves but families too. Some people don’t even know that they have cancer‚ and then it takes them away from their
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taunted his little brother‚ Tom‚ who was standing at the edge of the boat and looking rather pale. Frank and I stood by and watched helplessly. Jimmy was bigger than any of us and could be a bit of a bully at times. Frank‚ Jimmy and I had been all been friends since third grade and had spent many summers together at Jimmy’s beach house. It had been a warm‚ humid afternoon and we were all bored. Jimmy proposed we take his dad’s boat out to sea and go for a swim. Frank had sprained his ankle so
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I think the type of resistance that would have been the most effective against the growing power of the Nazi government is discreet subversive resistance. This is because if one were to outspokenly in clear daylight help a Jew or show dissent in any way‚ the Nazis would have dealt the person with severe punishment‚ probably death. In this case‚ yes‚ that person is helping a Jew and is doing a good deed‚ but it would most probably result in death as soon as the Nazis found out which would be a short
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If I could change the world‚ money‚ the axis of evil‚ will not be the center of everything. It will just be a part of life‚ not the criterion of man’s success in life. People will stop killing each other for money; people will stop defrauding others of their money. If I could change the world‚ money will stop its reign as king over man’s soul. In Saudi Arabia‚ Women‚ dressed in black from head to toe with only their eyes sticking out‚ were moving about busily. If I could change the world‚ women
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-. -"\ i I l.r "l \(t..: L_$J.{:; L1 ;: t‚{*J Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDPy ASSIGNMENT 2012-13 (For July 2012 and January 2013 sessions) FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH.OI (FEG-O1) g6S9iignesu wlili‚lffi3i{; School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi‚ New Delhi- I 1 0 068 \\ FOUr\DATTON COURSE IN ENGLISH-I (FEG-01) Programme: BDP/2012-13 Course Code: FEG-01 Ilear Student‚ You are required to do one assignment for the Foundation Course in English-01. It is
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家庭成员 Well‚ I would like to talk about my mom‚ She is an excellent excellent housewife who is very thoughtful and straightforward‚ sometimes she is a little nagging due to something trifling things‚ with age grows up‚ she is much better than before. Although she can do all kinds of housework‚ she require me to do something that I can do by myself in order to make me more independent in the future life. In terms of appearance‚ my mom is kind of average‚ she just looks like younger than any other
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