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    like a five-act drama with tension rising to the climax of Guy’s disclosure speech. 1. exposition ---- introduction to the exotic scenery and the harmonious couple 2. rising conflict --- the confrontation of characters 3. climax ---- Guy’s monologue and Doris’s reaction 4. falling action ---- Doris’s long suffering and period of indecision 5. denouement ---- Doris’s leaving and the restoration of

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    A. Identify the affective traits of the main character and the significant person/people in the main character’s life. The main character of the film is Jess who is really talented teenage-girl. She is dreaming being a professional soccer player and play with her super hero David Beckham. Even though her family do not let her play‚ she is trying every possible way. She is lying to her family to play soccer with her friends. All these things show us‚ she is really infatuated with being a soccer

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    to read and write happens differently for every person‚ some rely on parents or grandparents while others rely on themselves or teachers. After reading Sherman Alexie’s: The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me I saw how just how different people have it growing up in the education system. After reading his story I began to notice just how differently I had it growing up. Alexie‚ for the most part was self-taught‚ I myself had to rely on parents and grandparents. Learning something like reading

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    Penelope’s Character Radiates in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie uses stylistic devices throughout The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to develop the character of the protagonist Junior’s rich‚ white girlfriend‚ Penelope. First and foremost Sherman Alexie uses an illustration to show how beautiful Junior thinks Penelope is. On Junior’s first day he sees Penelope and is struck by how pretty she is. Junior uses the words “totally and absolutely gorgeous”

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    worn over a petticoat and a blouse in various styles; the most common style is wrapped around the waist‚ with the loose end of the drape to be worn over the shoulder‚ baring the midriff. C. Preview Main Points: So my main points of the speech are what culture sari represents‚ why I identify with sari‚ and how it affects my identity. D. Transition into Body: Now I’ll describe the facts that are associated with Sari. 1.Support material: Origins the origin of a sari can be dated back in history

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    All around the world‚ humans are negatively affecting themselves without realising. Whether if it’s too much consumerism or too much waste in the globe. Humans don’t realise that when they waste or consume too much‚they aren’t just affecting themselves‚ but also the earth and people around them and everything else that’s living! Smoking is a way humans affect themselves negatively. Smoking can cause many different types of diseases in your body. People who smoke are all aware that smoking can have

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    LITERARY TERMS AND CONCEPTS TO DEFINE Allusion- An allusion is reference from one literary work to another. Most people use allusions in every day conversations‚ although they may not be aware of it. For example‚ Shakespeare’s famous line‚ “To be or not to be” has been used and reused in many different contexts. An example of an allusion from Week one’s reading assignments comes from The Hack Driver by Sinclair Lewis. During the story‚ the author makes reference the express man. He comments

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    How to define the ’middle class ’? BY LI KUI-WAI Published: Mar 15 2013 8:50  Email |  Print |  Share Text Size   The definition of “middle class” has been debated recently in Hong Kong. One simplistic definition would be to take the median or average income and those who received the middle” level of income are the “middle class”. Such a definition is easy to understand in mathematical terms‚ but is naive and has a number of drawbacks. Firstly‚ how close the income level to the “middle” would

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    has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point… The truly adult view‚ by contrast‚ is that our life is as meaningful‚ as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it.” (Dawkins‚ 2006‚ p. 360) INTRODUCTION This essay will discuss the influences from Humanistic psychology that have influenced the person centred approach. Firstly it will look briefly at the origins of both humanistic Psychology and the person centred approach. Secondly this essay will look in closer detail at two areas of

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    How Media portrays Femininity Whenever we watch Television or consume any other media we get confronted with female stereotypes. Thus the media influences our view of the world and often even determine our view of the world. One particular example is the definition of femininity and portrayal of women in the media. So Whatever the role‚ televisions‚ films and popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white and desperately thin. The media portrays a very stereotypical

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