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    Hazel Tells Laverne I would describe Hazel as probably being a lower class uneducated female. I would have to take a guess that she is uneducated because of the way that she talks and the fact that she is cleaning out a Howard Johnsons restroom. I also think that she may come from the south from the way she runs words together to form other words. As far as Hazel’s personality goes‚ there is not a whole lot of information to give me a proper idea as to what kind of person she may be. I would

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    Both poemsHazel tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Hown Machan and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning uses unique ways to reveal the speakers. The speakers of each poem reveal something about themselves as they try to narrate a story. The speaker of the “Hazel tells LaVerne” story repeats the line “me a princess‚” indicating that her bluster is just a front for her dreams. The word choice and humorous tone of Machan’s story also reveal much about Hazel’s personality and position. The ways she uses

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    Gustaf Tenggren and “Hazel Tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Machan are both very similar stories with relation to a frog. The one thing that seems to jump out to the reader is that one story takes place in a totally different time period than the other. Two comparisons that will be made in my story will be the main focus on the frog character and how time is such a big setting or difference from one story to the other. The poem version of this frog prince “hazel Tells LaVerne” is told in past tense

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    Hazel tells LaVerne”‚ written by Katharyn Howd Machan‚ shows how women were treated in the past society (Machan 213). The poem alludes to the famous fairy tale‚ The Frog Prince‚ by the Brothers Grimm. Hazel recounts the night she met a strange frog when cleaning the bathroom of the Howard Johnsons hotel. In the original fairy tale‚ a princess loses her golden ball in the spring‚ and a frog tells her that he will find the ball only if she takes him home and loves him for three days. After three days

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    Katharyn Howd Machan’s poem‚ “Hazel Tells Laverne”‚ humorously ridicules fairytales. The narrator‚ Hazel‚ recounts the night of her encounter with a talking frog when cleaning the Howard Johnson’s Hotel’s bathroom. The frog bargains that a kiss to his nose can turn Hazel into a princess. Hazel reacts to the offer by repeating “me a princess” throughout the poem to emphasize how ridiculous and unrealistic she finds the idea to be. Besides‚ frogs don’t talk. Hazel blatantly declines‚ and flushes the

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    WORD CHOICE A writer’s selection of words as determined by a number of factors‚ including meaning (both denotative and connotative)‚ specificity‚ level of diction‚ and tone. "Word choice often determines whether or not you get your message across. Making poor word choices and not writing appropriately for the audience can distract the reader so much that the message you intended to convey is missed." Definition of Slang: An informal nonstandard variety of speech characterized by newly coined

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    One word essay: HARMONY  Confucius once said “Let the states of equilibrium and Harmony exist in perfection‚ and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth‚ and all things will be nourished and flourish.”   Harmony is defined as the state of being in agreement or concord. Singapore is a bustling metropolis and a multi-racial society‚ where people of different ethnic groups co-exist and lived harmoniously. Singapore has thrived rapidly because of our openness to international trade flow

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    exactly college fits into our constantly growing society‚ using persuasive word choice‚ and constantly incorporating facts and statistics. College is an immense

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    Leda and the swan word choice Word choice of course always has to do with what you want to say and how you want to say this. For example the last words of the first two paragraphs follow the abab rhyme scheme so they are kind of set already. Words are also very particularly chosen to create a certain mood. In the first sentence the mood of the poem is already very clear‚ a dark‚ mystified‚ mood and to do this it uses the word sudden. This tells the reader that an unexpected thing is happening

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    will be done‚ length of the grass should not be too long or too short‚ and the health condition of grass. Hazel is the operations manager of her business. Among her responsibilities are forecasting‚ inventory management‚ scheduling‚ quality assurance‚ and maintenance. What kinds of things would likely require forecasts? Answer: weather‚ seasons‚ and maintenance. What inventory items does Hazel probably have? Name one inventory decision she has to make periodically. Answer: parts of mowing machines

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