Imagine a world without imagination A prominent leader said to me today‚ imagination is for children...practical ideas are for adults...hmmm not sure how you get the ideas without imagination. It got me imagining a world Where we worry less about terms like Web 2.0‚ Podcasting‚ Social Media and more about how we can use technology to help change the world for the better... Where we talk about verbs rather than functions.....conversations vs marketing‚ value vs finance‚ hearts and minds rather
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are in need or difficulty is a true friend. In our daily life we come across people who over a period of time become close to us. But we cannot be sure if they are true friends or just fair-weather friends. Many people develop contacts with influential people for their benefit. It will be a great mistake if one considers these apparently close people as friends. The test of true friendship is in time of difficulties.On the other hand‚ the fair-weather friends disappear in times of trails. They
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Out out is a narrative poem that outlines‚ in a certain way‚ the dangers of letting a child do a man’s work. The boy‚ whom we find to be young‚ has an unfortunate accident with a buzz saw resulting in the boy’s death. The poet uses language structure and characterisation to convey the tragic circumstances in which the boy is killed and how society reacted upon it. the title is an allusion to the story of macbeth by shakesphere where the quote continues to say "out‚ out‚ brief candle". this shows
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A Close Reading Exercise From: http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Literature/21L-003Fall2003/E3B42E8B-1A45-447E-938E-7CC3C79F6FC2/0/notes_on_close_reading.pdf What does it mean to read a text closely and analyze it? Why do we do close reading in literary study? The answers to these questions emerge more from the doing than the talking. Briefly‚ close reading is a basic tool for understanding‚ taking pleasure in‚ and communicating one’s interpretation of a literary work. The skills employed
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has taught writing‚ on and off‚ for almost twenty -What years. would it say about mq my students‚ and the hours’wete spent in the classroom if I said drat any attempt to teach the writing of fiction is a complete waste of timl? I should probably just go ahead and admit that lve been com mi tting criminal fraud. to f-l an creative *iting be taught? t ] rt" " r."roo.6l" qu"Jtiorr‚ but no matter how \-/ often I’ve been asked it‚ I never krrow guite what That’s the experience I describe
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Close Reading Close reading is an essential task that demonstrates key skills; it is used throughout the Language and Literature course. Specifically‚ it is used mostly in Part 4 (Detailed Study of Literature) where students complete an IOC (Individual Oral Commentary) on a text studied. Process Skills 1. Read the passage/extract 2. Reread it 3. Annotate for key areas 4. Plan a response 5. Write your response 6. Edit your response Understanding – show the teacher/examiners that you understand
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the city where women go when they are out of work and hungry. There are not many women in the bread line. There are no flop houses for women as there are for men‚ where a bed can be had for a quarter or less. You don’t see women lying on the floor of the mission in the free flops. They obviously don’t sleep . . . under newspapers in the park. There is no law I suppose against their being in these places but the fact is they rarely are. Yet there must be as many women out of jobs in cities and
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easy to say that the typical place for a poem‚ to be heard or seen‚ is in an English classroom setting read out loud by a teacher; poems are actually naturally found anywhere weather realized or not. A very common place where poetry is found‚ but often overlooked‚ is in music. There is no doubt that poetry is found in music and music is poetry. It is unquestionable that the song “Imagine” by John Lennon is a form of poetry. It has meaning‚ a logical message to society‚ an emotional and intellectual
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A friend in need is a friend indeed An excellent friend is a person we enjoy spending time with. A good friend is not only someone to talk to about the interests‚ but also someone who is willing to listen to the opinions and keep all secrets.We cannot expect friends to accept everything‚ but they should respect the rights of one each otherand have their own ideas. It is easy to be friends with many people‚ but good friends are the ones whom we always depend on and we cherish the happy moments spent
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“Life without a friend is like death without a witness.”- As explained by the Spanish Proverb. Friends are an indispensable part of our life. They help us understand new things. They enhance our self-esteem because they think we’re the best‚ because we matter to them. We don’t need to pretend in front of them‚ just show the real personality. We all have friends. However‚ different people have different tastes and viewpoints to make different types of friends. In a questionnaire answered from” World
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