SUMMER (Descriptive Essay) Everyone has a comfortable place to escape to for relaxation. They go there when they need to be alone and not with people to disturb them. My place is nature in the summer. The summer time relaxes me like no exact place could. Nature‚ in the summer‚ relaxes me with its naturedness. I love sitting in the grass and listening to the nature sounds around me while it’s summer. One of the sounds I tune to first is the sound of the birds singing and chirping
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Over the summer I learned a lot about myself. I was stressed then surprised and finally relieved. I discovered motivation in school and you could even say I “came of age”. Combine lots surprises plus the two months of freedom in the summer and anything can happen. Home stretch‚ that’s the phrase that came to my head mid-may last school year as I was just finishing up culminating’s and starting to make notes for the exams in June. At first just the thought of summer was so out of reach. The whole
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Ray Bradbury‚ writer of the “There Will Come Soft Rains”‚ discusses a story of a family owning a futuristic home that reminds them of their daily events and is specifically scheduled to perform chores chronologically throughout the day. In the short story‚ Bradbury’s use of simile provides the readers with a projection of the overall tone of the narrative. To begin‚ a quite striking simile is used‚ “The fire backed off‚ as even an elephant must at the sight of a dead snake (bradbury 3)”. By comparing
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In the poem “Ithaka” by C.P. Cavafy the poet uses repetition to display the message that although‚ Odysseus’ main goal is to return home enjoy the journey and assimilate what you can along the way. In the first three lines of the poem‚ the poet communicates to Odysseus giving him advice on his nostos back to Ithaka : “As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one‚ full of adventure‚ full of discovery.” These lines show how the poet prefers Odysseus to take his time to “stop and smell the
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In the dystopian story‚ “All Summer in a Day‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ it focuses on a girl named Margot who recently moved to Venus from Earth. Through this transition on the new planet‚ she discovers that the sun only comes out and is visible every seven years. There are several other children who live there‚ and who are between the ages of 9‚ meaning the last time they saw the Sun was when they were 2 years old. Disheartened Margot who had been living under the Sun for several years makes no effort to
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It is never a bad thing to have a rainy day because usually the next day is sunny. Well‚ On the planet Venus it rains for 7 years straight. But‚ when the rain does stop‚ there is only an hour of sunshine. It had been raining for seven years on the planet Venus‚ and the rain has finally stopped. The kids had all never seen the sun since they were about two years old and we’re excited. But‚ one 11 year old girl named Margot stood apart from them‚ remembering when she lived in Ohio the sun was out almost
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of
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Is there really such a thing as rain with acid in it? Yes‚ acid rain is a very real phenomenon worldwide‚ and it’s been documented since the 1800s‚ as the Industrial Revolution caused the burning of fossil fuels like coal‚ gas and oil. When these fuels or any other organic material like wood or paper are burned‚ they release compounds like sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxides (NOx) into the air. Are SO2 and NOx the causes of acid rain? Indirectly‚ yes. When SO2 and NOx enter the atmosphere
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Everett Phase 4 DB Instructor: Clement Yedjou 3/10/2015 Acid rain Acid rain is a result of air pollution that is harmful to the environment‚ generally caused by fuels being burnt. When any type of fuel is burnt‚ many different chemicals are produced. These gases that are released react with the water in clouds‚ and the rain from these clouds is acid rain. This type of acid disposition can appear in many other forms besides just rain‚ such as sleet‚ snow‚ and fog (Editorial Board‚ 2013). There
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