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    Crude Oil Crude oil is formed through a long process which took place millions of years ago. Huge numbers of microscopic animals and plants died and fell to the bottom of the sea‚ which is then covered by mud sediments. These mud sediments got buried by more of them‚ and then started to change into rock‚ which created pressure and increased temperature. This resulted in the deceased plants and animals to heat up and slowly turned into fossils which then turns into crude oil. Since oil is less dense

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    do it‚ the ones who make love without love? This strong opening sentence almost seems like a contradiction‚ but after further analysis one can see that the author has a different meaning for each word “love” in the sentence. Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds is a poem about the people who engage in sexual activities without any associated emotions. To give a better understanding of the poem the following aspects will be discussed; The authors different meanings for love‚ a detailed breakdown of

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    In her poem‚ "The Race"‚ author Sharon Old’s conveys meaning to her audience and poem through the use of imagery‚ parallelism‚ and tension‚ which complement the structure of her poem and add emotion that appeals to her audience. In order to convey meaning to her poem‚ Old’s utilizes imagery to allow the reader to locate themselves in the poem. Her vivid and descriptive diction add credibility to her imagery. For instance‚ she writes‚ "The jet was full‚ and people’s hair was shining‚ they were smiling

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    do the same actions to your own loved ones‚ or show them love and compassion‚ which your life had lacked? Poets tend to write pieces of literature as reflections back on their personal lives‚ describing situations that stay afloat in their heads. Sharon Olds’ happened to be one of these poets‚ who expressed her upsetting past relationship with her father and current relationships with her children through these works of art. In Olds’ first poems‚ she

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    The book I chose was Success Under Stress by Sharon Melnick‚ Ph. D. I chose this book because I feel that no matter what I am doing‚ I am stressed. This book can help me with everyday life and because stress does rule a lot of people’s lives‚ and I‚ for one‚ would like to get it under control. As I was reading this book‚ I came to realize that I live every minute of every day under stress. While reading‚ I felt pressed for time and was thinking that I was not going to get all my homework done

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    true story of Lake Ontario" and "Sharon Wood: No Limits"‚ two amazing women gets introduced accomplishing their life-risking goals; both women had astonishing performances‚ but Sharon Woods defiantly stood out more than Marilyn Bell Di Lascio which came to a conclusion that Sharon Woods would be a better Role Model. Sharon Wood‚ the mind blowing mountain climber believed that “fear is healthy” (Georgi&Wojna p.2). This fascinating statement declared from Sharon Wood was something no one would expect

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    Lester B. Maupoy Punwani‚ Perrine English 08 The Skin I’m In Compare and Contrast Essay The Skin I ’m In by Sharon G. Flake features Maleeka who is a 13 year old girl who is tall‚ dark skinned and skinny. Other teens ridicule her for these reasons and she feels like a loser and an outcast. Maleeka matures and learns to love the skin she is in.Maleeka can relate to Miss Saunders as she is a new teacher who arrives at the school and she has a large and shocking white patch on her face‚ yet is

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    Poetry Essay Who is the birthday party a rite of passage for‚ the birthday boy or his mother? In the poem‚ "Rite of Passage‚" by Sharon Olds‚ the speaker‚ who is a mother‚ goes into detail about her son’s birthday party celebration. Let us first begin by analyzing the title of the poem‚ "Rite of Passage‚" Encyclopedia Britannica describes a rite of passage as a ceremonial event‚ existing in all historically known societies‚ that marks the passage from one social or religious status to another

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    Sylvia Plath vs. Sharon Olds Katherine Waldman A traditional American household has changed throughout the years to the point where ‘traditional’ isn’t even politically correct to depict anything about a family anymore. But if we look back to the standard traditional household and there was always a father‚ a mother‚ and a 2.5 children. The father has always been designated as the head of the household and something that Sylvia Plath and Sharon Olds have in common is just that‚ that they

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    Tamalii. In the Novel Walk Two Moons written by Sharon Creech‚ Sal goes through internal and external change due to the death of her mother. Sal becomes angry because she is having a hard time accepting her mom’s death and feeling like she did something wrong and that is why it is hard for her. Sal meets mrs. Cadaver the woman who held her mother’s hand in her last moments and was the only survivor of a terrible bus crash. It is hard for Sal to see mrs. Cadaver living life to the fullest while her

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