Belisa Crepusculario is literally a self-made woman: she chose her own name and makes a living selling words. (She travels around selling everything from verses from memory to simple stories to secret words. Everyone knows and respects her.) Her fame‚ however‚ is a result of her fortitude: as a youth‚ hunger‚ heat‚ and exhaustion of centuries ate at her and killed four siblings; she decided to trick death by dragging herself to the sea’s water. Belisa accidently discovers writing when a newspaper
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If you could define the word artifice‚ how would you define it ? The word Artifice would mean to me like cruel or evil. It is important because the reader needs to find what Hedges’ is trying to argue with. Chris Hedge may be misusing the word artifice‚ and it doesn’t necessarily make sense on what his argument is trying to say. When Hedges’ argument says “ The most essential skill… is artifice.” Which part of the paragraph do you think is the artifice part. What make sense or adds up to what Hedges’
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#1 abash abate abdicate aberration abhor abject abnegate abortive abridge absolute absolve To make ashamed; to embarrass 당혹스럽게 하다 To subside; to reduce 감소시키다‚ 무효로 하다 To step down from a position of power or responsibility 포기하다‚ 퇴위하다‚ 사퇴하다 Something not typical; a deviation from the standard 탈선‚ 정신이상 To hate very‚ very much; to detest 몹시 싫어하다‚ 혐오하다 Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out 비천한‚ 비열한‚ 비굴한(사람) To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce 포기하다‚ 버리다‚ 자제하다 Unsuccessful
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Stacey Jones Short fiction paper 11/06/12 Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a chilling tale of a small town whose people had to participate in a lottery each year. The first onset of this reading depictures a story of hope. The first few paragraphs shows truth in what you would think is going to be a heartfelt happy story; it was clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green
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Looking into Words An Analysis of the dialogues in The Picture of Dorian Gray [Preface] As we often see in fictions‚ dialogues play a significant role in characterizing heroes. Apart from speaking for the characters in novels‚ Oscar Wilde used dialogues to speak for himself. This is especially the case in The Picture of Dorian Gray in which he ‘hires’ three characters to represent his ideals‚ present situation and the conflict between them. The following passage will mainly focus on the strategic
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In the short story "A&P" author John Updike describes in detail what a boy’s infatuation with the opposite sex can lead him to do. John Updike goes into great description about the setting. He also makes it a point to be very vivid when he uses characterization. He gives the characters names that subtlety describe their personalities and lets the reader make assumptions and accusations on Sammy’s motivations for his quitting his job at the grocery store. In "A&P" Updike describes the store as a
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and byways‚ we were never left without a roadmap. Our mentors‚ parents and colleagues have constantly been our guide. All paths‚ all encounters lead here – an ultimate direction‚ a bend on the road. To our dearest teachers‚ you have done more than words can express. We understand we were far from perfect students‚ and that more than once‚ we have brought you much pain‚ frustrations‚ and even rage. Today we show you our sincerest gratitude for molding our characters and for showing us that there is
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Ramona D Miranda Word Peace World peace is a commonly debated issue among today’s society; Searching for peace can be a challenge when everything around you has something to do with war. Growing up can be difficult as well but through the tough times people become more knowledgeable. World War II was a horrific and tragic war all the whole world. Many lives around the world were taken to defend their countries beliefs and to strive for world peace. Many think that the war was inevitable‚ but
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A thousand words and million thoughts There is a saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words and a million thoughts". When my mother sent me a picture of my little brother DJ playing football in his first year‚ I had a million positive thoughts running through my head. Many thoughts not just thoughts of him playing football but about everything. That photo represents a lot more to me and my family than what meets the eye. This
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Word Stress and Sentence Stress Normally when we say "I feel stressed" it means "I feel anxious". Stress is a kind of worried feeling about life or work. But there is another kind of stress that actually helps us understand. This other kind of stress is an accent that we make on certain syllables and words when speaking English. When words combine to form sentences not all of them are stressed. Sentence stress is the music of spoken English. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or
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