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    The story of an eyewitness” and “Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire.” Are both eyewitness accounts of natural disasters‚ but they are written to achieve different goals. In the passage‚ “The story of an eyewitness.” Jack London is called to the scene after a devastating earthquake hits the city of San Francisco. In this passage Jack focuses more on the event at hand than the people. Jack London doesn’t just interview each person one by one but he takes notice of things around him. Jack

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    “The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable because sometimes the unthinkable happens‚” is a quote by Mike Leavitt. In the story‚ “ Leaving Desire‚” written by Jon Lee Anderson‚ the author’s specific purpose was to show the devastation done to one person. One aspect of the selection is that Petrie will never see his family again. Petrie had his family leave to other states early so they wouldn’t be in danger. Petrie only has his dog with

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    subjective point of view to describe an event such as a natural disaster. Both “The Story of an Eyewitness‚” by Jack London‚ and “Letter From New Orleans: Leaving Desire‚” by Jon Lee Anderson‚ both describe the effects of a natural disaster from an objective or subjective point of view. “Story of an Eyewitness” focuses on the initial earthquake and fires following it‚ while “Letter From New Orleans: Leaving Desire” focuses on the floods following the hurricane. Jack London wrote about the 1906 earthquake

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    “Consider your strengths” is another way of saying: a. | Pick a topic that you feel strongly about. | c. | Pick a style that suits your personality. | b. | Decline the invitation if you are not a strong speaker. | d. | none of these | | | | |   Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D When trying to remember your speech with a mnemonic trick‚ just remember the order of important points-no more than ___. a. | 5 | c. | 10 | b. | 7 | d. | 12 | | |

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    Richard Del Mundo Period 3 English Save "Ill have the the pancakes with bacon on the side please‚ what did you want again mom?" She said‚ "Ill get the Belgian waffle with coffee." "Is that all for your order today?" said the waitress. "Yes that would all‚ thank you." said porter. "Your order will be right out."………The waitress brings over their food and says "Here’s your order" As the mother and son ate their food they talked. Tina said "So‚ how work honey?" "Its been good‚ its supporting

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    Comparing Accounts The Story of an Eyewitness Video link at thinkcentral.com Magazine Article by Jack London Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire Magazine Article by Jon Lee Anderson VIDEO TRAILER KEYWORD: HML8-410 What is the role of a WITNESS? RI 1 Cite textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text. RI 6 Determine an author’s purpose in a text. When events such as natural disasters‚ crimes‚ and wars occur‚ it’s important that a witness describe what happened so that others

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    From Fraser’s talking‚ I strongly agree his concern about the eyewitness identification testimony. I agree with Fraser that eyewitness testimonies are not reliable in some cases because “eyewitness testimony can be critiqued on several grounds‚ having impaired perception‚ having impaired memory‚ having inconsistent testimony‚ having bias or prejudice‚ and not having a reputation for telling the truth.” Even eyewitness testimony from honest people can sent innocent people in jail. Therefore‚ even

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    Leaving

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    some great opportunities acting with some great people since leaving my country” or “ I have certainly been kept busy since leaving the street!” talking about how much his life is better in another country. In M.G. Vassanji’s short story‚ “Leaving” we followed the plot which took place in Tanzania in the 21st century. The story gives a clear representation of immigrant’s lives‚ their motives and their most dominant struggles. The story can be perceived from many different angles with the use of context

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    Compare & Contrast Essay The poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home”‚ by Linda Pastan‚ depicts the scene of a mother teaching her little girl to ride a bike at the age of eight and watching her master it. Yvor Winter’s “At the San Francisco Airport" is about a father reminiscing about the memory of his daughter growing up and leaving him at the airport. Both these poems speak of the much dreaded time in a parent’s life where their daughter’s grow up and leave their homes. Although the poems appear

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    The leaving The leaving is about a family in the early 1800 or so‚ a typical family in the old days but his family did have a lot of problems and to solve some of the problems the mother leaves her home with her twelve year old daughter for about three days to Halifax by train and comes back to the house‚ her four boys were playing cards and her husband was smoking a cigar and drinking beer he stood up‚ was really angry and gave her orders to go make him supper and she stood up to him and told

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