CXC POETRY: QUESTION AND SAMPLE ANSWER Prepared by Mrs Ercelle John-Thomas for VincyClassroom.com A SAMPLE ANSWER QUESTION: The poems Theme for English B and Test Match Sabina Park deal with racism or aspects of racism. For EACH poem: a) Choose ONE important image and describe how it influences the reader’s response to the poem. b) Describe the attitude of the speaker. c) Identify ONE figurative device in EACH poem and discuss its effectiveness. One important image in Theme for English
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Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there
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triples and homeruns instead of singles because he believed that total base hits was an important record. He impressed the scouts in any way. If the scout wanted to see him steal bases‚ he would steal bases. And if they were done looking at his batting and wanted to see amazing fielding that’s what he would show them. He was obviously good at baseball but lots of baseball fans and teams turned him down until he actually got the chance to play. He would go on the field and play just like he did in
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Richard Clifton rgc1@optusnet.com.au Mark Freeman mfreeman@efl.org.au MSI (Donn) coach@msisport.com.au Coaching Manual Available upon request Equipment Cricket Kit Each kit contains the following: Wheelable Bag‚ Bats‚ Batting Pads‚ Wicketkeeper Pads‚ Batting Gloves‚ Wicketkeeper Gloves (with Inners)‚ Stumps‚ Bails‚ Helmets‚ Training Balls & Thigh Pads NB. Students are to supply their own groin protector NB. One GBO & Two Hislop Kits will remain at the new GBO/Hislop Pavilion
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cycle of entering and leaving the social status of being wanted. People willingly allow such to happen. One year one will find oneself enjoying a certain blouse while society mocks them and the next year society will have welcomed said blouse without batting an eyelash. Human beings constantly yearn to be accepted by society; this feeling tends to be in their nature and they cannot simply make the feeling disappear. People sacrifice their own morals in order to gain society’s approval and often‚ “self-approval
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Kevin McDaniel Essay #1- Description Kyle is batting leadoff today. Last season he usually hit sixth or seventh‚ so I should assume he’s improved this spring. He didn’t say anything about it when we were hanging out in gym class though‚ so maybe it’s premature to assume he’s the second coming of Rickey Henderson. Both of us are 16 this season‚ and Kyle is not the most imposing physical presence I’ve seen in the batter’s box since I started pitching 4 or 5 seasons ago. He’s about 5’7”‚ maybe
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MATCH FIXING Heroism is essential to sport and cricket is no exception. Boys need players to worship and so their fathers. Film stars are wonderful but all know that their world is fantasy-with players it is different. Their art is real. Today‚ the line dividing the rigged and the real becoming blurred and this blurredness promise nothing for the game but an uncertain future. Cricket‚ a great a gentleman’s game is shrouded in shame. It is a game stained beyond caliper measure. Every sport is allowed
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games‚ which is just under a third of the games played in one season. Many of the players that were caught do not play professional baseball today. One player who finally admitted to juicing on and off in his career is Mark McGwire‚ who is now a batting coach for his old team‚ the St. Louis Cardinals. Steroids can be found fairly easy. Just like any other drug someone may want to purchase illegally‚ steroids
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Surely Othello possesses base characteristics--jealously‚ self-pity‚ murderous intent--but they are not presented as central or inherent to his character. They are not symbols of his otherness. "Othello’s belief is not caused by jealousy; it is forced upon him by Iago‚ and is such as any man would and must feel who had believed in Iago as Othello did. His great mistake is that we know Iago for a villain from the first moment." This is the crux of the issue of sympathy for Othello’s other status.
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