In “She Thought she was Irish -- Until a DNA Test Opened up a 100-Year-Old Mystery” Libby Copeland’s intention is to keep her audience on their toes and fascinated with every detail. Readers are gripped by the compelling‚ sentimental story‚ and stay because key elements are shown in a fascinating way. Through sentence structure‚ the appeal of Pathos‚ and word choice‚ Copeland composes an emotional story causing the readers to want more. The variety of sentence structure throughout the article keeps
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Rudy Mr. Porter/ Period 3 Honors English II 15 October 2012 Truth Hidden By Passengers in War By Luigi Pirandello The first time I lied to my parents about there not being any homework; [MAKE THIS A COMMA INSTEAD OF A SEMI-COLON] it didn’t follow through. I started to smile and laugh [ADD COMMA HERE.] which meant I was not telling the truth. I just didn’t want to tell them because I knew they were going to harp on me. When I don’t tell them about homework I don’t have to worry about my parents
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To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Context Andrew Marvell is often described as being a metaphysical poet (using images and word play to express complex ideas and feelings) as so much of his poetry deals with ideas of existence and truth. His poetry is also humorous‚ often using satire to attack or mock others. His poems are often centred on wealthier people‚ that is‚ those at court - high up enough in society to be around the monarch and those in power. Subject: The speaker of the poem is
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Personal Myth A boy once lived in a small town. The small town there was not many people. The people there knew everyone. The small town there was almost no crime and no drugs. When the boy was young his parents would take him to school. The parents told him as long as he believes in God‚ God will protect him. As the boy grew up‚ he never missed a school day. He was still young‚ maybe the age of six. The boy was good‚ he always went to school. The boy never missed a day‚ he always did his work
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Language Features of News Media Texts Language Features Example Language Features Example Noun groups: Note how word choice may affect meaning‚ particularly the role of strong adjectives. The devastated owners of a local takeaway store were shocked to find their shop totally destroyed after a brazen gang of thieves ram raided their business late last night. How do the adjectives ‘devastated’ and ‘brazen’ affect meaning? Modality Among other things‚ modality expresses degrees of probability or certainty
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English 125‚ S13N02 30 January 2013 Internalized Colonialism in Emily Pauline Johnson’s “The Derelict” “ And‚ with the perversity of his kind‚ Cragstone loved her; he meant to marry her because he knew that he should not. What a monstrous thing if he did! He‚ the shepherd of this half-civilized flock‚ the modern John Baptist; he‚ the voice of the great Anglican church crying in this wilderness‚ how could he wed with this Indian girl who had been a common serving-maid in a house in Penetanguishene
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“Young Goodman Brown” “Be it so if you will; but‚ alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern‚ a sad‚ a darkly meditative‚ a distrustful‚ if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream. On the Sabbath day‚ when the congregation was singing a holy psalm‚ he could not listen because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear and drowned all the blessed strain. When the minister spoke from the pulpit with power and fervid eloquence‚ and‚ with his
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Bibliography: Use the Harvard referencing style to record all resources you have used • You begin with the author’s surname – comma – and initials followed by a full stop. • Then the year of publication in brackets. • Then the book title‚ either underlined or in italics – comma. • The place of publication – comma. • Finally the publisher of the book – full stop. e.g. Stretch‚ B. (2007) BTEC National Health and Social Care‚ Oxford‚ Heinmann Education Limited. -----------------------
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Fifteen Minute Mess Welcome to Mahar Regional High School‚ home of the Senators‚ where the football team is taken more seriously than preparing the students for the MCAS test. I can remember entering my freshman year and walking into my first class‚ English‚ where my teacher spent the first half hour of class talking about how great the picks were that the quarterback was throwing at practice. I loved the home town pride that my school held. There were multiple pep rallies and blue and red were
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The title of the epic poem that I have read is “The Song of Hiawatha” written by Henry Woodsworth Longfellow. The two tonal words that describe the way the author wrote this poem would be vivid and eloquent. I would use these words because all around this poem you can see how the author is very descriptive‚ even at such simple things as a cradle in lines 13-15. The plot revolves around Hiawatha‚ a Native American from the Onondagan Group‚ and his journey from a baby to child to man. Throughout the
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