Monica: I’ll play with you. Quincy: For what? Monica: Your heart. This quote is from the very end of the film “Love and Basketball‚” one of the most romantic interactions between two well-developed characters in a film that was just perfectly written to capture the emotions involved in following your dream‚ of living your life and discovering love. I am a serious movie fanatic. I watch movies all the time. But‚ if I had to pick my favorite one‚ it would be without a doubt “Love and Basketball.” This
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Swimming pools: Similar to the short story‚ The Swimmer‚ my neighborhood has many swimming pools. Like the setting in the story‚ they seem to form a snake-like‚ “quasi-subterranean stream that curved across the country” (Norton 2‚ 1234). My swimming pool is physically similar to many of the pools in the story as it is located in the backyard‚ fenced up‚ and contains water. Physical differences include the gradual slope into the deep end‚ a diving board‚ as well as multi-colored underwater lighting
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How Celebrity Culture Affects Our Lives Posted in: Arts & Entertainment‚ December 2010 Diane Qi‚ Arts & Entertainment Journalist One of the strongest influences in the lives of many North American teenagers is celebrity culture. Tabloids such as people‚ and TV shows like e-talk and TMZ fuel our appetite for details about the personal lives of celebrities‚ while the style statements lauded by pop stars determine trends in fashion and beauty. But‚ the truth is that this carefully nurtured
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(1)The object of Lexicology. (2) Links with other branches of linguistics. (3)Two approaches to language study (synchronic‚ diachronic). (1 )The term‘lexicology’is composed of 2 Greek morphemes:lexis denoting‘word’/logos denoting‘leaning’.In modern linguistics lexicology is one of the branches of science dealing with different properties of words and the vocabulary of a language.The term‘word’denotes the basic unit of a language‚it’s a structural and semantic entity within the language system
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My Favorite Room Walking through the front door of my apartment‚ I enter my favorite and most relaxing place to be: the living room. Sitting in my living room I feel relaxed and stress free. The first thing I see when I walk in is my wife’s shoe rack. To the left is her creepy monkey picture. When I look to the right I can see the whole room. I try to keep it nice and clean‚ but with school work‚ it doesn’t always stay that way. As I sit down on my big comfortable couch‚ I look up at my huge three
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“My Favorite Gadget” “I guess the reality is‚ everybody today has so many gadgets.”(Barbara Brocolli) I have appreciated many gadgets but the closest to my heart is my one and only cellphone. It may not be one of the latest editions of phones nowadays‚ but I do love two of its several features – messaging and calendar. These two are the attributes that I usually utilize every day. Using its messaging feature‚ I can communicate with my parents‚ relatives‚ and friends through sending and receiving
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Ms. Ellen I remember when I came from the Dominican Republic to USA. I was so frustrated because of the weather and language barrier. After two months my life started. I was going shopping‚ and going to restaurants Etc. One night I was thinking that I needed a job for many reasons. First‚ I needed to help my mom. Second‚ I wanted to be productive. After I knocked many doors‚ surfed the internet several times and hunted jobs everywhere with no good results finally I found someone who believed in
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Hannah Ericksen Mrs. Piehler Honors English 3 Friday‚ September 5th‚ 2013 The American Favorite Mark Twain uses the “N” word through out his novel‚ although very controversial‚ it distinguishes the time period and how awful African Americans were treated in the 1800’s. Many have argued‚ since the book was published‚ that the term nigger should be eliminated from all the books and replaced with “slave”. On the flip side‚ some believe that the word is very essential to The Adventures of Huckleberry
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PARAGRAPH IV: • Transition/Opening Sentence: along with the taste‚ sights‚ and the wind my absolutely favorite part is the quantity of nature. • Detail 1: in fall its so beautiful with leaves different colors • Detail 2: seems to peaceful to watch all the animals running around • Detail 3: sitting outside and watching all the clouds VI. CONCLUSION: Without a doubt fall is my most favorite season. I cherish fall because of the tastes and smells‚ breezy weather‚ and the nature. That’s why I think
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Every spring break my family and I load up our family truck and ride countless hours to my favorite place. The excitement and thrill that rush through my veins when going to my favorite place‚ sends a thoughts to my head about what I will do and where I will go. You are never too old to go to this place‚ and there is always something to do no matter what age you are. Although the tickets can be somewhat on the pricey side‚ every dime you spend will without a doubt be well worth it. When you first
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