Shady Brook Elementary School. He began to shoot students and staff. After killing 15 students and two teachers in the first classroom‚ he entered the classroom of 27 year old Victoria Soto. Soto‚ knowing that their life was in danger‚ had already hidden her sixteen students in a closet. When the gunman burst in‚ Soto lied and told him that her students were in the gymnasium. As a result‚ she lost her life to protect the lives of her kids. Vicki is the named that she was called by the many people who
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Moreover‚ Soto uses onomatopoeia in his biographical narrative in order to show his audience that he was given many opportunities to realise that he’s making a great error in judgement but‚ by the time he realised it the deed was done. To elaborate‚ before Soto went to the German Market‚ he had been listening to the howling of the plumbing underneath his house but‚ he had completely forgot about it and because of that fact he ended up committing a sin. This is shown when in the text it states‚“Forgetting
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Character sketch: My Grandma Grandma is the most important person in my life. Her name is Zhang Yu Fang. She is very warm‚ kind lovely and facetious. Grandma is always happy and she has the most beautiful smile in the world. Everyday she would come home from either her friend’s house or shopping and cook delicious food for grandpa. One thing I will remember most was when she touched my head with her gentle wrinkled hands. It felt so warm and lovely. She’s the best grandma in the world. She was
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My Grandma I grew up living through several life crises not knowing what to do about them‚ only that my grandma could make things better. My grandmother is the heart and soul of my huge family. At age six‚ my parents divorced and my mother got remarried‚ leaving my siblings and I behind to my half sister and grandmother’s care. The day I turned seven‚ my father passed away‚ leaving behind my eleven siblings and I. Although my dad had passed away‚ my grandma always said “it’ll be okay. You all still
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In Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits‚ barbarous diction characterizes the Catholic Church as barbaric and antiquated. The head of the parish‚ Father Restrepo‚ relies on traditional Catholic teachings that use flagellation as a form of punishment. Father Restrepo is “a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory” (Allende 3). The “thrashing” refers to flagellation‚ a process that tears at the person’s skin
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Characterization of Grandma In the story “A Visit to Grandmother” by William Melvin Kelley‚ the grandma was given many characterizations based on her appearance‚ words‚ actions‚ and by what people say about her. All the characterization of Grandma told the readers a lot about her and made it easy for the reader to understand the story from grandma’s perspective. First off‚ in the story the author describes Grandma as a lucky and unique person by providing the reader with some text evidence. The
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us that you are here to celebrate her life. When I was asked to give the eulogy for my grandma ’s funeral‚ I said oh yes‚ sure. I would be happy to. But after I thought about it for a bit I panicked! I thought what should I say‚ where do I begin;What should people know; whats most important‚ I went to bed stressing about writing something special. When I finally sat down the next day to write about grandma‚ I thought and thought. I wrote and scratched and threw out paper after paper. I wanted
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one’s life. In Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ he steals a pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough
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It’s a tough question‚ isn’t it? For me‚ we do need both of these. Paper qualification is more like an indicator that shows that you’ve learnt/mastered/knowledgeable on the field that you’ve studied. IN other words it shows that you are a person who know how in applying the knowledge that you’ve gained in real situation/work environment. Why? In these higher learning institutions (both private and public) you were tought in structural manner ie starting with fundamentals or basic then move on to
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Dear Grandma‚ I love you‚ and I always will. Grandma‚ you have no idea how I constantly worry about you and Grandpa. Every day‚ I think about‚ “Are they going to die today without Christ? Will they go to heaven and be in paradise or go to hell and burn there forever?” I have been praying for your health and salvation for at least five years now. I won’t give up. I will persist in telling you about Jesus. I don’t care if you hate me or ignore me. I will keep calling you and telling you about Jesus
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