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    Captain Beatty‚ who is the main character of this novel. Starting a fire station. The Beatty worked They work rush Because of the time wait for no man Just a minute‚ they are already. Professional firefighters must live rush and always endangered. Their lives on the line just a little bit about it‚ it can not be. As the firefighters have to be careful in their work. Beatty is responsible for supervising the work of firefighters. As the head of the firefighters were. His lifestyle is normal until

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    character Captain Vere is developed in two different ways: he is portrayed as a martinet or strict disciplinarian and as a gentle fatherly figure. I can guess these different portrayals of Captain Vere apply in the corresponding different situation. I think both of these portrayals fit Vere’s character well in different situations. Some of the ways Vere shows these two personalities are through how he interacts with other characters in the book and what he does. An example of a way Captain Vere was

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    year’s greatest and so great achievements. Before I get on with the boring bits‚ I’d like to do a bit of reminiscing. And a though explanation of college life to unacquainted parents. Year 7. Best year level if there ever was one! I still remember my first day of school‚ teachers threatening to torture us mentally if we did not obey their every command. Spending a two full consecutive graphics lessons one the many shade and variation of the humble pencil. Smacking each other with metal rules in

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    It took my coach the whole summer of conditioning to figure out who would be the right fit for team captain. When he finally decided to make me the team captain he told me “You are the right person for the job”. At the time I didn’t see it but as the season progressed I understood what he meant when he said that. We played countless

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    job getting across the point that although Captain MacWhirr’s character may seem to be nothing but an ordinary‚ uninteresting man‚ in reality‚ there is much more to his character than meets the eye. In lines 17-19 the speaker says “Yet the uninteresting lives of men so entirely given o the actuality of the bare existence have their mysterious side.” In this case‚ Captain MacWhirr’s “mysterious side” is his natural ability as a seaman. At home‚ Captain MacWhirr was seen only as a “perfectly satisfactory

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    A tarnished sword sat in my grandparents’ house for 50 years. No one knew where it came from. No one knew why it was there. Three years ago‚ I spotted this sword propped up against the fireplace. I noticed an inscription in the brass and leather scabbard with a name‚ Ephraim F. Bauder‚ in cursive script. This is the story of that sword. I’m a history nut with a passion for artifacts. So much so‚ that I started my company‚ Wormuth Antiques‚ to resell flea market‚ garage sale‚ and estate sale finds

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    we can do anything. Superheroes represent qualities that we should all attempt to embody. What Captain America truly represents can be interpreted in many ways‚ but there are messages being conveyed. The authors of “Captain America: The First Avengers” use rhetoric to express the social ideology that being a hero is not exactly how strong you are‚ but what values and morals you live your life by. Captain America was created through a technological experiment on the capabilities of the human body.

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    Team Sports Captains: Effective Leadership Roles Captains of sports teams are given the stereotype that they are the most athletic player on the team‚ scoring the most goals and handling the ball best. In truth‚ captains have a lot of work they have to do that doesn’t even involve playing the sport. Captains are the most looked at player of the game; other players‚ younger kids and coaches look to them to set examples. They have to set examples in every aspect of the game; athleticism might be part

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    FIGURES OF SPEECH 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. ways 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH y y A figure of speech is a use of a word that h diverges d f from its normall meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning n t based not b s d on n the th literal lit l meaning m nin of f the th words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification

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    A community that I belong to is my swim team‚ and on my team‚ I am one of the captains. I joined the school team as a freshman and due to my dedication‚ persistence‚ and ability to lead I was given the honor of being a captain. As a captain I aim to be a leader that inspires and leads by example. I make sure that I work as hard as the rest of the team‚ and that they see me as someone they can look up to. Some of my duties as captain are making sure everyone gets into the pool when practice begins

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