Title: Make a Wish Foundation Speaker: Ellie Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about what the Make-A-Wish foundation does for children with life-altering conditions. Thesis Statement: The Make-A-Wish Foundation’s mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish experience has on children‚ families‚ and entire communities. Introduction . I. Attention-getter: “A wish granted has a deep‚ life-affirming impact on the wish child and family‚ creating the hope‚ strength
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My Favorite Childhood Memory I can fondly remember that special summer‚ at the age of ten‚ as one of my best childhood memories. When I think back to the anticipation and excitement of my first trip to Disney World‚ it feels as if it happened yesterday. My parents planned the trip for several months. As a child‚ it seemed as if the time would never come. When it was finally time to pack and leave‚ I felt excited. The night before our departure‚ I could not sleep at all. My most interesting childhood
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My favorite detective story. In my free time the most I like to do is reading books. Because with reading‚ it doesn’t matter is it a short story or a novel in several volumes‚ you can know something new about life. I enjoy reading different books but the most I like detectives and fantastic stories. My favorite detective story is Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. I first read it when I was 12 and it a little shocked me and left a
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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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Make Cents The prominent topic environmentalists have been accentuating over the years throughout our nation is the goal to save money while saving the environment. It is a win-win situation for our pockets and for Mother Nature. The types of pollution that humans create in our lifetime has forced negative long lasting effects in our world. “An average American’s carbon footprint exceeds 20 tonnes. That is 1540 tons of carbon‚ 5 times more than a Frenchman and 20 times more than a person staying
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the writing process part one. 1a. A trip to the ocean can be a relaxing escape from the everyday pressures of life. 1b. You should always be careful to avoid overexposure to the sun at the beach. 2. List four things to look for when you’re proofreading. Spelling errors; grammatical errors such as punctuation; improper use of homophones (words which sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings) like their and there; staying on topic and not going off on tangents
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Expository Essay My favorite place in the world is the Bahama Islands. There are many things that I liked about my visit there. My favorite thing was the incredible beaches. Also‚ the people there were really nice and friendly. In addition‚ I find the history to be very interesting. I love the beaches because the sand is softer than most beaches. The water is beautiful because it’s clear and you can see down at the sand and the big rocks. Sometimes you can see small fish go by and pass
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I know very well what my weak point is. I am not a writing women; I am in love with numbers. Mathematic is my favorite subject since I began to study. My mother is an accountant‚ and my father is a civil engineer. The first thing that I teach me was to count 1 to 10 with only one year and half. Math is my favorite subject‚ for three reasons‚ this subject-matter pushes me to think carefully‚ be organize when solving math exercises‚ and the most important numbers are easy to me. For these reasons
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Facts surrounding the case: In 2012 Fox Broadcasting sued Dish Network for copyright infringement and breach of contract and filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin Dish from operating‚ distributing‚ selling‚ or offering Dish Anywhere‚ PrimeTime Anytime‚ AutoHop and any comparable features through the Hopper‚ a set-top box with digital video recorder(DVR) and video on demand capabilities. Dish Anytime allows consumers to view television content from their home set-top box with digital
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Hayley Poteat Victoria Hamilton GS240 Introduction to Literature July 24‚ 2011 My favorite story is A Secret Sorrow because it really struck a chord with my sense of being a mother‚ a woman and someone that can be loved for being those things. Karen van der Zee displays Faye’s emotions in such a raw manner. Faye is a woman‚ and the God given right of any woman from birth is to bear children‚ carrying on not only her legacy but that of her husband’s. The fact that Faye has had that ability taken
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