How does the lanuage used create effects? The following paragraphs explore how language is used to create effects in the poem Not my Best Side by U. A. Fanthorpe‚ an ekphrastic poem that uses the free verse form arranged in three stanzas of nineteen lines each. It’s purpose is to entertain‚ which it does through the use of humour‚ using Standard English in an informal‚ conversational manner. Dramatic monologues from the characters re-tell from their own perspective‚ the historical myth of a
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My Best Friend When we were in high school we do things to fit in with others‚ and to be able to say that you have at least experienced with things. Well‚ when I was in high school I got mixed up in the wrong crowd and started doing things that I am not so proud of. I was mixed up with people who used drugs and drank every day. This became such a routine thing for me that I dropped out of school after finishing my freshman year. I enrolled into GED classes but that didn’t work out because I was
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Giglio 1 Megan Giglio Eng 111 Sect 8857 Langston 10-13-12 My Best Friend: A best friend is always someone who will be there for you when you need them the most. Who is my best friend you ask? Well her name is Megan Elizabeth Jerlin. We first met back in the fourth grade at Petrides. There we found it a coincidence that we are both named Megan and she is only eight days older than me. We got along instantly with one another. From there on out we were placed in the same class.
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Enrique Pagan Professor Combs World Citizen Service Journal For this assignment I opted to dedicate my time to baseball players that needed some help with their hitting mechanics. I have been playing baseball for quite a while ‚ approximately 14 years‚ where I have been part of collegiate and professional baseball. In regard to what I mentioned‚ my knowledge in baseball is a very profound one‚ I have played with great baseball players and thankfully I was able to absorb every single
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Leah Young Young 1 2/14/13 Essay#2 English 101 My Best Friends There’s really no great way to start my story other than with the truth. I was 31 and living in a tiny apartment in one of the worst neighborhoods in Louisville. I was on my second divorce and third abusive relationship. Between me making excuses for bruises and the women my then husband was seeing while I was working‚ life for me was a sad one. I woke up one morning and decided I had to leave. I packed
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At every point of my life‚ I have two types of education. Schools offer me the basic knowledge of how to make a living‚ and the other is my father who teaches me how to live. I once questioned myself about the importance of education in school‚ five minutes later there were a list of things on my mind ..having new friends‚ learn how to do the Maths‚ learn Thai history‚ learn English and .well‚ learn how to sing national anthem correctly. I totally agree that those things as mentioned are important
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MY BEST GAME. The name of my best game is football; football was brought to Nigeria by the colonial masters in the early 19th century the British sailors made stopover in Nigeria and played it as a recreational game. Some basic skills in football are: 1. Kicking 2. Passing 3. Dribbling 4. Keeping 5. Goal 6. Heading 7. Trapping. Football is played by two teams of eleven[11] players on each side on a rectangular field in which players attempt to knock a round ball through the opponents goal
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My best friend Friends are a very important part of most people`s lives.Who can understand you better than a friend? Well‚my best friend is a simple boy named George with big dreams and because he is a highflayer person I`m pretty sure he will succeed in everything he wants. George is a chatterbox and sometimes drives me crazy‚ but I accept because he`s my friend.I`m not goiong to describe him physically because it counts less. We have so much in common.We both are addicted to all about
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(11:30pm instead of 11:00pm) thus left me only 5 minutes to catch the long-awaited trip to the place which stories in my elementary history books had amazed me most - IFUGAO. As an ultimate “buzzer-beater”‚ I was overjoyed to see the bus‚ especially Mrs. Alice Torres Banas‚ (EVP of MAP) or “Tita Alice” as I fondly call her‚ who was my former college professor‚ who also became my former co-teacher in our Alma Mater‚ and now my mentor in the graduate school. Adjacent to our seat‚ there were also two lovely
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My best friend Everybody always has friend or friendship. There are a lot of kinds of friends. We have friends‚ close friends and best friends. It is said a friend needs to be a good friend but it hard to find a best friend. Best friends need to know about certain qualities of each other. Best friends are always there for you when you’re down or having problems. A best friend is the person you can always rely on for anything no matter what. Best friends stick up for you even if you are wrong.
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