I saw it again. A small brown blur whizzed by the ground in front of me. I had seen it several times in the past hour‚ or was this a different one? I was looking at an ugly‚ beady-eyed creature -I thought it was cute at first‚ but after staring at it for a while‚ its quite vicious looking. "It’s a prairie dog‚" a voice suggested. "Don’t those live in prairies?" I supposed. We were far from a prairie. At 11‚000 feet above sea level‚ I was in the midst of a six-mile hike to the peak of a 13‚000-foot
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Essay 1: Everything that glitters isn’t GOLD Young and naïve‚ that I truly was until my older sister taught me about alcohol poisoning. I was around the ages of 9 or 10 and could not wait until my 21st birthday so I could drink because the movies and grown- ups in my life made it look so fun. Suddenly‚ my outlook on drinking changed. It was almost the summer time‚ grass couldn’t have been greener‚ school was almost out‚ and I was so excited to return home so I could play outside. The day seemed
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Activities: • Football- 9th to 12th-grade playing for the Midd-West and East Juniata High School football co-op. Playing Junior High my 9th-grade year and Varsity 10th-12th. • Track and Field- 10th to 11th-grade throwing the javelin‚ discus and shotput for Midd-West High School track and field. • Managing- 12th-grade managing both the wrestling and baseball team at Midd-West High School. • Indoor Soccer- I play indoor soccer in an indoor league at Sports Zone in Northumberland on Mondays. • Volleyball-
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The poem “Endings” shows a great amount of imagery and emotions. The writer applied a brilliant simile when saying- ’The kisses that were hot as curry.’ This simile is one of the many visceral lines that helps the reader understand the poets emotions. It gives them an appropriate representation of how the poet used to feel. In the poem “Ending‚” the author continuously stresses that the passion between them is from former experience by using words or phrases in the past tense such as ’were‚’ ’we
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Personal Narrative The day right after Halloween‚ of the year of 2014‚ was the day of my Uncle’s‚ Pollo’s funeral. It has been 2 weeks since he died in a hospital. Here is an excerpt from a daily action news‚ “A Red Bluff man who was beaten unconscious last week has died from his injuries officials announced Monday.Red Bluff Police were called to fight in progress on the 700 block of South Jackson Street just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. When officers arrived
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Korean shows‚ Japanese anime‚ and read biographies from people who have traveled to other countries like India. Currently‚ I have apps and dictionaries for french and ASL to reach my goal: to become multilingual. The best opportunities are in the beginning‚ and I plan on taking advantage of
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Psychological motives involve biological‚ social‚ and personal motives. In my daily life‚ I encounter biological motives in every situation. These are the necessities of every human being which have to be satisfied. I’ve been experiencing an intense desire for sleep because I don’t get to have enough sleep during week days due to school and priorities. There are also some instances wherein I have to deal with the avoidance of pain in order to meet success. One time‚ we had our project out of school
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In a soccer‚ regional game during my freshman year‚ one of our top players got injured at the beginning of the game. Our team had worked extremely hard all season to win this game‚ and when he fell down and injured himself – I thought it was over. As he was being “helped off” the field by an athletic trainer‚ our team decided to huddle around him. All of a sudden and without hesitation or regard for his injuries‚ he began to offer us some words of advice. "Nothing has changed‚ and you guys have the
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My personal strengths are many including vocal volume‚ organizing the material‚ posture and presenting the introduction and the conclusion. I believe I speak loud enough for the audience to comprehend what I am saying. Finding the correct volume and applying it to present the material allows me to effectively convey the information to my audience. Also‚ it is a way to grab attention with varying contrast in the speech. For example‚ you can speak softly when you narrate a sad story. In this case‚
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I suspect that I am beginning to lose my mind. I feel as though my mind is no longer my own. In light of that fact‚ I felt it was necessary to write down what I have been experiencing lately. I’m doing this in the hopes that you will find this Corbin. I’m not sure if I’m going to survive this‚ and I want you to know what happened Cor. I don’t know if any of what I write will be useful‚ but I hope to God that it will be. It all started when I first spotted the strangest creature I had ever seen. At
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