Title: Hamlet Author: William Shakespeare Genre: Tragedy Setting: Denmark‚ 1500’s Main Characters: Hamlet: He is a philosophical university student whose studies are interrupted after his father dies. When he returns home he is confronted by his father’s ghost and receives evidence that his father was murdered by his uncle‚ Claudius. He then becomes obsessed with revenge for his father and tries to convince everyone of the murder and to kill the king. He constantly contemplates the
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Gilchrist: AP World History Summer Reading: Comparative Essay of two places of Worship: Do different types of church have different features from other and how similar are they? Yes different churches have different features which make them unique to their name which can be their different practices‚ their setting or place of worship and the person they worship. Over the summer‚ I visited two different places of worship which were a Baptist church and a Catholic church. Both have very different
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Personal History Project Option B On September 8th 1990‚ it was a hot sunny day in the city of Cali‚ Colombia. Temperature around 88°F with very low humidity‚ normal for that time of year‚ since the summer was about to begin. A sky full of altocumulus clouds cooled the estimated population of about 1.7 million people ("1990 population estimate for Cali‚ Colombia."). Among that population there was my mother. Already late for her gynecology appointment‚ inconveniently causes by a car accident
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Personal History Essay In my childhood‚ an old blueprint with a lingering ammonia smell was a doodling sheet for me. I have always been familiar with the world of architecture as my father is an architect. Although I have wandered quite a lot‚ I have till now developed my architectural philosophy and talent in my own way by getting experiences from school through a construction company to an architectural designer’s office. I entered the department of architecture on a scholarship in 1996. But
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Activity pg. 10 Everyone everywhere has there own personal strengths but we also have our own weaknesses. Rhetorical knowledge‚ critical thinking‚ reading and writing; writing processes; and knowledge of conventions are key components to know when writing a paper whether it be for work‚ school‚ to a family member or a friend. A strength of mine in rhetorical knowledge is that when I read a paper or a book to a audience I project my voice so that I can be heard clearly‚ not so loud that its
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think well of reading. As a below average reading student‚ without extra help as a new reader at 4 years old‚ caused me to have horrible reading habits and experiences‚ permanent hardships and complete avoidance of reading which left me with the lack of reading capabilities that others maintained already. Personally I began reading at 4 years old in pre-school. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout tells Miss Caroline‚ “Teach me? He hasn’t taught me
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Alexus Powell Mr. Bruns Expo Reading and Writing Period: 4 12/2/13 Personal Statement Prompt 1 I’m not a leader in ASB for the awards or admiration‚ although I respect those few who do choose to lead for the credibility. I don’t lead for the satisfaction‚ although my never ending smile at the end of a good rally indicates otherwise. I don’t lead because I have anything to prove‚ although I’ve proven a lot to myself along the way. I lead for the feeling of every student on my campus becoming
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usually read for about one hour of accumulated time during a day. When I read it is usually something online from websites such as ESPN.com. I read things that are interesting to my mind like sports. Some fictional pieces aren’t bad too. When I am reading about sports I soak up the information and stories like a sponge with water. This happens because I have loved sports since I was about five years old. I need to learn how to apply the same ability when I read things that aren’t interesting to me
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Imagine sitting in a class‚ surrounded by all of your fellow first grade friends‚ al sitting quietly at our desks enjoying some reading time. As you begin to look around the room at all of your friends and notice that they are already a few pages into their chapter books‚ when you look down and are still struggling to finish the first page. You begin to panic because you are so far behind everyone else in the class and for some reason you cannot understand what a few of the words are on that page
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Part 1 You are going to read three extracts which are all concerned in some way with travel and tourism. For questions 1--6‚ choose the answer (A‚ B‚ C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. EXTRACT FROM A NOVEL ’Oh‚ Lyn‚ you can’t be serious.’ Bridget Cooper flicked her auburn hair back in a careless gesture that distracted every man within a two-table radius‚ and glanced at me reprovingly. ’You look like death warmed up‚ you know. The last thing you should do is take another
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