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    when Asher ’s parents react hurtingly after the paintings are exposed to them in the New York Museum. Chaim Potok writes their reaction as happening slowly in a step-by-step movement; in silences; building up readers ’ expectations of a negative outcome. <br> <br>Guilt and fear of disobedience induces a silence from Asher. "They ’re not the truth‚ Papa; but they ’re not lies either". Asher appears to be speaking in his mind while thinking of the memories that the pictures portray. He disregards his

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    CONVERSATION 2. BE YOURSELF 3. RELAXED CONVERSATION IS TWO-WAY 4. RELAXED CONVERSATION IS RECEIVER-DRIVEN 5. LESS IS MORE 6. PEOPLE CAN LISTEN OR THINK 7. PEOPLE WON’T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAY 8. BE CONVERSATIONAL IN YOUR DELIVERY 9. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK 10. SILENCE IS ESSENTIAL Tel: 416.410-3273 • presentwithease@rogers.com www.presentwithease.com/presentingdownloads.html PRINCIPLE #1 YOUR BEST STYLE IS RELAXED CONVERSATION Every day of your life‚ you convey your messages and your personality while

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    The first line from Waiting for Godot‚ "Nothing to be done"‚ could be said to sum up the Theatre of the Absurd‚ except that there ’s always something happening. Discuss this statement with reference to the theatrical features and dramatic action of the Theatre of the Absurd as realised in performance"Nothing to be done‚" is one of the many phrases that is repeated again and again throughout Samuel Beckett ’s Waiting For Godot. Godot is an existentialist play that reads like somewhat of a language

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    people’s respect for her. It kills marriages and breaks up families; and sometimes it evens kills people. Taslirna Nasrin’s poem “Things Cheaply Had” and William Blake’s poem “London” illustrate how prostitution will eventually lead to death; a horrible silence. Nasrin’s poem illustrates how vanity can turn women into lowly and disrespected prostitutes. “If the y get a few bars of soap to scrub their skin . . . They become so submissive that they scoop out chunks of their flesh to be sold

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    conventions are constructed by social structures such as the church‚ law and media which in turn will support them. Interpreting the ’gaps and silences’ in a text is one practice and convention that we have learnt to do from childhood. The short story School by Peter Cowan is one that incorporates reading practices and assumptions. School has many ’gaps and silences’ and contradictions that are apparent in the text information. There are also a range of readings that can be constructed from School which

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    In the beginning‚ before all the agony and pain‚ Eliezer was a strong young man with morals and determination in his eyes. Once filled with joy he became cold‚ his eyes turned gray and he grew silent. After many traumatizing and daunting events‚ Eliezer learned to stay quiet. While his dad was being beaten by the German guards‚ Eliezer remembers‚ “My father had just been struck in front of me‚ I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent.” Eliezer was too apprehensive to stand up against

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    I Walk This Lonely Road “On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world” (McCarthy 32). Cormac McCarthy’s The Road‚ a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world‚ follows a father and son throughout their journey in a new world in which they hope to survive. McCarthy uses imagery‚ God‚ the characters themselves‚ and the structure of the novel to implement the theme of isolation in The Road. Imagery‚ a strong presence in The Road‚ assists

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    Purple Hibiscus Character List Kambili Achike The main character who narrates the story of her family’s breakdown. When the story begins‚ Kambili is fifteen years old and painfully shy. She lives under the strict Catholic rule of her father‚ who expects his children to succeed at all costs. As political unrest seizes Nigeria‚ Kambili is introduced to a new way of life by her liberal aunt. Though she retains her faith through several horrendous events‚ Kambili learns to question authority when

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    time before his death. The theme of this story is to live life everyday with no regrets. Throughout the symbols and references you begin to understand the life of Andre. The white balloon represents letting go and leaving a young man in peace. The silence of his mother shows that she never accepted his sexual preference. While Hamlet references the struggles of his everyday life. The white balloon in the play Andre’s Mother is a symbol of Andre’s soul. Cal speaks about the white balloons saying‚

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    warming. He ultimately believes that the effects of global warming are going to end the world as we now it if something is not done about global warming. He has done this through the use of appeal to authority‚ Pity fallacy and lastly has used gaps in silences in his story. Main Point 1 [P] – Point Write a topic sentence (statement) Use a cohesive tie to lead into the … [E+E] (Provide: evidence or an example or elaboration to support your topic statement) Use a cohesive tie to lead

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