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    fourth husband was a partier and a philanderer‚ and I was young and carefree and very headstrong. Give me a little wine‚ and I’d sing and dance all night long. You remember that old story about the ancient man named Metellius who beat his wife to death because she drank too much wine? Well‚ he sure wouldn’t have stopped me from drinking! I always get horny when I’m drunk because sex and alcohol usually go hand-in-hand. And as any womanizer can tell you‚ women have a hard time fending off men’s advances

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    this through Manuels emotions‚ Other character’s reactions and Manuels private thoughts. Soto shows our theme by including characters reactions to Manuel’s performance to develop feeling in the characters contributing to the theme. Soto states in La bamba “Funny. Crazy. Hilarious. These were the words people said to him”. This made Manuel feel better about his performance. Soto also says “his brother and sisters looked at him with a mixture of jealousy and awe.”

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    EXPERIMENT 9 Composition Potassium of Chlorate IUA-‚TERIAL S AND E QUI PME NT Solids: Reagent Grade potassium chlorate (KC1O3)and potassium chloride (KCl). Solutions: dilute (6 M) nitric acid (HNO3) and 0.1M silvernitrate (AgNO3). Th.o No.0 crucibles with covers; Ceramfab pad. DISCUSSION The percentage composition of a compound is the percentage by mass of each element in the compound. If the formula of a compound is known‚ the percentage composition can be calculated from the molar mass and the

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    alveolar gas has a different composition from air. Atmospheric (external) air contains a high percentage of oxygen and nitrogen whereas alveoli gas contains a lower percentage of oxygen and a higher percentage of carbon dioxide. The differences in composition are due to the fact that gaseous exchange is taking place within the alveoli in the lungs. Oxygen is diffusing from the alveoli into the pulmonary artery and carbon dioxide is diffusing back into the alveoli from the pulmonary artery due

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    “Up from Slavery” Book Review Booker T. Washington‚ wrote the autobiography titled Up from Slavery. This book is about what life was like growing up as a black person after the revolutionary war. The difference between this book and many other books written by former slaves is this autobiography is not as much about what life was like during slavery‚ but more about how Booker T. Washington was treated as a freedman‚ and how his life evolved as a free man. Booker starts the book in the preface

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    Speaking With Satire Lord Bryon once said‚ “Fools are my theme‚ let satire be my song”. A satire is a literary composition‚ in verse or prose‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚or ridicule (dic.com). A well recognized satire is George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell wrote this allegorical novella in England when the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union was at its height and Stalin was held in highest esteem in Britain both among the people and government. George

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    Have you ever wanted to get away from your normal everyday life? In Gary Soto’s poem‚ “Saturday at the Canal‚” the poet tells of a seventeen-year old boy who is leading a very monotonous life and one that he wishes to get away from. Using First-Person‚ the boy feels that his life is boring and by leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich

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    Modern Music Composition Composition has been an ever-changing entity in our society. Music composition is also a very alternating subject of study. You have to keep up to date when you wish to compose a piece of music. This is strictly due to the progression of music in this day in age. If you fail to study‚ the music you are writing may‚ very well‚ upset the music community with old or potentially outdated material. The only way to stay up to date with composition is to listen to a lot

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    The short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto expresses several themes throughout it. A theme is the main idea‚ overall message‚ or lesson that the author wants you to take away from the story. Themes can be about friendship‚ love‚ or anything else that readers can learn a lesson from. There are many themes throughout the story. Some of those themes are never give up‚ don’t pretend to be someone you are not‚ and believe in yourself. The first theme of the story is never give up. The first place that

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    Pointers to Good Composition Writing 1. Use simple words. 2. Vary sentence structure and sentence length. Do not keep repeating the use ofcertain words like ’then’ . Have a mixture of both long and short sentences. 3. Pay attention to paragraphing. 4. Very often‚ you have to describe people and places. When describing a personor place‚ fix the image of the person or place in mind. Then write as much as you can about it. Use sensory perception to include all relevant details. (Sensory perception

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