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    What was the “hardest to hear” sound that you recorded? (Which sound was the “softest” or “most faint” that you could still discern?) The hardest sound to hear was a siren in the distance. The most faint was kids playing‚ while the softest was the buzz of the air conditioner unit working. 2) What sounds had the highest pitch? (Say‚ a light breeze. That’s only one example) The highest pitch sound was from a motorcycle driving down my street. 3) Which had the lowest pitch? (Perhaps a car

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    My book report is going to be about Diary of a Wimpy Kid‚ double down. When I first saw this book I was expecting an elaborate story line‚ many plot twists‚ and great character development. The main characters are Greg‚ Mr. Heffley‚ Mrs. Heffley‚ Rowley‚ and his baby brother Manny. Greg is the narrator of the book and the book is things that happen to him that he wants to write down. Mr. and Mrs. Heffley are his parents. Rowley is his best friend‚ Greg also has two brothers named Rodrick and Manny

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    properly feed everyone in the family‚ and they had a lack of heat in the winter. Aside from all the physical problems Owens faced‚ the racial prejudice that Jesse was born into took a mental toll on him. All of the poverty and destruction that Owens saw made him appreciate and become sensitive to adult success and how important that would become in his life. Later in life Owens would always show a smile when he won and agreed with what the newspapers said about him. Owens once said to an interviewer

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    The poignant feeling of anticipation and excitement enthused us as we piled into Grandpa’s old beat up van. A sense of invincibility enveloped us as we started our twelve hour trek to Branson‚ Missouri. This serenity soon shattered when Luke began to throw up all over my seat. I sat horrified‚ trapped by the luggage in front of me. “Stop the van!” I screamed. Covered in bright pink Double Bubble puke‚ I bolted from the vehicle. I had tried to warn Luke earlier‚ but he did not listen. As the twentieth

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    An unforgettable memory which I forgot about!! (a narrative type of story) DING DONG rang the bell. My dad came back from work tired but excited; I guess he had something in his mind. My dad told us that he was going for a business trip to Dubai but had only three tickets!! I was extremely disappointed because I knew since I was the elder brother; I had to let Max and mom go with dad. Inevitably my dad told me that I had to stay back. I started arguing with dad but I knew I had no chance because

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    A flight had just landed in the very crowded Houston airport. It was a very foggy‚ misty morning. The Journey from Belgium to Houston was long and uncomfortable‚ and Peter was cold‚ miserable and unhappy. Huddled up like a hedgehog‚ in his filthy black coat‚ he pierced through the crowd for a familiar face that could help him get through this confusion. Looking in his wallet he discovered that he was penniless. Peter was sixteen years old‚ average height‚ and a child with a mild and simple character

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    She was calmed for that instant‚ the small window of time in which they transversed through the home scape. But the feeling was soon erased from her memory as they fell onto the hot surface of a smooth‚ white building. Looking to her right‚ she saw a compartment made of concrete‚ with a steel door and solar panels above that angled toward the sunlight. Xhaiden lifted her from the tile and helped her to the exit. As they shuffled to it‚ she gazed into the horizon‚ gaining a bird’s eye view from the

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    glistening in the sun‚ on the petals of my roses. I sat there‚ at a picnic table in the middle of my yard‚ languidly sipping on a cup of coffee. I had received a puppy‚ as a gift from a friend‚ a few months before. He was no bigger than a five-pound bag of sugar‚ with a short brindle coat and long floppy ears. At that moment he was happily chasing butterflies around the yard. As I sat there watching him‚ the sun lifted its head off its hilly pillow and began its slow journey across

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    Emily Dickinson used personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ slant rhyme‚ and dashes to express her dark and light side of death and sorrow in “I heard a fly buzz.” In I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ she uses personification to define her aspect of death. “And breaths were gathering firm/For the last onset –when the King/Be witnessed…” (I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ Emily Dickinson‚ Lines 6‚ 7 and 8) Yet again‚ Dickinson shows how death is a commanding living being because although her poem does not

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    Anni Dewani’s family have seen their “nightmare” come true as Shrien Dewani walks free after being cleared of arranging her murder. Her parents and siblings were in court today to hear the case against Mr Dewani be dismissed as the judge found that the prosecution’s evidence fell “far below the threshold” of what a reasonable court could convict on. Mrs Dewani’s family had led public appeals for Judge Jeanette Traverso not to let the case collapse‚ saying it would be their worst “nightmare” for the

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