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    Power of Simile

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    murderers that he hires to eliminate Banquo (Hudson). Shakespeare conveys the concept of the battle between Norway and Scotland by using simile. “Doubtful it stood‚ as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art” (I.ii.7). Here‚ the Captain tells King Duncan that the armies were like two effete swimmers clutching each other for their lives. At the commencement of the play‚ Shakespeare seems to use a significant amount of similes in order to make the reader visualize the battle.

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    5 English Module 20 Using Possessive Forms of Plural Nouns A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development To the Learner Hi! Here I am again to help you in your studies. In this lesson‚ you will learn to use the possessive form of plural nouns. Have fun doing the activities. Let’s Learn This Plural nouns have different ways to showing possession. This module will help you learn how plural nouns show possession. Let’s Try This Rewrite

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    Cayden and I have always loved swimming. It started out as just playing at the pool. Marco Polo‚ Colors‚ and Mermaids‚ we loved mermaids. We are best friends‚ she was mine and I was her’s. We had so much in common. We both liked crafts. We both liked to talk. We both had younger siblings and we both took swim lessons! We loved it! My teacher’s name was Jacob. We went to his house. My brother‚ Kai went first. Stroke by stroke I watched him do his lessons. Then I would go. His pool was a odd shaped

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    Astrand-Rhythmic Testing

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    Introduction Astrand-Rhythmic test is a test conducted to find the maximal oxygen uptake also known as the VO2max of an athlete. It can be used on elite athletes and individual athletes. This test helps to measure the ability to perform. The test can be done on an ergometer or on a treadmill. The measurement of the VO2max is the best measure of the cardiorespiratory system. This is important information as it indicates the body’s ability to transport and consume oxygen. There are two ways to measure

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    The Five-Forty-Eight

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    According to the story ‘The Five-Forty-Eight’‚ the writer John Cheever tells us about Blake’s stalker Miss Dent. A woman‚ whose psychological and emotional instability‚ becomes the aim of Blake’s dishonesty. Blake is a successful businessman‚ who preys on people who are weak. He is very confident that there will be no serious penalties. When Miss Dent gets the job as his secretary‚ it is her chance to re-form herself‚ and get over her mental sickness. Instead‚ Blake took advantage of her mind‚ has

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    Who Has the Power? Sometimes‚ the person who should be the one wielding the power has none at all. In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ he recounts the events of the Salem Witch Trials. As he tells the events that occurred‚ he clearly paints out who held the power and who should have been in power during the trials. In Miller’s play‚ the person who holds the most power in Salem during the Witch Trials is Abigail Williams. Despite being a child and an orphan‚ for her parents had died and she

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    There are several avenues we can lead our lives into. Some can be chosen to fetch money‚ some taken for pleasure and some to gain power and popularity. Entrepreneurship is fantastic; the thrill that one gets in fostering something which is one’s own is superb besides freedom from being bossed. Looking out for ventures where one can convert their passion into a successful business is the way to go. India has thousands of frustrated sports aficionados who are motivated and ready to work for the betterment

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    Unusual Circumstances

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    My dad was that daring little boy that would jump in the deep end of the pool not knowing how to swim. Although he knew he would drown every time he had to keep trying it until he realized he needed to begin in the shallow to become a great swimmer. When I was about twelve years old my father was incarcerated. At thirty-six years old he was still trying to jump into the deep end without learning how to swim first. Instead of finishing high school and going to college he took the easy path

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    Danielle Grossi Jeffery Northrup Basic writing 82 July 6‚ 2013 Dream come true It all started when I was about a year old‚ when my parents got the saddest news that they had ever received and had not been hoping for. My parents had found out I had a hearing loss. The day that changed my life forever was on May 10‚ 2011. May 2011 was the day that I had my skin grafting done for my ears. It had all started when I developed a hearing problem‚ which led me to getting

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    America did not allow their women athletes to compete in events without wearing long skirts‚ which was why they were not involved in the first women’s swimming competition in 1912. The first women’s swimming golden medal was won by an australian swimmer‚ Sarah Durack. Later on even more women sports were introduced‚ in 1928 women were

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