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    neighboring ranches. He went to Stanford University in 1919 and left without earning his degree. He later finished his first novel‚ Cup of Gold which was an adventurous story that was published in 1926. Success came to Steinbeck when he wrote his novel Tortilla Flat which was published in 1935. Most of Steinbeck’s work deals with the journey of the desperately poor California wanders. He wrote three more novels that dealt with the California wanders‚ Dubious Battle in 1936‚

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    Commentary Essay

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    Commentary Essay Purpose: The purpose of commentary is not simply to report things but to give readers a way to make sense of them. A commentary will help you write critically about a topic and will help you analyze this topic within a larger societal context. Audience: Your audience for this paper should be one who has a stake in the topic. For example‚ if you are discussing your understanding of a topic like ISTEP testing‚ your audience could be administrators. Genre: For this paper

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    LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY COMMENTARY SEARCH ON APORIA IN THE 21ST CHAPTER OF JOHN WRITTEN FOR PROFESSOR THOMAS CAMPBELL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE NBST 655 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BY DENISE WATSON-SMITH #221890 July 15‚ 2012 LYNCHBURG‚ VA TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...3 COMMENTARY ANALYSIS…………..………………………………………………..3 D.A. Carson……………………………………………………………………….3 W. Hall Harris III………………………………………………………………….4 Leon Morris………………………………………………………………………

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    Aniya Martinez Mrs. sims Composition/writing for fiction Summary of Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain In Jessica Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”‚ many issues involving the embalming of the dead are raised. The author doesn’t agree to what is done to the body after death. She argues most of the traditional funeral practices in the modern American society like the “open casket” funerals are not worth the amount of disrespect to the dead..The author reveals to the audience information

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    The film “Tortilla Soup” is definitely one of the finest movies made on food. It is a warm and funny comedy about life‚ love‚ terrific food and a Mexican American family. The father‚ “Martin Naranjo” is a great chef but is now retired and depressed‚ because he has lost his senses of taste and smell after the shock from his wife’s death‚ his wife died years ago‚ and after that‚ he took care of her three daughters. Her three daughters are totally different from each other. The oldest daughter is a

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    Lanark: Prose Commentary 1 Lanark  Prose Commentary Retno Widyanti This extract from Lanark ‚written by Alasdair Gray‚ is a highly evocative piece of narrative prose. Set within a church in Lenzies‚ Glasgow‚ the excerpt illustrates the loss of love and theloss of self-belief which are inextricably intertwined for the character Duncan Thaw. Writtenin a post-modern style‚ it is also representative of the subjectivity of perception and its abilityto change with the passage of time. Duncan is forced

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    Economics Commentary U.S. Employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high‚ offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession. The Labor Department’s much anticipated report‚ released Friday the 4th of April‚ showed a net loss of 80‚000 jobs last month. That marks the third straight month that jobs have fallen - the longest period of decline since early 2003. Now having acknowledged that the US is in a recession

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    o Create outline – use line numbers from extract to find your place (color code!) (10 minutes) • Presentation time – 13 – 15 minutes o You talk uninterrupted for 10 – 12 minutes **10 is the magic number for your own uninterrupted commentary o I ask follow-up questions for 2 – 4 minutes Fact Sheet for Part 2 Works Example – The Catcher in the Rye Note: Catcher will NOT be on the IOC; this is just a sample! |Category |Example

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    Emily Dang Mr. Moran English 1 H 8 April 2013 AP Book Report For Tortilla Flats 1. Title of Work: Tortilla Flats 2. Author and date written: John Steinbeck‚ 1935 3. Country of author: USA 4. Characters: Major: Danny: Came from a rich family but does not like to act rich as a kid. When he came back from war he was a wreck since he had no idea what to do. However‚ he is able to make some decisions for his friends. Leader: Even though everyone in the group is pretty much the same

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    Commentary Sincerity When we hear the word sincerity‚ what is our first impression of the word? According to dictionaries this word is defined as freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness. However‚ if we put it in our own simple words‚ the best definition to the term would probably be being true to what you say. It isn’t enough to tell someone what’s pleasing to hear‚ but the truth plays an important factor in sincerity as well. Why

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