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    Bschorer Ms. Betz Honors American Literature 27 August, 2015 My first time in America “Take this, and start learning english” is what my sister whilst giving me a book with pictures and english words. My family had recently decided to bring me to Florida. They thought it would be better to go to America knowing some english, rather than none. I never did study the book; learning english as a foreigner without any previous knowledge was a little difficult, for an seven year old. My brother and sister

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    June Hyung(Eric) Kim Ms. Manning English 9 7/27/15 City of Thieves This book, is narrated by a 17 years old Jewish guy called Lev Beniov, who is living in Leningrad. City of Thieves by David Benioff, starts off with Lev telling the audiences about extreme depression that has came after the Germans invaded the Leningrad in 1942. Even though most of the citizens of Leningrad, including his family are dead, Lev wants to stay behind and fight for his city. Since he was too young to join the army, he

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    March 19th and later Congress of Aix- la- Chapelle defined four categories: a) Ambassadors; b) Extraordinary envoys; c) Ministers resident and; d) Charge d’Affaires; By these agreements it was established that an ambassador with longest experience becomes a doyen or dean and all others are above him. From that time on, Diplomatic Service as separate branch was established and later on it involved into much more, developing own hierarchy, rules and

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    He can sustain a conversation in English about a variety of topics. Example: In response to the teacher, “What special thing did you do with your family at weekend?” Communicates, “I play with my mom. I love my mom and dad. I read a book.” Koushaw can answer some questions at story time

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    A brief history of English literature 1. Anglo-Saxon literature Written in Old English c.650-c.1100. Anglo-Saxon poetry survives almost entirely in four manuscripts. Beowulf is the oldest surviving Germanic epic and the longest Old English poem; other great works include The Wanderer, The Battle of Maldon, and The Dream of the Rood. Notable prose includes the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a historical record begun about the time of King Alfred´s reign (871-899) and continuing for more than three centuries

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    For the longest time, I used to despise the word “diversity” or the idea of being “diverse”. Since nearly the majority of my life, being “diverse” signified that a part of me did not belong or was misinterpreted to fit within the popular views of diversity. It all started when I had the feelings of embarrassment towards my ethnicity at the end of my elementary school years. The looks and reactions I got from the other students after school when my mother and I would speak in Spanish with one another

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    citizens see beaners as the reason why America has declined. Trump promises to make “America great again.” People see beaner as “curse word,” and to be associated with it……………. Beaners are people from Mexico who have “jumped” the border, to cross into the US seeking new opportunities. Usually obsessed with beans because of their deliciousness and affordability. Their English skills are non-existent or limited to the phrase, “yes” to accept more work. Extremely hard working due to their determination to

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    Travis Webb English-113 12:30 Mrs. Miniel 6 August 2015 A Tragedy full of Revenge The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, also known as Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare somewhere between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play stages the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother King Hamlet and later seized the throne, marrying Hamlet’s widowed mother, Gertrude. Hamlet is Shakespeare 's longest play and

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    branches and they were called the romance languages and one of them was Spanish. The Spanish language was also influenced by the Arabic language as many of its words, cities names, people names, and books were taken from the Arabic language. Also the Spanish language and the English language have many similarities as they are taken from Latin words. The Spanish language spread out in many countries by trading. But the main reason of how is the Spanish language was spread in many countries was colonization

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    FORM The poem is classified by the sub-genre of poetry it belongs to. Some are sonnets, some are fables. But this long poem with multiple sections is neither. It has a story of its own. In other words, it is a ballad. Combining all the sections, it seems long, actually it is the author’s largest, but in light of story content, we can call it short. A poem is of the form of stanzas instead of paragraphs, essentially units of meaning arranged in subsequent order. The author generally uses four or

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