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    Ben Tyler is just a 30 year old elementary school teacher living where he grew up in Toronto. When Ben receives the news that his life could be cut short due to cancer, He decides he doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life withering away while juiced up on drugs to fight his cancer. Ben then decides to embark on a journey across Canada to experience the “true north” firsthand. Throughout Bens travels he realizes more and more about himself, and when he returns from the journey he appreciates those

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    Fairy Tale Play: Character List: Create a table below listing your characters and brief physical and emotional descriptions. There should be AT LEAST 4 characters. Little Red Really happy In the beginning then at the end she gets scared and cries. Has a red hood and brown hair Wolf Mischievous, crafty, dumb. Gray pelt with a black nose. Smaller fangs than wolf 2. Grandmother Nice, scared, smart. Has a pink cap and nightgown. Light gray hair. Little glasses Huntsmen Caring, smart.Green hat with

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    So, I’m reading the book The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. I’m on page 150, and what happened so far was one of the characters Jason woke up on a bus. He did not know where he was, or who he was after the group got rescued (the other people who were with him was Leo and Piper) they found out that they were demi-god (half human half god). Getting used to camp life they found out that they are to do a quest, and that’s how far I am. In this journal I will be characterizing Leo and Jason. G- Leo is tough

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    is ‘Direct statement meaning’. This is an extremely useful tool as it acts as the introduction to the rest of the writing. The direct statement lets the readers know the whole theme of the description. I used these direct statements at the starting of both the descriptions. For example in the first description, “The diner shop of the community is a cheerful place to be in” depicts my positive attitude and thoughts regarding the space. However, in my next paragraph while describing the same diner

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    Main character, protagonist, 12-14 years old, blond hair, dark eyes, foster daughter of Hans and Rosa Hubermann. She does not know how to read when she arrives at Himmel street and is distrusting. By the end of the novel she loves her friends and family and has her own set of morals. Hans Hubermann Gentle, patient, and kind man that fosters Liesel. He teaches Liesel how to read and he can play the accordion. He was in WWI and WWII and he was the first adult that Liesel trusted. Rosa Hubermann She

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    confident tone, the author of “Under the Feet of Jesus,” Viramontes, details the progression of Estrella’s character from a confused and hostile girl to an empowered and knowledgeable young lady through the use of repetition, an epiphany in the form of a potent simile and diction. The epiphany that words hold immense power and the key to success in life completely transforms Estrella’s character as she learns to grow stronger from her troubled childhood experience. Viramontes emphasizes how much power

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    Natural Descriptions in Coleridge's and Lord Byron's Texts Works Cited Missing Two closely related texts, one that we've studied in this class and one that we haven't, that handle natural description differently are Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Lord Byron's "Manfred." Both of these texts' central characters have experienced trauma, and their portrayal of their environments reveal the effects that the events have left on them. While Coleridge's mariner is unable to consolidate

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    (T) Out of the three stories, “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” “The Sniper,” and “The Flowers,” “The Dogs Could Teach Me” by Gary Paulsen best demonstrates description. (I #1) This is so because Paulsen consistently describes situations, feelings, and scenery throughout the entire story unlike “The Sniper.” (Q-E #1) Paulsen begins “The Dogs Could Teach Me” by writing, “There was a point where an old logging trail went through a small, sharp-sided gully-a tiny canyon...It might have been a game trail that

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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Americanah, tells the story of two young Nigerians who wish to leave their military-ruled country for America. While the novel tells both characters’ stories, I will focus on the beginning of Ifemelu’s, the young woman who moves to the United States. The themes of assimilation and race are topics I gravitated towards in undergrad and the novel has reminded me how important these works are, especially as a white American. Seeing America through someone else’s eyes

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    and daughter of his host family, Melanie and Mrs. Patton, on a day to the beach. The complicated and warped experience that Arun faces on the day trip is characterized by the literary tools used by Anita Desai, such as diction, syntax, and rich descriptions. From the opening paragraph of the passage, Arun’s uneager disposition is shown, when he is displayed trying to avoid of the day’s plans. However, the extent of Arun’s disapproval of the plans is shown through words like “despondent,” to show the

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