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    M. Montgomery and Island by Allistar Macleod, each author plays on the readers five senses in order to give them the ability to place themselves in the context of the story in certain places in Canada, even though some of their readers have never been to Canada before. In Anne of Green Gables, there are many beautiful evocative descriptions of nature throughout the book, which gives the reader the ability to place themselves on Prince Edward Island standing right beside Anne as she progresses through this journey of her life. In Island, there is an art to his storytelling by the way he describes the places in his story such as Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, with such captivating representations.…

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    Question Presented Lyanna Snow entered a contract to sell Old Snow Place to Walter Bolton. The contract contained blank spaces for the page numbers of a book where the specific land description could be found. Is the contract valid? Brief Answer Yes. Under Mississippi Annotated Code § 15-3-1 all contracts must be in writing and signed by the contracting parties or their legal representatives. The Courts have established a standard that contracts for the sale of land must have definitive terms…

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    as a place where the souls of the dead live. Book six of the Aeneid and book eleven of The Odyssey are two stories that describe the underworld as where all the dead, live. Virgil’s description of the Underworld in Aeneid is a very elaborated setting where there are many different levels an individual can encounter depending on his or her sins in life. While, in book eleven of the Odyssey, Homer’s Greek description of the underworld is a place where every soul faces unhappiness and misery…

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    Northrop Frye

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    A classic piece of literature is one that creates a place in the reader’s memory.” This quote by Northrop Frye illustrates what a classic piece should do in order to be a classic piece. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is certainly a novel that fits the mold of Northrop Frye’s definition of a classical piece of literature. She is able to do this through mainly through imagery and by evoking emotion out of the reader. Harper Lee is able to paint an accurate portrayal of these events and evoke…

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    ASSIGNMENT 1 MANAGE PEOPLE PERFORMANCE 1. Job Description helps in Recruitment and selection process  Job description is the main role of hiring someone or employee in a company for a particular job. This is key portion of Human Resource system. With the help of job description an applying employee for the job gets his/her duties or job. Like for what place, work and for what responsibilities the company is going to hire the employee. It includes the responsibilities, working surroundings,…

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    Hard to Find,” she helps her audience deeply understand the setting in which the story takes place. O’Connor’s use of southern slang, vivid descriptions and allusions transports readers into the era when the story takes place. Throughout the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the author gives the characters a southern slang vocabulary to give the reader a better understanding of setting. An example of this is when the family sees an African American boy on…

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    Western White Pine

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    General Description: Western White Pines are native to Western North America. They tolerate of a verity of soil condition from peat bogs, dry sandy soil to rocky conditions. They are tall, straight, pyramidal shaped tree with bluish-green needle that are in fascicle of 5. The bark is dark gray and platy. ID Characteristic: Some key identification characteristics are the needles, which are straight, flexible and triangular; bluish-green in color and have lines of white spots, which have 5…

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    Secret Anne Frank

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    Anne Frank is remarkable 13 year old girl that grew up during the Holocaust. She lived in a place called the Secret Annex. You will learn about Anne description of the Secret Annex. How the people obtained food and supplies. And how their helpers kept them safe. Anne lived in the Secret Annex for two years and here her description of it. They placed a bookcase in front of the door that leads up to the Secret Annex. The rooms were bare but they were clean and orderly. The building they were…

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    of capital punishment until the 1890s (“Descriptions of Execution Methods”). Hangings were started in Persia, which is currently Iran, approximately 2,500 years ago. Criminals were hung from a tree branch or from the back of a cart or horse up until the 1870s (“Lynchings and Hangings of America”). To prepare for the hanging, the criminal would be weighed…

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    Chaucer

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    explicitly describes the knight as such in his description. The knight is mentioned as having taken his vows to follow all of the virtues of a knight, and it is never said that he breaks these vows. The knight is said to have fought in many battles for his sovereign state and his faith, and he is said to be high ranking. He is described at the end of the description as being a perfect, gentle knight. However, it is also suggested that the knight is merciless when the story says, “Thrice in the…

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