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    Edgar Allan Poe is widely known for his morbid and Gothic writing style. This 19th century author created distinct atmospheres within his work. His style is created through figurative language, intricate word choice and tone. Much of his word choice sets the tone for his writings. He uses figurative language to season and spice his work with description, adding repetition to make a point. When it comes to style, Poe leans more toward a terror style of writing, but he still uses his work to…

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    with their single classmate and colleagues. Nobody would have thought the single day is going to turn into a huge "double 11" shopping festival. Mid to late 2009, Taobao mall (the leading e-commerce shopping website in China) team members, planned a carnival of the online shopping festival, and intentionally chose November 11 ("double 11") to expand Taobao mall brand by conduct promotion strategies. November 11 (Singles day) was chosen because of the perfect timing. It is just between the…

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    Barreca implies through the use of words such as "festival, carnival" (15) that she was excited about running out of her house at night to watch other houses burn. It becomes apparent, however, that Barreca's conscious mind was not fully aware of how this experience was affecting her. She unconsciously notes that…

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    Connoisseurs often state how “wine improves with age”. Although the process of aging may alter the flavor compounds, texture, or color of the beverage, one cannot predict improvement nor deterioration. Centuries have passed since Edgar Allan Poe describes the death of a gullible fool, yet the taste of a murderer’s Amontillado wine remains bittersweet. Although the work is fictional, “The Cask of Amontillado” provides a realistic, emotional, and dismal libretto, depicted as a tale of revenge and…

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    my grandmother. In Albania, you can see around 7 of these boats that have been permanently left on the shallows of the beaches just by walking down the shoreline for 20 minutes. They're very beautiful and big boats, one I specifically remember had carnival rides on it, being so young that one was my favorite so my grandmother and I went there often when my family visited Albania. I didn't just decide to talk about these boats because I've been there before, but because a great majority of the…

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    Fortunato Symbolism

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” caused both of us to react in a way one would expect when reading Poe’s work: fearful in suspense and as always, intrigued by his writing style. During a carnival, Montresor tells Fortunato, a wine expert, of a particular type of wine he has acquired. However, he is unsure of the type of wine and seeks Fortunato’s expert opinion. Fortunato insists on showing Montresor where Amontillado, a rare Spanish wine awaits. The two continue through the catacombs…

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    Let me see where should i start from? There is a lot of things that i should tell you about myself. First of all i am in highschool and i am a freshman. Ever since i was a little kid i knew what i wanted to be and that is a doctor, but the thing is that i don’t know what kind of doctor i want to be. The thing is that what i do know is that i want to help out people and make them happy and also help little kids and get there minds off of the things that is happening around them. If i get into…

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    Describe Venezuela

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    Venezuela is full of exciting and rebellious people. The location of Venezuela is full of facts and full of colorful agriculture. Venezuela is fun and also very special country because it has the most unique types of animals. Furthermore, my ancestors were from Latin American that is why I chose this country. One of the unique things about this country times zones, also the cultural is very bright and also dangerous, also there is a name that is from a famous battle that Venezuela fought.…

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    For Liesel's sake at least the mayor's wife, Ilsa, is reading. It is our right to steal from you because you have stolen everything from us. I worked hard to prove to you that I am becoming a success by showing my athleticism at the Hitler Youth carnival. You repay me by sending agents to my house to recruit me and having me strip my clothes in front of the nurses. This has also however led to your own demise. It has motivated me to up my resistance against you. I took bread to give to the…

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    In chapter 1 of A Separate Peace, the narrator, whom has yet to be named, begins telling of when he last visited his school of his high school years, which happened to be during World War II. It had been fifteen years since his last appearance. On his trip of touring the school for the first time since his departure, he had wanted to see two specific places. One of these places turns out to be a tree near the edge of a river, where he and his friends, more specifically his best friend, Phineas…

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