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    Reading is a waste that takes away time and energy from doing the things that will really matter. No university is going to accept a student based on the range of literary works they “understand”. Perhaps reading does have a beneficial effect on vocabulary, but even so, it should be a secondary activity that serves as a form of relaxation. No greater emphasis should be placed on it. Reading has become as good as a fad. People laugh at and judge others by the books they read. This has become a…

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    Americans come from American perceiving the popular culture of Asian. Japanese show their politeness and calmness when facing trouble and interacting with other the same way American show their politeness during certain situation. For Japanese, their vocabulary has a tone of politeness in them and the way the greet each other also seem politer than American. Although, it is only the physical actions differences in the way people pay respect to each other, there whole community got restrict to…

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    Beowulf Literary Devices

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    Literary Devices used in Beowulf The sound of a crackling fire, reveals that a legendary story is about to be told. Friends and villagers gather around to hear what the story teller has in store for the night; spirits, goblins, monsters, what will it be? A long time ago, when the Pagan Anglo-Saxon period was being introduced to Christianity, heroic stories would be told to all the villages people. There, a famous epic was passed down from generation to generation; Beowulf. Even long ago, in…

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    Campbell, K. (2012). Lester's dreadful sweaters. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press. Summary: Clara’s cottage is consumed by a crocodiles so she moves in with Lester’s family. Clara makes Lester a sweater and he thinks it was so sweet of her until he see the dreadful sweater. Everyday Clara knits Lester a new sweater and each sweater comes in contact with a mysterious and tragic end. The last sweater makes Lester look like a clown, and At Enid’s party Lester meets a clown that loves it. Lester takes…

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    Talked Dialect Analysis

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    Talked dialect is a blessing given to humanity from God; it is utilized for both terrible and great. The limit it has offered us to flourish as an animal groups all through creating sounds from the vocal rope is bewildering. Dialect is intense, how two words can involve together to depict a significant story. It's effective on the grounds that it has the ability to begin wars, or the ability to bond two individuals together. It's capable in light of the fact that it can venture one's voice to…

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    lectures, watching videos, taking notes, and taking tests while at the same time sitting there not making very much noise and not moving around. Children with A.D./H.D. tend to do worst in classes like Science, Math, and English where they have to remember things like formulas and vocabulary whereas they tend to do better in classes that they have to use their imaginations and their hands, such as wood shop, auto mechanics, and art classes (Worthley X). A tactic that could help victims in…

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    university. Since I spent more than a year in US I’ve seen a lot of people who are international students and there’s a several reasons why they decided to study abroad in foreign country. For example, learning various kind of cultures, improving English ability, different educational systems or styles and widen the mental vision are reasons. For me, all of those factors are a purpose and reason why I came here but they all can’t be a biggest reason. All I wanted to do was escape from my life in…

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    Cloze Test Essay

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    Proficiency Level of ESL Students” by Jeanette Lim and Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar is a research paper written in purpose to describes and discuss the development or the evolution of the viable test instrument used to measure and determine the level of English proficiency among students in Malaysia who are enrolled in private university in this country. The purpose of the research is to determine the level of proficiency among students through several tests that collects data And how relatable the…

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    Sir Thomas Wyatt, a 16th century poet, not only introduced the sonnet to English literature, but blended traditional and contemporary diction into his writing. In the Wyatt “made his career in the shifting, dangerous currents of Renaissance courts, and court culture, with its power struggles, sexual intrigues, and sophisticated tastes, shaped his remarkable achievements as a poet” (Norton 646). Yet, was Wyatt’s style of writing serendipitous? Did he intend to be satirical? Sir Thomas Wyatt’s…

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    Addiction is a disease far too many do not truly understand. It is horrible, especially for the ones who; are affected by parents of addiction, or have children who suffer addiction. When I was two years old, my father had left home and my mother was alone in raising three children. Addiction affected my father since an early age and was the main reason I saw little of him throughout my earlier years. He faced jail sentences which sometimes would require him to miss my birthdays and most…

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