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Jordan Upiter 12W Common Assessment Task Part A: Activity 1 Extract (I) a) The voice in this extract is a journalist or reporter as the diction in extract (I) is formal. This suggests a knowledgeable and sophisticated person wrote this extract. This passage is also in the narrative form similarly like a journalist or reporter would speak and this is a factual passage rather than a detailed description of feelings and opinions. Extract (ii) a) The voice in this extract is citizens in the…

being rich, they could pay for anything they wanted. All of his money was inherited from his family. Eugene was George’s best friend. Both of them have had great times living together and were becoming even closer as friends. While living in the gigantic house, George and Eugene had a good time being rich, but one day George wanted to figure out how much money they had left. He found out the amount of money they had was scarce! George ran to tell Eugene and he abruptly said, “Eugene! We have…

finally made the fastest fast run time on 2 player mode on Portal 2.We also had achievements in games such as Minecraft,Super Smash Bros. , and Mario Kart 8.We also broke world records with the most gaming items ever.One day we got a letter that had a gigantic red…

Edgar Allan Poe's The masque of the red death is a story full of symbolism. the red death is sweeping through the country killing off many men and women as Prince Prospero hides safe inside his castle. The underlining theme in the masque of the red death is that nobody can escape death. The setting of the masque of the red death takes place in Prince Prosepero's abbey. The abbey had "a strong and lofty wall" and "gates of iron". The abbey was meant to protect prince prosepero and his guests.…

I have always been considered skinny. A high metabolism along with athletic ability made it difficult to gain weight. I was one of those people who could eat whatever they wanted, and not gain weight. One of my favorite after school snacks was a gigantic bowl of Cheeze-Its, a cinnamon brown sugar pop tart, and a Coca-Cola to wash it down. That’s 15 grams of fat, 55 grams of sugar, and 110 grams of carbohydrates. I never stopped to think about how unhealthy my eating habits were because according…

Helmuth Hubener, a young German schoolboy in The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, grows up during the Nazi takeover. He doesn’t agree with the current situation in his country, but Helmuth keeps quiet for a short while before he gets involved in illegal act outs. During this rebellious time, he pulls in two of his friends to help him. “‘This kind of law must be broken. And besides, the Gestapo will never catch us,” says Helmuth ‘We’ll make sure they don’t. They might find the…

The technology that my group chose for our project was the self-driving car. I found this technology to be extremely interesting throughout my research. The self-driving car utilizes many different technologies in order for it to operate. Through the use of cameras, sensors, radar, and scanning laser range finders, the software that operates the car can build a better picture of the world around it. The advantages of this technology are that it will greatly reduce traffic accidents, improve the…

Both Grendel and Frankenstein sought to discover their own meaning in life through hardships associating with the society. They just want to live like the rest of us, but with the judgmental kind, they are banished and fitting in was harder than ever. Society ignores their existence and mankind finds them to be burdensome since they are not like the rest and perceived as monsters. They turn their loneliness into hate and killing to satisfy the emptiness of emotions. In the worst of it all they…

As American citizens, sometimes we forget about how small of a fraction we take up in the world. We forget about the millions of other humans who live incredibly different lives than us. We especially forget the many cultures and diversities from around the globe. One specific example is the Hispanic culture that we find so close to home. We even occasionally find it within our own hometowns. One major Hispanic celebration is Día de los Muertos, a very unique holiday celebrating the souls of…

2. What first came to mind for me was making healthcare free for everyone, but when I thought about link between healthcare and the reimbursement process, and life in general, I began to realize if we didn’t have to pay for some part of our healthcare then we would use it to much of an excuse in life. Excuses can lead to missing out on opportunities for advancement, and lead to an overall happier life. Healthcare facilities are faced with delays in payments, pending, or denied claims, and…