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    sitting here — as here he is — with a foggy glory round his head, softly fenced in with crimson cloth and curtains, addressed by a large advocate with great whiskers, a little voice, and an interminable brief, and outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.” (Dickens, Page 14) Dickens uses words such as “he” and “his” to describe the High Lord Chancellor and his surroundings. “On such an afternoon the various solicitors in the cause, some two or three of whom have inherited it from their fathers, who made a fortune by it, ought to be… between the registrar’s red table and the silk gowns, with bills, cross-bills, answers, rejoinders, injunctions, affidavits, issues, references to masters, masters’ reports, mountains of costly nonsense, piled before them.” (Dickens, Page 14) In this paragraph the narrator can describe what is going on. He describes the solicitors looking around a table covered in legal documents. In the same passage, Dickens uses a denotative diction style, or the dictionary definition of words. In his line ““…outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.”, contemplation is defined as looking something for a long period. (Dickens, Page 14) In the sentence the narrator describes the Lord Chancellor looking at a lantern but only being able to see the fog around him. Dickens also uses legal terms in these chapters to show the narrator has an…

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    rock nd roll as loud exciting breathtaking and reckless. You may have heard off the rolling stones the Beatles and many more. Today I will be informing you about the guys that paved the way for this bands of today what they contributed and how they helped shape rock nd roll to what it is today. To begin with ill start with one of the most popular any generation Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley’s flamboyant style, looks and appeal to the crowd helped build the culture of rock nd roll but most…

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    I want to teach my puppy King to rollover. The target behavior is to get King to rollover. I will try to make King sit and then lay down to my command, use a firm voice, different to my playful voice, and give King a small treat or bit of dog food. Once I have mastered the sit and lay commands, I can then move on to roll ever. I will give King a reward for merely lying on the floor. Then I only give him a reward when he lies on the floor on his belly and then rolls to his side. Then I reward him…

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    Then take a seat in accordance with the master of the banquet’s arrangement. If the guest of honor or most senior member is not seated, other people are not allowed to be seated. If he hasn’t eaten, others should not begin to eat. Let older people eat first You should pick up your bowl with your thumb on the mouth of the bowl, first finger, middle finger the third finger supporting the bottom of the bowl and palm empty. Eating with the bowl on the table is considered rude. You should eat with…

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    AJ, you are interested in playing games presently, on this occasion you were interested in participating in playing the bug board game. First, you took it in turns with Tama, Mikko, and Cody to roll the dice and then move your spider around the board. At first you found it tricky to roll the dice and plonked it down on the table, but after a few demonstrations you were able to roll it well. After each roll we counted the number of dots on the dice and then the numbers of squares that you…

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    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is about the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. It is a fun movie that kept people on their seats. This movie was very enjoyable and there are three reasons why. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is most memorable for its exciting action scenes, themes of camaraderie, and components of heroism. The action scenes keep viewers interested and on the edge of their seats. First,…

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    The nonfiction book Roll Jordan, Roll the World the Slaves Made by Eugene Genovese is a well written book about the interactions between slaves and their masters. Early in the book the readers can see his love for Marxism. This is because throughout the book he never writes about race conflicts but rather class conflicts. I felt that talking about class helps the readers understand the reading better. I say this because in modern day majority of people think slavery existed because slaveholders…

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    This same parallel was seen during the 1950’s, many teenagers had money to spend and were looking for new entertainment as far as music was concerned. During this time, there were civil rights activists so the lines between black and whites were starting to disappear (Megill, 2016). In the 1970’s many listeners were tired of rock and roll and were looking for other music to listen to. One of those types of music were punk. With the creation of Music Television, this medium provided the…

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    Elvis Presley's Influence

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    Why was Elvis Aaron Presley thought to be the King of Rock and Roll? Presley was thought to be the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ because of his ambition, talent, talking about his influences, which were both black and white, and his music. He influenced many of the singers of the current generation. He gave Rock and Roll a persona as well as created a serious tone for the future of music quality. He had formed from a small voice to a powerful artist who changed the genres of music. Elvis was the…

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    traditional view of slavery in the antebellum South with his prize-winning book Roll, Jordan, Roll. Eugene Dominic Genovese was born May 19, 1930 in Brooklyn and grew up in the working class Bensonhurst neighborhood. He joined the Communist Party as a teenager, but was later expelled when, as he said, “I zigged when I was supposed to zag.” He was a 1953 graduate of Brooklyn College and later he received a master’s degree and doctorate from Columbia University. A member of the Rutgers…

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