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    Imagine never seeing the sun, sky, or nature. In the novel Tunnels by co-authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, a boy named Will Burrows stumbles upon an underground Victorian era city, named the Colony. Will finds the underground city while looking for his father who recently went missing. After being captured by the civilians of the underground city (also known as colonists), he discovers that his dad, also known as Mr. Burrows was captured by the colonists and was banished deeper into the earth. Will is desperate to find his father but longs to escape to the surface. There are three very important objects in the novel. The three most important objects that help Will in his discoveries are; Mr. Burrow’s Journal, a light orb, and Will’s shovel.…

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    The piece is multifaceted and complex with multiple different shades of pinks, reds, and yellows. The piece is on white paper, with a pink box that has yellow panels coming out of the left and right sides. A pinkish-red sphere, that gets lighter both towards its center and towards the outside sits in the center. It has a faint white slit in the middle. The Pinkish sphere is enclosed in a large pink-shaded box. On both sides of the pink orb, sit two yellow orbs, one on each side. They sit…

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    Inquiry Paper “Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.” ~ Virginia Woolf. For a spider the web is the key part of her existence, spun through individual silk, piece by piece it eventually connects together to form a web that provides life for the spider, a new start. Though weaved with care it does have its limitations in strength, weak and miniature bugs will get caught, but the powerful and big will destroy the web.…

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    Lavinia let out a screech that would have put goosebumps on any person that would have heard it. She flipped on the lights, turned toward the man that had cleared his throat, and began to back away from him towards the back door. “It’s no use trying to run through the back door. I barred it shut from the outside. You really do need to learn to lock the windows of your home, you made it much too easy for me to get inside.” Lavinia immediately recognized the man standing in her home, even though…

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    those things that many people fear is spiders. There are many different spiders, but one of the most common and least known about is the Brown Recluse or also known as the fiddle back. When bitten by a Brown recluse there are many different outcomes but is it really the slow killer that it is known to be? Some would say that the Brown Recluse is just another spider but studies will show that there is more to the poisonous fiddler. There are many scary things in this world, and one of those…

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    going through your body. Chapter 9 creates tension by going up and down in emotions. The tension rises in chapter 9 when Arthur goes outside. He and spider stood on the grass, ‘We saw no one. No shadow fell across the grass.’ (quote book). ‘’We saw no one’ is a short sentence that makes you feel like something’s going to happen; Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when you give hints that something is going to happen before it actually happens. For example, it was a gloomy night, suggests that…

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    Stepping into the dark gloomy hallway, I examined the situation. The walls had blood splattered on them. The floor now home to several young corpses. Luckily none moved when I poked them with my umbrella, giving me the signal it was clear. After I gave my friends a thumbs up, they hurried into the hallway. Lights flickered on and off quickly. "What's with the lights?" Samie pondered, trying to stay quiet. But before I could answer Samie, I heard a loud thud as if something or someone fell.…

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    Arachnid Research Paper

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    Over the course of history, spiders have been the subject of stories and legends pertaining to various civilizations. These tales were prevalent in the societies of Ancient Greece, Medieval Europe, and Native American tribes. Ancient stories associated with spiders continue to endure among the people of West Africa and the Caribbean, for they are often recounted and acknowledged today. The term arachnid is derived from the Greek myth of Arachne and Athena. Confident in her capacity to weave…

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    But in Charlotte’s Web, White creates a spider character that’s hard not to like. By the end of the book, most readers have fallen in love with this Charlotte character. Charlotte becomes friends with Wilbur forming a loving bond. When the characters learn that Wilbur is destined to die once winter rolls around. Charlotte comes up with a clever plan to makes everyone view Wilbur as an extraordinary pig. Charlotte creates webs with words in them: “Some pig, terrific, radiant, and humble.” With…

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    Presence Of Arachnophobia

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    Northern Kentucky Although Spiders provide a plethora of benefits to our community, they continue to be one of the most feared insects not only in the Northern Kentuckian area, but also throughout the world. In this project, I will hopefully come to a conclusion on why people generally fear spiders, which is an actual diagnosis called Arachnophobia. Spiders are in the arachnid class, which is the reason the condition is called Arachnophobia. Arachnophobia is usually defined as an abnormal or…

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