...up with a topic. It was difficult because I have a pretty stable life. I thought that maybe I could talk about the time I got separated from my class on the ski trip. I wandered around, lost, while the rest of the class was on the bus waiting for me, until the ski patrol finally found me, but that didn’t happen to me; that happened to one of my friends. Then I considered the time I was on vacation in Nicaragua. It was raining heavily, and I went to cross what looked like a creek. As I stepped into the water, I lost my footing and got sucked into a drainpipe and almost died, but that didn’t happen to me either. That happened to my dad. I could always give a speech on the time I went to the Museum of Tolerance, and learned about the tragedies of the Holocaust, but I’m pretty sure that happened to Sam. Or maybe I could tell that story about the time I had an asthma attack when I was trying to save someone during junior lifeguards, but that wasn’t me, that was Anna. What if I told the class about the time I snuck out of the house to go to a party and went out smoking and drinking? Oh, that never happened, did it? Well, what about that time I was walking through the woods late at night, and there was a blinding flash, and I saw a UFO and was almost abducted? No, I just made that up. It would be really interesting if I gave my speech on the time I was with my aunt in Kansas, and, all of a sudden, a tornado came and took me to a...
Words: 532 - Pages: 3
...The most unforgettable moment in my life is the day when my pet dog died. Being just a young innocent boy, I really never understood the meaning of death or the purpose of it. All I could understand is that it comes uninvited unexpectedly and it is inevitable, for all life will come to an end one day. The tragic moment happened when I took my pet dog out for a walk. It was when we reached an intersection and was crossing a pedestrian line when a car turning left immediately rushed to turn after I passed him and all of sudden a loud cry came from my dog. As I look behind me, I saw my dog got run over by the car which did not stopped at all and just drove off. I was there standing, looking and waited for my dog to get up and run around just like he always does, even though blood are gushing out of his mouth and eyes. Tears started to pour out like a waterfall as I carried him to the side of the road. The smell was nauseating and the sticky feeling of the blood on my hand, yet I could not stop holding him as he takes his last remaining breath with agony. I don’t know if it’s because of my tears or the smell of the blood that makes everything around me seems so dull and dark with his emotionless and motionless body in my tiny arms as I rushed home. To know that just a few hours ago he was whining and giving me the puppy eyes so I could take him to walk but now all of that is over as my dad and I buried him in our yard. I thought of all the good time we had together. He was adorable...
Words: 3647 - Pages: 15
...Savannah Wade Evaluation Essay February 16, 2014 Pretty Little Liars There are a lot of different television shows running on the air now a days. The one I have been absolutely hooked to is Pretty Little Liars, on ABC Family. This show is a confusing drama, suspense, and thriller type of show. A thriller/suspense show would most likely be a type of show that is keeping you at the edge of your seat the entire time. A dramatic television show would have a ton of plot twists and turns, as everyone finally gets the hang of the show. Pretty Little Liars was released in June 8, 2010 just in time for summer. The director of the television series is Oliver Goldstick. The television show is based upon the book series written by Sara Shepard. Pretty Little Liars is an amazing show because it not only messes with your head, but it makes you try and figure out the mystery in the show, Equally important, The series is up to 4 seasons and the drama and suspense just keeps on rolling and changing throughout each season. There are 4 best friends who have been lying about the truth of what happened during a certain time in summer where all these strange events have occurred. The 4 best friends are getting questioned all the time is because there best friend who is the leader of the pack was actually murdered that summer. After there friend Alison DiLaurentis went missing,, they all lost touch. Finally a year later they came back together when Alison’s body was found. They have been...
Words: 1413 - Pages: 6
...Stanza 1 Summary Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line. Line 1 I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. While "Sylvia" might sound a little bit like silver, we're pretty sure from this first-person declaration that Plath isn't the speaker in this poem. Instead, we have to think back to the title: what is silver and exact? Well, a mirror! We know mirrors don't talk – but that just makes us more curious about what this mirror is going to say. We know from looking at them that mirrors are silver and give an exact reflection of what is in front of them. The second part of the line is not so simple. This mirror is telling us it has no preconceptions. The mirror doesn't change what it shows you based on it's understanding of who you are, or whether you're having a bad day or a good day – it just shows what it sees. So, while this mirror may be personified in the poem, it doesn't, like most people, let what it has seen before affect what it does in the present. Line 2 Whatever I see, I swallow immediately. Now the personification becomes a little weirder. We can imagine a person who is exact, who has no preconceptions, but a person who swallows everything he sees – now that's a stretch. To figure out this line, it helps to think of what mirrors do to everything they see – they reflect it. Swallowing everything, then, is a metaphor for reflecting everything. The substitution of "swallowing" for "reflecting" makes this...
Words: 2271 - Pages: 10
...Introducing Objects Summary: This section deals with prepositions and their standard uses. Contributors:Chris Berry, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli Last Edited: 2011-03-23 03:07:43 One point in time On is used with days: * I will see you on Monday. * The week begins on Sunday. At is used with noon, night, midnight, and with the time of day: * My plane leaves at noon. * The movie starts at 6 p.m. In is used with other parts of the day, with months, with years, with seasons: * He likes to read in the afternoon. * The days are long in August. * The book was published in 1999. * The flowers will bloom in spring. Extended time To express extended time, English uses the following prepositions: since, for, by, from—to, from-until, during,(with)in * She has been gone since yesterday. (She left yesterday and has not returned.) * I'm going to Paris for two weeks. (I will spend two weeks there.) * The movie showed from August to October. (Beginning in August and ending in October.) * The decorations were up from spring until fall. (Beginning in spring and ending in fall.) * I watch TV during the evening. (For some period of time in the evening.) * We must finish the project within a year. (No longer than a year.) Place To express notions of place, English uses the following prepositions: to talk about the point itself: in, to express something contained: inside, to talk about the surface: on, to talk about a general vicinity...
Words: 615 - Pages: 3
...Overview/Summary The article called “Many Women Leave Engineering, Blame The Work Culture” basically demonstrates the phenomenon of women in engineering majors leaving the field and choosing to work in other occupations. There are many reason that the author provided in this article to explain why this type of situation is happening in today’s society. First of all, the author claims that “Conventional wisdom says that women in engineering face obstacles such as glass ceiling, a lack of self-confidence and a lack of mentors” (St. Fleur, 2014). A psychologist called Nadya Fouad surveyed over 5,300 women who graduated with an engineering degree and found out that only a small part of the population remained in this field in the end. And she says...
Words: 1122 - Pages: 5
...A Rose for Emily Summary Analysis A Rose for Emily was indeed an s story that has great emotional moments to it that I felt made the story stand out then the rest. The first thing I will discuss is the characters of the story the role they played for the author. I will also give a description of Emily from her younger days until her age of 74. Then reason why everyone felt so sad for Emily and what made the feelings change. Then I will discuss the event at which they discovered a dead body in the house. Lastly will be my final thoughts of the story. This story is a key story that displays deep emotions of those around you. In this story are they’re several different characters that played a key part to collaborate each other. The first character will be the main one Miss Emily Grierson she starts out young then she works her way to death in the end at the age of 74. She was a beautiful woman during her youthful days all the man flocked to her but as she gets older very few did because she gotten fat. Also people accrued she had aggressive order that filled the area. She was very stubborn and very much a southern bell. Our next character was Colonel Sartorius he was the town’s mayor he always very light with Miss Emily due to the fact her father loan the town money prior to his passing. There was also alderman which was pretty much the town counsel. There was also a Negro the servant of Miss Emily. There was two cousins she had that was from Alabama. There was a druggist...
Words: 890 - Pages: 4
...Act I, scenes i–ii Summary: Act I, scene i If music be the food of love, play on, . . . O spirit of love, how quick and fresh are thou. . . . In the land of Illyria, Duke Orsino enters, attended by his lords. Orsino is hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lady Olivia and pines away for her. He refuses to hunt and orders musicians to entertain him while he thinks about his desire for Olivia. His servant Valentine reminds him that Olivia does not return his love or even listen to the messages he sends her. We learn from Valentine that Olivia is in mourning for her brother, who has recently died. She wears a dark veil, and she has vowed that no one will see her face for another seven years—and she refuses to marry anyone until then. Orsino, obsessed with the woman who keeps refusing him, wants only to lie around on beds of flowers, listening to sweet music and dreaming of Olivia. Summary: Act I, scene ii Meanwhile, on the Illyrian sea coast, a young noblewoman named Viola speaks with the captain whose crew has just rescued her from a shipwreck. Although Viola was found and rescued, her brother, Sebastian, seems to have vanished in the storm. The captain tells Viola that Sebastian may still be alive. He says that he saw Sebastian trying to keep afloat by tying himself to a broken mast. But Viola does not know whether or not it is worth holding onto hope. In the meantime, however, she needs to find a way to support herself in this strange land. The ship’s captain tells Viola...
Words: 3716 - Pages: 15
... Title: what we talk about when we talk about love Author: Raymond Carver Theme Compose a complete sentence that states the author’s purpose (meaning or main point) in the story. What we talk about when we talk about love, written by Raymond Carver, talks about what true love is in everyone’s mind. Setting Describe the occasion, time, place, atmosphere, etc. Give details. The setting is very casual. Two couples are just talking during their spare time in the kitchen of one’s home. It is a good sunny afternoon, relaxed, and also not an annoying rainy or windy day. “My friend Mel McGinnis was talking.” “The four of us were sitting around his kitchen table drinking gin. Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window behind the sink. There were Mel and me and his second wife, Teresa-Terri, we called her- and my wife, Laura.” Language Cite some quotations (at least three) that are particularly meaningful or interesting. Explain why you chose each. “He kept saying, ‘I love you, I love you, you bitch.’” Terri was memorizing what Ed said to her when he beat her. What Ed said was kind of contradictory. Did he hate Terri, or did he love Terri. In Terri’s mind, this is a different way to show his love, but as I know, this is love, while a sick way. The contradictory way he said can show this very completely. Just a several words, but readers can feel what kind of person Ed is. “‘Terri’s a romantic. Terri’s of the kick-me-so-I’ll-know-you-love-me school. Terri, hon...
Words: 1065 - Pages: 5
... People always see me as a very energetic, funny, intelligent young lady. When others see me they, they say I brighten up their days. I’m always cracking jokes. Those that know me well say that I’m just a happy person. I guess that’s why my mother named me “Precious”. People seem to always have precious moments with me. Now, I know you guys want to know more about me, so let me get into details here. Let’s just say, I’m short, 5’3 and I’m about 140 pounds. I have a smile that a lighten up your world and some pretty, deep dimples to complement my smile. I’m brown skin and have pretty curly, sandy brown hair. I just adore different hairstyles: curly, straighten, braids and more interesting styles. As soon as someone sees me they always look at my adorable, pretty, big, brown eyes and just glaze at them for moments. They say my eyes complement my hair tone also. I must say I really do love my appearance dearly. I mean who wouldn’t want to have such high self-esteem as me and feel the way I do about my looks. In addition to what I’ve told you guys about me, there’s a lot more interesting facts also. Now if just love to dress you should step into my office honestly. I really love to try different styles of clothing. Sometimes I'm simple and cute and other times I’m gaudy and colorful. Lot of people who actually knows me well will tell you that my style of dressing expresses who I am. Fashion, dressing and...
Words: 1495 - Pages: 6
...Working in teams is one the experience that every student has to go through during his or her career path at the university. Not only it helps you to be ready for the work force, but it also helps you to build a good relationship with your classmates which contributes to increase your networking. During that experience, students have to go through many important steps such as having great time working together and coordinating a good time to meet up. I will talk about my contribution, about our type of meetings, and also the issues we when through to have a successful presentation. The first step we had was to establish a good communication between each person which is very important for meetings. This leads to build a good relationship with each other in class and outside of class. After a good communication has been set up, we usually set up a time to meet up to discuss headlines about our presentation. Most of the time we had conflict to find a mutual time agreement and we used this website where everyone entered his or her free time and we could see a day and time where everyone can meet up. The most important part of that meeting is to assign everyone a task in the textbook. In the worst case scenario we can usually meet on Skype to have that step done. Once that step is done, it becomes more personal where everyone has to do his or her own research. It usually consists on working on a part of the presentation topic. I usually read the book to have a better understanding...
Words: 755 - Pages: 4
...The United States Navy had departed San Diego a week earlier and was now sitting outside of the Panama Canal Zone. They were waiting to hear if it was safe to enter or if they would have to send in the Marines to clear it. About three days earlier all communication was lost with the two SEAL teams. Because of a very large storm that had it the area they feared this had prohibited the SEALs from making contact. The storm had cleared a day ago, and there was no word from them and it was evident by anyone on shore looking out to sea there was a large Naval Force sitting off the coast. The Admiral in his flag ship, the USS Iowa, wasn’t worried about being attacked; only a fool would attack them. The Admiral was worried about potential losses if the Marines had to land to take the Canal Zone. Captain...
Words: 1487 - Pages: 6
...the Rye: the Naivety of Childhood Summary: Discusses J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye." Describes main character Holden Caulfield's fixation on childhood. Details how he struggles through teenage life because he cannot accept the responsibilities that come with growing up. In the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D Salinger, the main character, Holden, is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is naively fixated on childhood. Throughout the novel, Holden struggles through teenage life because he cannot accept the given responsibilities that come with growing up. Holden is obsessed with childhood because he chooses to be wedged between a world of the innocence of children and the complex world of adulthood. Holden deities his two younger siblings as if they're candidates for sainthood because of his fixation. Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the responsibilities that come with it. So, Holden struggles hard to stay childish. For example, throughout the book, he does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that may want to help him. He refuses to go home and confront his parents and face the consequences. Along with this, he also pulls the childish silent treatment toward his parents; because that's the only knife he has to hurt them: ."..she wouldn't've been the ones that answered the phone. My parents would be the ones. So that was out." (pg. 59) He is afraid to talk to people close to him because they'll...
Words: 2105 - Pages: 9
...courageous acts he demonstrated in Afghanistan. | Cpt. William Swenson | Swenson, a long-haired, quiet, border police advisor, is one of the main characters in the book. He and Meyer become very close and fight beside one another at during the events at Ganjigal. | Lt. Mike Johnson | Mike was the leader of Team Monti. He specialized in communications and was and advisor to improve leadership procedures of Afghan officers. He was stranded in a house in Ganjigal and killed. | Sgt. Aaron Kenefick | Kenefick was the staff NCO of Team Monti. There was some tension between him and Meyers until they spent some time in Dangham. Kenefick’s job was to bring order to the Afghan personnel and pay records. He was stranded in a house in Ganjigal and killed. | Doc Layton | Hospital man 3rd class Layton, was a laid back Navy corpsman. His job was to provide medical assistance to Team Monti. He was stranded in a house and killed. | Hafez | Hafez is the lead interpreter at Team Monti. He is the best warning system that they have. He is the unofficial 5th member if the Team and is loyal to the US. He has yet to find a way to America. | Setting: The story takes place along the Afghan-Pakistan border during the summer of 2009. On September 9th of 2009 part of Team Monti was ambushed and trapped in a house. The story takes place during the duration of the day and the challenges they faced throughout it. It is a dangerous place to be in especially for Americans during this time period...
Words: 1868 - Pages: 8
...rather than when or how often you do it. In my case, traveling has really made an impression on my life, I have learned so many things by doing it that I would do it again without thinking about it. The most amazing trip I have ever had was the first time I visited the United States of America. That was such an amazing experience, I learned as much as I could. First of all, I thought I already knew how to speak English until I had my first real conversation with an American, by the time we finished talking, I was so disappointed that I started talking to every man I could talk to and had my parents make me order the food in restaurants and fast food places, that was very funny and difficult at first but it became easier throughout the days. Also, I never thought there was going to be such a big difference between cultures, people were so different, I really thought that I was in another world and got pretty impressed with the clean environment I was surrounded by, that is another very important thing you learn while you travel, how people cares in different ways about the place they live in. Finally, the best way to get more than just experience when you are travelling is to travel with a purpose, by doing that, everything will become a lot easier. Gerhard Hernandez Writing Composition 1013 Alyson Martin...
Words: 486 - Pages: 2
