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    graveyard in the middle of a field, which had six graves and it, was a family graveyard. The Grandmother remembering the old plantation house with the six columns right after they passed through Tombsboro. The tower in which the family stopped to eat (Red Sammy’s) looked like a tomb. The car in which The Misfit drove looked lock a black hearse. The grave that The Misfit dug with the tip of his shoe while talking with the grandmother symbolizes the grave in which she is about to be put in. Finally the

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    homemade apple pie just from the description. I enjoy reading and I will not finish reading a story if the setting is not detailed. One more important aspect of a great story is symbolism. As a reader, I’m always searching to find a deeper meaning. The Grave by Katherine Anne Porter, she does a stellar job at bringing the reader in and making them feel as if they were apart of the story. Even though, every story or book has a setting, characters, and symbolism, it needs to be great setting, relatable characters

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    mother sitting outside at what we would call a grave yard, with her offering to her son (Little Bolt) who is now deceased. As she is sitting there she notices another woman (the mother of the boy who was executed) who is visiting a loved one as well. Both women have a hard time leaving and decide to leave together. As the women begin to leave they look back at the graves. As they look back the woman notice flowers that seem to be growing over her sons grave. When she takes a closer look at these flowers

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    Why I Am A Cold Metal

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    Black. Nothing but, darkness. As if I’m floating in an infinite jet-black void but, why? Numb down to my toes and I can’t remember a thing, maybe-Harry don’t forget we love you and you’ll always be in our hearts. Will meet again soon, okay, Harry? Harry? Wait did I die…..I’m I in a coffin? Regaining touch, my fingers travel around meeting cushion and what seems to be cold metal above me. Wiggling my toes, I attempt to stand up but end up hitting my head on what can only be the roof of this coffin-like

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    Kindred Epilogue Rewrite As I ripped by arm from its plaster prison, I began to feel that strangely familiar sensation, the dizziness. No, it must have been from the pain. I must be delusional. I couldn’t be going back. It wasn’t possible. Rufus was dead. He was dead! I had seen him die with my own two eyes. I had killed him with my own two hands. I couldn’t be going back! He was dead! I came to and looked around at the eerily familiar landscape, but something was missing. The house. It was gone

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    The paperhanger is a talented con artist. Working for Dr. Jamahl and his wife is one of the few jobs he has, because that is just the cover to what he does to women. The vanishment of the doctor’s daughter brings mystery to how she just so happened to disappear, bringing fury to those who search for her body. The story enhances enticing irony, vivid imagery, and alluring foreshadow as to what really happened to Zeineb, the child who is missing. The irony displayed in the story entices the

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    waited for her. Death, with Immortality as a chaperone, picks up the speaker and leads her through a journey of life. They slowly drive by schools, fields, and the setting sun, reminiscing the activities and trials of life. At the end, they stop at a grave. Here, the speaker realizes that centuries have passed since her death, yet it “Feels shorter than [a] Day” (Dickinson 21-22). Through various literary devices, such as tone, personification, imagery, and metaphor, the author depicts the uncertainty

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    factors that affects our understanding of the language is one’s regional accent. Although most words and phrases will be comprehensible some phonetics may have changed so much that all we can do is hope that the context of what has been said makes sense in order for us to ‘fill in the gaps’. My paternal grandmother, as related to me by my father, spoke with a West Country accent. ‘West Country’ refers to a large band of accents heard in the South of England, starting about fifty miles West of London

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    Analysis Of The Mazurkas

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    This mazurka is in D major and comes from a set of four mazurkas composed by Chopin in 1838. It has the tempo marking Vivace, which suggests a lighthearted and energetic rendition of the music. The accent is consistently on the third beat to create the typical mazurka dance effect, and it adds interest and character to the playing. All the mazurkas composed by Chopin have the characteristic of the traditional Polish dance and evoke the feeling of nationalism because of Chopin’s strong identification

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    scratch with such a thing. With there being several types of accents, why must one feel like they should change theirs? As Text B illustrates, it seems as though it is celebrities in particular that are changing their accents to fit in with ‘showbiz’ and the latest trends or for a movie they will play a part in. Within seconds of meeting someone, we make judgements about who they are just by the way they sound. Attitudes towards accents are based more on social connotations and prejudices surrounding

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