I. Writing practice:In not more than 200 words describe the author's experience. Do not include anything that is not in the passage.Answer these questions in note form to get your points:1. What kind of life was the author living then?2. On a rainy day, why was she going downtown?
Bingham turned 101 on January 5, and the kiddush at Shir Hadash on Emek was initially planned for January 4, but the date clashed with the bar mitzvah of Meir Zev Canterman, the son of Rabbi Eli and Chana Canterman, the Chabad directors of Talbiyeh and Mamilla. Bingham and his daughte...
At that point other older neighbors saw his sign and stopped to chat with him and share dollar bills, so I headed off to mail a birthday card. It made me think. The absolutely harrowing difficulty of living on the street is well beyond my ability to imagine anyway, but it dawned as a...
My daughter has started calling out for me once a night. Sometimes it’s for her pacifier that has fallen. Sometimes it’s because she needs to pee. Last night it was just that she wanted to see me. At a different point in my life, this would have annoyed me, exhausted me. But I...
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My sister issavingher gold and silver jewelry to bequeath to her daughter when she is of legal age. Secure Positive: Confident We need tosecurethe deal to get this year’s bonus. Selective Positive: Meticulous Our boss is veryselectiveabout the people he meets and partners with. ...
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Twenty days earlier, on a luxurious estate along the shores of Lake Geneva, Sophie Braun prepares to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Her life seems she has a fairytale marriage, two perfect children, and lives in a stylish modern mansion surrounded by lush forest. But her idyllic world is ab...
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The House On Mango Street and “ Only Daughter” both prove that being an Mexican- American women is a struggle. As Cisneros shows her first hand experience, and as well shows it through story telling. Yet without telling a biography and going straight to the point she shows emotion by usi...