The Dumbest Excuses Ever There are some pretty dumb excuses out there we here every day in class. Have you ever heard “Relatives are visiting so I couldn’t do the homework.” A statement like this might not be the weakest excuse a student could ever use‚ but it could be avoided. First of all‚ you can ask one of your relatives for help. If you ask one of your family members if you could have to some help on your history paper‚ they wouldn’t just slam the door in your face. Secondly if having your
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II February 1‚ 2012 Funeral Blues Explication In W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”‚he uses a sort of calm or sorrowful tone. The woman in this poem says‚ “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚”(1) She is wanting to give respect to the dead. She says to get rid of the noises that may be distracting from the process of mourning. Auden creates a mood or sense of respectfulness. The first stanza is stating to get rid of the regular things that a funeral is about and get on with it
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In the poem “Funeral Blues‚” W.H. Auden’s choice of diction allows the reader a greater understanding of the intensity and depth of feeling experienced upon the loss of a loved one. Likewise‚ the symbolism used by the poet pulls us into the actual world of the grief stricken as he searches for ways to mourn this passing. Auden’s choice of diction here was used to drawn the reader into the emotional disrepair felt by the afflicted. He shortens sentences and uses comparisons to the destruction left
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In the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W. H. Auden‚ a sad and depressing atmosphere is created as the poem tells a story of the man’s grief. The poet’s use of language‚ word choice and sentence structure makes the mood in this poem suitable for the message it is getting across. In this poem the author’s feelings are expressed along with the use of rhythm and rhyme. In this poem‚ the writer uses regular verse and traditional pattern of rhythm and rhyme to give impact to his unexpected imagery of the end
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Individuality Being an individual is important‚ individaulity is being able to do things for yourself and being able to think for yourself. Do you have something you love to do? Or do you love it because a friend or family member loves it? Are you an individual? Or do you listen to everything your friends tell you to do? Do you have your own persionaltiy? Are we ultimately robbed of the opportunity to be an individual because we are always moving in a group? Students are always hanging with
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Common Student excuses 1. I ran out of time Use time management strategies and does the tough task first help the person use the strageities for time management prepare yourself ahead of time. Help the indivuals use time management strategies that work for them. 2. People interrupt me- Pick the time and place to study or just say no help the person find a nice quiet place to focus on the task at hand. Pick the time and place you study wisely so you don’t have to worry about interruptions
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Funeral Blues Summary Stanza 1 Lines 1-2 Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ The song begins with a series of harsh commands : stop the clocks! Cut off the telephones! The speaker sounds forceful and even angry. These seem like physical representations of time and communication to us. He wants everything to just stop. In the next line‚ he ask for silence. He wants dogs to stop barking too. On the other hand‚ the speaker is addressing an audience
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Driving to The Funeral By Anna Quindlen Writer Anna Quindlin was born in Philidelphia‚ Pensylvania‚ in 1952‚ and now lives in New York City. At the New York Times she became a regular op-ed columnist‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid‚ wouldn’t you do something about that? The four years of high school grind inexorably [inevitably] to a close‚ the milestones passed.
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killed a month after birth‚ this is inhumane murder? Everyday‚ innocent‚ harmless fetuses that could soon be laughing children are being cruelly destroyed. One form of abortion is to cut the fetus into pieces with serrated forceps before being removed‚ piece-by-piece from the uterus by suction with a vacuum aspirator. Another form consists of bringing the fetus feet first into the birth canal‚ puncturing its skull with a sharp instrument and sucking out the brain tissue. The remains of the fetus
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Justification is a legal form of defense. However‚ it is often confused with an excuse defense. By definition an excuse defense is defined as a type of defense in which the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the criminal law (Schmalleger & Hall‚ 2014). For example‚ Mary (defendant) attended a graduation party of a college friend. After the party she and Matt engage in a round of laced marijuana
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