Westminster International University in Tashkent, Academic year 2013-14, Semester 1 Module name Personal Development CW weighting 40% Submission deadline TW12-13 Sem.One CW format (individual/group) Individual CW number and title CW 2 Oral presentation CW checks the learning outcomes 1- prepare documents about themselves, reflecting the personal development of a student (such as a portfolio, an action plan); 2- set goals for further improvement based on individual reflective learning; 4-
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Winter Sundays" when he had to wake up earlier than the rest to worm the house for them. With cold weather and cold memory the speaker goes back from the present as an adult to his childhood, using a formal diction when he describe the old days with all the details, to indicate the personal attached in the poem and the extent of contact to the speaker and his past. the speaker uses vivid images to portray his father in the poem as a powerful father as he said also " Who had driven out the cold" (11)
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Chapters 24-28 analysis Passage: “There are those who can be moved by the sound of the voice alone. There are those who remember the first day they heard it as if it were today, who remember their excitement, and the queer sensations of their bodies as though electricity were passing through them. For the voice has magic in it, and it has threatening in it, and thunder echoes in it over black mountains” (Paton 217) Paton uses analogies to give further clarification into his statements and show
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To begin with, Mr. Simms presentation was so amazing from the beginning until the end. Mr. Simms has so much knowledge about working with inmates inside the prison. The stories that him and the other officers shared was so eye opening, especially for upcoming correctional officers. During his presentation, he had some many different parts that stood out to me. However, the two parts that caught my attention the most, was when he talked about the long ride to a behavioral facility when a inmate behave
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Critical Paragraph for “Silence” In his poem “Silence”, Billy Collins juxtaposes negative and positive circumstances of silence to develop the abstract weight of silence. The structure and placement of stanzas 1-4 help to visually depict the disparities of the different silences. Stanza one examines the tense and negative connotation of “a player not moving on the field” (2) in contrast with the more relaxed and positive connotation of an “orchid,” (3). The stanza reveals that silence is both stressful
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Komunyakaa, the speaker describes his feelings while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. The speaker’s state of mind transitions chronological throughout the poem from the reflection of self, reflection of past and finally through acceptance of reality. The state of mind of the speaker in the beginning of the poem, he starts reflecting on himself. Struggling to hold back his tears even when he made an agreement with himself, “No tears” (line 4), the speaker realizes that he
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Atrocious Repercussion of Social Class “Love is blind” is a famous quote from one of the most famous writers, William Shakespeare. What it means is that when falling in love, people may disregard appearances of others or their flaws, because what matters the most is the two lovers cause each other to feel like they’re meant to be together. However, that was not the case in Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. Although the famous quote by Shakespeare is proven to be true by copious amount of
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“How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have come to, ringed about by miles of water, linked by no bridges, no cables, no telephones. An island from the world and the world’s life. Islands in time, like this short vacation of mine. The past and the future are cut off, only the present remains. Existence in the present gives island living an extreme vividness and purity.” (34). This quote demonstrates the simplicity of life when one is able to escape from the hustle and social
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The poem “The Juggler” by Richard Wilbur describes the juggling show that the narrator and a crowd of people witness. The narrator is amazed by the way the juggler can juggle balls and balance a table on his toe and a broom and plate on his nose. From the beginning of the poem to the description of the juggling act, there is a change in mood. This change, in turn, also reflects the narrator’s outlook on life due to this encounter with the juggler. The poem begins describing the physical laws of
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In the poem “In Response to Executive Order 9066” the speaker sounds the most understanding. At the beginning of the poem the speaker seems to let the readers know she is an American and not an opponent. According to the speaker, “I am a fourteen year old girl with bad spelling and a messy room. I have always felt funny using chopsticks and my favorite food is hot dogs”( 6-9). She was a normal American teenage girl. She eventually started talking to Denise's enemy but she thought she was telling
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