It was a bitter night, sleep being kept to a bare minimum. At times I came close to shutting my eyes only to be awoken by the thunderous roar and shakes of barrages from the enemies’ guns. As darkness began to fall my platoon rest period was underway, as we entered our trenches through small dwarf sized doors. Several times throughout the sleepless night I could hear the distant thunder of shells pounding into the trenches. At times I would doubt the safety of my fellow soldiers with death
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Alicia Schwarzenbach TOK Essay « Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in History and one other are of knowledge.” When discussing the concept of creativity and critical thinking in knowledge, one naturally associates critical thinking with science and thinks of art as a creative area of knowledge. However, I personally will argue the fact that one must use a combination of both creative and critical thinking in order to
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Romantic story emotion nature imagination past inner nature of human beings sAiL Blaming it on my own A.D.D the life within the village was paradise to me. The crazies all seem to worship my lifestyle, and keeping it fun for the cold early mornings I always could find a new mate to keep warm, but my best times were usually those spent alone. No regrets, just a life worth living and ideas that made me whom I am. My creative imagination was my living, Mastery of Crafting
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Accounting 562 Creative Paper Assignments “Southwest New Energy LLC Inflated Billing Scheme” Fraud Plot: Inflated Billing Scheme Victim Company Name: Southwest New Energy LLC Fraud Company Name: Construction and Safety Supply Company Characters: Southwest New Energy LLC: Forensic Accountant ------------------- Dane Striker CFO --------------------------------------Tony Chen Controller ------------------------------George Smith AP Accountant ------------------------Mary Perez Procurement
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Just Being a Mate The young Māori lad swirled in a haze of intoxication to the blurred beat of the music, determined to make his way over to the couch stationed across the room. He’d hoped that it would provide haven to the pulsating, hammer-pounding headache. The ingestion of multiple tequila shots had taken its toll on Bob, who realised what seemed like a wonderful idea at the time, has become nothing but a sorrowful decision. The resentful bitter aftertaste still lingered at the back of
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Out beyond the line of hills, clothed in forests of gold at this time of year, lies the market town of Stileham. It sits by the crossroads of the old drove road that runs from the hill country to the sea and the great north road, a trade route used for generations of traders heading from London to the provinces. This countryside is bountiful. Rolling pastures with soaring Elms in their hedges, the vase shape upswept and holding up the sky. Nearer the hills the hedges run out of steam and the
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Creative Project Set Designer I have decided to create a different emotion by changing certain elements of the set design. Instead of, pretending to see the sky or be surrounded by the sky I want to bring the sky into the set. I can’t make stars shoot across it but I can place the stage under a sky full of stars. I think this can change the realism between the audience and actors; that could in return change the way the performers act and the audience’s emotional response. The emotional
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The crowd was hushed, silent, there was not a sound to be heard in whole the sold out 100,000 seat stadium. In fact it was so quiet that one could hear the subtle thumping of a heart beat and the now seemingly loud rustling of the grass. It was a Saturday night game, the last of the season, and our undefeated football team was to this point an unstoppable force, one of which, teams would cower at the mere speaking of our name. This night we were facing our cross town rivals, the eagles, in a
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Sister, Best Friend: The Best of Both Worlds Free writing Paragraph Umm ok this is awkward because I really have no clue where to begin! Ha! The irony…ok um let’s see The day I met my sister I’d just turned 16 and was living with grandma. Dad said he was sending for me… Beaumont. I’ll start there. Beaumont is in Texas. The birthplace of my father and all of my siblings. I’m oldest of 10. (5 at the time) I was raised by grandma and mom. Moved around a lot. I remember having to ride the bus
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Maria L 10/14/13 Period .4 Mrs. Rivera THE COLD SWIM The name of the story I’m writing about today is called The Cold Swim. This story was written by Allen Davison. This story was about two boys named Maurice and Lamar. They decided to take a trip on a canoe to the other end of Spicer Lake. A clerk of a mountain store and Restaurant warned them about strong wind coming up soon. They didn’t listen, so things didn’t turn out as
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Week Four PHL/458: Creative Minds and Critical Thinking Kyei Baffour, February 17, 2015 Instructor: Prof. Karen Williams Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking was born on January 8 in 1942, in Oxford, England and showed a passion, at an early age, for science and the skies. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 21 years old while studying at Cambridge University. However, notwithstanding his devastating illness, he has accomplished pioneering work in physics
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1. Creative ways to solve the problem Creative stages or steps enable the individual to solve the problem, regardless of the nature and its severity. Random thoughts can affect the quality of ideas developed by the individual. Thus, a transformation method needs to be developed and implemented for solving the problem. In order to solve the problem, it is essential to understand the seriousness of the issue. This would help in finding the right solution through which the problem can be solved
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After life One day I was sitting on the couch sick just watching some T.V. I turned to this like history channel and it was kind of good. So I sat there and it was actually interesting. They were talking about the after life and death. There was this little boy that had been born and new everything about airplanes. There was this guy that died a while ago and he was a pilot and so was his friend. The little boy would always say that one guys friends name. He would also say that his plain
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Keisha Olson Creative Non-Fiction Draft English 121 03/11/2013 It’s 8 o’ clock at night; mom is getting ready for work. Before she leaves she comes into my room to make sure my bag is packed and have everything, she gives me a hug and kiss and tells me good luck, I love you, and everything will be just fine. During the night I lie awake when I’m supposed to be asleep with a long day ahead of me… thinking how much my life is going to change in less than 24 hours. The night goes by and soon it
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Assignment #7: Self-Assessment/Reflective Essay Raquel Rosy Professor Tammy Finch English Composition November 26, 2010 This essay is intended to self-reflect on my writing. Writing the essay will help me point out my strengths, weaknesses, and give my personal opinion as to where I am in my writing. Also, I will have examined a peers essay and point out what I have noticed that they have done with their essay. Pre-Writing/Invention Process The pre-writing/invention process I used
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Briana Guevara Final Draft of Work One Let’s Save Earth Together The world has changed drastically in the past 50 years, from population and technology to even new medicinal breakthroughs. There have been so many advances in cultures everywhere it’s no wonder people are unaware of serious environmental issues. Such as the billion hectares of earth’s rainforests that have been destroyed in the past 50 years. (Taylor) The rainforests of the world are crucial to thousands of animals, ecosystems
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struggle enough without being bullied. The most popular consequence of bullying is being punished with things such as detention or suspension. His may just provoke the bully to continue the abuse towards their victim. Instead we should dig to the root of the problem which may be a lack of compassion or a lack of self-esteem and address these issues at their core. By thinking critically and being creative a more effective method of eliminating bullying can be found and bullying in schools
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Summary Sheet! NAME: ________________________________________________ Use the Who Am I? sheets to help list the type of school activities you enjoy that relate to your brain type. E.g. Maths or English, Sport, drawing, group work, think in words, think in pictures, can easily read people’s emotions, creative problem solver, like facts and logic. I enjoy music and sport, I can understand if anybody is sad. Use the Who Am I? sheets to help list the type of school activities you enjoy that
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Spirit of Ad-Venture A journey through my Ad land... Adverts, it seems that there are more of them than stars in the sky. Their purpose, to sell you, the hopefully credulous consumer, products or awareness of some cause or information they feel needs bashing into your thick skull, albeit on occasion, with a not very subtle visual hammer. Over the years I have to say advertisers and their respective art minions have become very skilled. Indeed they have come a long way from the bland, trite
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the 20th century studies in the relationship between reality and appearance that is reflected in the character of Toni and media in the story representation of Ashley as a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and is as represented in the philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre. Fear of the subconsciousness mind plays a key role in the modern mind and is articulated through more recent literature because people are exploring new avenues of writing through medical science. Modern
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Discovery plots Creative story one Leon's skin was clammy, as he peered down the hallway. Silently, he sneaked off like a mouse into the garage. As he got closer and closer to the gigantic hunk of steel, he crawled underneath the car, where a hidden compartment could be found. Inspecting closer, the latched was identified then pulled anxiously by the boy, as if expecting an alarm to go off. "click" The hidden comportment laid open, the boy now finally being able to see the two crystal gems
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Creative story: Every night the image of her conflicts with my mind, depriving its ability to rest as my delicate, weakened body imprints itself on the cluster of cotton and feathers I call my bed. Continually repeating the memory of her leaving me, leaving all that she once loved, and simultaneously leaving me the only one in possession of the secret. The saying “memories last forever” was never significant nor applicable to me before dawn broke over Burundi on June 3rd 1985, triggering
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Belonging - Short Narrative Part 1: Noah and his Father On a quiet morning, majestic to say the least, the sun rose softly, yet unlike all other mornings, on this day, it embraced a pristine crispness, perfectly complementing the balmy accents of this summers dawn. Pastel orange danced with lilac in the sky, and as light gradually highlighted the earth bound greens, the world seemed to hug together, all elements as one, as family, each entwined with the next, as though made for the
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This is home!! (creative writing story) Josie squinted as the bus lurched forward and caught her off guard with the harsh rays of morning sun. It was now 650am and she had been riding the 114 bus for the last 20minutes but forgetton to pack her sunglasses this morning. She normally forgot something when scrimmaging around in half-light packing her bag for the day! It would be easier if she didn’t have to share her room with her snoring (younger) ‘brother’ Jason who complained of needing more
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Writing Process Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. We all know those people who lack natural athletic abilities. Some people have the aptitude to solve rigorous, complicated mathematical equations with no sweat, while others dread the thought of numbers. We are not expected to be experts in each discipline available within this universe, but we are asked to face any challenges we face to the best of our abilities. Each time I am assigned an essay, fear and anxiety overtake my
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Essay writing, by Ektoras Arkomanis, November 2014 Outline The outline is NOT a marked component. That is to say, its aim is not to hem you in, but to help you in writing your essay. So, don’t make it too formal—give it an organic form: Include notes (typed or handwritten) that you add over time so that you don't forget your observations. Include passages that you write, possible titles of chapters, keywords, names of key works, etc. In short, include anything that can go into the essay
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write a whole outline or essay it is kind of overwhelming. I found, just like the book says on page 227, that if I assign small sections of writing to each day that it is easier for me to write. I can better focus on that small part without getting distracted by worrying about what I am going to write for the rest of the essay. When trying to start my essay I was having some writer’s block. So I started with a simple question, “Why do I love my job?” The ideas flowed out easily from
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Creative Response: Change The soft wisps of winter dissolve across the grainy evening sky. Illuminated assemblages of nocturnal life awaken to the frostbitten scene of a silent beauty as the apprehensive sunset flirts with the blushing horizon, perching itself inches above the suppressed waves, interrupting a black and white moment. Since the nurse had informed me of her deteriorating condition, my grandmother would spend every afternoon resting gently on the edge of her crimson rocking chair
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CREATIVE SPARK TALK ANALYSIS Alfred Bishop PHL/458 APRIL 30,2015 PATRICIA ANDERSON CREATIVE SPARK TALK ANALYSIS The video I have chosen is titled “Everything is a remix” by Kirby Ferguson, who is also the speaker. The assumption is the fact that all creativity is dependent on the work completed by people who came before us. In Kirby Ferguson's phrases "Everything is a remix", meaning there's nothing new underneath the sun. Ferguson defines the actions involved with making a "remix" of a
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“Woof, woof.” Said Fletcher, thumping his strong tail against the wooden door. I turned around slowly in bed, with my eyes still closed. “Woof, woof, woof.” I heard again. I turn around in my bed and my feet stick out from the cosy duvet into the chillness of the room. My eyes are still closed, though my mind isn’t. It was a cold night of November. Dense fog gathered in the centre of the terrain. Over a ridge to the north, surrounded by rolling hills on each side, a desolate church stood
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