“I can still manage on my own, Ruby.” I argued, treading through my unfamiliar surroundings. “I don’t understand why you must take ownership of me like this. I was doing just fine alone for the past couple of years– just the little red house and I.” “Look, Kristen, it’s my duty as your sister to…
Beatrice: Shift aside; his villainous blabber is poisonous. Benedick: Only a brain as boiled as yours cannot grip mine sense, except I agnize thy flap-mouthed nonsense. Beatrice: Thou gentlemen art much less than gentle, though how can it be? I forbid any affection towards such infectious hell-hated scuts! Benedick: Us infectious hell-hated scuts would dare…
Mia’s parents had only one wish – for Mia to attend a luxurious musical school in the centre of London. When she turned four, her parents bought her a beginner’s violin. She thought it was beautiful and played for day and night non-stop. When she turned five, her parents spoilt their talented daughter with three…
I walk…I walk with my head tilted slightly forwards towards the ground – it will never judge me… I walk with my head tilted slightly forwards towards the ground- just enough to mask the flood of tears streaming down my face. Finally the slow tip tapping of my feet reaches the hospital’s waiting room. The…
Luck Written out, he looks rather odd, l…u…c…k Perhaps, he was the fourth pea in the pod? Barely noticed, or appreciated, We push him, shove him, and throw him to the ground, I beg you, don’t judge at first sight, I beg you, listen to his sound. Luck. Written out, he’s nothing more Than four…
The midnight darkness glooms over Katarina’s home, as silence lurks between the lonely walls. She squints to defeat the battle of vision during the nighttime when finally, her pitter-patter against wooden boards reaches the bathroom upstairs. She fumbles around in the dark for a light switch as a flood of blinding light gushes in, while her deep-blue…
Awful. It was a horrible waste of money, to say the least. I can’t believe I’ve waited 20 years just to see them serve up that rubbish. Disgusted words buzz through my ears like swarming bees, while the bar is teeming with angry concertgoers. I really don’t blame them though because my head is also…
How does William Shakespeare’s writing style contribute to the value of the play? At the beginning of our studies of the play Julius Caesar, we were asked to brainstorm why we thought Shakespeare’s plays are still studied today. Our class decided on many fair reasons, such as: They explore human nature. Concepts are relevant to…
Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese brings a new direction from his typical style of film making in the 2011 movie, Hugo. It emanates adventure, drama, mystery, and the love for the magic of cinema. The captivating and original movie follows the heart of an innocent, young Hugo, who, well, fixes things and even people. Hugo…
Imagine that Superman died and was forgotten, as if he never existed, just disappeared? I mean, culturally. Not even the darkest of all villains, would pass a day without him. There’d be no tradition to subvert. The pure definition (Oxford Dictionary) of a ‘superhero’ is moulded after Superman. ‘A benevolent fictional character with such superhuman powers,…
The ‘Praise’ advertisement is promoting its salad dressings. It is targeted at cooks and chefs and the print advertisement was sourced from a cooking magazine for obvious reasons. Techniques such as weasel words, colour, positive language, slogans and bandwagon are used to attract the reader’s attention and to be persuasive. Weasel Words are commonly used…
The issue that I have chosen to campaign about is water pollution or marine pollution. I believe that this is an issue that has been spoken about for way too long now and that a minority of our population is even trying to make a difference. Also, I believe that water pollution is a base…
The play that my classmates and I have been studying for the past while is called Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. The play was adapted from the novel by Tim Winton and was written into a play by Gary Fry in 1993. Wow! So many people took part in making this book a success. Lockie Leonard Scumbuster…
For English, we were asked to shortly summarise the article that we were studying for homework. Here is my summary: Approximately ten thousand Pacific walruses have huddled together on a remote island due to lack of sea ice. The walruses usually rest or warm up on various places along the Arctic coast, though the Arctic…
Year 9 English @ Bossley Park High 