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Hurricane Sandy was definitely a very difficult time for everyone in the northeast region. Initially I did not realize how hard it was going to hit us, because the previous year Hurricane Irene did not have such a strong effect on my town. Of course we did not leave the house, and there were a few fallen trees, however it did not affect us like Hurricane Sandy did.
Even though I wasn’t expecting a very severe hurricane, my parents still prepared for the worst. They requested me to come home and stay even though many of my friends were still on campus. I figured being with my family during this difficult time would make the most sense. When the hurricane hit initially we did not lose any electricity even though many families around us did. My sister and I decided to end our boredom by watching random television shows, and just as we found something that interested us, the power went out. We were hoping it was just a quick power shortage, and that the power would be back within the hour. We were in for a big surprise. We did not have warm water or power for five days.
For those five days we charged our laptops and phones inside of my mom’s car, and used them until they had to be charged again and again. During that time, we went on a hunt for all of our old DVDs in our basement, and brought them all up one by one to watch on the laptop. We would listen to the radio from time to time to find out if there were any updates regarding the power outage. The entire time I couldn’t wait for everything to get back to normal so I could return to school and start enjoying my life again.
It was one afternoon when my mom and I were in the car listening to the radio, when I realized that we didn’t have it nearly as bad as people in other ...
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Kayla the kid <em><u>(could add kangaroo here)</u></em> looked through the knowledgeable kaleidoscope in kindergarten
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Alliteration is where the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of a word multiple times in a sentence, or, the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
(pretty sure you knew that and just needed some help thinking of words though, hopefully the above helps you out!)
btw (could add kangaroo here) is not part of it, just a side note haha
dramatic irony is a stylistic device that is most commonly used by storytellers, in plays, in the theater, and in movies.
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add a comma after herself
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The words forged and nurtured affect the meaning of this passage because They show the strong connection between the speaker and her family.
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In "A Latina Judge's Voice" by Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, the author describes the influences that she had as growing up formed and defined her identity as Latina, and that it is in the core of the family that all this is learned, not from external influences as many would say, besides he give several examples of how important is the relationship with her family members.
