Jun claims that there are no criminals in his province.

A CCTV footage shows a child tied to a seat beside his mother while sleeping on the floor, which called the attention of the DSWD and concerned citizens.

A fisherman walked along a beach on a moonlit night, searching for firewood. Above the reaches of the high tide, he saw a gnarled branch, polished by the roughed sand and entwined in seaweed. In the eerie silver light and sudden shadows, the branch seemed almost alive. The fisherman lifted it cautiously and shook off the sand. As he turned it in his hand and the moonlight gleamed on its polished surface, he saw the subtle outline that had caused him to mistake the branch for a living creature. The fisherman took his knife from his pocket and quickly cut away the protruding twigs. Then he carefully cut, shaped and smoothed the ancient wood. Finally, he held in his hand a graceful wood sculpture – the perfect, almost living form of an undersea serpent!

The Coming-of-Age ceremony in Japan, also knownas a seijinshiki, is a group ceremony wherein adolescents who turntwenty years old (no longer considered minors, and therefore ready to take onthe responsibilities of adult life) gather on the second Monday of January.They hear from many distinguished speakers and at the end of the ceremony,small gifts are handed out. Many of these young people wear traditionalJapanese clothing appropriate for the traditional event.

The house rules in Anna’s dormitory dictate that everybody must be inside the dorm by 9:00 PM, which is the curfew of all boarders.

It is an early literary work which becomes a basis or source for a later work.

It pays respect to the original work. It shows an eclectic style but differs from allusion.

It is considered as a plan for your writing project, which is usually presented in the form of a list. It is divided into headings (major topics) and subheadings (subtopics).

We should express camaraderie by ignoring anomalies in politics.

This paper aims to cover the reaction or criticisms of a reader with regards to a book or an article he has read. It also aims to check your reading comprehension of the book or the article itself, seeks your point of view in the content and how much of it you understood.