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    ENGLISH LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT 1 POEM ANALYSIS REASON FOR CHOOSING THIS POEM I choose this poem ‘if’ by Rudyard Kipling because when I read this poem it reminds me of when I was a little girl how it was difficult to grow up. This poem brings back memories. Back in that time‚ my family wasn’t a well-to-do family. It makes me remember how hard it is to do things on my own and it took me a very long time to be independent and start to mature. It also make me think how much farther

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    In the poem‚ “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poem “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant‚ two different ways in which one may view may view death is established. In “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” Longfellow’s diction‚ imagery and figurative language help to create a tone of eeriness. While in Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” he creates a more peaceful/calming tone. In Longfellow’s poem his use of imagery such as “The sea in the darkness” and

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    have a happy ending‚ but do all of them? In the story Goldilocks and the three bears‚ a girl was wandering through the woods‚ found a house‚ and decided to go in it. She ended up using and breaking things that weren’t hers. In the story Little Red Riding Hood‚ a girl was walking through the woods to her grandmas‚ and a wolf tricks her on the way‚ and at her grandmas. In both of these stories‚ the girls end up in trouble or in a bad situation. These stories aren’t necessarily “happy” or have a happy ending

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    things‚ will be a negative point for you and will distract your readers. A well-structured essay answers all the questions that the topic makes in readers mind. It is organized and reader can concentrate more in the context. Also good essay is not too short nor too long and there are limited words in every paragraph. During the course students should learn to change their style of writing. You write essay for an academic goal so you should use a formal language and prevent using slangs and informal

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    Modernism and Modernism and Postmodernism andrzej gasiorek and peter boxall Downloaded from http://ywcct.oxfordjournals.org/ at Social Science Baha on June 1‚ 2012 3 This chapter deals with work published in the field of modernism and postmodernism in 2006 and is divided into two sections: 1. Modernism; 2. Postmodernism. 1. Modernism In the course of the last three years‚ our reading of published work on modernism and postmodernism has thrown up various recurring issues. It would be exaggerating

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    Opening Worlds Short Story Anthology Revision Booklet Stories 1 -6 Opening Worlds “Short Stories From Different Cultures” All 12 stories can be examined for in English Literature Paper 2. This booklet covers the first six stories (‘Dead Men’s Path’ to ‘The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband). The second group of six stories (‘The Pieces of Silver’ to ‘The Winter Oak’) is used in Paper 2 of the English exam as well as the Literature exam. These are covered

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    Introduction to African Literature In the dictionary ‘Le Petit Larousse 2003’ literature is defined as a field embracing written and oral works to which an aesthetic aim is acknowledged. This definition upholds the assertion that African literature has ever existed in the oral form. African forms of literature are interesting not only as far as anthropological perspectives are concerned‚ but also from an aesthetic view point. Africa is endowed with epics‚ folktales and praise poems that

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    HUMANICUS ---------------------------------------------------- issue 6‚ 2011 Marriage And Choice in Mariama Ba ’s Scarlet Song Leonard Onwuegbuche and Jonas Akung Introduction One of the strongest female voices to adorn the canvas of African literature in the past two decade is Senegal ’s Mariama Ba. She has through her works brought to the fore the condition of the woman in the marriage institution in particular‚ and in the African society which is largely patriarchal. The focus on the woman

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    pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and go to East Africa in 1907 to earn a livelihood. On his return in 1910 he studied law in Bombay. He started practice in 1911 as a District Pleader

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    The Elevator The Elevator was a fiction horror/suspense short story‚ third-person point of view. It was written by William Sleator. William’s works were often suspenseful and chilling‚ just like The Elevator. I really wished it was a novel‚ not a short story because it was really interesting and hooky at the end. I liked the book because William really described the characters and setting‚ so I clearly visualized it. Twelve year-old Martin moved to an old apartment building with his father. It

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