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    I give you all my love‚ even though I lack any self love. Sonnet 88 presents to us a warped view of love. A love that lacks maturity and self respect. Love that dwells in the dark recesses of a skewed mind. Shakespeare’s sonnet 88 uses rhyme‚ grammar‚ diction‚ meter‚ figurative language‚ and tone to suggest that to actually love someone you have to love yourself first. In the beginning of “Sonnet 88”‚ the poet opens with the statement saying whenever you feel disposed to put me down and make me

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    In the short “ Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader frighten for the future. Vonnegut also uses alliteration to describe Harrison’s handicaps in great detail. On page 24 Vonnegut writes‚ “The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware.Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps.” This part of the story creates a scary and intimidating image along with a scary and intimidating mood. The mood is scary because Harrison

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    through the book. In the book Slathbog’s Gold there are many parts that we can learn something from. Alex wished for a different life. He learns about adventures. He makes friends and defeats enemies during the adventure. The end goal is to defeat Slathbog the red. Alex goes to exotic lands and makes many new friends.

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    Through Langston Hughespoem “I’ve Known Rivers”‚ Hughes reminds African Americans of their ancient history and heritage in a time of segregation and inequality. He empowers them by using strong imagery and provocative symbolism to remind African Americans of their strong roots. [INTRO TO EVIDENCE] “I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it” (Hughes). Hughes uses this image of raising the pyramids to reminds his African American community that their ancestors achieved great things

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    When you love someone you respect‚ appreciate‚ and do everything in your power not to hurt them. There is a way of expressing your love to someone‚ through a sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen line poem using a formal rhyme scheme. William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright‚ and actor widely recognized. One of his most famous works is the 154 Sonnets. These sonnets are about passage of time‚ love‚ beauty‚ and mortality. In the sonnets his view of love is different. In sonnet 118 he is talking

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    Unlike Hughes‚ when Trump says “The fact is‚ the American Dream is dead – but if I win‚ I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before.”‚ he doesn’t seem to directly define what it means to him other than “the Promised Land”. (“Trump Presidential Announcement”‚ 2015) Surprisingly enough‚ with his successful background‚ he comes across as someone who is also “in want” of what the country symbolizes. In considering the rest of the speech‚ it’s possible Trump defines the vision

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    David Runyon 4-13-12 4th period Harlem Renaissance Essay The Harlem Renaissance was a movement by African Americans to prosper and achieve new highs as a race in mostly the creative arts and music. One major reason for the renaissance was the migration from the rural southern states to the northern urban environment. At the end of slavery‚ the emancipated African American longed for civic perception‚ political equality‚ and economic and cultural self-determination. It contributed to the

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    In Berry by Langston Hughes‚ Milberry Jones is crippled by his race. For example‚ Berry is taken advantage of by being paid less. When Berry arrives by train at Dr. Renfield’s Summer Home for Crippled Children‚ Mrs. Osborn‚ the housekeeper at the Home‚ discusses Berry’s pay with Dr. Renfield‚ the doctor of the Home. Mrs. Osborn says the normal pay is ten dollars‚ but Dr. Renfield says “we’ll give the darkie eight [dollars]” (180). Berry is paid less because he is black‚ and he is unable to do anything

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    book The Interpreter: or Booke Containing the Signification of Words‚ which actually got him in trouble with the English courts in 1609. The word only appears in dictionaries and compilations of words from Europe between the years 1450

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    spring season. A great deal of sensory details‚ along with figurative language are provided in this passage. Steinbeck introduces the valleys of California with “fruit blossoms that are fragrant pink and white waters in a shallow sea”(346). These visual images allows the readers to imagine with greater detail and color. The reader’s ability to imagine the scene Steinbeck describes is once again reinforced when he states”the petals drop from the fruit trees and carpet the earth with pink and white”(346)

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