Alison (head injury)’ Learning Objectives: - AO1: Respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. - AO2: Explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. ( Pre-reading activity Here is a riddle for you… Who do you think would be ‘…my husband’s wife’? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
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My Self-Assessment As a Writer Up to this point I’ve never really considered myself a writer at all. After skimming through the chapters and reading about all the processes‚ my assessment is‚ as a writer‚ I’m probably not very good. So this brings me to‚ what are you able to bring to the class? Well that’s easy. I’ve really wanted to learn how to write correctly. I’m extremely excited about all the information our textbook has to offer. I’ve wondered in the past how to do certain things and
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The relationship between reader and writer is intertwined. Of course‚ a writer can write without a reader‚ but if their words remain unread and unexplored‚ then do the words really mean anything? On the other side‚ a reader cannot exist without a writer. Therefore the relationship is one of symbiosis a relationship of mutual benefit or dependence. I view the writer as someone who is writing for my pleasure‚ and hopefully for theirs as well. To pick up a book and be transported to another
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of observations‚ which stands as the premier example of their influence: that we are reading and writing about them today. These women have been published countless times in as many forms‚ and are widely believed to be some of the best American writers of all time. Indeed‚ the anthology that is associated
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“The Writer” by Richard Wilbur makes use of metaphors and poetic devices such as assonance to show the journey of a girl’s struggles to overcome the obstacles of adolescence and gain independence. This poem uses two metaphors to convey its message. The first metaphor is comparing the girl’s journey to a journey across the sea. The daughter is writing “in her room at the prow of the house”‚ so her house is like her ship (1). The typewriter keys sound “like a chain hauled over a gunwale”‚ a sound you
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A Long Walk to Freedom • This extract is an autobiography by Nelson Mandela talking about the transition from a small undemanding child to a contributing factor in society. The writer engages our sympathy by effective use of vocabulary‚ various linguistic techniques and through his nostalgic tone. In the title‚ ‘Long Walk to Freedom‚’ the long‚ drawn out vowels like ‘ee’ and ‘o’ reflects the struggles and difficulties in this exhausting walk. Even the word ‘walk’ co notates to the‚ strive for
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Sandra Cisneros: Writer and Activist Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros is the preeminent Latina writer in the U.S. today. Cisneros has written two novels‚ a collection of short stories‚ and three books of poetry. Her earlier works‚ the short novel The House on Mango Street (1984) and the collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)‚ were responsible for establishing her wide readership and winning Cisneros major publishing contracts and major advances on her
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Freedoms in the nineteenth century Women‚ African Americans‚ and Native Americans in the nineteenth century did not have many freedoms. For women most men thought they were helpless and could not do most things that men would be able to do.This caused the men of the household to do the man work such as‚ go to work and come home expecting their every wish to be granted. On the other hand the woman had to clean‚ take care of the children and cook. Woman were essentially confined to the house and did
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Chantal Levy 9.13.12 Essay: The Ghost Writer Let the real story of Anne Frank Live In the late 1950’s novel The Ghost Writer‚ written by Philip Roth brings the story of Anne Frank. The protagonist Zuckerman tries to find a new muse to find more meaning in his stories. Zuckerman meets Amy‚ a girl with a mysterious background who resembles Anne Frank in more way then one. She was the same age as Anne frank and they both are writers‚ she avoids speaking about her past‚ and lastly
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Chemistry I Chapter 8 Review Problems Part I Using the factor label method‚ neatly and clearly show all work. Answers are to include the unit‚ be in correct number of significant figures. If the answers are less than 1.0 or greater than 10‚ they are to be written in and be in correct scientific notation. Box your final answer. Mass/Mole Problems 1. Determine the molar masses of the following compounds: a. dinitrogen pentoxide c. sodium carbonate b. ammonium
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