writing style. I am not much of a reader and usually when I have to read a book for school‚ I dread it‚ but this time was different. Your book was such an easy read and for the first time‚ I looked forward to sitting down‚ getting cozy‚ and reading. The slang that you used enhanced the book and made the story have a realistic feel. I felt as if some of these events could occur in my life. By the time I reached the end of the book‚ I was extremely intrigued and couldn’t put Jasper Jones down; I had to
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Language and Composition Fourth Hour 24 January 2017 Extended Response I: Reading with a Critical Eye Books are precious pieces that improve one’s knowledge and help define one’s personality by relating themselves to characters within the text. As Vladimir Nabokov said in Good Readers and Good Writers “The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine.”(Nabokov‚ 973) I always believed that by reading a book you become one with yourself by somehow feeling all the
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Anne Sexton’s poem titled “Her Kind” is a popular poem filled with powerful imagery‚ diction‚ and syntax. Her particular use of these elements in different ways contributes to the robotic and non-human tone of the poem. Her use of syntax in the poem is done in a very clever manner. The lines of the poem are short and almost all contain commas. These commas are a part of the syntax because they contribute to the sentence structure. They split up each line into two halves‚ and it almost
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DHORTON Mercer Mayer Mercer Mayer was born in 1943‚ and has been writing and illustrating children’s books for almost forty years. As a child Mayor moved all the country with his family‚ because his father was in the Navy. I believe that this was an influential factor in determining his success. His pictures are drawn without signifying any particular region‚ which helps children to create an emotional attachment to the story. Mayor’s family settled down in Hawaii when he was a thirteen years
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Arkansas to Vivian and Bailey Johnson. Her parents divorced when she was three years of age. Her and her brother‚ Bailey Jr.‚ were sent to live with their grandmother in a small town called Stamps‚ Arkansas. Like many of the African American children that grew up in Maya’s time‚ she faced racial discrimination. She was always positive about it‚ because of the tradition old-fashion African American household she was raised in. She gives her grandmother and extended family in Stamps credit for all of the
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probably heard of this word before but what does it actually mean? Well‚ according to dictionary.com‚ an online dictionary‚ courage means the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ etc.‚ without fear. In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ courage is evidently portrayed when Atticus does what no white man would ever dare to do in those days‚ lest they be scorned by the community. Atticus had the courage to stand up for a Negro‚ a black‚ Tom Robinson. This happened
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Johnson 1 Ramel Johnson English 2 Mrs.Widemon Friday‚ November 22‚2013 Animal Farm Extended Essay The idea of rebellion is planted by Old Major‚ who is at the end of his life; he has a vision of a farm owned by Animals‚ who work together for the common good. His ideas are taken and expanded by the pigs‚ led by Snowball and Napoleon; Snowball is an idealist‚ while Napoleon seeks personal power. When Jones forgets to feed the animals‚ they rebel and drive all the humans off the farm
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portraits in the poem. The speaker is obviously frightened of the young black boy sitting across from her on the subway‚ though he gave her no reason to be. She gives a description of him including his feet‚ shoes‚ clothing‚ and the emotion she perceives is on his face but for some reason doesn’t give an actual description of his face and body type‚ which I find strange. The speaker’s similes and metaphors are very disturbing because she seems to like to allude to death and pain. For example‚ she says
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Farewell‚ My Appetizer‚ by S.J. Perelman My question to the author would be: • When you parody another author’s work‚ are you complimenting or critiquing it or both? Please explain your answer. • When you worked with the Marx Brothers on Monkey Business and Horsefeathers‚ did you find inspiration for any stories that you saved and wrote later? The assignment I would give to the class would be: 4. Choose a favorite film or book noir and identify 3 characteristics that define that noir; character
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Year 12-Mr Fogarty 8/23/2013 An Extended Investigation | Liam Hallam Cameron Martin | Bottle Rockets | Table of Contents This extended investigation serves to examine and evaluate the physical forces that affect the flight of a bottle rocket. This will be accomplished by altering the water levels and the level of air pressure (psi) within the rocket will be altered‚ and tested‚ to further understand the mechanics of bottle rockets. Introduction Rocket flight has long been at the forefront
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