when reading. L 4a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. did you know? Washington Irving . . . • was a spectator at the trial of Aaron Burr. • served as a colonel in the War of 1812. • inspired the name of the New York Knicks basketball team. • lost the love of his life when she died at 17. Short Story by Washington Irving Meet the Author Washington Irving 1783–1859 The Headless Horseman has thundered through readers’ nightmares for nearly 200 years
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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" written by James Thurber and the story of "Rip Van Winkle" written by Washington Irving are similar in many ways. Both characters use dreaming to escape what appear to be drab lives they live. The wife figures in both stories seem to be overbearing and constantly nag each man. Depending on what the reader takes away from each story‚ they can believe the nagging is justified in the actions of the man or the actions of the man are due to the nagging of the wives
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Elizabeth Gardner English 11 period 6. January 23‚ 2014 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Formalist Criticism In reading over Washington Irving’s "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher‚" my attention has been caught that both of these stories have been given a title that refers to the setting where the action takes place: Irving’s boring town‚ Poe’s depressing mansion. I also noticed that both stories make a specific use of the settings‚ to affect
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Stories and myths of the devil and encounters with him are as old as time itself. They appear frequently in movies‚ essays‚ plays‚ television programs and books‚ and American authors Stephen King‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and Washington Irving are certainly no exception. However‚ they each demonstrate it differently in their short stories. In each short story‚ the protagonist is a portrayed differently. In Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ Tom walker is a stingy‚ cheap man who fights with his
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about the king while others were talking about George Washington and the war. A girl approached him and he started asking her who her father and mother were. She said Rip Van Winkle and Dame Van Winkle. Rip figured that was his daughter so he told her that he was her father. She was very happy so see him again and brought him to live with her. Rip’s sleep’s real meaning is that he is escaping from his family and his responsibilities. Irving‚ the author of the story‚ had Rip draw in to sleep in the
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Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving are both enthralling writers. They both have unusual styles of writing but they are similar in some ways. The writers are comparable in the use of tone in their works. Irving‘s use of tone in his stories are typically optimistic‚ yet dramatic. Poe’s uses of tone in his stories are filled with horror and are also dramatic. Poe and Irving use different techniques to develop a complex meaning in their short stories. For instance‚ elements such as imagery‚ tone
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get a piece of‚ there is more work then thought. The railroads changed all of that worry and hard labor. On September 8th‚ 1883 the railroad came to Washington State making almost everything a lot easier. The railroads had a major influence on Washington’s development. The railroad affected the economic‚ geographic‚ and psychological aspects of Washington State. The railroads allowed a rapid increase in Washington’s economy by providing a quick and easy way of transporting goods to the rest of the
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all examples of writing from the period of Romanticism. Rip Van Winkle is a story written by Washington Irving. This was a story mainly about a lazy man who did not want to do any type of work‚ at home or at work. He was said to be useless on his farm‚ his land and property falling to pieces. Irving says‚ composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor which was just one of Irving of inflated language. Madame Van Winkle would always nag on Rip constantly‚ to do work around
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George Washington In my opinion I believe that Washington handled Americas domestic and foreign problems very well during the time of his presidency. Whenever there was a problem Washington had a good way of finding solution for whatever problem was presented to him. The neutrality proclamation was a very big one‚ as was the whiskey rebellion. During the time Washington was in office‚ many great plans and treaties were developed and put into use. The thing that tested Washington the most was
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is based on an old fashioned story. The story is about a beautiful young girl named Katrina‚ she is a daddy’s girl that will always get her way with her parents. There is this boy named Ichabod and he is a very tall‚ ugly dorky school teacher and he had always had his eye out for Katrina. Well another boy comes around named Broom Van Bryant his nickname is Brom Bones‚ he is very popular‚ charming‚ loves scaring people‚ strong‚ good-looking and well-liked. Throughout this
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