Grade 8 Language Arts – Study Guide: January Exams [Jan. 20-23] Section 1 – Grammar (10%) Quotation Marks – Students must demonstrate that they can use quotation marks and punctuation correctly when citing evidence. Ex: In chapter 10 of The Hunger Games‚ Katniss reflects on the audience when she says‚ “I know they must be tracking me now though. The minute I hit the ground‚ I’m guaranteed a close-up” (163). Common Editing Mistakes – Students will be given a small passage that contains several
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To whom this letter may concern‚ I believe that the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee should be nominated for the ‘Premier’s Book of the Year Award’. The novel has helped me shape an understanding of myself‚ others‚ and the world around me. Through various themes‚ that Lee has portrayed throughout the novel I have gained a greater knowledge about the various themes and techniques‚ such as: The loss of innocence‚ Racism‚ and the symbol of the Mockingbird. As I will explain in detail below
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THE WHITE BIRD John Berger From time to time I have been invited by institutions--mostly American--to speak about aesthetics. On one occasion I considered accepting and I thought of taking with me a bird made of white wood. But I didn’t go. The problem is that you can’t talk about aesthetics without talking about the principle of hope and the existence of evil. During the long winters the peasants in certain parts of the Haute Savoie used to make wooden birds to hang in their kitchens and perhaps
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“Caged Bird” written by Maya Angelou published in 1983‚ was a poem stating that people of her ethnicity were referred to be the caged bird and the other bird to represent the white supremacy. During the time when Maya Angelou was born‚African Americans faced discrimination and a range of circumstances. The only logical way to stand up for themselves was using their voice. Maya Angelou uses repetition to strengthen the concept of how African Americans wanted freedom even when their dictators did not
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The Birds: Alternate Ending *Nat has just finished preparing the house for another night of the birds attacking. He has begun smoking his last cigarette and has thrown the pack in the fire* *Also in his POV* I watched as the paper crinkled under the fires heat. Outside‚ I could hear the bird’s consistent tapping against the wood planks on the windows and doors. “Nat‚ do you think that the wood planks will hold? The tapping is harder and much stronger.” Questioned my wife whilst biting her lip
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A friend of mine owns a bird who cannot fly. She had adopted the bird as their first pet bird‚ having no previous experience as an owner. After doing some research on the internet‚ she decided to keep the bird flighted‚ because she’d read several articles stating that it was morally wrong to clip an animal that was created for flight. She loved the bird immensely‚ it meant everything to her. Then‚ one day‚ while flying around the house‚ the bird hit a window‚ breaking its wing. The owner rushed to
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about the evil villain plotting to overthrow his king? I’m sure you have seen stories like this numerous times in numerous places but did you know the original idea was made 400 years ago by Shakespeare who to this very day still influences movies‚ play and books with his stories being the foundation in which thousands of stories have been based from. Shakespeare revolutionised what could be accomplished through characterization‚ plot and genre. For example he illustrated in Hamlet that if a main
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Survivors of great trauma often display psychological‚ emotional‚ and physical effects. In children‚ these effects are often heightened due to their fragile psyche. Angelou demonstrates the effects her trauma has on her by not speaking and viewing herself as worthless. In the first of Maya Angelou’s autobiographical pieces‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ she recounts recovering from extreme trauma at a young age. Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker "Our Country’s Good‚" a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker‚ is about a group of English convicts bound for Australia by sea in 1788. In the first scene‚ Sideways‚ a convict on board the ship‚ is being brutally whipped and we are introduced to the constant‚ overwhelming fear‚ hunger and despair that the convicts are going through. We are also introduced to all the officials on board. They are debating the punishment of hanging that three of the convicts
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current day America we still see these injustice’s but at a lower cases. We sill see African American who have no evidence against them still get charged and prosecuted because they are black. In to kill a mocking bird we see that the parents are teaching there kid that they should not play with black kid because just because they are black.They look at black people as trash. There is a quto in the story by aunt alexendria and says “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads- they
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