In an abundant number of books‚ audiences are the major guidance whom affect authors the way of their writing. Both of the novel Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard and the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare are books published in different times for wildly different audiences. Both authors show the audiences the reflection of the society from being obsessiveness in the two books. In the story “Living like a weasel”‚ the author wants to tell audiences that they should get
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Writing Strategies—1‚3 Questions on Language—1‚4 Visual Aid 4. “How to Operate the Shower Curtain” Ian Frazier p. 250 Questions on Meaning—2‚3 Questions on Writing Strategies--2 Questions on Language—2 Visual Aid 5. “The Chase” Annie Dillard p. 104 Questions on Meaning--1 Questions on Writing Strategies—2‚4 Questions on Language—2‚3 Visual Aid 6. “Champion of the World” Maya Angelou p. 93 Questions on Meaning--1 Questions on Writing Strategies—2‚4 Questions on Language—2
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WRITER’S NOTEBOOK WEEK1 This is my first week of ENG 105 and so far I’m nervous that how am I going to be able to balance my two classes with my work in the Marine Corps‚ this week it was ok keeping in mind my personal opinion about writing/reading‚ the reading for this week somewhat showed me what to expect for the 7 weeks left with this class and since this is an English class I’m sure there will be a lot of essays involved. We had some reading to do for this week for an introduction to writing
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I am writing today to inform you about Globalism. I will begin with . “In 1962‚ the Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan predicted the electronic transformation of the planet earth into a “global village”. In the global village‚ communication between geographically remote parts of the world would be almost instantaneous‚ and every important new development—technological‚ ecological‚ political‚ economic‚ and intellectual—would affect every villager to some degree. Social and geographic
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our oceans‚ forests are being chopped down by the mile‚ and hunting has pushed some of the most beautiful creatures to have ever existed to bring of extinction. Our species lost has lost our respect for the world around us and authors such as Annie DIllard and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Authors such as those attempt to reinstate the lost concept of respect for the natural world through pieces‚ such as “Living Like Weasels” and “Nature” respectively. From these pieces we learn the value of nature and why
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Homer’s Epic The Odyssey and Annie Dillard’s vignette from The Fixed. The Cyclops Polyphemus from The Odyssey and the Polyphemus moth in The Fixed have some similar physical attributes‚ as well as some differences. Also‚ their injuries in the stories are similar‚ but have different outcomes. The Cyclops and the moth are similar and different in their physical attributes. Homer compares the Cyclops to "a shaggy mountain‚" meaning that it is large and hairy‚ which it is. Dillard describes the moth as "one
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AP Language and Composition—Skills: | | | |RHETORIC (1) The study and practice of effective communication. |Style: Diction‚ Syntax‚ Tone | |(2) The art of persuasion. "Acting on another through words." |Tone (DIDLS + attitude + organization) (DIDLS = diction‚ | |(James Moffet) (3) An insincere eloquence intended to win
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incident. First of all‚ in the stories‚ “from An American Childhood” and “Thank You M’am” a significant change happened in one of the main characters lives that made a lasting effect. In the story‚ “from An American Childhood” the main character‚ Annie Dillard wrote a reflective essay about when she first realized that even though her parents might not be interested in the same activities that she enjoys‚ they always supported her. This had a lasting effect on her because I think that this understanding
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In the essay “In praise of margins‚” Ian Frazier explains the importance of having marginal activities. He describes these activities as something you do with no purpose‚ where you are free to let your mind run wild. Sometimes marginality is tangible in the sense you can actually create something while doing a marginal activity. Frazier’s marginal place as a child was eh woods. There he and his friends would pretend to be explores and try out odd ideas. Odd ideas that later they would come to realize
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A character trait is a word or phrase used to describe a character’s personality‚ as well as how a character may react in certain situations. One’s character may also affect whether he may be put into situations that he otherwise would not be placed in‚ as well as determining how he spends his days‚ or how his days may inevitably end. The importance of a person’s character is clearly shown in the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Chase.” In “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ readers can tell right
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