2008 AP® ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION SECTION II Total time—2 hours Question 1 In the two poems below‚ Keats and Longfellow reflect on similar concerns. Read the poems carefully. Then write an essay in which you compare and contrast the two poems‚ analyzing the poetic techniques each writer uses to explore his particular situation. When I Have Fears When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean’d my
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Is everything determined? Have I already been predetermined to write this two page response on a paper im hardly understanding but writing about anyway? Did God already know that on the twenty fourth day of January 24‚ 2013‚ nineteen years into my life know that I was going to be struggling on this assignment? I guess Mr. Hawking and I will never know. Lets take a moment to honestly think about it. Stephen Hawking wrote his book (in this case we are referring to his short excerpt in The Norton Reader)
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taking English 52 online‚ with Professor Shah. Typically‚ on the first day of school‚ professors hand out this item called a syllabus. Since this is an online course‚ Professor Shah posted a syllabus on the website called Canvas. A syllabus is just an outline of the course at hand. A syllabus typically‚ has the course description‚ course objectives‚ professor’s information‚ required materials needed for the course‚ etc. A syllabus is a contract between the professor and the student. English 52 description
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ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 1. GENERAL ADVICE a. READ the title of the essay carefully and make sure that you understand it. If necessary‚ underline key words in the title. REMEMBER: if your essay does not cover the topic(s) proposed in the title‚ your mark will be very low. b. WRITE AN ESSAY PLAN. You can do this in English or in your mother tongue – but remember that you must be sure that you can express your ideas easily in English. In your essay plan you should note down
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in the study are the violent television shows and the number of crimes/arrests among teens. The study will be conducted in the New City Mall on Saturday September 27th 2008 using the survey method. Each willing participant will be asked various questions all pertaining to the types of violent shows they watch‚ how many hours per week they watch the shows‚ if they’ve ever committed a crime or been arrested‚ and so on. Ethical considerations for this procedure include the APA Ethical Guidelines for
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ENGW1111 Response to question 1 on page 382-383 As I was reading Susan Griffin’s essay I found the structure confusing to some extent. She talks about one thing‚ compares it with her life and then jumps to another story. In her essay Griffin brings up many topics; cells‚ rockets‚ world war two. In a way‚ reading through Griffin’s essay and understanding it is like solving a puzzle. One piece of the puzzle gives you nothing about the whole picture. Once the pieces are assembled‚ the picture becomes
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English language Continuous Writing Instruction: You are required to answer one question from this section. Your answer should be about 450 words long. All questions carry equal mark. 1. You have spent about six weeks in your school. Write a letter to your father telling him about your experience so far. 2. Write an article for publication in your school magazines on the danger of keeping bad company in school. 3. Activities such as debates‚ drama and excursions are now rare in schools in
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Writing Workshop: Critical Response Essay Ray Bradbury’s “The Sound of Thunder” and Gloria Skurzynski’s “Nethergrave” are both good science fiction stories. These stories are both about scientific technology changing the life of a certain person‚ although there are a few different themes in these stories. In‚ “The Sound of Thunder‚” Eckells has a rude awakening when he realizes that he will be facing harsh consequences due to the fact that he didn’t obey the few rules that were given at the beginning
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Sasha Thrower Mr. Gillet AP Literature Period 2 October 13‚ 2014 “Human Condition” Response Reading this poem at first was a challenge. The only thing I got of the poem was‚ a man walking around at night in thick fog attempting to find his way to some place important in which he did not know where that place was. The second time reading was much more insightful and made me realize how a simple idea of a man walking to an unknown place relates to me in many ways. In the first part of the poem‚
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“To David‚ About his Education” by Howard Nemerov‚ explains that education isn’t always as important as you think. Nemerov supports the fact that outside knowledge and experience are far greater amenities then education alone. Nemerov advocates his theme by using literary devices such as verbal irony and tone. Nemerov mocks the way children are traditionally taught by using the devices for sarcasm to balance the pretend seriousness he conveys in the poem. For example Nemerov states‚ “The world is
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