Jossie Brown Roxeanne Lawler English 102-HV 29 January 2013 Silent Spring: Unsilenced In the book Silent Spring‚ marine biologist Rachel Carson describes the devastating effects of pesticides on the environment. The excerpt titled The Obligation to Endure is well written and makes compelling points leading the reader to continue reading and swaying their opinion in favor of the purpose filled and deliberate argument. Carson has one weakness in this excerpt where she switches her writing to
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scattered with thousands of lifeless birds. This animal genocide was the shocking reality that stunned millions of Americans worldwide. Rachel Carson‚ a marine biologist and conservationist‚ released the book Silent Spring in order to address the harmful effects of pesticide usage. Silent Spring pointed out long-term consequences of chemical use that far outweighed the immediate benefits. Although Carson’s controversial book was denounced at first by the chemical companies‚ it eventually led to the
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Reading Guide to Carson‚ Silent Spring Reading Guide to Rachel Carson‚ Silent spring / Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1962. (QH545.P4 C38 1962) Read: Chapter 6 (Earth’s Green Mantle) Core Question/Issue: What impacts does manipulation of life bring? The use of herbicide and the ignorance of man. What are the impacts on the manipulation of life? Introduction: The author: Rachel Carson The book: an overview The chapter # Example from text to illustrate
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Silent Spring Busy people trying to get from one place to another not realizing the beauty of our planet just don’t take the extra steps to take care of it. Departments of public works and landscapers build beautiful gardens and work to grow grass in areas‚ not for it to be ruined by mass pollution. The use of pesticide can be helpful‚ however taking a toll on our health. The Toxics Action Center (2015)‚ pesticides are used almost everywhere— not only in agriculture fields‚ but also in buildings
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Before taking AP Lang‚ I considered English to not only be my least favorite subject‚ but the subject I performed the poorest at as well. English to me was a malevolent thing that followed me around everywhere‚ around every corner. It was a formidable foe‚ a task greater than learning to tie my shoes. I could not grasp the ambiguous logic that English contained. Before taking AP Lang‚ I did not know what a “pronoun” was‚ or that apostrophes meant that a word was either possessive or a contraction
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Silent Spring Analysis Silent Spring is a book that makes just about everyone think‚ except for the major chemical companies that it was attacking. This is definitely one book that help shaped how we look at the environment today and also how we approach it. Rachel Carson aimed for a book that was going to open peoples eyes to what really was happening and who and what was doing it. She nailed this right on the head‚ while the book was very technical when it came to talking about the details of
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Eddy Chung Mr. Munson AP English Lang and Composition September 6‚ 2014 The British naturalist and politician John Lubbock wrote‚ “Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.” This brings up the idea of nurture and nature. Although this topic has been something discussed for many years‚ it is the influences beyond our control that shape our character. Even though many of people’s physical traits come from their parents‚ the mental and emotional characteristics come from outside
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From Silent Spring‚ by Rachel Carson. In this story‚ the theme is that the disasters that happened in the story‚ can happen to us in real life. The author uses the plot as a way to bring out the theme. The author also uses the setting to bring out the theme. The plot in this story really brings out the theme. The plot goes from describing how beautiful a town is‚ to how damaged the town is. At first‚ the town seems perfect‚ the author describes the variety of birds that lived in the town‚ and
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AP Lang Portfolio 1st semester College Readiness Learning Targets Writing Targets Proof Target Met 1. Use appropriate logic and rhetoric to analyze and effectively convey and critique ideas. A score of 5 on an analysis paper. Focus: content. I think that this target was adequately met. I definitely learned how to truly analyze different readings in order to break it down into a paper that dissects ideas in terms of logic and rhetoric. I still struggle with putting all of this analysis
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Literary Terms (General) —AP I. Literary Types—names for the various types of literary expression: 1. Allegory: a tale in which characters‚ actions‚ or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Allegorical stories can also be viewed as extended or continued metaphors. 2. Allusion: a casual or brief reference to a person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize but doesn’t fully develop. The writer hopes to clarify or enhance the subject that
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