told like an imagination‚ rather than telling it as though it was a memory. Therefore‚ these creative techniques of having darkness around the character from the beginning makes the stories sound threatening. The main characters in both author’s texts are shaped to be vulnerable while being exposed but unaware to upcoming threat. For example‚ Hunter uses the line‚ “she clutches her paper bag of groceries like a shield against the dark”. A shield is used to protect oneself from harm. The helpless
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EATING Assessment Activity 4: Create Text: Exercising will burn off fat cells lowering their number and strengthening the walls of the ones that remain. Your food intake will be less as long as you keep exercising. The best way to lose weight is to eat moderately ensure you exercise. Eating less or starving will slacken the fat cells loosening the walls. Your body will lose inches but not fat. As soon as you get hungry again the fat cells will require more food to fill their little stretched
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Madelyn Martinez English Comp II 1302-1005 February 28‚ 2013 “The Story of an Hour” as a Feminist Text The narrator introduces Louise Mallard as a wife with some type of heart problem. Her sister Josephine and Richards take great care when telling her that her husband has died in a train accident. Despite the sad news she receives‚ she is unable to contain her feelings of liberation and is elated with thoughts of a long life free of her spouse. Unfortunately for Mrs. Mallard‚ her husband soon
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THE HUNGER GAMES Collins Suzanne -Summary by Ashdeep Singh In the morning of the reaping day‚ Katniss wakes up. Finds her mom‚ pet cat (Buttercup)‚ and her sister‚ Prim by her side. After getting dressed‚ she heads to the forest‚ where she meets her hunting partner Gale. After fishing and searching for berries‚ they head back home. On their way back home‚ Katniss and Gale stops at the Hobs‚ the black market. At the Hobs‚ they exchange their fishes with bread and salt. Then they go to the mayors
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PLANNING SHEET FOR TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY Use this planning sheet to plan for the SAC topic you have selected. Topic: Through their experiences and growth‚ the children in To Kill a Mockingbird move from naivety to maturity and understanding of the ugliness of their society. Discuss. TEXT RESPONSE SCAFFOLD Introduction Opening statement showing strong familiarity with text: Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird follows the childhood experiences of Jean-Louise “Scout” Finch. Growing
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Assignment: Analyzing Seminal Texts Prewrite (25 points) Instructions: Use this organizer to plan an essay comparing Abraham Lincoln’s "Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" to "Pericles’s Funeral Oration" by Thucydides. Purpose (Why are you writing the essay?) I am writing this essay to point out/ discover the differences and similarities of Lincolns Gettysburg Address and Pericles Funeral Oration. Audience (Who will read it and from whose point of view?) The audience
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Full Metal: Jacket Review The Vietnam War was a long‚ bloody conflict that ended with the United States first major military upset. It had huge ramifications‚ globally and nationally. Many journalist and even film directors have tried to portray the war in all it’s entirety. Full Metal Jacket a film by Stanley Kubrick is unlike any other Vietnam move I’ve seen thus far. Full Metal Jacket could easily be separated into two short films. One following the lives of men in the Marine Corps as they
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Female Characters in Gothic Texts Gothic fiction has become a popular area for feminist studies. Many commentators have noticed how females in Gothic fiction often fall into one of two categories: the trembling and innocent victim or the shameless and dangerous predator. However‚ others have noticed how women writers have often used the Gothic to explore aspects of femininity and sexuality. The mad woman in the attic in Jane Eyre has become a key symbol of Gothic feminism. The persecuted maiden
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was so enthusiastic‚ as well as full of energy that humid Saturday morning as they prepared for an extraordinary adventure at Lake Yosemite. Each player greets Dr. Boggs‚ also thanking him for taking his time off from work in the health center to take them to the lake. Dr. Boggs‚ feeling warm-hearted and comforted‚ appreciated the well-mannered basketball players and cannot wait to get out in the lake. “I have brought my boat out here today so you guys can get the full lake experience‚ but I need to
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Writer and director Joshua Marston’s film “Maria Full of Grace” chronicles the titular character’s foray into the drug trade. The young girl‚ in desperate circumstances‚ wagers that the money promised to her by her drug running employers against the plethora of possible unfortunate outcomes‚ and when she accepts the job‚ her body effectively becomes commodified. Maria‚ in the film‚ is reduced by her employers from a daughter‚ sister and expectant mother to little more than a human container‚ a
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