AP® ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 2009 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 2 (Ann Petry’s The Street) The score reflects the quality of the essay as a whole—its content‚ its style‚ its mechanics. Students are rewarded for what they do well. The score for an exceptionally well-written essay may be raised by 1 point above the otherwise appropriate score. In no case may a poorly written essay be scored higher than a 3. 9–8 These essays offer a persuasive analysis of Petry’s use of literary
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where Clare is able to pass as a white woman‚ while Irene sometimes passes as a white woman when it’s convenient for her. Larson shows how easy it is for one to lose one’s identity through Irene’s and Clare’s life struggles. While‚ in Down These Mean Streets‚ Piri Thomas Focuses on the inner and outer conflict of Piri Thomas has around his identity. Thomas is a dark-skinned Latino American who struggles with his identity. Piri struggles though is childhood trying to fit in with the rest of his society
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was a rocky and colorful part to his social life. He was married three times and died in 2005‚ at the age of 89. Born on October 17‚ 1915‚ Arthur Miller was raised in a moderately well household until his family lost almost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. They fired the chauffeur and moved from the Upper East Side in Manhattan to Gravesend‚ Brooklyn. After graduating high school Miller worked a few odd jobs to save enough money to attend the University of Michigan. While he was in college
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“Code of the Street” by Elijah Anderson explains the unwritten rules understand by people living in poverty or the inner cities. Most of these poor individuals fall victim to violence‚ and oppression. Although their goals may be to overcome their current circumstances‚ there is an understanding of the unequally that has been created unfairly and it provides a harder path for them to accomplish their goals. The information from the video relates to cultural deviance theory because it showed how people
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YOU AGREE WITH THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE PROSPERITY OF THE USA IN THE YEARS TO 1929? In the 1920’s America experienced a time of prosperity and went through economic and social change. Most see the 20’s as a boom that was followed by a bust‚ The Wall Street Crash 1929‚ and then the depression. However there was much more going on in the 20’s than a simple boom. Was the prosperity real or was it more of an illusion? The prosperity was based on several factors‚ such as favorable government policies. During
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The production I am reacting to is 42nd Street the Musical. The musical was performed at the Cadillac Palace in Chicago. The writer are Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. The play is about Peggy Sawyer being late for auditions for Pretty Lady ends up a chorus girl then the lead. I really enjoyed watching the musical and also it was my first broadway show. I will be talking about the acting‚ set design‚ and structure of the performance. The play itself was well structured. The play had a flow and
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characteristics and personalities that defines who you are. Everyone’s personalities are ever so slightly different from everyone else‚ which cause us to have trouble finding our own special identity. Include the main character in the book “The House on Mango Street” ‚Esperanza‚ she had faced many challenges when she was trying to find her own identity‚ and those struggles have changed her throughout the novel. But at the end‚ what defines her is the ability to write and tell stories. On the other hand‚ I had
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Hooliganism The film Green Street Hooligans (2006) is about some young boys and their relation to hooliganism. In the film we meet Matt Buckner‚ who is getting wrongfully expelled from Harvard. He moves to London to his sister‚ Shannon‚ but gets dragged into the violent world of football and hooliganism. Matt’s sister is married to the earlier Major‚ Steve‚ who has a brother‚ Pete‚ which is now controlling their firm. (GSE) Matt visits his sister and Steve‚ when Pete is also there. Pete is forced
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gravel for miles on empty country roads only to come to this place. They had returned to Attica. They came in on a road so covered in grit that their passage was marked by two long gray stripes torn through the sandy dust. The truck rolled down Main Street Attica with a speed born of the confidence that traffic was a thing of the past. At the edge of town‚ past an abandoned public swimming pool‚ where the houses started to thin out‚ were the towering walls of Attica Correctional Facility. It looked
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