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    Alice Monologue

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    of Auburn‚ King Co‚ WA. Dispatch advised the reporting person‚ Alice Weigel‚ stated her son‚ Adam Weigel‚ had slammed her hand in a door. Dispatch advised Alice declined medical aid. When I arrived Officers J. Crawford and S. Feero were already contacting Adam on the back porch‚ and I began speaking with Alice inside the residence. Alice explained that Adam lives at her residence with her‚ but is in the process of moving out. Alice stated today she observed various belongs of Adam’s scattered

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    Alice Walker

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    ALICE WALKER Alice Walker was an activist and feminist because she protested for the right of blacks to vote in Georgia and Mississippi. She was against racism and also sexism. On March 8th 2003‚ 5‚000 protestors and Alice Walker marched from Malcolm X Park to the White House for women to have the same human rights as men. She also made an activist group with 60 other female activists in order to persuade Israel and Egypt to open their borders in Gaza. She wrote and supported various civil rights

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    Quote (including p#) Literary techniques & purpose Significance and how it relates to theme. “He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy.” Pg 31 Characterization: Jack wanted to show his capabilities in the power struggle. This quote shows how the importance of dictatorial power in a “savage” society. Power is the most important thing when there are no boundaries to society. “They knew very well why he hadn’t; because of the enormity

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    Miscommunication between Alice and Humpty Dumpty in ’’Through the Looking Grass’’ by Lewis Caroll Reading a passage from Lewis Caroll’s ’’Through the Looking Glass’’ helps a reader to explore the many reasons for the miscommunication between Alice and Humpty Dumpty. Most of the time it seems that both of them live‚ speak‚ and behave differently. From the very beginning a reader can tell that their conversation will not be a normal one: Humpty Dumpty does not even look at Alice while he is talking‚

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    Literary Analysis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a popularly known children’s book written by Lewis Carroll‚ but all is not what it appears. Though the book seems mostly comprised of silliness‚ random actions and nonsensical fun‚ that is a common misconception‚ and it is actually‚ demonstrating a social relationship. Through the adventures of a little girl named Alice‚ Carroll echoes his opinions of a government and its society’s relationship. Throughout

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    rhetorical device

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    Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence.     "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961  "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici."  Julius Caesar  (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered)       Adage­ a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use       Allusion­ a passing reference or indirect mention  He was the Adam to her Eve  ​   Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚  re

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    Alice Walker’s Journey through the Past In the collection of stories‚ “In Search of our Mother’s Gardens‚” Alice Walker‚ has one related to Flannery O’Connor. In Alice Walker’s‚ “Beyond the Peacock‚” she journeys back to her hometown on a mission for wholeness. She experiences this walk through memory lane with her own mother. Alice Walker‚ who was twenty years younger then the famous writer Flannery O’Connor‚ admired O’Connor’s works. She grew up reading her writing and especially in college

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    St. Alice

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    St. Alice Natalia Rosario Visitation School Grade 7 February 2013 St. Alice is a very inspirational saint who spent her life with a spirit deeply embedded in humility and a kind heart. Born in 1204 in a tiny village in Brussels‚ called Shaerbeck‚ Alice was sometimes called Aleydis. At the age of seven‚ Alice decided to join a convent of Cistercian nuns called Camera Sanctae Mariae. Alice would spend the rest of her life in that convent. Alice’s acts and deeds influenced many others and many

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a

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    a home and be done with me. Well it won’t work.” Alice snapped “And don’t dart around the doorway like that‚ you know it makes my head ache” Florence stepped away from the door frame‚ a placating smile on her untiringly gentle face. Florence was made of smiles these days — she was an ’aged care worker’‚ after all‚ and it was her job to make useless old bats like Alice feel like they had hope. ’Big-hearted’‚ some people might have called her. Alice called her a twit. Florence smiled that fragile‚

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