The Tales of Beedle the Bard Author: J.K.Rowling Lets have a brief summary of the book first. This book contains five fairy tales of the fantastic magical world of Harry potter. Each story carries a parable or a hidden meaning behind it. If you can’t get the meaning after each story‚ there will be a chapter behind it telling you the theme and the background of the story. The most exciting and unforgettable part of this book is the story of the three brothers- when the three brothers traveled
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Literary Devices in Poetry 1.) A.) simile - “This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again like flags we share” “Daily” by Naomi Shihab‚ pg. 410. B.) metaphor - “And I recall his hands‚ two measures of tenderness” “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee‚ pg. 469. C.) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni
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Attention Getting Device (Must be a narrative‚ a startling statement‚ a rhetorical question‚ or a quotation): Do you know what you see when there is a big circle and two small circles? The two small circles are the ears and the big circle is the head. You have probably heard of Mickey Mouse but did you know they are all over Disney World’s park? II. Audience Adaptation (Give audience a reason to listen): If you enjoy amusement parks and like doing creative things then you will like to listen to
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Homer is allegedly a blind writer‚ who verbally dictated his poems. There is a blind bard that also appears in the Odyssey. Homer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey in 8th Century BCE‚ and they were changed a lot as they were passed down verbally. His poems were most famous especially because they survived the burning of the library of Alexandra. In the Odysseus which takes place after the events of the Iliad‚ Helen runs off with Paris a Trojan prince‚ Menelaus brother Agamemnon gathers allies and
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Cannon Bard Theory of Emotion As you are hiking through the woods‚ a bear walks out onto the path. In an instant you begin to tense up and sweat. In the same instant you are filled with fear. These two events of physiological responses and emotional experience happen at the same time‚ not one after the other. That is why the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion is a better indicator of how our bodies and minds respond to stimuli. Cannon and Bard highlighted the role of the brain in generating physiological
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Time to Drop the Bard Should the Bard be read or be forever forgotten? Shakespeare is taught in schools all around the world. Even though he wrote over 400 years ago. Imagine how much the English language has changed over the years. Shakespeare should not be taught in the ninth grade curriculum because the English language has changed over the past years‚ he’s not relatable‚ and he is not meant to be read but to be acted. First‚ Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago. Looking at all the works Shakespeare
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VCE English Unit 1 Outcome 3 ‘Using Language to Persuade’ (Part 2) Oral Presentation on an Issue The second part of this SAC requires you to present your point of view on an issue (from the list already provided). Your response must be delivered in oral form which will allow you to use a range of persuasive language and presentation techniques. Steps to follow in preparing your reasoned point of view: 1. Now that you have selected your issue‚ establish what the two main sides
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Linda Tran Mrs. Kathryn Shewmaker 10 English Pre-AP 5 27 January 2012 Creativity in the Self-Employed Setting foot out into the career industry is already a scary thought. But to certain individuals‚ working under supervision doesn’t make the idea any more appealing. Many turn towards the music of self-employment‚ which sounds incredibly fantastic. Some might even refer to it as a dream career since there’s the flexible hours‚ the comfort of working at home‚ the convenience of setting hours
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by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman‚ transcendentalist poets from the nineteenth century who made everlasting contributions to the literary field through their usage of authentic writing techniques and rhetorical devices. Emily Dickinson’s usage of traditional verse to compose her poetry with highly structured form and meter will be examined in the second lesson through the poems “I’m Nobody‚” “If I Can Stop‚” “The Brain‚” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers‚” and “Success is Counted Sweetest.” These
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by- Anvi Dadhich (1555) Indian poetry before and independence has been a debatable topic among the critics. Critics are bifurcated into two groups on the achievement of Indian English poetry‚ especially. There is group of critics like C.D. Narasimaih and V.K. Gokak who applaud the poetry of Sri Aurobindo and Sarojini Naidu‚ while critics like Parthasarthy and others have appreciated the poetry of post-independence era (after 1947) and have outright condemned the poetry of pre independence period. According
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