Literacy to me is the ability of being able to write and read effectively. Being able to interpret information efficiently is also a meaning of literacy I have. Literacy does not only have to do with writing and reading‚ it can be understanding math and science language. The earliest memory I have with literacy is learning Spanish and English as a little girl. In Honduras‚ growing up I went to a bilingual school. There I was taught English and Spanish. I remember being seated in a classroom and
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POETRY POEM. N. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS WRITTEN OR SPOKEN‚ TRADITIONALLY A RHYTHMICAL COMPOSITION‚ SOMETIMES RHYMED‚ EXPRESSING EXPERIENCES‚ IDEAS‚ OR EMOTIONS IN A STYLE MORE CONCENTRATED‚ IMAGINATIVE‚ AND POWERFUL THAN THAT OF ORDINARY SPEECH OR PROSE: SOME POEMS ARE IN METER‚ SOME IN FREE VERSE. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. – ROBERT FROST PROSE…words in their best order. POETRY…the best words in the best order. – SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with
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Gender Constructs within Hawthorne’s Works Often found within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writings woman are depicted as beautiful‚ humble woman who are either suffering at the hands of strong willed‚ arrogant men. “A quiet‚ shy fellow prone to a genteel nature ill-suited to the aggressive competitive nature of the era ’s masculinity‚ Hawthorne struggled to rationalize and justify his writing career with the imagined indictment of his Puritan forefathers that he was a ‘mere scribbler‚ a story-teller’”
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Poetry Explication of “The Road Not Taken” In “The Road Not Taken‚” by Robert Frost‚ he depicts a person that comes to a decision that they had made in their past. They have a couple of choices‚ hence the two roads that were depicted in the poem. But the speaker is going deeper; he is facing two choices both having pros and cons in the decision and in the end the speakers decision affects them for the rest of their life. The speaker in the first line states that he is facing two roads‚ two
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The poem “How I Discovered Poetry” by Marilyn Nelson presents the theme of finding an interest or passion for something. Also another theme that can be wrapped around this poem is the power of words. The speaker is Nelson who is in the classroom while her teacher‚ Mrs. Purdy is reading from her desk. Mrs. Purdy becomes one of the main influence of her finding her passion for poetry. Mrs. Purdy seems to be a very genuine and loving teacher who cares about her students. This is shown when she brings
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Calloway‚ Ayasha Eng 102 - 010 Feb - 19 - 04 Explication of Alice Walkers "a woman is not a potted plant" Walker writes this poem using a potted plant as metaphor describing a woman’s role in the 20th century. The speaker in Walker’s poem describes the great depression of women during this point in time‚ by unfolding the difference between a potted plant and a woman. The 20th century was a time in which women were expected to do as her man said‚ not as he did. After World Wars I and II the expected
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Michael Beltran March 30‚ 2014 English 1302 Mr. Weesner Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” Poetry Explication “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost expresses the theatrical encounter between determining which of the two paths to go onto not knowing what the decisions will lead to as they come upon him/her on the way. That being said‚ the speaker makes a slight curve and claims‚ “Two roads diverged in a wood‚ and I- I took the one less traveled by...” when in the beginning he ultimately chooses
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Poem Explication Poetry is one of the oldest arts. Poems come in many forms from songs‚ ballads‚ and epics‚ to haikus. Many poets use elements like similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ rhymes‚ and imagery to get their themes or meanings across to the reader. In the poem “Schizophrenia”‚ Jim Stevens uses personification of the house to give the poem its overall meaning. Personification and symbolism are the most important poetic elements to “Schizophrenia” because they are used to describe how the
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The Explication of Do not go gentle into that good Night Family‚ a tremendous importance to individuals across the world. Family‚ sometimes the only thing that individuals know and love and have brought people together for generations. Family for me has always been the MOST valuable thing‚ in the end‚ who else is going to always be by my side? No one other than family. Since my morals are so family based‚ a poem that intrigued me mainly due to the popularity of it and my close relationship with
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Research on females in crime have often been neglected and there are many stereotypes on this matter‚ however reliable data shows that woman engage in less criminal activity then their counter parts. Although statically woman engage in less criminal activity there are many theories and thoughts as to why they do so. Over the last 85+ years the participation of women in the work industry has increased by almost 200 percent and with this the US arrest data which covers property and violent crime statistics
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