Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf‚ I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse‚ neglect‚ and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However‚ I decided to read this book‚ even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all‚ I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night‚ I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is Beautiful Child a good
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The book‚ A Child Called It‚ by Dave Pelzer is an astonishing inside look at the life of an abused and neglected child. His journey allows the reader to see a horrible situation through the eyes of a helpless child‚ and has a profound impact on the emotions of his audience. After reading this book I felt compelled to read a bit more about the subject of child abuse and neglect. I have reviewed three different articles‚ which can be compared and contrasted with the writings of Pelzer. The articles
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Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the war. “With malice toward none; with charity toward
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witty” (Keshmiri 78). It begs to question how he managed to organize words that would instigate such distinct feelings in the reader. Despite his novels being in prose‚ they share many qualities with poetry that utilizes precise word choice‚ figurative language‚ and phonetics to enhance the reading‚ and thus his mere prose leaves an impact on the audience that is similar to poetry and at times invokes the surreal and therefore mirrors the complexity of the human mind. His use of this “lyricism pointedly
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In Markus Zusak’s historical novel The Book Thief‚ Liesel starts off the novel illiterate and she gets a sudden impulse to learn how to read. As Liesel learns how to read she soon discovers how words could hold a unique power to convince people to commit severe acts of cruelty. She finds out that words can be powerful. The power of language can be both good and bad. However‚ this historical novel shows that the power of language can be used for bad. Max had created many drawings throughout the time
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track of your ideas or‚ worse‚ you will not be able to write anything that will make sense. Keep in mind that a reflection essay is more like a journal where you jot down your thoughts or how you feel about a certain topic. Your topic may be a film‚ a book‚ an event‚ or just about anything. Before starting with your reflection essay‚ ask yourself a couple of questions‚ such as: how do I feel about this topic? How does it affect me‚ if it does at all? If it doesn’t affect me‚ why? Notice that the questions
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Book Report – One Child by Torey Hayden. In One Child‚ author and educator Torey Hayden retells the story of being a special educator in 1980. Placed in a small room with a diverse group of students‚ Torey Hayden is not your average educator. Her students call her by first name‚ she gets emotionally involved‚ and she even takes the desks out of her small classroom. Yet despite the challenges‚ she and her students come together successfully and begin learning. The class is thrown for a loop
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I elicited and built on student responses in the video clips by asking students open-ended and follow-up questions that help them promote thinking and develop their abilities to construct meaning from‚ interpret‚ and respond to a complex text. In Video Clip 1‚ at 00:36‚ my question‚ “What are you noticing about the structure of the poem?” was answered correctly by a student so I restated his response in my own words to make sure that everyone heard the answer. At 00:44‚ another student answered the
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“Distinctively visual texts use figurative language and other language devices to engage the responder and invite him/her to explore different places and experiences.” Discuss the construction of images in relation to two of the short stories‚ which you have studied‚ and one related text. Distinctively visual texts are often used by composers to evoke a reality through the use of figurative language and other language devices‚ as it allows them to create an image in their mind and transport them
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Everyone wants to feel like they are here for a purpose and sometimes through love. In the poem‚ “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by E.E. Cummings‚ the poet writes a love poem and describes the value he has for her. In the poem‚ the speaker utilized figurative language to express the amount of love he had for his muse. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker uses hyperbole to lets the readers know that everything he does is because of her. In the first stanza he states‚ “ i carry your heart with me (i carry
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