When Pranks on Played Pranks can be funny‚ but they can also be hurtful. In the short stories‚ “The Mouse Plot‚” by Ronald Dahl‚ and “All Summer in a Day‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ both involved children whose shenanigans cause painful consequences. “The Great Mouse Plot‚” part of Ronald Dahl’s autobiography‚ a group of schoolmates plays a trick on Mrs. Pratchett the mean‚ and filthy candy shop owner. They decided to put a dead mouse into one of her jars of candy‚ causing Mrs. Pratchett to drop the
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Book 1: The Anger of Achilles Main Characters: Achilles‚ Agamemnon‚ Briseis‚ Chryseis‚ Apollo‚ Thetis‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hephaestus Themes: Gods intervention/free will Importance of mortal women Goddesses as wives/mothers Plot: Chryseis and Briseis were slaves of the Trojans which the Greeks won in battle. They were given to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis’ father‚ Chryses goes to the Achaean camp to beg for his daughter back. When Agamemnon refuses‚ Chryses prays to Apollo brings a plague
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Plot summary the birds Set in a small Cornish seaside town on December the third‚ there is a sudden change in weather from autumn to winter. A war veteran‚ Nat Hocken‚ living in the town and working part time for a farm owner notices a large number of birds behaving strangely along the peninsula where his family lives. He attributes this to the sudden arrival of winter. That night‚ he hears a tapping on his bedroom window and encounters a bird. This bird has only drawn blood on Nat’s hand‚ but as
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Antonio‚ Prospero’s younger brother‚ has also been washed ashore with the king’s younger brother‚ Sebastian. Antonio easily convinces Sebastian that Sebastian should murder his brother and seize the throne for himself. This plot to murder Alonso is similar to Antonio’s plot against his own brother‚ Prospero‚ 12 years earlier. Another part of the royal party — the court jester and the butler — has also come ashore. Trinculo and Stefano each stumble upon Caliban‚ and each immediately sees a
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On top of the fragmentation caused by multiple plots‚ the story of Chris McCandless is told out of order. Although on the surface it seems confusing‚ by the end of the book the story and analysis of Chris McCandless‚ along with anecdotes of the author’s past‚ sum up in a cohesive and more profound whole. Due to Krakauer’s brilliant writing‚ the fragmented structure does not create a complex plot‚ but rather a more detailed and insightful view on Chris McCandless’ great
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Hayavadana is one of Karnad’s most remarkable works. The plot of Hayavadana comes from Kathasaritsagara‚ an ancient compilation of stories in Sanskrit. The central event in the play-the story of Devadatta and Kapila- is based on a tale from the Vetalapanchavimshika‚ but he has borrowed it through Thomas Mann’s retelling of the story in The Transported Heads. The Sanskrit tale‚ told by a ghost to an adventurous king‚ gains a further mock –heroic dimension in Mann’s version. The original story
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WRITING A SUMMARY OF AN ARTICLE WHAT IS A SUMMARY? A summary restates the main ideas of an author in your own words. It keeps the essential information from the original passage while eliminating most supporting details‚ such as the examples and illustrations. A good
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cannot write a good summary essay of a source that you do not understand. One such technique is the reader’s summary‚ which you write for yourself‚ as a way of understanding the text you are reading. But there is another type of summary‚ the summary essay‚ which is written for an audience other than yourself. The purpose of the summary essay is to convey to others an understanding of a text you have read‚ without their having to read it themselves. Thus for your readers‚ your summary essay functions
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How to Write An Executive Summary? Whether you’ve put together a business plan or an investment proposal‚ you’re going to need an executive summary to preface your report. The summary should include the major details of your report‚ but it’s important not to bore the reader with minutia. Save the analysis‚ charts‚ numbers and glowing reviews for the report itself. This is the time to grab your reader’s attention and let them know what it is you do and why they should read the rest of your business
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DAILY LESSON PLAN Teacher’s Name: Class/Period: 7th Grade English Unit/ Lesson Plan Topic: Summary Writing Date: 10/8/08 Agenda: What is a Summary? Why do we summarize? Summarizing Expository Text California Content Standards: Writing Applications 2.5 Write summaries of reading materials: a. Include the main ideas and most significant details b. Use the student’s own words‚ except for quotations c. Reflect underlying meaning‚ not just the superficial details. Objectives: When
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