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    The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Extra Learning Opportunity-American Literature Caleb Eigsti Everything you do in life is a journey. Whether you decide to take a journey of good or not is completely up to each person. The most successful people take a road that is full of challenges and those that just want to get by in life choose the easy road and it will probably lead to nowhere. The easiest thing to do is sometimes take the easy way out of every situation you have in life.

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    alive”. "The Road Not Taken" centers on the concept of choice. The path that the speaker is walking on is splitting in two directions‚ and he has to decide which way to go. This path is not just in the woods‚ but also represents a decision in his life. Something in his life is changing‚ forcing him to make a choice. Yet he has a really hard time deciding and is full of doubts since he does not want to miss the opportunity and wants to choose the right road. Whether or not he has a reason why

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    The verbal irony in “Othello” by Shakespeare In the tragedy Othello‚ Shakespeare uses many important literary elements‚ but one of the most important is irony. Shakespeare ’s use of irony in Othello has a great impact on the play. The irony is what makes the story so fascinating and different than any other stories. Irony is also used to add suspense and at the same time to make the reader wonder what is going to happen next. “Verbal irony is a contrast between what a character says and what

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    Poetry Essay Robert Frost is an American poet born in San Francisco in 1874. He died at the age of 88 in Boston when the United State has become the leading power of the free world. His lifetime spans almost a century of remarkable change and his poetry does not concern itself with the problem of modern life. Instead Frost looked to the century side of inspiration and drew on the stores of traditions sustain though America. Robert Frost conveys his perspective on humanity through his poetry where

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    Matthew Ferguson English 102 Professor June 7‚ 2015 The Road Not Taken Thesis Statement: Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”‚ shows us that making a decision is not always easy. I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement i. Robert Frost ii. Lyric poem iii. Choosing the road II. Choices a. Decisions making with senses b. Making decisions with sight III. Interpret the Poem a. Topic sentence b. Why he choose the road he chose IV. Conclusion a. Summarize We come to life changing trials in our life‚ some

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    Lesson Plan Learning area: English (FL) Lesson topic: ‘The road not taken’ by Robert Frost (Poetry) Grade: 8 Duration of the lesson: 45min Learning outcomes: * Learning outcome 1- Listening: learner will be able to listen for information and enjoyment‚ and respond appropriately and critically in a wide range of situations. * Learning outcome 3- Speaking and viewing: the leaner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment‚ and respond critically to the aesthetic‚ cultural

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    Amontillado‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses verbal irony to reinforce revenge. Edgar Allen Poe uses this title to briefly tell us what this story is about. Usually‚ a friend is someone who is trusted and is a great supporter‚ but what happens when this is broken? Montresor is about to give an answer to Fortunato later on in the story. The title of "The Cask of Amontillado" is also a verbal irony. Amontillado is a rare wine that Montressor used to lure in Fortunato since he wants to desperately taste

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    is Robert Frost and the poem I chose is “The Road Not Taken”. “Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England‚ where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together. After Frost returned to New Hampshire in 1915‚ he sent Thomas an advance copy of "The Road Not Taken”. Frost says that the speaker of the poem was based on his friend Edward Thomas. Thomas was “a person who‚ whichever road he went‚ would be sorry he didn’t go the

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    Path: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost When you come to a fork in the road‚ will you take the path less traveled by? The main theme in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is individualism. In this poem‚ the speaker is at a fork in the road‚ forced to choose which path to take. “The traveler is alone and must face this difficult choice alone” (Lee). The speaker looks down both roads and compares the two. “And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler…” tells us that he is upset that

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    Verbal and Situational Irony in “The Simpsons” “The Simpsons” is the longest animated series with twenty-two seasons which has the main characters consisting of Homer‚ Marge‚ Lisa‚ Bart‚ and Maggie Simpson. The show satirizes American culture‚ society‚ television and many aspects of the human condition. Not only does “The Simpsons” have a lot of fans in America‚ but the show is watched around the globe. The Simpsons has kept their population viewing for over twenty years. For this reason

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