Part One Essays CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE FORM OF LITERATURE a. Elements of Essays b. The essay and other forms of literature c. The essayist and the reader d. Four essays and commentaries • The essay as argument: Persuasion • The essay as story: history • The essay as poem: Meditation • The essay as play: Dialogue Total Essays 10 1. Cocksure
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Girls’ education: towards a better future for all Cover photo: A schoolgirl in Surinam. (© Ron Giling/Still Pictures) Girls’ education: towards a better future for all Published by the Department for International Development January 2005 ii Foreword by the Secretary of State for International Development ‘To be educated means… I will not only be able to help myself‚ but also my family‚ my country‚ my people. The benefits will be many.’ MEDA WAGTOLE‚ SCHOOLGIRL‚ ETHIOPIA
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The Election of The Red Successors In the story Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang‚ Ji Li Jiang is a model student and she has always been a determined person. Ji Li is a kindhearted girl that is always helpful to her classmates and has a good leadership. When Ji Li was little‚ she “[donated their] cast-iron kettle to [support Chairman Mao‚] and when natural disasters had caused food shortages‚ she “[grew] pots of seaweed on the balcony”(27). This shows that Ji Li strongly believes in Chairman Mao
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I am writing to express my concern about the cartoon show Mona and the mean girls‚ that you direct and that your TV station NECKELODEON TV have recently started broadcasting. Personally‚ I think that certain scenes showed in the cartoon are not appropriate and might have negative effect on the young audience of the show. I have a younger brother whom I babysit after school. He is a fan of NECKELODEON TV and enjoys watching shows broadcasted on the channel. I have always allowed him to watch your
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I went to was a Women on Wednesday event‚ about black girl magic. There were three speakers there and a mediator as well. The speakers were all St. Cloud State University students‚ Luna Gabriel‚ Sari Sims‚ and Breanna Carey. This speaker event was similar to an interview‚ the mediator asked a question‚ and each speaker gave her own response‚ and at the end there were time for questions from the audience. The speakers discussed what black girl magic is‚ what it means to them‚ and more. The first
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Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Outside Reading Books (ORBs) & Summer Reading Instructions- 2010-2011 Patrice Norris- Instructor Email: elwyn.norris@mnps.org READ THIS HANDOUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE QUITE SPECIFIC Part I. All AP Literature students are required to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You will refer to this book throughout the year. The book is very entertaining and very informative as an introduction to
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Phoenix high school JV girls’ basketball team Phoenix JV girls’ basketball team competes against other schools to get them ready for their conference games. (Henley‚ Klamath Union‚ Miasma‚ Hidden Valley‚ North Valley) The PHS girls’ basketball team went to Ashland high school for a practice game. These practice games get the teams ready for the season to come. There were no points counted when the phoenix girls had competed against the Ashland Grizzlies. It was just a practice game to get these
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Stressed Out Girls In the book the author talks about the way girls get stressed out. The focus of the book is on High School and College girls but has may talk about 8th grade or maybe being a single mom. Natural being a girl you are bound to get stressed out. We all suffer from the lifestyle of a mind that never stops rotating thoughts and worries. By the time it is 7am your mind is in a Traffic jam. We can never make it stop unless you force your brain to stop but that takes work and you just
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“Muslim Belal” and “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” are two well-known examples of religious poetry. The poet “Muslim Belal” talks about how he got from the streets to Islam. “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” talks about how society discriminates the religions: Islam and Judaism. These two poems do have some similar qualities. Muslim Belal is a poet that talks about how he got from his “ghetto” lifestyle into the folds of Islam. His poem is a rap and also includes a few Arabic words
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from “The School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa; “Our mothers had taught us that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among our people‚ short hair was worn by mourners‚ and shingled hair by cowards” (211). Here‚ Zitkala-Sa writes about the
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