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    In the short story “Janus”‚ Ann Beattie uses strong displays of symbolism to lead the reader into the personal life of the protagonist‚ Andrea. The author digs deep into the loneliness that Andrea’s life conveys‚ using a simple bowl as her main tool. The bowl can be seen as a symbol for the life that Andrea leads‚ or as a symbol for the world that she lives in‚ the world that she describes as “full of tricks.” Andrea’s life seems to revolve around the bowl. As a real estate agent‚ Andrea

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    Ann Petry’s “In Darkness and Confusion” Ann Petry’s short fiction “In Darkness and Confusion” is set in 1940s Harlem‚ New York. The United States is involved in World War II‚ which was the first war to initiate the Draft in the US. Although New York is in the Northern part of the country‚ racism is just as alive at is in the South‚ just not as brutal. Riots break erupt throughout the city as the result of racial incidents. Ann Petry incorporates historic events of this time into her fictional

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    Profile Ahila-Ann Krishnamurthi - Age 14 (DOB 22.09.00) has been playing golf and competing actively for the last 6 years. Training under the guidance of Rohan Dummett‚ from the Melbourne Golf Academy. In 2014 notable mentions are finishing 3rd in the Cobra Puma World Junior Golf‚ Palm Springs‚ California and 1st Runner Up in the US Kids Junior World Championship‚ Malaysia. A member of the Victorian Junior State Squad (Under 16) and current playing handicap is 1.6. I was selected to represent Victoria

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    Ann Gravells Assignment 4

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    assessment is “An Assessment is a way of finding out if learning has taken place. It enables you‚ the assessor to ascertain if your student has gained the required skills and knowledge needed at a given point towards a course or qualifications” Ann Gravells – Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector. Types of assessment I would use are:- • Initial • Diagnostic • Formative • Summative When I assessing I will ensure the assessments are as follows:- • Valid

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    Harriet Ann Jacobs's Life

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    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl By: Harriet Ann Jacobs In the Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Ann Jacobs describes her own life as a slave when she was younger until she was set free. “The narrative was long believed to be a fictional account of slavery” (Carson‚ p.1). “Through extensive research… it is now considered one of the most important antebellum slave narratives” (Carson 1). Jacobs describes her life in the narrative by using the name Linda Brant instead of using her

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    Valentine Valentine By Carol Ann Duffy By Carol Ann Duffy Valentine is a love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem she compares love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as imagery ‚ word structure and of course by using poetic devices. All these techniques help her make this poem so special and unusual‚ and it helps her to describe her own points of view about love. ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart.’ Is the first line of the poem. The poet creates

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    In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy creates an interesting character. Write about the way the character is created‚ and compare this with the way other characters are created in three other poems. You should compare it with one poem by Simon Armitage and two poems from the pre-1912 poetry bank. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy explores the character of Mrs Havisham and develops her by using vivid imagery and metaphors. She starts the poem with ‘Beloved sweetheart bastard’ which is an oxymoron‚ used to display

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    Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

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    Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Sister Elizabeth Ann Seton was born Elizabeth Ann Bayley on August 28th‚ 1774 in New York City to wealthy parents. Elizabeth suffered many losses early in life starting with the loss of her mother when she was just three years old‚ and a younger sister two years later. She was raised Episcopalian by her mother and stepmother. Her father was a humanitarin who taught his daughter to love and be of service to others. Elizabeth had a great interest in reading and particularly

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    Carol Ann Duffy: Stealing

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    Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem‚ Stealing. To begin with‚ I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership‚ it is essentially a political poem in response to a new culture of greed and selfishness that ignored the working-class. There were constant poll tax riots‚ miner’s strikes‚ homelessness

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    In the short story “Janus”‚ by Ann Beattie‚ the central character is not a real character at all‚ but in fact is an inanimate object.   The cream colored ceramic bowl serves as the main character throughout the story‚ and is correlated to the Roman God “Janus” that is identified primarily with doors or other places of passage‚ and is also represented as being two faced.   Janus is one of two characters with names‚ which is also evident of her importance throughout the story.   The author uses the

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