Major Works Data Sheet Billy Budd 1. Title: Billy Budd 2. Author: Herman Melville 3. Date of Publication: 1924 (posthumously) 4. Historical Information: As divulged to the reader‚ Billy Budd takes place in 1797 in the midst of the French Revolution. Throughout the mid- 1790s‚ Britain enacted new quota requirements to enlist 45‚000 men in the Royal Navy‚ which was filled by means of volunteers‚ the Quota Acts‚ and most popularly‚ the impressing of men from merchant ships‚ as Melville
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Josel Wong Mr. Wear AP Language and Composition 5 November 2009 The Jungle Questions Part I 1. The wedding between Jurgis and Ona is an epitome of the various problems in Packingtown. The way the saloon keeper took advantage of the couple is representative of the dishonesty and thievery from the surrounding society. The crowd stranded outside the wedding symbolizes the helpless and hungry inhabitants of Packingtown. When the newlyweds allowed these people into the wedding they quickly transformed
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION Course Description Effective Fall 2014 AP Course Descriptions are updated regularly. Please visit AP Central® (apcentral.collegeboard.com) to determine whether a more recent Course Description PDF is available. ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION COMPOSITION Course Description Course Description Effective Fall 2014 Effective Fall 2014 The College Board New York‚ NYare updated regularly. Please visit AP Central AP Course Descriptions ® (apcentral
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Open Heart‚ Open Mind‚ and Open Door “Open Hearts‚ Open Minds‚ and Open Doors” is the United Methodist’s trademark phrase expression its mission for evangelism. It is a wonderful catch phrase. And its essence contains the Christian message as well as the Methodist Social Affirmation to the world. To whom and how should we open these three doors: with our hearts‚ minds and opportunities? I see three doors in this catch phrase. Jesus said‚ “I am the gate for the sheep: whoever enters through me
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art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others. Alliteration the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of an English language phrase Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Allusion A figure of speech‚ in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context. “When she lost her job
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a. Jefferson states that the rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness are unalienable. 4. Who or what does Jefferson hold accountable for most of the problems the colonies are suffering through? a. Jefferson blames the King‚ and English rule for most of the problems the colonies are suffering through. 5. What tone does the final statement of the Declaration of Independence display? a. I’d say defiant‚ righteous‚ and a trifle pugnacious. Sincere and idealistic are other words that
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AP English Language and Composition Summer 2014 Assignment David Gold Introduction: An AP course in English Language and Composition is essentially a course in rhetoric that engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts‚ and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes‚ audience expectations‚ and subjects‚ as
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AP English Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Welcome to APE! You are about to begin a course unlike any other English class you have taken. Before beginning your summer reading assignment‚ you must revisit your ideas about critical reading. Follow the link below to the site “Critical Reading of an Essay’s Argument.” While this site focuses on finding the central argument of an essay‚ the strategies suggested will benefit your reading of any text. Please annotate the article
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Criticism Donna Woodford Woodford is a doctoral candidate at Washington University. In the following essay she examines the search for the meaning of life in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The first thing that readers and critics usually notice about Douglas Adams’s novel‚ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy‚ is that the book‚ written in a sharp and witty style‚ is remarkably funny. What may seem less obvious to readers‚ and what has often puzzled critics‚ is the meaning behind this light
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I wait for the library to open and went there and took the assessment test and also it was a lot helpful with the tool and practice also the audio they use to explain to you how it’s been done and how you use it. It’s detailed and also when you want to hear to make sure you could go back and replay. I may be rusted and forget about some of the verbs and noun. Well going through the audio‚ it helps a lot. I was surprise for my grade for the assessment I took I didn’t know I was that bad‚ but I’m
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