Irving Penn has always strived for the best presentation of his work‚ he has become a master printer‚ revitalizing the platinum-palladium process as well as working with new techniques. The combination of innovative photography and meticulous printing has made Irving Penn one of the most significant photographers of the twentieth century. "Photographing a cake can be art‚" Irving Penn said when he opened his studio in 1953. Before long he was backing up his statement with a series of
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AP English Language and Composition 10 September 2012 The blur of blue caught my eye and I watch it bellow down the street relentlessly swallowing people and children‚ and then fading into the hazy distance. Another breed of the same species comes careening down the opposite side of the street‚ it’s screeching tires skid across the miserable cracks of cement‚ suddenly halting to a dramatic stop. The metallic fiend exhales and shudders‚ impatiently waiting to select the next poor soul for consumption
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Ms. Czapski’s 1st‚ 2nd‚ 5th‚ and 6th Hour Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Classes Name: __________________________________________ Hour: ________ Date: _____________________ Introduction to Writing the Precis DIRECTIONS: Please thoughtfully answer each of the following questions about Geoffrey Nunberg’s The –Ism Schism; How Much Wallop Can a Simple Word Pack‚ Ellen Goodman’s In Praise of a Snail’s Pace‚ and Ronald J. Glasser’s We are not Immune: Influenza‚ SARS‚ and
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Final Exam Part One Of all the versions of Little Red Riding Hood that we read in class‚ I must say‚ Anne Sexton’s translation of this story was absolutely my favorite. Her use of imagery‚ and the over-all language that she uses is truly magnificent. She boldly retells this story‚ but keeps true to the original story. Her modernization is a lovely example of what poetry has grown to be. Most poets these days write in free verse‚ it’s not uncommon to read a poem that does not rhyme at all‚ but
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John A. Moretta author of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy‚ writes William Penn’s life in a positive way and explains how his work and effort over the years made a change today in history for the United States of America. Being one of the most successful leaders in history‚ Moretta explains and supports Penn’s decisions over the years. Believer of good relations‚ Penn had successful treaties with Indian tribes and resulted the development of the Province of Pennsylvania that today is the state
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Exam presentation – English B What we test: your language skills your ability to understand your ability to make an analysis and interpretation your ability to relate the text to other texts In your 24 hours of preparation time you can draw in all the help you can get: Uncles‚ Internet‚ dictionaries – and the texts in the course materials The oral exam: You make a 10-minute presentation – the rest is conversation in which your teacher asks questions and supports you in clarifying points
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Why did I choose this topic? - Personal reasons After the summer I am going to USA as an exchange student. I think it is very exciting to go to a country far away‚ because not only the Americans‚ but also people all over the world have a different culture and a different way of living. Being an exchange student - What does it mean? Every year many students from all over the world choose to study abroad. In the United States and in several others countries‚ students choose to stay for a year
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Sample Paper – 2011 Class –X Subject –ENGLISH (COMMUNICATIVE) GRAMMAR 1. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct question number. Remember to underline the word you have supplied. Incorrect Correct Often these days we hear and speak of the conquered (eg.) conquered conquest
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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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English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water. Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can
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