Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order
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Review Chapters 1-3 Day 1 Review (Monday) * Website review: themes and learning objectives from Chapter 1 * http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072424362/student_view0/chapter1/ * includes review Multiple choice and essay questions Topics to review: * Summarize the changes in European society that led to the era of exploration between 1400 and 1700. (pg. 9-12‚ 23-28) * Describe the Spanish Empire in the New World during the 1500s. Include political‚ military‚
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Study Questions & Essay Topics Study Questions 1. Discuss the novel’s shifts in narrative perspective. What is the effect of presenting different characters’ viewpoints‚ especially those of Victor and the monster? Narrative in Frankenstein shifts from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to the monster and finally back to Walton. With each shift of perspective‚ the reader gains new information about both the facts of the story and the personalities of the respective narrators. Each narrator
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Only The Heart is a very successful novel presented by many "narrators" in both in the past and present. This novel portrays the hardships and "suffering" that a Vietnamese family endures through the years of approaching communism. Their desperate flee from the only home they have ever known and the loved ones that they may never see again‚ all in search of a place where there is freedom and "hope". Only The Heat is a story that focuses on the Vo family’s "suffering". The novel shows the hardships
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Personal Essay Rewrite For most of my life‚ family and God have been the two things I value the most. As I’ve grown up‚ I have begun to value my friends who have been there for me through it all‚ the money that I work hard for and also the education that will get me where I want to be in life. As I started to figure out my strength and weakness‚ I realized my strength is what makes me who I am today. As for my weakness‚ they motivate me to be a better person than I already am. In high school I decided
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PERSONAL ESSAY: “Are there any significant experiences you have had‚ or accomplishments you have realized that have helped to define you as a person?” “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”- Kelly Clarkson When I was still a kid‚ I used to feel insecure and unloved. Having a big sister who’s always in the spotlight‚ winning several competitions and quiz bees‚ it was really hard to garner my parents’ attention. I was always the little girl in the sidelines- the envious little girl who’s
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Essay Outline Introduction Topic: Comparing the element Hamartia‚ to the central characters from “Hamlet‚” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” and “Agamemnon.” Thesis Statement: The central characters from “Hamlet‚” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” and “Agamemnon‚” embodies the element‚ Hamartia. Hamartia is commonly understood as a protagonist’s error or flaw that determinately leads to a chain of plot actions culminating in a reversal from their good fortune to bad. Their flaws evidently
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writing process to include: research (note cards)‚ pre-writing (outline)‚ draft (first draft)‚ revise‚ edit (self and peer edit)‚ publish (final draft). 3. Students will use a variety of resources (print‚ reference‚ electronic) to research selected sub-topics related to WWII and Lord of the Flies. 4. Students will link literary analysis with historical research. Directions: You will be writing a paper that integrates Lord of the Flies with historical research. The prompt for your paper is: Analyze Lord
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Rupp Eng 101 October 16‚ 2013 The story “The Lesson‚” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ is about a young girl named Sylvia who is accompanied by a group of her friends from her neighborhood and her elderly neighbor named Ms. Moore‚ who tries to teach all of them a lesson about life. “The Lesson” is a realistic story that takes place in the mid-20th century that exemplifies the true difference between upper and lower classes during that time period. Although Sylvia might come off as a mean and cocky little
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feel abortion isn’t right nor wrong‚ it is a personal preference for various reasons. There are many people who aren’t able to take care of a child. Although‚ they may have what it takes to conceive but lack the responsibilities of raising a child. Thesis Statement: Abortion has caused countless numbers of deaths and several violent confrontations between the two separate parties of opinion. Topic Sentence #1: Top reasons for considering abortions. Topic Sentence #2: Different opinions between the
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