Task One: Simile Simile (noun)- a comparison of objects using like or as “And upon a bank overlooking a bed in the big stream we found wild strawberries almost as bright as the red epaulets on the wings of the blackbirds.” (North‚ 37) It strengthens the writing by emphasizing how red the strawberries are so we can “picture”what the strawberries look like in our minds (mental picture/imagery). Task Two: Smile He [Sterling] was as competent as a dolphin. *I compared Sterling to a dolphin since dolphins
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ loss of innocence is seen specifically with the characters of Jem Finch and Boo Radley. For Jem‚ who has watched his father try cases for many years‚ he believes that in court‚ justice prevails. He believes completely that Tom Robinson will be found innocent because Atticus has been able to provide reasonable doubt: Tom could not have beaten Mayella because he has no use of his left arm. However‚ justice is not served in the court trial: prejudice and bigotry
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Harper Lee’s effective use of descriptions and emotions through the viewpoint of an innocent child coerce the reader to pity Tom Robinson likewise the characters‚ and‚ when modern ideals and liberties are juxtaposed with those in the novel‚ a clash of values is created‚ shocking the reader. Throughout the novel‚ the reader sees the public treatment of not only Tom Robinson‚ but other blacks as well. For example‚ blacks and whites were segregated‚ which is shown when Lula said that Jem and Scout should
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Walt Whitman’s “1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass” and Captain John Smith’s “A Description of New England”: Parallel Visions of the American People and the Shaping of the Nation’s Identity Walt Whitman’s “1855 Preface to Leaves of Grass‚” and Captain John Smith’s “A Description of New England‚” articulate the visions each held of the American people‚ as well as demonstrate the interpersonal and physical facets necessary in fashioning an ideal nation. Composed over two centuries after the publishing
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It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee wrote a historical novel called‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. It takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama around the 1930’s. The main characters in this novel are: Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout. The novels point of view is written from Scouts perspective from when she was younger‚ around the ages 7 to 8. Atticus is the father of Jem and Scout‚ and he his occupation is a lawyer. Throughout the first part of the novel most of the events have Jem and Scout along with their friend
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English Oral A2 -Enduring Love- This text belongs to the novel Enduring Love written by Ian McEwan. The extract is set at the beginning of the novel when Joe retells the events of the accident that will shape Joe and Clarissa’s lives forever. The main theme of the extract is the unexpected turns of life‚ and the binary position between order & chaos. We may relate the former theme with the way that Joe’s life changes in one minute‚ and the feeling of not being able to control the situation
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BIRD BY BIRD In the book Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott‚ the author takes the reader through a crash course in writing a story. I found the book helpful in many ways. However‚ I also found a plethora of information that I will never use and didn’t need to read. Instead of giving tips on how to write college papers‚ which is what I was looking for‚ the author went in depth about the life of an author. The three most important things I took from this book were; the importance of getting things down
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Miguel Martinez Per. 6 English Dr. Beagle 5/18/12 To Kill a Mockingbird Chap. 23-31 Vocab. 1. Credibility- the quality of being trusted and believed in Book Sentence: “I had destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial‚” (292). Original Sentence: After beginning a lying spree to his parents‚ he had lost his credibility. 2. Furtive- attempting to avoid notice or attention‚ typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble;
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novelty and significance of the current situation only by comparing it with previous epochs-not only with the time of the Cold War itself but also with the era stretching from the American Revolution up through World War II. It reflects my commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship. The analysis attempts to blend insights from political science and international relations with the study of diplomatic‚ intellectual‚ cultural‚ and political history-of Latin America‚ the United States‚ and other
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derived from a wide variety of sources. While terrorists are not greatly concerned with disguising the origin of money‚ they are concerned with concealing its destination and the purpose for which it has been collected. Terrorists and terrorist organizations therefore employ techniques similar to those used by money launderers to hide their money. The ability to prevent and detect money-laundering is a highly effective means of identifying criminals and terrorists and the underlying activity from which
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