watching a movie or reading a book‚ most people grab the DVD remote control quicker than you would think. The truth is that watching movies takes much less concentration and effort. In a world where people are looking for the easiest route to take‚ it makes sense that they would rather watch a movie than stimulate their brain mentally. So‚ a great reason not to watch movies is to find something better to do with your time. Firstly reading is much better for everyone. Reading allows the mind to be
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410201045黃鈺婷Tiffany 410201013雷皓天Jacky Dr. C. J. Yang Readings in poetry ( = 1 \* ROMAN I) Langston Hughes‚ “Cross” (pp.48-49) 29 October‚ 2014 Paraphrase: My father is old and white‚and my mother is old and black.If I have ever wished my father ill‚I take the bad wish back. If I have ever cursed my mother and wished that she should go to hell‚I feel sorry for the curses.Now‚I wish that she is well. My rich white father died in a nice big house‚but my poor black mother died in a simple hut
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AP English Language and Composition Reading List GENERAL NONFICTION Ambrose‚ Stephen. Undaunted Courage. Follows the Lewis and Clark expedition from Thomas Jefferson‘s hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific‚ through the heart- stopping moments of the actual trip‚ to Lewis‘s lonely demise on the Natchez Trace. For readers who love detailed history. Barry‚ John M. The Great Influenza. A detailed description of the scourge of the "Spanish flu" of 1918 with interesting elements of the practice
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Critical Response Paper #1 I remember sitting in disgust as I was reading A Separate Piece‚ by John Knowles in my 10th grade English class. I never understood why I had to read such uninteresting books. My mind would wonder onto a different subject and then I couldn’t remember what I had just read. It was always like that when I started a book that the rules said a student "had"� to read. I thought school was supposed to be interesting. The essay "How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading"� by John
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Claim: Walt Whitman writes a poem about hearing America singing as he details in a poem of a typical American life and how it is portrayed. Langston Hughes seemingly responds to Whitman’s poem with I‚ Too‚ Sing America which compares different races in America. The response poem was not necessarily about race but focused more on the aspect of how America is one no matter what. Each and every person‚ living in this country has equal rights and represent America equally. Whitman uses different occupations
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a historical fiction novel written by German author Erich Maria Remarque in the late 1920s. It is narrated by Paul Baumer‚ a young man who joined the army voluntarily after listening a patriotic speech from his teacher‚ Kantorek. Paul shared his experiences and stories during the time he fought in the German army on the French front in World War I. Paul Baumer is a nineteen years old high school student. He and several of his friends from school were encouraged
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AESTHETIC READING: READING FOR APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT Aesthetic reading is for entertainment. * Reading to explore one. * In Aesthetic reading‚ the reader’s attention is centered directly on what he likes through during his relationship with that particular text.” * Non-academicals purposes of reading. Aesthetic Stance is for experience * Recreational reading. * Fulfills an important function in lives. * Reading for pleasure or aesthetic reading‚ been described as “the
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Response to the Poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost This is one of my favorite poems‚ and every time I read it‚ I find something I haven’t noticed before‚ especially the conflict that the author portrays. It is said that this poem was written about an early period of personal frustration‚ and the contemplation of suicide. But I believe there are several ways to look at it. The meaning of the narrator’s response to the woods is caught in the contrast between
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English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job
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