Reading Response Mother tongue usually means the language first learned by a person‚ but for Amy Tan it has a special meaning‚ limited language which is the language her mother speaks. Tan feel so deeply about her “mother tongue” because the limited language effects that many people misunderstand her mother. The way Tan’s mother speaks effects the native English speaker think that she isn’t able to express her thoughts perfectly and don’t want to communicate with her. For examples
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Objective Reading Response In the reading ‘2b or not 2b’’‚ there are figurative devices that can be identified as used by the author. Metaphor; the metaphors found in the passage is used to make a compare the text messages to’ bleak‚ bald sad shorthand‚ Drab shrink talk.’ The comparison continues ‘Texting is penmanship for illiterates’. Another comparisons without the use of the terms ‘as’ or ‘like’ with unlike things that in this case seems to have similar characteristics‚ was
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I found the process of writing the reading responses quite tedious; especially when it came to my first reading response. My first reading response was focused on the article‚ “What Every American Should Know”; inquiring whether the use of Hirsch’s list to determine if one is culturally literate is well-thought-out. I found coming up with witty counterarguments tiring and difficult‚ the end result being I had to create an outline (which I barley do)‚ to aid me in the development of this ‘blog post’
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and her daughter‚ Pearl. I am offering my opinion and ideas to help you make your decisions. I do believe that my opinion is valued and has quality‚ but I understand it is your decision in the end. I just wanted to provide some additional information from the standpoint of a citizen. I want to thank you in advance for being considerate enough to take time out of your day‚ and listen to my opinions. The first topic I would like to discuss is the debate whether Hester should be allowed to keep or have
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As the title suggests‚ this is a letter written by a man named James to his nephew‚ also called James‚ about life as a black person many years after emancipation. Since this letter came out one hundred years after emancipation‚ we assume that the year is 1963. During the 50s and 60s‚ the black community in the United States was still not granted the same rights as the whites and thus continued to experience discrimination and segregation. Although the fight to freedom started in the nineteenth century
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or even abstract ideas. Symbols are normally metaphorical; in poems‚ poets use certain terms to indicate something beyond‚ with another layer of meaning. In Robert Herrick’s “To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time”‚ a carpe diem‚ he uses several items from nature as symbols to show how women should cherish the time while they are still young and encourage them to do what they can in time. The most obvious ones are the flowers (rose-buds)‚ which mean the young virgins’ virginity‚ about how fast they would
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Emily Amburn Mrs. Abt AP Language and Composition April 11‚ 2013 Final Response In reading these articles from Rolling Stone Magazine and further analyzing them‚ the author’s general focus is clearly music. They all focused on the road to fame of certain artists and the hottest music in the industry today. To convey this information to the audience‚ the author uses several rhetorical strategies such as anecdotes‚ side remarks‚ flashbacks‚ and authoritative appeals. The author’s uses anecdotes
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Reading Response: Resisting Hitler 1. What types of connections did you make most often as you read: text to text‚ text to self‚ or text to world? How did making connections increase your understanding of the magazine article? The connection I made most of as I was reading Resisting Hitler by Susan Campbell is text to world. I think this is because in today’s society‚ there are many rebellions all over the world‚ making it easy for me to recall these kind of acts upon reading Resisting Hitler
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Reading Response: Malcolm X 1. Subject: This reading is about Malcolm X gaining inspiration to learn how to read and write during his time in prison and the many wonders of the world he learns of through reading. The topic is Malcolm X’s passion for learning and the main ideas are what he learns about which drives him to fight for the nonwhite man. The setting takes place in Charlestown Prison and Norfolk Prison Colony where Malcolm X was imprisoned in 1946-1953. Characters included in the reading
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Reading Response 4: Civil Society In the reading‚ “Civil Society‚” Edwards discusses the concepts of civil society as a voluntary‚ associational life that primarily thrives within western cultures and deals with a community of citizens that have a shared common interest. The reading also focused on how civil societies promote progressive policies‚ nurture positive social norms that encourages stability‚ and advocates accountability and checks against state authority. Moreover‚ noting the beneficial
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