AP Literature – Period 1 TPS-FASTT Poem: America Poet: Claude McKay America Although she feeds me bread of bitterness‚ And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth‚ Stealing my breath of life‚ I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth. Her vigor flows like tides into my blood‚ 5 Giving me strength erect against her hate‚ Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood. Yet‚ as a rebel fronts a king in state‚ I stand within her walls with not a shred
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An enterprising graduate of Kent State University has created a web site where college students from various campuses can sell and buy their class notes. A diligent note-taker can earn hundreds of dollars through FlashNotes.com. The new site markets class-specific notes and study guides‚ enabling a student who misses -- for example -- Dr. Smith’s Wednesday anthropology class to buy those notes from a classmate. The average price is nearly $6. Caleb Dumot‚ a senior finance major at KSU‚ recently
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CASE ANALYSIS Virginia V. Black In Virginia on April 7th 2003 a divided United States Supreme Court opened the possibility of constitutionally restricting certain types of hate speech. The court was to hear a case that spoke to one specific Virginia state statute that prohibited cross burning with the intent to intimidate‚ and also rendered that any such burning shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate a person or group. This court would see this statute being used between
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In “Description of Virginia‚” John Smith describes the geography of Virginia and its native inhabitants. Smith begins by discussing the ideality of the climate and proximity to the Chesapeake Bay‚ saying “no place is more convenient for pleasure‚ profit‚ and man’s sustenance” (Smith). He immediately discerns the ways in which the rivers‚ harbors‚ and other geographical features could be used for military and commercial purposes. He even goes so far as to say that Virginia is as rich in natural resources
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for the 2007 Hurston-Wright Legacy Awards in the Debut Fiction Category‚ was nominated for the 2008 International IMPAC DUBLIN Award‚ and was identified by the Modern Language Association as a new title of note in Caribbean literature.[citation needed] She was also selected by Book Expo America as one of ten "emerging voices" for 2006‚ chosen from among the debut novelists reviewed by Publishers Weekly for the 2005-2006 period. Unburnable‚ which moves back and forth between modern times and the past
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1. Teachers need to use their professional skills‚ attributes and judgment every day – note at least 5 examples of unconventional methods of teaching that Ron Clark uses. • using the same method as how the students treat him: making students understand how bad it feels to be treated in that way • sacrificing himself (drinking milk): makes fun of himself (singing): give the students an impression that teachers can be informal • treat himself like one of the students (playing with the kids): break
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I chose to discuss a Supreme Court Case which was found to be in direct violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case I am discussing is Loving v. Virginia. Initially‚ the Anti-miscegenation laws were put into place during the slavery/colonial period. No white man would tarnish his reputation or family name by actually marrying a slave but would indulge in the forbidden fruit by raping and/or having adulterous relationships with the slave. If through
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Today‚ many people immigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream; freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity to achieve their personal goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve in their homeland. The American Dream is the pursuit of prosperity Today‚ many people immigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream; freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity to achieve their personal goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve
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Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own Though published seventy years ago‚ Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own holds no less appeal today than it did then. Modern women writers look to Woolf as a prophet of inspiration. In November of 1929‚ Woolf wrote to her friend G. Lowes Dickinson that she penned the book because she "wanted to encourage the young women–they seem to get frightfully depressed" (xiv). The irony here‚ of course‚ is that Woolf herself eventually grew so depressed and discouraged
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established what American stands for. Throughout the history of America‚ millions of people have come from all over the world have come to experience the American dream. The United States of America has become such an eye catching place because it strives for opportunity. It is the right to life‚ liberty‚ and pursuit of happiness that creates the opportunity to allow an individual to achieve dreams in life. In the preamble‚ Jefferson states that every man has the right to life. It may be a basic concept
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