Michael Harrison Professor Debra Baxley #389301/Literature Essay 11 November 2013 Analyzing the Literary Features of “The Lottery” In the story of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”‚ many literary devices are used to convey messages‚ give clues and give the reader a better understanding on the story overall. Within the story‚ literary devices such as allegory‚ symbolism‚ and satire are used‚ which are for the moral that Jackson is trying to send to readers. Other devices used are foreshadowing
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Lecture 5 Planning a lesson for young learners. Writing lesson plans is one of a teacher’s most important responsibilities. Having a good lesson plan makes the teacher’s job easier and allows students to learn as much as possible while enjoying the material. These are the tips for writing lesson plans: 1. Have a clear objective and write it down When writing ESL lesson plans it is really important to have a clear objective. This should not be something vague like “students will learn the present
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First green building:- Commerzbank Tower: The world’s first “Green Building. Frankfurt germany.1997 Definition of Green Building Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle from siting to design‚ construction‚ operation‚ maintenance‚ renovation and deconstruction. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy‚ utility‚ durability
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Remorseful dreams: Regret in Kansas “Kansas” is the story of an old man reflecting back on a life changing event. As a boy‚ the old man was faced with a difficult decision. He didn’t know who to help and if he’d be hurt himself if he did interfere. In this story Stephen Dobyns suggests that if people don’t stop wickedness when they have the chance‚ they may regret it for the rest of their life. He shows us how smart young man with potential life changed because of one event. The old man‚ at the
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Al Gore "An Inconvenient Truth" a documentary film premier at the 2006 Sundance film festival. In this film Al Gore aims to campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show. Personal anecdotes (interesting account)‚ contrast‚ comparison and rhetorical appeals (like pathos‚ ethos and logos) are techniques Gore skillful uses to create a strong‚ convincing documentary film. As a saying goes "A stitch in time saves nine" Gore’s main focus is to highlight the downsides
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Looking back at my Computer Analysis Project about my food intake‚ I found two major problems in my diet. The first problem is that I have high cholesterol. My intake of cholesterol is high. The DRI is < 300 mg and my intake is 357 mg. The percentage for my cholesterol is 118.9%. I didn’t expect that my cholesterol will be this high. Having high cholesterol can cause major health problems. It can cause you to have heart problems. There can be a blockage in the arteries. It is when the cholesterol
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elevate raise from a lower to a higher position The glittering sea rose up‚ moved apart in planes of blatant impossibility; the coral reef and the few stunted palms that clung to the more elevated parts would float up into the sky‚ would quiver‚ be plucked apart‚ run like raindrops on a wire or speculate reflect deeply on a subject Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade; heads brown‚ fair‚ black‚ chestnut‚ sandy‚ mouse-colored; heads muttering‚ whispering
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analyze is from The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Pastor and His Parishioner.” I believe Hawthorne has written this passage to show the instant connection between Hester and Dimmesdale. After reading the brief passage‚ one can make the assumption of how Chillingworth and Hester are secluded from the world‚ but so close to each other. This is shown through many literary devices such as‚ extended metaphors‚ imagery‚ and diction. You may be saying to yourself‚ “What is an extended metaphor?” Well an extended
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1. In her commentary “Reading Blind‚” Margaret Atwood gives her opinions on factors that make a short story good. She writes that a good story has to have a voice that moves not only across pages but also through time. Most people are first introduced to stories at a young age by the “scandalous gossips” and “family secrets” that children overhear their mothers discussing in the kitchen‚ or the oral tales with “talking donkeys” and “definite endings” that their grandmother recites to them. All these
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“Digging” is the first poem of Seamus Heaney’s debut collection of poetry‚ Death of a Naturalist. It was a breakthrough for him. In his own essay “Feeling into Words‚” which was originally given as a lecture at the Royal Society of Literature in 1974‚ he said‚ “I wrote it in the summer of 1964‚ almost two years after I had begun to ‘dabble in verses.’ This was the first place where I felt I had done more than make an arrangement of words: I felt that I had let down a shaft into real life” (Heaney
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