English 101: College Reading and Composition I Spring 2013 Dr. Kimberly Manner Office Hours: M-Th 12 – 12:45‚ M 2:15 – 3:45‚ and T 2:15 – 3:15 in FO 2605 Email: mannerke@piercecollege.edu Website: http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/mannerke Course Description From the 2012-2014 Pierce College General Catalogue: 101 College Reading and Composition I (3) UC:CSU Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: English 28 with a “C” or better‚ or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the English placement
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Throughout the story‚ we are able to see the different worlds Ambrose Bierce lived in compared to the one that we know. This is the first part of the story that I noticed‚ because in today’s world‚ no man would ever be hung‚ let alone executed for tampering with a bridge. Peyton Farquhar grew up as a rich southerner. He had everything that a man wanted at his point in time: a wife‚ children‚ land and slaves. However‚ he had always thought that something was missing. Because of the fact he was not
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AP English Language and Composition 2014 Free-Response Questions ® © 2014 The College Board. College Board‚ Advanced Placement Program‚ AP‚ AP Central‚ and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org. 2014 AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SECTION II Total time—2 hours
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Jane’l Huntley Mr. Canning AP English Language and Composition 7 November 2014 Changes in Society Thesis: Some changes in society have produced many problems. I. A Change In Communication A. Going on social media B. Going to restaurants II. A Change In Morals And Values A. Society’s music and TV influence on the youth B. Society’s “perfect body” image influence on the youth III. A Change In Children Becoming The Future A. The adults’ hopes for their children’s
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Rodriguez’s essay is as a discussion of two discrete educational philosophies. What are they? The two discrete educational philosophies are bilingual education and teaching a second language. 2. What does Rodriguez mean when he says‚ “[I]n a way‚ it didn’t matter very much that my parents could not speak English with ease…. And yet‚ in another way‚ it mattered very much” (para.15)? I think when Rodriguez’s said it didn’t matter to him he meant socially because his parents didn’t speak English that
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Joan Didion explains to the reader about how the Santa Ana affects human behavior in her essay "Los Angeles Notebook." Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and selection of detail Didion expresses her view of the Santa Ana winds. Didion paints uneasy and somber images when describing the Santa Ana winds. "There is something uneasy in the Los Angeles air some unnatural stillness‚ some tension‚" starts the essay off with the image of Los Angeles people in a sense of stillness or tense. She further
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Accident Nowadays if we walk in a crowded city it is not surprising if we see a number of accidents. People need to be careful around the house and on the street‚ because they can easily get hurt or break their leg or sprain their ankle or get bruised. If there’s an accident it’s good to know how to give first aid‚ how to make a bandage‚ how to dress a wound and the phone number of the ambulance. Fortunately I don’t have an accident until today but I see one. I saw a terrible accident on my
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WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: STRATEGIES FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS Annette Zehler At the beginning of this school year‚ you may have discovered that there were one or more students in your class who did not grow up speaking English. They were raised in another country‚ or perhaps even in the United States‚ but where another language was primarily spoken at home. These students‚ who may not speak English at all or‚ at least‚ do not speak‚ understand‚ and write English with the
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Are you ready to rock your AP English Language and Composition Exam? Take our free practice quiz - 20 questions from our AP English Language and Composition Exam Prep and Review. Practice Quiz Top of Form Questions 1-10 This passage is adapted from Daniel Webster’s "The Seventh of March Speech‚" given on March 7‚ 1850. Mr. President‚ I should much prefer to have heard from every member on this floor declarations of opinion that this Union could never be dissolved‚ than the declaration of
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