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    The Rocking Horse Winner

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    AP Literature and Composition 5 September 2012 The Rocking-Horse Winner Questions 1. The purpose of this story is to show the importance of the choices that you make. If you’re going to wish for something‚ just make sure to think twice about it before the wish finalizes. In this simplistic style of writing‚ direct characterization and its use of the wish motif make this story a fable of sorts‚ a tale meant to teach a lesson. The story is centered around a child who potentially has magical

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    Song of Lawino- Imagery

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    Imagery –Song of Lawino By Me Originally set in African ideas‚ it is clearly challenging for the text to be turned into a foreign language‚ which in this case‚ is English. No matter‚ the words used are comprehensible and nothing much out of our minds’ imagination power. Lawino‚ the Acoli woman‚ the wife of an abusive husband and the main voice of this song uses this poem to sing out her thoughts. They involve a lot of imagery of different kinds to various everyday things surrounding us.

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    Harper Lee uses imagery to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. In the story Scout says‚ “I tripped‚ the roar of a shotgun shattered the neighborhood.” This quote shows how when scout tripped the shotgun was so loud that it disturbed the whole neighborhood. Lee writes‚ “at first I thought it was a tree‚ but there was no wind blowing‚ and tree trunks never walked. From Scout’s point of view‚ we see that she describes the man as a tall tree that was moving

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    George Herberts Imagery

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    Ashley Adams Instructor: Adam Helmintoller English section 241-40 16 November 2011 George Herbert’s Imagery The poem “Easter wings” by George Herbert is a poem that contains deep imagery which is shown not only in his words but also his visual structure. Herbert chooses the structure of a pair of wings for many different reasons. He also gives his poem a lot of imagery which should help the reader gain a different perspective to the poem. The poem explains Herbert’s desires to fly with Jesus

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    War Imagery And Irony

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    to memorize battles‚ honor those who fight or just to glorify war itself. What tools can writers use to protest war? Writers use three techniques to achieve the protest of war. They use Imagery‚ Irony‚ and Structure. A way writers use to protest war is by using Imagery. Crane used very strong glorifying imagery. He put negative images next to the glorified images and that was his way of protesting war. “Hoarse‚ booming drums of the regiment” is an example of glorified images. “A field where a thousand

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    Visual Imagery Analysis

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    Task 1: Term 1: Visual Imagery: Is the use of vivid or figurative language to represent images‚ objects‚ actions or ideas. In the poem Driving to Town Late Late to Mail a Letter by Robert Bly‚ the author uses Visual Imagery to describe the view of the day. When Bly uses “It is a cold and snowy night. The main street is deserted” (1)‚ we can picture it as if we were with the speaker driving around on a lonely and cold day. Visual Imagery is important to this piece of literature because it allows us

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    The Rocking Horse Winner

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    critical thinking strategies to analyze the short stories from the fiction section of the Mercury Reader. 1. Title of Selection: The Rocking-Horse Winner 2. Author: D.H. Lawrence. Was born in a coal town in the dusty industrial area of England but didn’t find his way to the mines because of his mother. His writing mostly criticizes society. 3. Theme: Possessions are not more important than personal connections. Paul is trying to get more and more money for the mother because that seems

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    3rd Quarter Philippine History Reviewer The Katipunan[Kataas-taasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan] -secret society established by: Andres Bonifacio‚ Ladislao Diwa‚ Deodata Arellano‚ Teodoro Plata and Valentin Diaz. Andres Bonifacio -charismatic leader -born: Tondo -shouldered the burden of family life at an early period in his life -when his parents died‚ he sold fans and canes. - sought employment as a clerk and messenger in a foreign commercial company trading in the Philippines

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    The abundant animal imagery in Timothy Findley’s book The Wars is used to develop characterization and theme. The protagonist‚ Robert Ross‚ has a deep connection with animals that reflects his personality and the situations that he faces. This link between Robert and the animals shows the reader that human nature is not much different than animal nature. The animals in this story are closely related to the characters‚ especially the character of Robert. Rodwell acknowledges Robert’s close union

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    Ishmael Beah Imagery

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    students should keep discussing and learning about Ishmael Beah’s memoir‚ A Long Way Gone for the Sterling High School English IV curriculum. The author displays vivid imagery to aid students in visualizing what happens beyond the text and the impact it has on the students that read the memoir. Beah’s memoir reveals intense imagery for students to gain full knowledge on Beah’s history. For instance‚ Beah struggles to face decisions he has to make while surviving in the villages of Sierra Leone: “Along

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