to examine (no more than 2-3; underline each one you use): metaphor‚ exaggeration‚ irony‚ allegory‚ analogy‚ conflict‚ climax‚ resolution‚ absurdity‚ moral‚ theme‚ Goals: In the Socratic seminar‚ we explored the theme of the story and investigated how all the pieces fit together. This is your chance to cement your understanding! Support every idea with textual examples (quote and cite!) Use transitions to connect ideas. Suggested structure: I. Introduction/claim (2-3 sentences) II. Idea/example
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AP English 11 Zachary Bresnick AP English Writing Prompt 12/13/14 Anxiety Stems from Uprooting In the excerpt from Meena Alexander’s autobiography‚ Fault Lines‚ she describes her constant uprooting of her life as the cause of her fractured self. Her constant uprooting caused her ego anxiety which has triggered a division of self and has unconsciously forced her ego use self-defense mechanisms such as projection‚ repression‚ and regression. Alexander has constantly been moving around
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Prompt: Scars The sounds of gunshots and rapid explosions pierce through Roy Mustangs ears. A grenade had detonated A few feet away from him‚ forcing him to fall into the ground below. The shrill cry of the woman he loves filled the dusty atmosphere around him. He frantically looked around‚ his eyesight obscured from the smoke. As it began to clear‚ Riza Hawkeye laid across the hot desert‚ the sand soaking up her blood from a leg that was blown away with the blast. She was holding her open wound
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Annie Vo AP English Language & Composition 5‚ July 2013 Question 1 In Chief Seattle’s oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚ Seattle attempts to fight for equality for Native Americans despite their differences in social status with the Caucasians. Through the use of rhetorical strategies such as figurative language‚ organization‚ diction and tone‚ Seattle attacks the Governor’s malicious deeds‚ while at the same time praises him‚ and reminds him that the Native people‚ although presented
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something you made with your own hands. How did you do it? What might you do differently next time? Write an explanation so clear and complete that someone with little or no experience could follow your directions and make the same thing. (Grades 6–12) 2. Write a clear explanation of ONE of the following: How to change a tire How to train an athlete for any sport How to prepare for a vacation How to drive on a busy freeway How to write an essay someone will enjoy reading (Grades 7–12) 3. Many parents
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Introductory Paragraphs for Antigone 2. Antigone violated the laws set forth the land of Thebes by her uncle Creon and planned to defy Creon’s order and bury Polynices. Antigone possesses a remarkable ability to remember the past. Whereas her father Oedipus defies Tiresias‚ the prophet who has helped him so many times‚ and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads‚ Antigone begins her play by talking about the many griefs that her father handed
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How to Answer a Writing Prompt Expository Prompts: 1. Look for the words “explain” or “describe” in the writing prompt. Expository prompts direct you to write and essay that explains or describes something. It does not require that you make an argument or state and opinion. 2. Brainstorm about what the prompt is asking you to write about. Make sure you don’t try to cover too much so that 5 paragraphs are inadequate. You should also avoid a focus that’s so narrow that you have coming up
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Ben Carson made things easier in his life by a formula called THINK BIG. Each one of those letters mean something. There was three important letters that stood out to me. The most important letters that stood out to me were H for honesty‚ N for nice‚ and K for knowledge. The first important letter was H. If everybody had honesty‚ then the world would be so much better. Honesty can help achieve goals in many different ways. One way is if you tell people what happened and not lie about it then maybe
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Priyanka Kapur Ms. Ragland H. American Lit 24 September 2012 Abigail and Reverend Hale: The Characters of the “Devil” During the time of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692‚ there were people with manipulative and equivocal personalities who drastically altered the aspects of Massachusetts. Consequently‚ chaos caused an intractable problem in the government of Salem‚ and its principles ruined. Thus‚ in Miller’s The Crucible‚ Miller shows‚ through fictional characters‚ how and who the Salem Witch
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coronado17 January 8‚ 2013 AP English Language Woolf’s Language in Moments of Being In the excerpt of Moments of Being‚ Virginia Woolf reflects upon her childhood summers spent with her dad and father. As Woolf relives that one joyful day‚ she intrigues the reader with her rich writing style. While telling her story‚ Virginia Woolf uses language techniques such sentence structure‚ punctuation‚ and metaphors to convey the importance of this nostalgia. Moments of Being attracts the reader to feel
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