Mark Twain the author of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras” is a story about a character named Jim Smiley. Jim was the curioest man he would almost always bet on anything. Jim had a caught a frog and for three months he taught the frog to jump to immense heights. One day he decided to go into town to find someone to bet that his frog can out jump any frog in the county. When he found someone he went out to search for a frog for his opponent‚ while he was gone the stranger gave Jim’s frog
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Major Work Data Sheet: Candide Title: Candide Author: Voltaire Date of Publication: 1759 Genre: Satire‚ ‘Conte Philosophique’ (Philosophical Fiction) Biographical information about the author: Francois-Marie Arouet‚ better known as Voltaire‚ was born in 1694 in Paris‚ France. Though his father wanted him to become a lawyer‚ Voltaire long held a great passion for writing‚ and rather than going to law school‚ spent his time extensively composing poetry‚ essays‚ and historical studies. His widespread
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Pleading False Innocence: A Study In Temperament Paul‚ the major character in Willa Cather’s short story‚ goes through his world awkwardly and never really feels comfortable in his own skin and feels that he can’t really fit in anywhere. He is completely in love with art‚ theater‚ and music in which his current job as an usher at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh allows him to satisfy his obsession with art. Paul has the thought in his head that art is a kind of fantasy land and uses the art as a
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On the surface‚ Voltaire’s Candide seems to be about every stupidity‚ every transgression‚ and every immoral act conceivable to man. It is a satirical and absurd look at life and religion. It makes a mockery of organized religious institutions and leaders. The hypocrisy of the actions of these leaders makes the reader wonder if Voltaire is against every religious order and even God‚ or is it simply the hypocrisy he abhors. In examining this book‚ it is a satirical way of looking at the hypocrisy
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Copyright John Schacter‚ Ph.D. Teacher Series Descriptive Writing by John Schacter‚ Ph.D. The Master TO PURCHASE THE BOOK AND CD-ROM GO TO WWW.TEACHINGDOCTORS.COM OR CALL 650.323.1378 Master Teacher Series The Descriptive Writing Contents Preface LESSON 1: Pretest and Portfolios LESSON 2: Introduction to Descriptive Writing LESSON 3: The Snow Person (Attribute Charts) LESSON 4: The Storm (Where Topic Sentences) LESSON 5: The Storm (Top to Bottom Paragraph Frames) LESSON 6: The
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fireplace with his family. Both poets use a variety of figurative language in their poems. Lowell uses a simile to describe the birds he sees outside his window flying through the snowfall. “And the sudden flurries of snow-birds‚ like brown leaves whirling by” (15-16). Whittier also uses a simile to describe what he observes outside his window. “And through the glass the clothesline posts looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts” (39-40). | | | | As shown‚ these two poems can be compared and
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Technology Summative Assessment Albert Einstein once said “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” During the 1950s people felt much fear because people launched nuclear bombs which could lead to war‚ the atomic bomb was helpful because people used it in war to attack or defend their self. Ray Bradbury wrote science fiction text because he might know what was going to happen in the future. “ There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury‚ is about an electrical
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Bradbury). Similar to Bradbury’s “Zero Hour” H.G. Wells War of The World’s has a different fate for his main character‚ “I have a dim memory of the foot of a Martian coming down within a score of yards of my head‚ driving straight into the loose gravel‚ whirling it this way and that and lifting again; of a long suspense‚ and then of the four carrying the debris of their comrade between them‚ now clear and then presently faint through a veil of smoke‚ receding interminably‚ as it seemed to me‚ across a
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is the use of vivid imagery. The author uses this powerful device in the passage to amplify and captivate the reader. An example of this is “Humphreys observed an eddy‚ running upstream at seven miles an hour and extending half across the river‚ whirling and foaming...” (47-49). This example helps the reader emphasize the rivers complexity and
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even though at times it is frightening and dark‚ at other times it is the opposite of what we advertise it to be‚ and brings the greatest experiences of life. I must have been about seven years old at a time. We were at an amusement park‚ rides whirling all around us‚ arcades flashing‚ popcorn exploding into amazing displays of yellow. I took a wrong turn‚ and was lost for what seemed like hours. I never remember being more scared then when I was lost as a kid. In a strange place with no one to
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