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Bruce Wayne Ap Composition October 2014 “Santa Ana” vs “Brush Fire” The essay “The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion and “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas are written very differently about similar topics. On one hand we have the ominous, eerie and unexplainable feels of the power of the winds by Didion and on the other hand, we have the optimistic and positivity of the winds from Thomas. Both authors being native Californians have been writing many published pieces of literature for years. Didion’s purpose

Ana” and Linda Thomas in her essay, “Brush Fire” describes the Santa Ana in two opposing stands with similar moves. Didion's purpose in writing her essay for the Santa Ana is to inform her readers. She informs them about the Santa Ana, the effect the winds have on human behavior, and how they have to live with the Santa Ana. Thomas writes her essay to engage readers on the Santa Ana’s effect on brushes. She gives details on how the Santa Ana causes natural brush fires and the beauty it is able to create

Text’s author and title/ comment? "Brush fire" by Linda Thomas. It talks about the beauty that comes with the Santa Ana winds and how it affects the brush fires. Consider the rhetorical situation. What circumstances bring this text forward? What is its audience? The subject of this text are the brush fires that the author views in October. The occasion of this is the particular time that she came out to see these brush fires. The audience is the readers of LInda Thomas’s works. They are

In the short story “Birthday Party”, Katharine Brush uses a few devices to explain the birthday party and the emotions going on. Brush uses alliteration, imagery, and the appeal to emotion in her short story. This short story lets the reader wonder what is going on here. The story shifts from what seems like a pleasant evening date with a young married couple and then all of the sudden, things took a turn for the worst. In the first paragraph, everything seems to be going as planned to the wife

Brush and Floss, That’s How It Goes! 1.Dentistry was not something I wanted to be when I was young. It was actually this year that I changed my mind and decided it was something I really wanted to achieve. Dentists are hard working and very patient. It takes time and effort becoming one, it’s not just about being in an office. In order for someone to become a dentist, there are many requirements. It’s a challenge, but it’s worth it! 2.Dentist’s are a great significance to the world. According to

Each version of Photoshop since P7 has offered a brush engine, allowing you greater control over your painted effects. It was heralded as a breakthrough when it was created, and since then it 's only become better with age in each successive update. To learn how to use the brush engine to its fullest capacity, let 's look at how a custom brush can make something as simple as a coin come to life before your eyes (and not in that creepy, muppet sort of way.) (Disclaimer: I 've had people ask me complex

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” This is a quote from Samuel Adams. He truly lived his life according to this statement. Adams spent his life as part of the irate, tireless minority, and as he would put it, he set many brush fires in people’s minds. As the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a patriotic rebel group, he convinced many people to stand against British rule. He knew that he did not need as many

short story "The Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush, however she demonstrates that a relationship that does not take consideration and does not appreciate what their partner does for them, is a relationship that is not worth it. She gets this message across, using literary devices such as imagery, alliteration, and symbolism. Imagery is a source used for the author to get her point across because we get to see a visual in our minds. For example when Brush is describing the characters, she states, "The

What is painting? ‘The practice of applying paint or other media to a surface, usually with a brush.’ http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p (Tate, 2014) At first, for some reason I was surprised by the simplicity and vagueness of the Tate’s glossary definition for painting, as it simply states in Lehmann’s terms painting with a brush. Which almost feels too simple for what is such a treasured creative act, with thousands of years history. However when it is boiled down, for

In "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush, the author uses a series of literary devices to showcase her purpose. Bush explains how the wealthy in the 1940's manipulated materialism to give the impression of happier lives. When in reality their lives and relationships were actually corrupted. The story is narrated by a customer dining in a restaurant alongside a married couple. Bush describes the couple using a caricature, stating, "The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it;