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* AP English Language and Composition Multiple Choice Fridman’s “America Needs its Nerds” Teacher Overview AP* is a trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. The College Entrance Examination Board was not involved in the production of this material. ® Copyright © 2009 Laying the Foundation , Inc., Dallas, TX. All rights reserved. Visit: www.layingthefoundation.org Multiple Choice Leonid Fridman’s “America Needs Its Nerds” (References the 2008 AP* English Language Exam Question 2,

Hippolytus. The beginning of the scene is very powerful and persuasive. Aphrodite does everything in her power to make sure not only Hippolytus but also the readers know how much authority she has over the other characters. This is shown by litotes in the first line, where she is telling the reader how much power she has by saying what she is not: “I am powerful and not without a name

27. Kinds of epithet. Structural typesof epithets. EPITHET – an stylistic device emphasizing some quality of a person, thing\idea. Function – characterization, very subjective and evaluative. Shouldn’t be confused with logical attributes. (wooden table, wooden face, grey sky – steel sky.) Epithets are said to create an image, there is a certain mood attributed, while logical attribute give characteristic properties of an object or a theme. Fixed epithet(stable) – they become fixed through long

How Society Slips into Savagery Civilization is the desire for less pain, less chaos, and less malevolence to exist on Earth (metaphor). Without the law and order of civilization, the inherent evil that exists in all humans challenges the systems of society. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding explores the pessimistic side of a group of British boys, who in the depths of World War II, crash onto a deserted tropical island, where without civilization, the downfall to savagery is unmistakable. Ralph

Composers create a representation of the future by incorporating contextual beliefs, knowledge, and values to highlight the impact of humanity’s hubris. Despite a chronological disparity, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) excoriate the cognitive estrangement of mankind’s attempts to usurp the role of God and our Technicism ideology; mankind’s obsession with transcendence will ironically result in the regression of human integrity. Similarly, Ursula Le Guin’s

her sonnets are about affection, connections, or overcoming hardships, as communicated in lyrics of hers, for example, "Still I Rise", I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Million Man March Poem. The allegories in her verse serve as "coding", or litotes, for implications comprehended by different

Exordium: (On phone taking a selfie). *talking to myself* What filter should I use. Dog filter. And send. Oh, Hello All. I didn’t see you there. Narratio: As I am sure you’ve all guessed by now, today, I am here to discuss the one issue that plagues our world more than any other: Snapchat. Snapchat is, as I’m sure most of you know, a picture-sharing social media platform. What sets it apart is that pictures and videos, known collectively as “Snaps,” disappear after a time you choose, maybe 3 seconds

Quick List of Common Literary Terms Abstract Language—Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. Allegory—A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one. A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, events is meant to reveal an

William Shakespeare is certainly one of the best known playwrighters of the theater history for having written plays such as Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth. A feature of Shakespearean theater is so-called “theatre within a theatre”, “drama within a drama” or more generally“a play within a play”, i.e a play where the author stagged, at some time, an other theater play inside this one. Many of his plays can be qualified as “plays within plays” and espacially Hamlet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream. Therefore

the back again and again, only cleaning up the spilled blood on the floor instead of healing the wounds in his own child’s spine. I can’t say there aren’t times when I miss my dad, but I CAN say that I’m carrying a little less weight without him. (Litotes) Now, I carry only the trust, abandonment, and attachment issues he forced into my brain every time he left me, and the