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    Festus Claudius Mckay

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    a child, he was educated from the eldest brother he was sent to live with, who happened to be a schoolteacher and McKay’s only chance to grow up with a strong education. He used the vast library of english literature his brother provided to begin writing poetry at the early age of ten years old. McKay immensely enjoyed the works of English poetry and began to model his own poetry after it. His inspiration as a child was an Englishman

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    Lyman Frank Baum lived his life with freeness in creativity. Baum cared about making lifetime childhood memories. Baum’s tendency to speak his mind through his writing is truly honorable. His legacy continues now although more than a century later. Lyman Frank Baum became one of the greatest literary authors to walk the earth. He controlled an expansive imagination with both fantasy and reality. On May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, New York, a child was born who would change literary history, and his

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    Self Reflection

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    Coming into a college writing course, I did not expect it to be easy. Throughout high school essays were very easy to write due to teachers cutting way too much slack and handing out easy grades. Writing has always been difficult for me, but I feel this is because I have not been challenged yet to demonstrate my full writing ability. I had yet to develop my own voice as a writer. Throughout this course, I was met with many challenges to bring out the true writer inside of me and because of this,

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    specific structural techniques that aid the writer in organizing their ideas and expressing their opinions and proposals. This then allows the reader to better understand subjects they are uneducated in, and possibly change their views on certain political or societal subjects. The first example will be Mary Wollstonecraft’s, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, an structural argumentative piece on gender equality. Secondly, Voltaire’s structural satire within Candide-- which combats Leibniz’s philosophy

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    contemporary political thriller containing power, politics , corruption and murder. It also highlights the problem which are involved in the art of 'ghost writing ' . Ghostwriting is the act of writing books or other pieces such as a specch , book , article , autobiography and various other literary work in which another áuthor ' recieves full credit. Often these authors are celebrity, politicians or other popular figures who can sell books but cannot write. Autobiographical writing is the written

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    The beginnings of American literature can be dated back to 1914, when the devastating first World War broke out. During this time period, people of color and women in America still held minimal rights. One woman who used her voice and writing to speak out about the experiences of both women and people of color during this time was Kate Chopin. Her short story, entitled "Désirée's Baby," showcases the rampant discrimination people of color faced. In the story, a woman, named Désirée, falls in love

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    election; and if it wasn’t for the wild spread of fake news in every media imaginable, Donald Trump most likely wouldn’t have won the presidential election. Fake news can be defined as news spread in the media that is false and appears to influence political views or a joke. Stephanie Pappas is a scientific author who specifically wrote Mitochondria or Midi-Chlorians? 'Star Wars' Hoax Paper Published in 4 Journals in the Live Science online journal. The author uses science to describe why a fake news

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    his audience of at least understanding his point of view even if it doesn’t change their own opinion. He has showed that he wants his audience to agree with him on every topic that I have read since he argues his point and puts his opinion into his writing. While he’s trying to get his audience to agree with him, he makes it easy to follow what he’s saying, because he wants you to understand what he is saying and what he means when he says it so that you will be more likely to agree with his opinion

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    Lorraine Hansberry Author Lorraine Hansberry who is considered one of great American authors, wrote during the Modernism period. Particularly, in her work titled, A Raisin in the Sun, written in March 11, 1959, we can see evidence of the characteristics such as themes and styles identified with the Modernist Movement which was existent in American letters between 1900 and 1950. As a representative of such a movement, Lorraine Hansberry then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writers

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    Jean Zimmerman wrote The Women of the House: How A Colonial She-Merchant Built A Mansion, A Fortune, And A Dynasty. Harcourt, Inc. published the book in 2006. The anthology has 338 pages of the actual book and 402 including the prologue and other notes. This nonfiction, hard-back paper book portrays women’s roles both within and outside of the home starting in the late seventeenth century and ending in the early nineteenth century. The book begins with Margaret’s journey from Holland to the Dutch

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