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    and nonspecific form of the essay. Since the author’s purpose simply seems to be to talk pleasantly about dogs, anything that should could have written would fit within this constraint. The main thing that I notice was the very free and flowing prose that was, at time, almost poetic. I am unsure if it was the intention of the writer to create something that sounds very smooth to the reader, or is this was just the result of the author writing something that translates over from creating writing

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    The topic of William Shakespeare has become quite controversial over the role that he, and his plays, have in our English curriculum. William Shakespeare is, and forever will be, “an influence on the English language more than any other writer in history” (HISTORY). With many well known plays such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest, William shakespeare expresses the use of many literary skills and and styles in which is taught in today’s English curriculum. Shakespeare uses multiple

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    Raymond Carver Bath

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    vehicle and, upon falling later in a coma, was taken to a hospital. The rest of the story describes the anguish and inner state of the mother. 2. What is the author’s view? How do I know? The author, Raymond Carver, is noted for his impressionistic prose style, in which his narration is both laconic and ambiguous. He describes events as they happen with simple and short sentences, leaving many blanks for the reader to fill in. For example, he does not explicitly tell us why was the boy taken to the

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    All of three of the children’s versions of “The Franklin’s Tale” follow the plot points of Chaucer’s tale, merely translated into Modern English prose to make it easier for young readers to understand. To further aide in comphrension, all three of the children’s version leave out Chaucer’s allusions to other works that medieval readers would have read, such as the Roman goddess Lucina (Norton ln1045)

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    Pericles Foils

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    Throughout Pericles, Prince of Tyre, there exists a blatant dichotomy between good and evil. The play lacks moral ambiguity within many of the central characters. One can recognize this dichotomy by analyzing the utilization of foils in Pericles. Pericles incorporates obviously corrupt characters that contrast with virtuous counterparts. For instance, in two analogous instances Pericles travels to a new city, attempting to court a princess. The first princess, King Antiochus’ daughter, acts as a

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    Roald Dahl's Legacy

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    Roald Dahl is Known by many names. The word wizard, the man who says it all. But he had to work for this worldwide recognition. Many can trace their childhood memories to one of his books, but sadly he is no longer alive. His legacy, however, lives on in the hearts of millions of kids and adults worldwide.Roald Dahl created impactful books, applied past knowledge to current events, and illuminated the faces of countless children reading his tales of adventure and magic. To start off, he created

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    began to develop. Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography is a great example in that it provided the model for a story that would be retold many times. The Autobiography was an autobiographical narrative written in Puritan style of writing: clear, witty prose. Thus, the Age of Reason, or the Enlightenment, brought the idea of progress into literature and public

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    Girl by Jamaica Kincaid is a prose poem about a mother writing to her daughter and telling her how to do things. If by Rudyard Kipling is a father telling his son that if he can do certain things, he will become a man. These stories are similar and different in many ways, like their different formats, different points of view, and similar topic. The formats of If and Girl are different. Girl is written in paragraph format, or a ¨wall of words.¨ The intro states, ¨ the prose poem is 650 words,¨ and,

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    The era of Romanticism began as a rebellious response to the Enlightenment era. Three different authors— Wilhelm Wackenroder, August Schlegel, and Percy Shelley— allude to the Romantic significance of poetry and conceptualize poetry as “the language of the people.” In their documents presented in Breckman’s European Romanticism: a Brief History with Documents, they explore poetry and the impact it has on the people and Romanticism and persuade their readers to connect with nature and art. In

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    of the prose he or she is reading so that boredom is far from his or her mind. Similarly, the students should write papers on issues that interest them instead of topics that weigh their eyelids down. While writing on these issues, however, the student should never force the plot of the paper. Granted that AP Language students are usually asked to write nonfiction, forcing large vocabulary words and unnecessary sentences into the assignment should be frowned upon. Although the plot of a prose and the

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