In Francine Prose’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read: How American High School Students Learn to Loathe Literature”, the author is trying to explain why high school students are not asked to read more quality pieces of literature now a days. In my opinion I agree with Prose because I think the texts we read in high school are not challenging and not a lot of students enjoy the readings because they cannot relate. Prose uses the rhetorical strategy of degrading the books high school students…
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Native American literature is quite different from most every other type of literature that people study. The Native American works of literature are meant to be oral. They are meant to be acted out. Many times, the stories get changed and become confusing because of translation issues. They also get changed around and lose, sometimes very important, parts of their literature. This happens because it is very hard to put a story, that is meant to be acted out, in a third person narrative. There…
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and understood by students. English classes are a great place for students to learn and argue current events. In a variety of articles offering different viewpoints on school literature, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael Smith, Hannah Richardson, and Rebekah Shoaf debate various perspectives on whether and how canons of literature should be used in classrooms. Class discussions and books currently used in the Stevenson English curriculum offer views of the value of canons and other books. An English curriculum…
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university of America, explaining why it is important to read shakespeare. Mack generates an effective argument that Shakespeare is worth the time to understand through his use of rhetorical devices and counterclaims. First of all, the technique that Mack uses to advance his argument is his use of rhetorical devices. “The first time you listen to a piece of complex music, you hear but don’t hear. Why should it be any surprise, then, that the first time people read Shakespeare, they don’t get it?”…
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In this society, it is essential to read a book to retain information. In any case, in novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, individuals are not permitted to read or have the privilege to use any book nor want to peruse. They don't know the significance and pleasure reading books and literature because of the brainwashed utopia it the society has become. Bradbury explains how the ban began, with books deemed offensive being censored until eventually the intolerance of differing voices results in…
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“actively” read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, you will complete the following tasks as you read the book. To be kept in the book Post-it notes: Post a minimum of three sticky notes per nightly reading assignment Some ideas for posting: ← Foreshadowing/prediction ← Character change or development ← Developing theme, symbol, or motif ← Pivotal event ← Personal connection ← Question you have/clarification you need ← Inference (your ability to read between…
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Roles in Children’s Literature | | | |Kate Moore | |11/22/2010 | “Everything we read constructs us, makes…
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LS 690 The Proposal Writing Process Introductions, Thesis Statements, Research Questions, Background, and Literature Reviews Important Due Dates: March 7: Submit to iLearn your ideas for your Research Topic, Question, Relevant Disciplines, Methodology (initial ideas for conducting your study—review Walliman, Ch 6-8 for ideas), Tangible Outcome (what will you do with your information—Master’s Thesis, workshop, presentation, program, lesson plan, exhibit, film, mural, book. . . )…
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English 12-Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Summer 2014 Summer Assignment Lindenhurst Senior High School Dear AP Literature and Composition students: Welcome to what will be an extremely rewarding and challenging course for your senior year. Because the background required for a course of this magnitude is great, it is invaluable to assign some work over the summer. It not only allows us to begin the vast preparation necessary for college and the national exam in May, but it keeps…
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Fahrenheit 451 Burning Bright Day 1 Activity: Greek mythology , like other cultural myths, was created to help explain the world to people. Absent scientific evidence to describe phenomena or past events, people were at a loss to understand their history as well as the supposed supernatural. Many of the creations of Greek mythology live with us today in our literature and popular culture. Take a course here . Complete: A. Using the website http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index…
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