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Major Works Data Sheet A call of the wild

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Klondike Gold Rush
The Call of the Wild
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Pearl S. Buck
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A call of the wild

AP English: Major Works Data Sheet Title: A Call of the Wild Author: Jack London Date of Publication: 1903 Genre: Adventure fiction, Children's literature, Historical fiction, Animal Fantasy Biographical information about the author

The Things They Carried Discussion Topics

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rhetoric
The Things They Carried
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Kiowa people
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Truth: Red, White & Black
Repetition
Novel
Narratology
Critical theory

Rocker 1 Sammi Rocker AP Language and Composition Mrs. Haas 24 April 2013 The Things They Carried: 4. 3. 2. 1. Analysis Discussion Ideas: There are many paradoxes of war so we can discuss how O?Brien brings them to light: ?I was a coward. I went to war? (page 61); ?The truths are contradictory. It can be argued, for instance, that war is grotesque. But in truth war is also beauty? (page 80). Repetition in the story represents the narrator?s inability to move on from the trauma of the war. How jokes are important to the mental health of a soldier through its relief of tension, despite their usually twisted natures. A debate on whether the tangible or intangible ?weights? are heavier for the soldiers to bear. Passage Analysis:

Romeo and Juliet Scene Summaries

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juliet
Benvolio
Romeo + Juliet

Acosta Matthew Acosta Giger World Lit ? 2 3/18/13 Romeo & Juliet Scene Summaries Act 3, Scene 1: Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio are walking in the streets of Verone after the wedding. They encounter Tybalt, who is mad after Romeo has ignored his invitation. He attempts to fight with Romeo. Romeo refuses to fight, but Mercutio steps in and starts a fight with Tybalt, but Romeo steps in. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under the arm. Benvolio takes Mercutio to get medical attention, but returns shortly, saying Mercutio is dead. This enrages Romeo, who fights and kills Tybalt. Upon the Prince hearing about this fight, Romeo is banished from Verona.

Catcher in the Rye Essay

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The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caulfield
Holden
Penny
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Fiction
Humanities

Sarah Grassel 9/4/13 Battle of the Pennies Purpose: To see how long the noodles will stand their ground against the pennies in the epic battle of the pennies or to put into more scientific terms, to find the mathematical and graphical relationship between the number of pennies the spaghetti bridge could support could support and the number of spaghetti strands in the bridge. Procedure: Independent/Controlled variables = number of spaghetti strands, weight of cup, distance between supports, and length of spaghetti noodle. Dependent variable = number of pennies before the spaghetti bridge breaks We can control the independent variables by choosing how many strands of spaghetti will battle for that trial, manipulate the strands (soldiers) length, and we all had the same cups.

Glossary of Poetic Terms

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Poetry analysis
poetic terms

Glossary of Poetic Terms Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which the name of the central character, Pilgrim, epitomizes the book's allegorical nature. Kay Boyle's story "Astronomer's Wife" and Christina Rossetti's poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Anapest

Notes on Aristotle's Poetics

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Erika Yoshii Gotterson 2A 9/20/2012 Reaction Paper 6- Notes on Aristotle Aristotle and Greek Tragedy Tragedy- ?goat song?- exists as an attempt to answer essential questions about life At first, some tragedy was based off of events that occurred not too long ago Poetics by Aristotle Prologue- introduces setting and major action Parodos- brings chorus in Body- alternates between main actors and chorus Exodus- concludes the play, all members leave Plays written in verse, although styles varied Actors used rhesis (persuasive speech), monody (musical solo), agon (formal debate), stychomythia (rapid exchange of dialogue), the formal elements of tragedy The works of only 4 playwrights survived

RE: fedralism/ commitees

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Picaresque novels
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Adventure
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
entertainment
Jim
Tom and Huck
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Big River
Huckleberry Finn

Huck: Huck?s distance from mainstream society makes him skeptical of the world around him and the ideas it passes on to him. Huck?s instinctual distrust and his experiences as he travels down the river force him to question the things society has taught him. According to the law, Jim is Miss Watson?s property, but according to Huck?s sense of logic and fairness, it seems ?right? to help Jim. Huck?s natural intelligence and his willingness to think through a situation on its own merits lead him to some conclusions that are correct in their context but that would shock white society. For example, Huck discovers, when he and Jim meet a group of slave-hunters, that telling a lie is sometimes the right course of action.

LIterary devices and meanings

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Literal and figurative language

1. Simile: A simile' is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as". 2. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in ?A mighty fortress is our God.? 3. Repetition: The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated. 4. Alliteration: Repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases as in "Come?dragging the Lazy languid Line along". 5. Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences as in "Do you like blue?".

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Index of literary terms
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Allegory

Freshman Literary Terms Define the following words. allegory allusion antagonist atmosphere/mood (frightening, peaceful, sad, angry, tense) characterization (indirect/direct) climax conflict (internal/external) connotation denotation dialect dialogue diction figure of speech/figurative language foil foreshadowing imagery irony (situational, verbal, dramatic) narrator persona plot (5 plot elements) point-of-view (first, 3rd person limited, omniscient) prose protagonist satire setting symbol theme tone (nostalgic, humorous, mocking, ironic, sympathetic, mournful, condescending, indignant, respectful)

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