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syllables. Madison capitalized the beginning of every sentence and the word ‘I’, but did not capitalize the proper noun, ‘Molly’. She knew to end each sentence with a period, but did not use any other punctuation other than the periods and the exclamation point at the end. Some guidance I could give Madison to help her sentence structure would be to first use the “finger method” of spacing out words so they would all be equally spaced out and there would not be a problem of them running together…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an activist for civil rights. He is also a leader in nonviolent movements across America and influences people around the world to fight for civil rights. King is most known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, which he gave at Washington D.C in 1963. In fact, the speech was so influential it earned King a Nobel Peace Prize. Other works by King include “Beyond Vietnam,” “Give us a ballot” and his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (Biography.com Editors 1). King’s…

We hear stories about crimes and murders all the time, and instantly visualize the criminal as evil. While in most cases, the criminal truly is an evil person, this does not hold to be true in all circumstances. Once one delves past the action, they may discover that there are many more factors that contributed to the action. Throughout Shakespeare’s play, Othello, the protagonist, Othello, atrociously murder’s his wife. When simply observing actions alone, Othello would certainly be considered…

The novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy is about a father and his son trying to survive in a post apocalyptic world where all that is left is ash and death. They spend the novel traveling south to the coast in order to improve their chances of survival through the impending winter. Throughout the novel they act as pilgrims exploring the new world left behind by the catastrophic event that has rendered the world ultimately void of all life aside from a few humans, most of which have abandoned their…

Context Description The email interaction that I am using is between myself and my aunt (Amy) on my mom’s side of the family. I am turning twenty during the time of this email conversation and my aunt is sending a congratulatory message. The emails span over a week in which my aunt also inquires into whether I have joined the cellphone application known as VIBER. VIBER is a Wi-Fi based communications application that allows users to communication through the Internet. What is important to note…

Society has always had a slight disgust and misconception of a women. The negative approach of society towards a female figure is always directed towards a female’s body, what a female wears and what she does degrades her image of being the delicate goddess she was created to be. In the poem “The Lady dressing room” by Jonathan Swift and an essay titled “A Modest Proposal” also written by Jonathan swift. He uses tone, form and style to share a social problem of the time in which women are being…

threat to the citizens of Oceania. This fear mongering is used by the Party as a method of control exemplifies the negative characteristics of totalitarian regimes. Furthermore, the Party channels people’s pent up emotions into “uncontrollable exclamations of rage” and hatred directed at the Party’s enemies during the Two Minutes Hate everyday. This rage inducing propaganda guarantees that citizens remain loyal to the Party while hating the enemies of the state. This method was used by…

The speaker is saying goodbye to this girl but we do not know where he is going or why he is leaving. We know that, whatever it is, it is urgent because the line ends with an exclamation mark. In line 2 it becomes clear that the speaker is indeed going to leave this girl. In line 3 (“thus much let me avow—”) the word ‘avow’ suggests that the speaker wants to say something to her. He tells her that she was not wrong in saying that…

situation to the group. During the conversation, Estevan reveals he has found a job at a restaurant. Ms. Parsons (a neighbor) exclaims in disgust, “‘[Immigrants] ought to stay in their own dirt, not come here taking up jobs’” (Kingsolver 111). This exclamation, although sudden, is of great significance. Ms. Parsons serves as a manifestation of conservative views regarding immigration. She - and most conservatives - agree strongly with the laws dictating that immigrants do not belong in the…

Mendele Mokher Seforim (מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים, alternatively transcribed as Moykher Sforim or Sfarim; 1835–1917) is the pen name of Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, whom Sholem Aleichem dubbed the “grandfather” of Yiddish literature (Miron). Scholars still agree that Abramovitsh established modern Yiddish prose (ibid). Beginning his literary career in Hebrew, he soon turned to Yiddish for a realistic portrayal of Jewish life. The novella Dos kleyne Mentschele (1864) constitutes his first Yiddish…